WATCH IN HD FOR BEST QUALITY! PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION. IT IS IMPORTANT!! Thank you~ I've looked around on youtube and it seems most videos on Pokemon GBA games are either not detailed enough, have shaky/unclear cameras or the people talk about useless things. I made a video which covers all aspects of determining a real apart from a fake GBA Game.

Ware Desktop Digital Clocks. Dec 15, 2014 Counterfeit Game Boy Advance cartridges are everywhere, and a high percentage of those are Pokemon games.

If you have any questions, be sure to message me, comment, link or send photos. Make sure to include as much detail as possible for me to help determine whether it's fake or not. Sometimes, it's hard to tell when you're buying online. Why is it important to buy Legit copies?

You can experience the full game properly (migration, battles, trades, etc) without losing your save file. By buying Legit copies, you help stop scammers selling fakes, since they'll run out of business sooner or later. Some people do not wish to waste money on fake games. It is a waste of time, money and it wrecks your gameplay experience.

If you buy fake/illegal copies you encourage scammers to sell more, and hence more and more people will start selling fakes. This problem then leads to people who want to buy the legit game and cannot find any to buy. The very few people who sell legit copies will have to bump up the price, which also discourages buyers to buy real copies. This is a major issue. Everyone should be educated before buying.

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There are many Counterfeit Pokemon games and I want to teach you how to watch out for them so that you don’t get ripped off. Not only are the counterfeit games illegal, but they are also missing key features. The counterfeit Pokemon SoulSilver and HeartGold games on the bottom are grey and do not have the Infrared sensor and without it there is no way to connect the Pokewalker to the game, taking out one of the best parts of the game. The authentic ones pictured above are translucent black and includes the infrared sensor. The text font is also incorrect on counterfeit games. The most obvious flaw in the counterfeit Pokemon Diamond and Pearl games pictured on the bottom appear darker than the authentic ones. Pearl is pretty distinct missing almost all of the red hue that the real one above has.

Counterfeit Pokemon Platinum games have a red Nintendo symbol instead of the authentic Pokemon Platinum games having a black Nintendo Symbol. The back of Counterfeit Cartridges also look a bit different. The spacing is off and the text is bigger. Glad I read this. I recently purchased one of these HeartGold fakes from GameStop of all places. Went to return it to another nearby store (this is in the country, so nearby means 20mi’s away!) and they too had a counterfeit copy! I had read this article previously (can’t remember why), and I looked it up again for reference after I got one and noticed the cart was gray and that it wasn’t working correctly).

I hope they catch whoever was selling them to the stores! You should update with some pictures of the back of HGSS fake vs real, because the real ones don’t say NTR-005 (at least, not the ones I have), they say NTR-031 (same for Black and White v1, I cant say for v2 since I don’t have them yet). The only Pokemon games for DS I have had with NTR-005 and gray carts are Platinum/Pearl/Diamond etc. Also, the counterfeit HeartGold cart I had did play in my 3DS XL, but it would randomly act like it had been ejected or just freeze. The game would randomly crash on both my 3DS and DS Lite. Most of those differences are so slight you would never know, but strangely but there is one way to spot a fake cartridge. Put it in your DS and try pause the game by closing the DS!!

That is the sure fire proof that it is fake! Especially with diamond, pearl, and platinum, of which, I now have to get authentic replacements for them Its not the customers fault they were duped into buying fake games which is why the hackers have been working so hard to make them look real. One other thing, The REAL cartridges have a type of seemingly partially transparent red tint on the back, you should be able to see red tinted specks, and be sure to shack the cartridge to make sure it is real, as cartridges have a rattling noise. The red tint on the back for 4th and 5th gen games is something to look out for.

But yes I will say it again try pausing the game by closing the ds, if it does not pause completely then it is a fake ds game Sorry for the redundancy in this post.