I sometimes get that with Pokemon and Animal Crossing *I play the latter daily* but they usually play the second or third time.

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This Sh*t happend to my F*cking madden game...i should sue nintendo because of their F*cking idiocy (using flash cards)!

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I would be horrified if that happened to me, since I unlocked everything, and beat all the courses with 3 stars (only beating the staff ghosts remain undone).

Call Nintendo, they'll probably replace the cartridge, but all your game data is lost forever. :(

As bad as losing Mario Kart DS data would be, I worry more about my GBA Pokemon data (since they have a battery for time-based events, like berries). The battery will die eventually, and I don't know how to rescue my game data. :(

Is there any way to save Pokemon GBA data? I asked Nintendo what would happen if the battery on my GBA Pokemon games (Emerald, Sapphire, FireRed, etc.) died, and Nintendo said they would replace the cartridge. However, I would have to transfer all my Pokemon, because there was no way to save the information on the cartridge.

I live in fear of that day (when the battery runs dead), I know you can still use the cartridge, but I want my time-based events (like berries).

If anyone knows ANY way of saving GBA Pokemon data, then please let me know, by replying to this post or sending me a PM.

Thanks in advance.

Peace.

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Meteos does this to me.


I just blow in the slot and on the game, and it works!

Yay Nintendo!

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Yeah, some of my games did the same thing. All I did was use a Q-tip and damped it lightly with rubbing alcohol, and then rub the "shiny gold" part of the cartridge. Since this, they work fine. The reason why it works because when you click in and click out a game, the metal connector rubs on/off onto the game causing it to get "dirty".

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I think this is just a thing with carts. My Ouendan is going a bit funny.

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This has happened to me on Mario Kart DS but with me it was down to a corruption in the game saving. I had just unlocked something, it saved and the screen when blank never to return :/ I rang nintendo who offered to replace it as long as i had the receipt (which i didn't) booo.

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I haven't had this happen yet - but I also haven't played the DS much this year. My oldest game is Wario Ware. I assume it works, but it's been awhile.

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Man, on my ds phat i've been having problems getting my games to come out... like i push down and they pop back out like normal...but past that i have to really pull to get them all the way out...

everytime I do it i just fear my ds is going to OM NOM NOM my game :(

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both my phat and lite sometimes don't want to read a game on the first try... but it's never been anything more than that

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Well, if the psychos at Wii Fanboy each buy their own copy and stop sharing it, maybe this won't happen.

Quit the "we love this, we do that, we experience everything as a unit as if joined at the hip" crap.

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This happened only a few times with Animal Crossing:Wild World.
All I did was take it out, blow it and put it back in the 2nd time and it works fine :)!
Nothing to worry about : )!

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Only nintendo game i heard of that stopped reading over time was the original zelda nes cartridges. something was said of an internal battery that would die and cause it to loose the ability to have its data read or saved. Never heard it happening to a gameboy or ds cartridge.

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Whenever I store my games in plastic bags I have to blow on the cartridge to make them be recognized o.0

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