Pokemon GBA Carts

[KnightWarrior]

I'm trying to look for Pokemon Ruby for the GBA for my nephews cousin, his cart go melted on the top by the fire I told you couple months ago...

But, Can I have Pics of each Non-Bootlet Cart..Im finding like 3 diffenert pics of Pokemon Ruby, Goes for Pokemon Sapphire, Pokemon Emerald

[Karakasa-Obake]

The Pokemon GBA carts are always a semi-translucent color representing the game(Red for Ruby, Blue for Sapphire, Green for Emerald)
Anything else is fake.

[kool kitty89]

Just make sure it says Nintendo on the back and it should be real. (pirate carts have no or a fake "Nintondo" or such)

[Sparksterz]

Just make sure it says Nintendo on the back and it should be real. (pirate carts have no or a fake "Nintondo" or such)

Yeah that seems to be a popular one among the fakes. I've seen many a "Nintondo" also IIRC there was also something werid about the "GAME BOY Advance" label on them too, like capitalization was off or there was a different font used.

[the.importer]

Look above the connection pins (shine some light in the cart), if it says Nintendo on the green board, it's a real one.

[SF78]

This is a good guide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNsEpOnzjZY

it also talks about the Nintendo-text that the.importer mentioned.

[Kelekin]

The Pokemon games are the worst of these, as I recall a long time ago when I was on Alibaba, I contacted sellers to find out why they were wholesaling Pokemon GBA games for $5-7 per, and while they all looked real, they flat out said they were not the original Nintendo copies (most Hong Kong companies will tell the truth).

The other thing I have heard is that the best way to test them is with a DSi or a DSi XL. I can't confirm this, but I noticed most bootleg sellers say the games will only work on DS and DS Lite.