Transfer GBA save files between two cartridges?
A coworker lent me his copy of Fire Emblem for the Game Boy Advance to try before making a buying decision (getting one in good condition isn't exactly cheap). I really got quite into it and have been playing it for ten chapters now, and thought I might buy a copy myself.
I wouldn't want to start over from scratch, though. Is there a way for me to transfer my save from his cartridge to the one I buy? I looked into G-Bank, but the description wasn't entirely clear on this point. The device seems to be geared towards playing ROMs from memory cards, which I'm not at all interested in, but there is some talk about backing up save games in addition to ROMs. Would G-Bank or some other similar device work for this?
Note: I'm playing the game on a DS Phat and/or a Game Boy Player, but will buy a used GBA if necessary.
Best Answer
Fire emblem has no method of save transfer, and there is no 1st party support for moving save data from one cartridge to another for any GBA game (and since the GBA has no system memory, there's nothing to transfer between devices, either).
This means that the only way to "transfer" data between cartridges would be to copy the GBA cartridge you have (with the save file) into a blank cartridge. While this is certainly possible, it requires 3rd party merchandise and flirting the line of piracy (you would be, after all, making a copy of the game).
So unfortunately, there is no legal, 1st party way to do this.
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