pokemon gba question

[slothingXPIG]

A guy over craigslists wants to sell me his  pokemon on GBA. I notice that a lot over eBay come from japan for a lot cheaper. Are the ones the Japanese selling fake/reproduction(I always figured they are) and if they are how can you tell the real from the fakd on these? Are the ones from japan all that kinda see through color?

[redblaze57]

I'm not sure about the Japanese cartridges but 4 of the easiest ways are the color, the label, the back, and the contacts.

it's a little hard to tell but the color of the one on the left is a little lighter shade of gray and you might see fonts are off on the label (gameboy advance logo for this one)


the font on the back of the cartridge will tend to be larger and not as bold


finally the nintendo logo should appear like this above the contacts


Not like this


Hope this helps

[slothingXPIG]

This is helpful:) thank you! I hope when I receive them they are real

[mchaso]

here's an article about how to spot fake pokemon gba games:

http://caggames.weebly.com/how-to-spot-a-fake-pokemon-gba-game.html

generally, don't buy games you think are underpriced. a pokemon gba game for 5$ is probably fake, 10-15$ probably not. and don't buy it if it's from Japan/China. had to learn it the hard way 

[slothingXPIG]

here's an article about how to spot fake pokemon gba games:

http://caggames.weebly.com/how-to-spot-a-fake-pokemon-gba-game.html

generally, don't buy games you think are underpriced. a pokemon gba game for 5$ is probably fake, 10-15$ probably not. and don't buy it if it's from Japan/China. had to learn it the hard way 

thank you! I bought from guy on craigslist he sounded legit so I went ahead and got it and I am happy to say they are real! yay lol that website helped a lot for further suspicion

[jcalder8]

Another good way to tell is if it doesn't save.

[mchaso]

Another good way to tell is if it doesn't save.

true, but at the time you notice it you already lost your money

[jcalder8]

Another good way to tell is if it doesn't save.

true, but at the time you notice it you already lost your money

I have brought along handheld systems to test games when I buy on craigslist.

[mchaso]

Another good way to tell is if it doesn't save.

true, but at the time you notice it you already lost your money

I have brought along handheld systems to test games when I buy on craigslist.

oh, well I never bought anything from craigslist, i buy my games from ebay mostly

[redblaze57]

Another good way to tell is if it doesn't save.

any time I've seen a fake It has a Battery backup in it