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As far as I can tell, the new fake cartridge lacks the save battery found in the old fake one. The chip should be be vertically orientated, so it should appear much thinner from this angle. As you can see, the chip within the fake cartridge is horizontally orientated, like the older-style fake FireRed cartridge found on the other guide. However, holding the cartridge up to light reveals the silhouette of one of the chips inside. Unfortunately, I couldnвЂ™t open the cartridge to check the inside because I did not have the proper screwdriver. Also notice the rating is much closer to the edge of the label, the вЂњEвЂќ is a thinner font and is rotated a bit more counter-clockwise compared to the real cartridge. The most obvious problem with the fake cartridge is that thereвЂ™s a typo in the ESRB rating the added space in the word вЂњcontent,вЂќ making it read вЂњcon tent,вЂќ is a dead give away. HereвЂ™s another subtle one pointed out by reddit user _Vote_. YouвЂ™ll notice the letters on the real cartridge look a lot thicker than on the fake cartridge. This one is a little bit more subtle, so look closely. More importantly, on the real cartridge you can see numbers impressed into the label behind the letters (Note: To my knowledge, these impressed numbers might be much higher or lower on the label, but are always on the right side).

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Also note the extra space between the end of the ID code and the edge of the label. You can see how much bolder the font looks on the ID code on the fake cartridge. Also, in the В® symbol has a solid white background on the fake cartridge, instead of being transparent so you can see the metallic green behind it. As youвЂ™ll notice, the text on the seal is very hard to read on the fake cartridge, but is clear as day on the real one. This should have been the first red flag for me, but everything else seemed legitimate so I brushed it off as shoddy camerawork.

Also, the fakeвЂ™s border is a lot thinner and the font is a little different. In the fake logo, Nintendo is off-center because theВ В® is in-line with the text. Notice how in the real logo, Nintendo is perfectly centered within the red border, with theВ В® symbol a little above the last letter in Nintendo. So, how can you tell when a much more convincing cartridge is a fake? It has a metallic label, it has the Nintendo logo printed on the circuit board and has all the correct letters on the front and patent number on the back.

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It seems like the people who made the cartridge did their homework about how to make a good counterfeit cartridge. After playing the game for a few minutes, it became clear there was something off about the cartridge I had just purchased. When I got the game, the plastic felt a little bit cheaper than the GBA games IвЂ™m used to, but the cartridge seemed to show a bit of wear and tear, like someone had played it back in 2004. It had all the signs of a legitimate cartridge listed in this guide. I was aware of fake cartridges but the pictures on eBay looked like a legitimate copy of the game. So, I decided to buy the remake, LeafGreen, on eBay. I finished Black and just started Soul Silver, which made me really want to play the original game again. I was a lapsed player until I picked upВ PokГ©mon Pearl, excited by the possibilities of the online features and wireless trading. Well, I never had Mew but hey, itвЂ™s still 150. My friends and I caught all 150 legitimately.

With PokГ©mon X and Y just a few months away, I really wanted to take a look back and revisit some of the older PokГ©mon games.

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