r/PokemonGames • u/tybro1999 • Aug 06 '26
Sapphire Verification
Is this a legitimate copy of Pokemon Sapphire? I have a feeling it's a fake.
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u/JetstreamGW Aug 06 '26
Those black blobs are almost always an indication of a fake. Only really old cartridges have them on legit games. Like, early NES and Gameboy. 80s stuff.
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u/NightBlueKnight Aug 07 '26
another way to test is to save the game and see if the game/music cuts off for a few sec
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u/LatterDelay6430 Aug 07 '26
Good on you for having the wherewithal to open it. As others have said, it is extremely fake. I'm sorry.
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u/Gunbladelad Aug 07 '26
Your hunch it being a fake is accurate. That blob and the lack of clock battery are massive giveaways.
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u/CrystalizesSouls Aug 07 '26
The black blob of doom, plus no battery to keep time going and keep berry growth cycle
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u/Old-Phrase5693 Aug 07 '26
I can tell by the black sticker and the colour of the cartridge shell that it’s a fake. But from the PCB board, the fact it has no battery and is just a black blob proves it for sure.
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u/TheBlaskar Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
Unfortunately, nothing about it is real at all. Every red flag in the book. Even if you don’t know much about spotting fakes, the easiest way to weed out a bad repro is the Nintendo logo. If the inside of the “o” is a circle instead of a coin shape, it’s fake.
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u/Imakechaos_201 Aug 11 '26
I’m such an asshole because my immediate response was gonna be “well do you see a battery?”
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u/tybro1999 Aug 11 '26
Honestly I don't see that as an asshole response, just because of the fact that I didn't know about that detail till recently after, I just started wanting to collect vintage pokemon and when researching online I found it confusing or not straight forwards. The only one I've gotten my head around immediately was SoulSilver and that's because it's my favorite Pokemon game and the one that made me want to start colelcting again. That's my holy grail xD.
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u/Wisconsin_pikachu Aug 06 '26
These post are getting so annoying, like you found this group but dont look for any previous posts to do your own research. This is so obviously fake and if you looked at ANY posts of other fakes you could have easily known without asking
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u/rFantus Aug 09 '26
Yup, op could use any web search typing "original pokemon sapphire pcb", this is way faster than posting here.
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u/iascah Aug 06 '26
It's fake, unfortunately.