cannot pass pokemon league heartgold

[castner26]

Hi guys first post here but I searched a bit and couldn't find anything to help me out with my issue. I am playing pokemon heart gold on drastic and once I beat lance the game runs the credits and then I have to start up again using an in game save where it would set me up for the next part of the game. I can't do an in game save and have been saving my progress with the emulator. Any help?

[ericbazinga]

Hi guys first post here but I searched a bit and couldn't find anything to help me out with my issue. I am playing pokemon heart gold on drastic and once I beat lance the game runs the credits and then I have to start up again using an in game save where it would set me up for the next part of the game. I can't do an in game save and have been saving my progress with the emulator. Any help?

Why can't you do an in game save?

[Kyousuke753]

Sighs Savestates shouldn't be relied on in the first place, when you first start Pokemon Heartgold you're supposed to press UP+SELECT+B combination together at the same time, AT the title screen so you can delete the current in-game save stored in the game, THEN you can save in-game normally...that's just how the game was made obviously it says so in the Instruction booklet but you're using a ROM that's why you didn't know.

@Eric Bazinga, he can't do an in-game save because he has another in-game save stored in it and the game won't allow you to over-write it, plus hes been playing through with Savestates only. This is why I want to upload those fresh,clean in-game Pokemon saves...(-_-)

[ericbazinga]

@Eric Bazinga, he can't do an in-game save because he has another in-game save stored in it and the game won't allow you to over-write it, plus hes been playing through with Savestates only. This is why I want to upload those fresh,clean in-game Pokemon saves...(-_-)

Wow that's like, the dumbest saving method ever. In X you can overwrite your save...

[Kyousuke753]

I'm pretty sure Pokemon games up to Generation 3 can save and overwrite in-game save.

In Pokemon Generation 4 and Pokemon Generation 5 games like:

Platinum/Pearl/Diamond/Soulsilver/Heartgold/Black and White 2/Black and White

you first must delete the in-game save currently stored in the game, then start a new game to save in-game normally.

Pokemon Devs added this "lock" so people wouldn't accidently overwrite a in-game save with 100+ hours in it with a new game save starting fresh...lots of stories about kids crying how people starting a new game and they lost their legendaries and stuff.

[ericbazinga]

Pokemon Devs added this "lock" so people wouldn't accidently overwrite a in-game save with 100+ hours in it with a new game save starting fresh...lots of stories about kids crying how people starting a new game and they lost their legendaries and stuff.

Yeah I remember I bought a used copy of X and had to delete the save file (they were barely into the game anyway, nothing to lose). I had to look it up, and basically you have to input a certain button combination in order to delete the save.

[Kyousuke753]

Well lucky I'm getting those saves up maybe in a week or less. only cost me 8+ hours day lols it's like homework but fun and enjoyable.

[ericbazinga]

Well lucky I'm getting those saves up maybe in a week or less. only cost me 8+ hours day lols it's like homework but fun and enjoyable.

That's the good part about doing this XD

[Kyousuke753]

Indeed Eric, it's fun coming home from work with a goal to accomplish (those PKMN in-game saves)

[Kyousuke753]

Pokemon Soulsilver and Heartgold people can't pass the game because in-game save overwriting issue.