This Christmas, I was planning to give my cusin a Game Boy Advance with Super Mario Land 2. So I was looking for a Game Boy Advance but they where too expensive, so I gave him my own (I have a few of them). Then I was looking for Super Mario Land 2. And I found one for not much at all. So I bought it, and when it arrived to my house two days after, I realised that this is the USA cart (I live in Sweden). But when I started it up, it was the Japanese cart. And my cusin has always played the western version (not much different, only title screen). So I decided to give him my own copy (I also thought the Japanece version was cool to have). But after I played for a while, I decided to quit playing, but when I came back the next day, nothing was saved. So I thought the battery was dead. So I bought some batteries, put up a guide online in front of my. And opened the cart. But the cart inside did not looked like the ones used in like every video on YouTube. Maybe it was different because it was from japan? But I put a new battery inside but it did not help. Can somebody help?
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Sounds like you picked up a pirated bootleg copy of the cartridge. The broken Save function is a strong indication. Can you post a picture of the cartridge (front and back)? Then i can tell for sure.
Some general hints and tips:
check the print quality of the label sticker and the box. Fakes often have distorted or fuzzy pictures on them with incorrect colours and the print quality is poor like a cheapish color copy.
the label on the cart should be stuck on straight and in the center. Official Nintendo games will have perfectly straight stickers.
bootleg game manuals will be poorly printed and usually contain just a few pages. Official Nintendo manuals are quite bulky, and very well printed.
bootleg game packages never include the health warning and promotional folders. The health warning is present in every official release.
the region code on a fake cartridge usually reads "USA". However, there are "EUR" region fakes as well
The cutoff text at the bottom suggests it's a bootleg.
My copy is a Player's Choice so I can't directly compare labels, but I'd check pictures online (such as Google Images or even looking up ebay listings).
Yep, it's a bootleg. The label scaling issue is a good one but the screw in the back really confirms it. Nintendo ALWAYS used an 8-sided (?) security screw in their cartridges like this one
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If you are buying any of the popular evergreen Gameboy titles like Mario, Zelda and certainly Pokemon you always have to double-check because there is a large number of bootleg / counterfeit cartridges in circulation. This is true for every handheld generation. I haven't seen 3DS bootlegs yet but i'm pretty sure they're out there
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