Internal Battery

[m]

I have a question. Can the internal battery die in Pokemon R/S/E or FR/LG? I wish the GBC games didnt because I dont want to know that I know they will die...

[Random]

Yeah possibly, but not for a long time, i just cant see why my G/S/C game saves die out first, while in my R/B/Y versions still has my old game saves. Maybe the time functions in gold silver crystal die out faster. meh.

[Ayano Katagiri]

The battery in R/S/E can die out. And that'll cause time based events such as berries to stop growing. Save files remain intact I believe, in contrast to G/S/C.

[Went]

Fire Red and Leaf Green don't have internal battery...

[Forest Grovyle]

shawnbowlin, do not use that sort of language here. We have some quite young members here and that sort of language is not appropriate for this forum. I suggest you read the rules before posting again.

--FG

[yoshikiller995]

Yeah, I couldn't get why that only happened to GSC and not RBY, but w/e.

[m]

What about RBY? I loved those games...

[t0ky0.m0n]

The internal battery can die in RBY, but my GSC games died out very fast. Only Crystal works for me. I got an extra Crystal just in case. Luckily, my RBY games haven't died.

[Te-em]

I couldn't save in my two Silver versions and it was the battery. I have got it changed now and can play again. I'm just waiting for this to happen to my Ruby. I try to play Ruby much more often than Emerald so that I know the Ruby battery will die before the Emerald. I'm afraid I will lose alll my pokemon in Emerald. How long does the battery work for R/S/E (of course it depends on how much you save and load) but how long . . .?
I also have a false Sapphire. The berries don't grow and later the save file started to disappear. Now I cannot save at all because it constantly deletes. Think they put a weak battery into that one, after all it was a pirate copy and no real Sapphire cartridge.

One reason my Silver's battery went out so quickly must have been that 'saving . . .' every time you moved pkmn in the box and all the times I loaded when I cloned items. Trading pkmn also makes the game save several times and the battery will get weaker much faster because of that. I don't save as much as I used to anymore (which was about everytime a pokemon leveled up).

[m]

Sorry to hear that Te-em. Does anyone know if you leave it on in the SP and charge it for 100+ hours, it recharges the internal battery? I read about this on an official website...Serebii forums...

[*~Redemption~*]

Really? I gotta try that. I want my pokemon Silver back! Hopefully it isn't just some rouge rumor or anything.

[Te-em]

Just change the battery for your silver. Ask some game shop or something. It costed me no more than about $5 or something.
What about the R/S/E. Does the battery run out fast? I know someone has played 600 hours and he has many good pokemon, so I warned him, but no one seems to take me seriously. And what about GC memory card? I have some pokemon on my Pokémon Box. Is there any battery of some kind in the memory card, but I don't use pkmn Box so much though

[XD 491]

dont let the eternal battery die or you cant use action replay

[Te-em]

what's action replay?
And I cannot do anything if the battery runs out, because I cannot save. Your save data is stored into the battery.

[XD 491]

what's action replay?
And I cannot do anything if the battery runs out, because I cannot save. Your save data is stored into the battery.

no it isnt i took un scered my ruby and ripped out the battery and i still had my saved data

[Te-em]

What!? But still, what are action replay?

[XD 491]

it is a cheating produck used to make to cheat on games

[Te-em]

ok, but are you sure the save file is not deleted if you remove the R/S/E battery or if it runs out? Maybe you were just lucky. I'm still worried I will lose my save file.

[XD 491]

ok, but are you sure the save file is not deleted if you remove the R/S/E battery or if it runs out? Maybe you were just lucky. I'm still worried I will lose my save file.

when your eternal battery runs out your screen will say your internal battery is dry you can still do game play but clock base events wiil not ocurr that means you cant see or go to mirage island or do the lottery in lilycov

[Te-em]

Hey, that's what happened when someone on the internet cloned in Emerald!! So the save file is never deleted . . . YOu can just change the battery when this happens, just like I did at Silver, but I don't have to worry anymore.
Then what about D/P? Someone said he had played about 200 hours and lost his save file.

[XD 491]

Hey, that's what happened when someone on the internet cloned in Emerald!! So the save file is never deleted . . . YOu can just change the battery when this happens, just like I did at Silver, but I don't have to worry anymore.
Then what about D/P? Someone said he had played about 200 hours and lost his save file.

he must have presed button secuence that deleted it there is a boutton secence and i have 312:16 hours of play time on mine

and my brother has 400 somthing about to hav 500 hes a real game geek

[Te-em]

Ok, I will wait and see what happens to my games. I have a lot of items at Ruby 30rare candy, 30PP ups and almost 200 super potions, but if the battery runs dry I can trade over my pokemon to E and see if the save file is deleted when I change battery to a new one.

[Ayano Katagiri]

Sorry to hear that Te-em. Does anyone know if you leave it on in the SP and charge it for 100+ hours, it recharges the internal battery? I read about this on an official website...Serebii forums...

Is that really true? I seriously doubt that though. Depending on which internal battery you're talking about for starters. Plus, 100+ hours is a dreadfully long time which prompts this suspicion.

[Te-em]

NES games like Zelda and Final Fantasy you recharge the battery while you play the games. My Zelda's battery runs out after just a week and then the save file disappears. My FF save file can last for month wihtout me playing te game.
I suppose it doesn't work that way for the pokemon games, and I don't think you can charge your SP to charge the battery. If so you would probably have to turn the power on so that the internal battery of the game is charged too.

[Shinji_]

What? It happens in everygame can that happen in Diamond/Pearl? O_O;;

[dark_mew]

does it depend on how long u play it

[Random]

No i dont think so, plus DS cartridges should have longer lasting batteries then a gba cart. It doesnt matter who much you play, its matters how long you have it, i think.

[dark_mew]

oooo ok u help me a lot thanks

[Te-em]

Yes, but probably you would have to not play the game at least 10 years to have the battery run out that way. But I don't think you can charge it with your SP. I don't know so much about the internal battery, but even if you charge it while playing the game, even rechargable batteries stops working after a while. Still, I don't understand why the save file of R/S/E is not deleted when the battery runs out, like in S/G/C. You're save file is stored in the internal battery, is it not?

Does the DS cartridges have longer aster batteries even if their much smaller. And it depends on how much you save and load the game. At least I know that.
Probably my Silver verison battery ran out because of all that cloning (loading, loading, loading...) And moving pkmn in the box (saving, saving, saving...). In new games it does not save when you move in the box.

[Sachiel]

Yes, but probably you would have to not play the game at least 10 years to have the battery run out that way. But I don't think you can charge it with your SP. I don't know so much about the internal battery, but even if you charge it while playing the game, even rechargable batteries stops working after a while. Still, I don't understand why the save file of R/S/E is not deleted when the battery runs out, like in S/G/C. You're save file is stored in the internal battery, is it not?

Does the DS cartridges have longer aster batteries even if their much smaller. And it depends on how much you save and load the game. At least I know that.
Probably my Silver verison battery ran out because of all that cloning (loading, loading, loading...) And moving pkmn in the box (saving, saving, saving...). In new games it does not save when you move in the box.


Really? I heard the new DS games don't have any internal batteries in their cartridges and can last pretty much forever. is that true?

[vizforte]

Yeah possibly, but not for a long time, i just cant see why my G/S/C game saves die out first, while in my R/B/Y versions still has my old game saves. Maybe the time functions in gold silver crystal die out faster. meh.

The fact that even while not playing GSC, had the same battery as RBY, but had a clock, and day and night time to keep track of, along side all pokemon stats and what not. I think the battery gets used up quicker. RBY, will probably outlive even RSE. LOL. For the simple fact all it does is nothing while its turned off. Everything since GSC do. I heard that DP don't use batteries, which is cool. So that will be a safe solution later on to store pokemon until they comeout with Pokemon WiiBox. lol

[Haruki Hanai]

The save game data is stored on Flash memory on the Pokemon GBA games and almost all DS games. Hence, the battery only controls the clock in those GBA games.

Flash memory has a varying lifespan - constantly writing to the Flash memory will use up the write cycles common to Flash memory, and hence if you save every minute of your game, you might be unable to save eventually. Dunno how long the reading in Flash memory works, though.

[ChrisG14]

I think that the internal batteries won't run out for a while, at least in Emerald. It came out only 2 years ago, so I think it has a while before it goes, but I can't say the same for Ruby and Sapphire.

But if you play for like, 300 or so hours, the battery goes out quicker.

[Random]

Hmm, then there must be something defective with G/S/C's flash memory, cause it losses the data anyways 0_0

[pizzakoe]

Both red and silver died in my arms.. :'(

[m]

I tried the 100+ hour recharge SP thing, and it worked! I can now save, but I dont know how long it lasts, and it also said you have to erase your current adventure first.

I dont know why my thread has a rating when it was just a simple question...And since it does have a rating for my question, why is it a bad one lol.

[Te-em]

I don't think it's a good idea to charge you SP battery for so long, maybe it will be worn out.
In D/P the clock is controlled by your NDS so it's not like G/S/C, is it? FR/LG has a clock too, hasn't it? oh no . . .

[spam]

1. The internal battery for R/S runs out after you play for more than a year. I think it remains that way until you trade from Pokemon XD, FR/LG, or possibly Emerald, but I'm not really sure about that. Or you can send it back to Nintendo and they might be able to fix the berry glitch but I'm not sure. You can still play the game normally but you won't be able to grow berries or participate in time-based certain events.

2. Leaving your SP in the charger won't do anything to your saved game. It just recharges the SP.

3. My Red version still saves perfectly, but my Silver can't keep a saved file for more than a minute. I believe it has something to do with the in-game clock and the day/night mode.

[m]

2. Leaving your SP in the charger won't do anything to your saved game. It just recharges the SP.



Umm yes it recharges the SP but it allowed me to save again also. Check the Serebii forums if you think im lying. I didnt say it always works, and I didnt say it would keep your save game for 6 more years, I just said it allowed me to click "Continue" after I saved.

[Te-em]

I have also heard about that when you have played R/S/E for more than a year. I still don't understand how your save file can last if there is no battery working. I have seen some videos of cloning in E and when he reseted the game it said: 'batteries run dry and time based events will not work' or something like that. I thought the cloning had caused it and did not dare to try the clone glitch, but it's probably just because he had played so much.
About S/G/C crystal, I sent my both silvers to a game shop and they changed the old batteries for new ones and I can save again.

[piplup 2020]

waaaaaaaa! my emrald dosnt work......

[spam]

I have also heard about that when you have played R/S/E for more than a year. I still don't understand how your save file can last if there is no battery working. I have seen some videos of cloning in E and when he reseted the game it said: 'batteries run dry and time based events will not work' or something like that. I thought the cloning had caused it and did not dare to try the clone glitch, but it's probably just because he had played so much.The message says "Your internal battery has run dry. You can still play the game, but time-based events will no longer occur." I know because my Sapphire has this problem. Which means the game will still save, but clock-based events (berry growth, rocket launch, tides) won't work because the clock doesn't work.
Umm yes it recharges the SP but it allowed me to save again also. Check the Serebii forums if you think im lying. I didnt say it always works, and I didnt say it would keep your save game for 6 more years, I just said it allowed me to click "Continue" after I saved.Which Pokemon game are you talikng about? If you're talking about RSE, then your game will save, even if the internal battery is dead. If you're talking about GSC, then I don't believe you and I think you're lying, although I'll have to test it out with my Silver.

[m]

The message says "Your internal battery has run dry. You can still play the game, but time-based events will no longer occur." I know because my Sapphire has this problem. Which means the game will still save, but clock-based events (berry growth, rocket launch, tides) won't work because the clock doesn't work.
Which Pokemon game are you talikng about? If you're talking about RSE, then your game will save, even if the internal battery is dead. If you're talking about GSC, then I don't believe you and I think you're lying, although I'll have to test it out with my Silver.



GSC, and I dont care if anyone thinks im lying, all I know is that it does work, it said you still have to erase your adventure and set your preferences though. It may not work with all games, depending on how you do it, look on Serebii forums about the internal battery, and it says it. Call me a lier, im not gonna start a big war over this just because im telling the truth, and you wont believe me. And no, im not a noob looking for attention.

[GrayLuna]

what happens if the battery dies out on leafgreen and firered can you still play them and save like in r/s/e?

[Te-em]

When you have played in 999:99 hours or something like that the time counter starts from 0 again. Does this affect the battery or do you have to play a year; don't know how many hours a year is though. I have only played 125 hours on my Ruby and someone played over 600 hours. I'm glad there is still much time for me to play before I have to get a new battery. I don't want to play without the time based events not working.

[GrayLuna]

yea it would really suck to not be able to play with the time based events does this also mean that you wouldent be able to make eevee evolve into umbreon and espeon