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2nd Gen How to trade from 2nd gen to 3rd?

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Nurse Joy

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    Another thing on the Link Cables....

    Third Generation Nintendo handhelds (GBA) have a different Link Cable than the First Gen (GB) and Second Gen (GBC). GB had its own cable. The Second Gen brought about a Link Cable that could only be used between GB and GBC. The GBA has different ports and adapters than the GBC and GB, so connections between them are not possible.

    To quote Wikipedia,
    "The port design on the third generation is almost identical to the second generation link cable ports except that it adds an extra protrusion on the plug and a notch on the socket to prevent a Game Boy Advance Game Link cable from being accidentally inserted into older model Game Boy systems. The almost identical shape of the port allows the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP and Game Boy Player to accept all the second generation Game Link Cables, but only for backward compatibility between Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. The second generation Game Link cable cannot be used to link Game Boy Advance games, and the third generation Game Link Cable cannot be used to link Game Boy or Game Boy Color games."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Link_Cable

    But that's just the cable, not the data in the games themselves.
     
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    Aw, guys, I'm sorry but this thread hasn't had a post in.. almost two years so it's considered dead. :( Please remember not to bump topics that haven't had a post in over a month for the future.

    Aaand with that said, closed!
     
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