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6th Gen Corrupt Save

Hoppaw

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    Not sure if this is the right board to post this, sorry if it is, anyway is there any kind of way to recover pokemon from a corrupt save or retrieve a save entirely?
     
    As far as I'm aware - and I went through an infuriatingly extended process with this a couple of years back when my copy of X became corrupted and the 3DS didn't even pick it up - there is no way of recovering a corrupted save, unfortunately.

    I've seen people suggest having the SD Card read by an external source (i.e. copying data from it to your computer) to jumpstart it, or by just resetting it repeatedly, but those seem to be luck-based methods rather than foolproof ones. You're probably going to have to restart your game.
     
    Man, that really is a bummer.... That's 4 or five different generations of pokemon 20+ legendaries, and every single starter..... I'll have to try the other methods before fully restarting.

    Edit: Oh and thanks for the reply, I appreciate it :)
     
    Well, I'd give the two methods outlined above a couple of tries before giving up on it entirely - it's a lot to lose, after all. If you DO manage to get it to work...buy a Pokemon Bank license and transfer everything you value onto there.

    I'm not sure if Nintendo would offer this for your region - I have no idea where you are, haha - but if you can't get anything to work you could send it to them to see if they can repair it; they may or may not be able to get the game to work. Didn't help me at all (they tried to charge me full RRP for a new copy!) but...eh, different circumstances since your game is still registering, and if you can't get it to work yourself then it may be worth considering. Good luck!
     
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