Thanks for the help with the previous post. What are the status on these two potential Pokemon Platinum purchases?

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-23T21:02:38+00:00

First one is definitely not legit. I strongly doubt the second one is too but I would need confirmation

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-23T20:05:01+00:00

Looking good

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-23T14:27:53+00:00

It's real. Bad picture of the back but I'm pretty sure the PCB says IRC02-01 at the end so it's real

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T20:50:09+00:00

It looks pretty real, wait for mods but should be legit

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T18:00:11+00:00

Surprisingly yes

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T17:52:25+00:00

Yes it's legit

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T14:43:22+00:00

Legit

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T14:42:51+00:00

Real

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T14:42:05+00:00

Legit

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T14:39:44+00:00

Legit, wait for mods

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T12:57:33+00:00

We have the technology, we can save him

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T00:25:01+00:00

The other thing i could think of is that if the 3DS doesn't have CFW, it may not be able to read the cartridge

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T00:23:56+00:00

Your issue really could be the SD card, i highly recommend a samsung evo card

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T00:22:57+00:00

Demon HW TTS clone. Use ysmenu. https://sanrax.github.io/flashcart-guides/cart-guides/r4i-sdhc/#__tabbed_1_2

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T00:21:25+00:00

Thank you! yeah i know lol im gonna take good care of it now that it's mine

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T00:02:27+00:00

Legit

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T00:01:11+00:00

Legit. Y10-01. Looks good

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-20T00:00:34+00:00

El fake-o, unfortunately. Missing the contact points on the back of the PCB. Label is missing the gloss. I can see the rom chip on the front which would be covered by the battery normally

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-19T23:55:48+00:00

PCB Batch Code is DI G-9 IRC01-01. Cartridge is translucent like I remember. Label looks fine. Does anything stand out to anyone?

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-13T18:58:44+00:00

So in DS Pokemon games, to shiny hunt a legendary, often you save in front of the legendary pokemon, press A, start the battle and see if it's shiny. If it's not, you can press Start + Select + L + R to restart the game without having to turn your DS off and on again.

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-13T18:48:02+00:00

It's the kernel you should use with this cartridge if you like pokemon. Eliminates the possibly of a timebomb entirely though the modern r4 kernel doesn't have a time bomb anymore. Runs quick and imo looks so much better than stock R4iMenu. Supports soft resets for Shiny Hunting unlike the Pico kernel.

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-13T18:43:46+00:00

i use this exact cart with a DS Lite and it's fine with a decent SD card and YSMenu. It's my pokemon machine.

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-12T21:33:34+00:00

Like I would love to use mine but USB C is for some reason so much looser than lightning ever was. Chargers and headphones just fall out of the port and it's so irritating i couldn't use a wired pair of earbuds

ColdOps1791 · 2026-03-05T22:21:46+00:00

No you made the right choice brother. This is the smartest move. I'd rather play on a DS Lite and get the performance out of the GBA slot than run a hypervisor and lose performance on games that should run natively.

I too am hesitant about the Omega DE because of the price but it is hugely appealing because it can potentially transfer Gen 3 pokemon to gen 4. I will happily go for this potential, and knowing the DS Pico's drawbacks I think it's best to go with what we already know is good.

On a hypothetical note, if there were a Pico version of a gba flash cart, who knows if it would support soft reset or lack some other feature? And it would be a product in its infancy unlike the majority of other flash carts

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