![]() ![]() Make sure the letters/words on the label are clear and not fuzzy.ģ. The "Game Boy Advance" logo on the front and the Nintendo (not Nintondo!!) logo on the back should always look the same on all GBA carts. Make sure the ESRB rating logo and the Nintendo (not Nintondo!!) logos look exactly the way they're supposed to. That is, the label on the fake looks nothing like the real one (some fake SMB3 GBA games are like that)Ģ. The laziest and easiest to spot fakes are when they don't even get the label right. Please feel free to post your methods too. There are definitely other methods to spotting fake GBA games, most of which involve the board. Notice there are no 4 rectangles in the top left corner. I have a blue circle around the 4 rectangles, and then the same pic without a circle on it just so you can see the whole board. Pics below are all of legit Pokemon games. Are there 4 rectangles? If there aren't, your game is fake. Turn over your main series GBA Pokemon game. THE 4 RECTANGLES METHOD (FOR POKEMON GAMES ONLY) E3 is slightly over the Nintendo official seal and 09 is above E3.Ġ8 is above the official Nintendo seal on my legit Zelda four swords.ġ1 is above the official Nintendo seal on my legit EmeraldĠ9 is above the official Nintendo seal on my legit Pokemon ruby My legit Drill Dozer has 2 sets of 2 characters imprinted into it's label. I have yet to see a legit GBA game without 2 characters imprinted into it's label. Sometimes the 2 characters are hard to see, but I assure you, they're there somewhere. If your GBA game does not have 2 (or 2 sets of 2) characters imprinted into it's label, it's fake. For example, my Pokemon emerald has an 11 imprinted on it but yours could have a 12 or 08. These characters can be numbers or letters and the same game can have different characters. Real GBA games have 2 characters imprinted into their label (sometimes 2 groups of 2 characters). THE 2 (OR SOMETIMES 4) CHARACTERS ON LABEL IMPRINT METHOD Opening it up to see if the board is legit is one way to tell if it's fake but I find that to be the most complicated method to verifying a game when these methods can do the trick more easily. These methods will work even if you can't test the game, open it up, or see it in person. Does my label look like the real label? Unfortunately over the past 5-10 years, scammers have gotten very good at making the labels look a lot better so you tend to have to rely on other methods now, which I'll talk about below. The easiest way to tell if a GBA game is fake is the label, BUT only if it's a really poorly made label. Unfortunately fake GBA games are harder to spot than DS games, but luckily there are a few easy ways to spot fake GBA games, especially when it comes to the most faked games, Pokemon games. īUT MAKAR, HOW DO I KNOW IF MY GAME IS REAL?!? Do your part, report any listings of fake games, or as they tend to call them, reproduction games. One of the listings has sold 238 fake pokemon emeralds. Don't believe me? Type in pokemon emerald on eBay. Fake GBA games, they're probably the most faked of any game on a system, probably after fake DS games. ![]()
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