Your pokemon are about to die.

[Tommy Thunder]

So this problem occurs with all the original ones (Red, Blue, and Green), and the 2nd gen, ones (Silver and Gold) yes?

[VanHooliganX]

So this problem occurs with all the original ones (Red, Blue, and Green), and the 2nd gen, ones (Silver and Gold) yes?

I believe so.

Besides, can't we just travel to Lavender town and visit our dead pokemon in that tower?

[xAzureSkye]

I believe so.

Besides, can't we just travel to Lavender town and visit our dead pokemon in that tower?

Haha! only Gastly seem to live there weirdly

[Iron Ape]

So this problem occurs with all the original ones (Red, Blue, and Green), and the 2nd gen, ones (Silver and Gold) yes?

Pretty much. DS games save to flash memory, so these battery issues should be limited to only pre-DS titles.

[xAzureSkye]

Pretty much. DS games save to flash memory, so these battery issues should be limited to only pre-DS titles.

Wait, so FireRed and LeafGreen are also affected? FACK!

[Iron Ape]

Wait, so FireRed and LeafGreen are also affected? FACK!

Unfortunately, yeah.

I kid you not, a couple of months back, I went through replacing the battery on my copy of Link's Awakening for the ol' Gameboy Color, and then Nintendo dropped it on the eShop, like, 3 or 4 days later. I was crazy irritated.

[xAzureSkye]

Apparently Pokemon GBA ROMs don't work either, I can't save Emerald, it tells me there is a problem with the battery yet I can save every other game. SHIT!

[JSullivan]

I have an emulator on my Wii - It's got at least another 15 years in its life :P

There is a counter to this battery issue (i've known about this for a few years) - Plug it into a DS/GB that charges (for example, Gameboy SG or whatever it was called), then leave the game ON, charging at the mains, for several hours, or so I'm told fixes the issue (for a short while, at least).

Alternatively, you can replace the battery - for instructions, see here.

[Tommy Thunder]

In accordance with this, I'm in the process of playing through Pokemon Red right now.

I figure I'll probably try replacing the battery in it once it dies though. I'll also try replacing the battery of my Yellow version, Mario golf and Links Awakening too. Those are the only games I care about on my GBA.

[IrkenInvader]

I went back to play silver but then I remembered I caught and kept missingo. My cartridge is screwed anyway.