Gaming Are these Pokemon GBA games fake or real?

[pokeboy2011]

Just want to know urgently!

 

[DiabloStorm]

I have all of the original USA carts of these except emerald...but again they're USA so...cant really compare.

 

[ItsMetaKnight]

Photo needs higher resolution for judging.

First thought however is they're fake. The ESRB logo looks a bit off to me.

 

[QuietShark9]

The European Nintendo seal of quality is circular, while the American one is oval. However, since the GBA wasn't region-locked, maybe some games were changed and ended up in the other region, I don't really know...

EDIT: Check this site, it should help: http://caggames.weebly.com/how-to-spot-a-fake-pokemon-gba-game.html

 

[pokeboy2011]

Hmm, I compared them to the official ones and the only difference I can see is Pokemon Emerald...
EDIT: If it were to be fake, does Pal Park work?

 

[Deleted-236924]

Take pictures of Emerald at different angles and different lightning.
My first reaction when I saw your Emerald cartridge was "faaaaaake!", but Emerald is a weird one and may look differently depending on the lightning/angle.

Can you see an effect similar to this one on the sticker?

Is the sticker actually silver in the upper-right and lower-left corners?

 

[Joe88]

I traced the image back to the ebay auction(s)
the image was resued a ton of times in different auctions by different users and they are all sold from hong kong, so im gonna say fake

 

[The Catboy]

Could you post a picture of each of their boards?

 

[pokeboy2011]

So if it's fake will it still work with Pal Park?

 

[porkiewpyne]

I traced the image back to the ebay auction(s)
the image was resued a ton of times in different auctions by different users and they are all sold from hong kong, so im gonna say fake

This. Pretty sure I have seen this picture being used many times by different eBay sellers. :\

 

[Rydian]

Which means, at the very least, that it's not an actual representation of the product being sold.

 

[pokeboy2011]

Oh,
I knew I had to be suspicious... I accidently purchased one of them before realising that they might be fake...

 

[pokeboy2011]

I sent them a message and they said they are "OEM".

 

[porkiewpyne]

I suppose as long as you didn't pay a lot and if it works/saves fine, it's not TOOOO bad, right? I mean, it could have been worse.

 

[pokeboy2011]

Kind of true, but the main point I am interested in is migrating Pokemon from the GBA cartridge to the DS Pokemon game (e.g. Pokemon Ruby to Pokemon Diamond)

 

[gamewitch]

The copy of Emarald is a fake I got one just like it from amazon years ago it never worked right, it could not keep a save.

 

[pokeboy2011]

What about the others then...

 

[gamewitch]

Hard to tell, but other than the lack of bring able to save right the copy of Emerald I had worked fine so maybe it will work right for you best of luck!

 

[porkiewpyne]

Is the sticker actually silver in the upper-right and lower-left corners?

I don't exactly remember but I believe it was. I'll check when I get the chance (definitely not within the next 3 months though)

 

[pokeboy2011]

Thanks anyway guys, I have 14 days to return it if it does turn out to not work properly...
BTW, is there anywhere where I can buy the official copy of Emerald and Firered?
EDIT: In a cheap or reasonable price?