GB Pokemon Multiplayer

[gnmmarechal]

So, I own a couple Game boys, and I was wondering, since I have Pokemon Blue (EU version) and Pocket Monsters Silver (the japanese version). Can I trade pkmn from the EU version to the JP version and vice-versa?

 

[Yepi69]

So, I own a couple Game boys, and I was wondering, since I have Pokemon Blue (EU version) and Pocket Monsters Silver (the japanese version). Can I trade pkmn from the EU version to the JP version and vice-versa?

Pretty sure you can, games are multi regional so.

 

[Clydefrosch]

you could just go ahead and try it yourself, but I think it didnt work like that

 

[gnmmarechal]

I can't try myself, since I currently only own 1 working GB (the other one broke last night for some reason ). I was going to get a new one, IF it worked like that.

 

[_v3]

You can't link them (AFAIK). Japanese pokemon games (until gen IV I believe) can only link with other japanese games, while eu <-> us games can link without any problem.

 

[Isaac]

I think I read somewhere once that the japanes symbols crash american games. Wow, my source seems really shady. "Think I read somewhere".

 

[migles]

you can't trade them.

you can trade a french with a english one for example, but not japansese with english.

Pretty sure you can, games are multi regional so.

Trades between Pokémon games in different languages are possible in this generation; however, a Japanese game cannot connect with a non-Japanese game. The latter will always result in corruption if attempted. This is due to the fact that the games cannot automatically translate the Pokémon data from Japanese to a different language or vice versa, since there is not enough room on either cartridge for all of the text, namely kana and the Latin alphabet (a feature that would later become possible).

source: bulbapedia


make some research before saying "pretty sure".

 

[Yepi69]

you can't trade them.

you can trade a french with a english one for example, but not japansese with english.





source: bulbapedia


make some research before saying "pretty sure".

You can make a successful trade but the japanese one will crash afterwords, make some research before shoving bulbapedia to my face.

 

[Sakitoshi]

that's why emulators exist, just try connecting a usa pkmn game with a jap one on tgbdual to be absolutely sure.