Yeah, the ROM that's circulating is legit. It's not the Professional version, either, unless they added the Professional stuff to the original, which I highly doubt.
It's a bit sad to read some of the comments here, but then I have to remember that these are probably kids. You're comparing the game to Dragon Quest 9. The NINTH game in a series. How can you be disappointed that any game from earlier in the series isn't exactly like the last game?
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Because some people bought the game already?
I would imagine that some people might buy games and dump them for their own personal use on a flash card.
How is anti-piracy protection the exact same thing as an incompatibility with flash cards? They are completely different things. That's like saying a PC game that needs a serial key is the same thing as a PC game that crashes with certain video cards.
Well, I converted my save from Acekard2 format to Desmume and it doesn't freeze, so I guess it isn't the save file. I'm not too interested in playing it on an emulator, so I guess it's waiting time.