Why am I having trouble finding a legit copy of Pokémon Emerald? [closed]

I have been looking all over the internet for a legit cartridge of Pokémon Emerald to gift to my little sister for her GBA SP. However, I am finding a LOT of fakes, through the looks, prices, and customer reviews. How do I find a legit copy when it seems the only ones on the market aren't anything but ROMs put on a GBA cartridge?

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Best Answer

Unfortunately, legit copies of older Pokemon games are basically things of legend as of now. The prices may be very high for a real copy, but if the price is very low, then the cartridge is fake because the game is 5 generations old and people will charge very high prices for legit copies due to the game's rarity and age, and people will charge more money for older video games, but people may charge the right price, but forget things the cartridge art on a legit copy that make the fakes easy to identify.

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Is Pokemon Emerald official?

Along with Pok\xe9mon that debuted in Ruby and Sapphire, the game incorporates Pok\xe9mon from Pok\xe9mon Gold and Silver not featured in Ruby and Sapphire. Emerald's reception was generally positive upon release....Pok\xe9mon EmeraldMode(s)Single-player, multiplayer12 more rows

How many copies of Pokemon Emerald are there?

Pok\xe9mon Emerald, an enhanced version of Ruby and Sapphire, is third with sales of more than 7 million units.

What Pokemon are missing from Pokemon Emerald?

Missing Pok\xe9mon283SurskitBug308MedichamFighting315RoseliaGrass335ZangooseNormal337LunatoneRock2 more rows

How do you tell if a Pokemon game is a reproduction?

Game Boy games that Nintendo manufactured will never have any black soldering goop on them. If you open a Pok\xe9mon game and are greeted by a big black blob, it's a reproduction copy.

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