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trade problem

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Corhydron

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I have a problem with trading between my FireRed and Sapphire version. I have GBA SP and GBA consoles, link cable and the mentioned games. In FireRed, I bet EliteFour, I gave Ruby and Sapphire to Celio, so it should be enough to be able to trade Pokemon with Sapphire version. I've started my Sapphire game, and I'm trying to trade in Petalburg City, but there is an infomation:


Please Wait....
... ... B button to cancel


What could be wrong? I guess my cable and consoles are working, as I can trade between Yellow and Gold. Are there any other requirements to make trading possible?

Thanks in advance for any help.
 
- Check the cable, it could be loose.
- Make sure that the link cable is for GBA and not GBC.
- I'm not sure if a GBA SP + GBA works, since I've only tried it with GBA SP + GBA SP. I'm guessing that it should work.
- If it's a multi-cable, try plugging in the first cable (marked with a 1) and the second cable (marked with a 2) into each of the consoles. I usually have to do that with battling.
 
I also have that problem, except I trade between SP and SP, I think you should bend the cables...LOL i know that sounds ridiculos but it works for me!
 
Did you beat Sapphire? because you can't trade through two different generations without beating both games.
 
I've bought second hand cartridge with save after Elite Four, and then I couldn't trade. My cable is rather efficient and handles GBA/GBA:SP connections... (It worked with Yellow/Gold. Probably I'll have a new LG tomorrow, and I'll check this out)


now I began a new game... there'll be Swampert, Starmie, Medicham, Salamence, Skarmory, Ludicolo: D
 
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I don't know why I couldn't trade with the older versions, but I can with the newer ones... how did you trade Silver + Yellow? I've tried Crystal + Silver, Crystal + Yellow, and Silver + Yellow (with all the requirements, except maybe it was my cable). None of them worked. They all had a connection interruption message, or something like that.
 
gtab x3 said:
Did you beat Sapphire? because you can't trade through two different generations without beating both games.
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On Ruby and Sapphire you can trade between versions as soon as you're able to use the trading system. Emerald on the other hand requires you to beat the game.

I don't really know if there's even any difference between a GBC cable and a GBA cable. I'm sure it should work either way. I have a link cable that allows me to trade GBA to GBA, but never GBC to GBC. It could just be the link cable your using. It may be a few years old, and it may have worn out a bit or something. ^^;;
 
Have they both real cartridges? I couldn't trade between my gold (fake and crystal(real) due to the fact one was reprogrammed japanese. both cartridges should be the same colour as the box or games said colour.
 
gtab x3 said:
Did you beat Sapphire? because you can't trade through two different generations without beating both games.
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are you retarded? firstly they are both in the same gen, secondly, you dont need to do anything but be able to trade on sapphire to be able to trade from fr/lg
 
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