My pokemon platinum game will not work.

ask for another one

Sounds like data corruption... Is this pokemon game an original out the box game?

You can try cleaning the game card with a cotton swab and some rubbing alcohol, if this does not fix it then the card is physically damaged and there is nothing that you can do.

1. Take the cotton swab and pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol on one end, just enough so that when you place it against your hand there is no residue left by it but you can feel that it is wet.
2. Gently rub this end of the cotton swab up and down each of the "Panels" on the bottom of the game cartridge, this is where the game interacts with your console, and if the game is not damaged this is where the problem is.
3. Now gently take the opposite end of the cotton swab (The one with no rubbing alcohol) and go over each of the panels once more.

If your lucky, your problem is just some sediment on the game cartridge and this will clean it off and get it working.
Best of luck!

do you used flash card ?
if you do, my you should upgrade your firmware
for example if you use r4, just go to http://r4ds.cn/download/ and choose the latest firmware

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your friend destroyed your game, you need to start a new game, it will only work with an Action replay

The game is corrupted. If you are using AR for it, use the codes one at a time. Also make sure the code itself isn't corrupted. If you're not using AR, you must buy a new one.

try it in a different ds

I think that the game may just have to be buried as, by looking at the phrase that came up, Ithink that your dog may have damaged the save file.

i have a r4ds cart and my pokemon platinum (u) works briil. my r4 is kernel version 1.22 and i downloaded the game from www.romulation.net and it took like 3mins to download at high speed! hope this helps u get a good game. good luk.

[DS] Cannot access save data fix. Some cards like the R4 and a few other cards have trouble running certain games,
With the exception of one game "Star Wars Jedi Alliance" All games can be fixed to work on these lower qaulity cards.


So why is it broken?
Basicly at some point during development nintendo changed the way save files are handled, saves are handled by a file inside all ds roms called "arm7.bin", older cards such as the R4 and others have no way of reading or using this updated arm7, so the solution is to swap the newer arm7 with an older arm7 taken from a working game.

This is refered to as an arm7 patch, swap or fix.


So how do i fix it?
First of all just try update your cards firmware. Firmwares for all cards


If that doesnt work there are a few programs out there that you can use to arm7 swap, DSlazy and DSbuff.
DSbuff being a more up to date program.


DSbuff v.1 Final link: DSbuff

Extract with 7zip, winrar or winzip: 7 Zip

Pre extracted arm7.bin from Contra 4: arm7.bin
If you download the arm7.bin put it in the folder you create in step one then you can skip step 2 completly.


NOTE: If DSbuff doesnt work properly on your computer *for example the program crashes during the arm7 swap follow this guide for DSlazy* DSlazy links and guide


DSBuff Instructions:

Step one: Set-Up
Create a folder on your desktop and name it the game you want to fix.
Extract DSbuff anywhere and start it.

Step two: Unpacking
Run DSbuff.exe and click browse now choose a game you have that works.
Click unpack then browse in the new drop down section.
Choose the folder you created on your desktop
Click "Unpack Checked" and make it so only Arm7 has a tick.
Now click

Step three: arm7 swap.
Click the Drive:\ directory up the top or just restart DSbuff and click browse, now select the game your trying to fix.
Click on arm7 then browse and choose arm7.bin from your folder you created. Now click
Watch the green line to see when its done, it will unpack, then repack then when its finished give you the option of what to name the file.

Congratulations your finished, enjoy your game.