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How to Get AR Save to Work With Pokémon HeartGold

The Action Replay is a third party peripheral for the Nintendo DS, used to create backup copies of saved game files. It is primarily useful for games with limited save slots. ̶0;Pokemon: HeartGold̶1; only allows players to save one character to the DS cartridge. Using Action Replay saves is the only way to play multiple characters on the same game cartridge. Moving a save file from the Action Replay to ̶0;Pokemon: HeartGold̶1; overwrites the save file currently on the cartridge.

Things You'll Need

Action Replay MAX GBA / MAX Drive DS
Game Boy Advance game

Instructions

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  Insert ̶0;Pokemon: HeartGold̶1; into the smaller slot on the Nintendo DS. Insert the Action Replay cartridge into the larger slot intended for Game Boy Advance games. Insert any Game Boy Advance game into the slot on the Action Replay cartridge. It does not matter what game is inserted into the Action Replay, but this slot must be filled for it to function properly.
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  Turn on the system. The menu screen appears after a few seconds. Press the ̶0;MAX DRIVE DS̶1; button on the screen.
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  Press the user name the Action Replay save file is stored under.
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  Press the ̶0;RESTORE CART̶1; button in the menu. A list of all the saved games on your Action Replay cartridge appears.
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  Press the save file you want to use. Press the ̶0;DONE̶1; button to move this save file on the cartridge. The save data on the ̶0;Pokemon: HeartGold̶1; cartridge is completely rewritten by the Action Replay save. There is no way to recover the overwritten save at this point.
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  Turn off the Nintendo DS. Remove the Action Replay cartridge. The Action Replay save is the one loaded when you start ̶0;Pokemon: HeartGold̶1; again.

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