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The Action Replay is a cheating device brand made by Datel that is used for games and systems of all kinds. It is not licensed or endorsed by any game or console manufacturer.

While the GameShark was the most widely used cheating device in the late 90s, it was actually an Action Replay under a different name. However, Interact, the company whom distributed GameSharks, went bankrupt. After that, Mad Catz bought the name GameShark, and Action Replays were then sold to the public by their original name.

Use & Function

Cheating devices such as the Action Replay are primarily used to enable, disable, or modify sections of a particular game's scripting code. By intercepting game code transmission between the game's software and the system hardware, Action Replay devices can change the gaming experience. The use of cheating devices to modify Pokémon games has been a popular practice since the games' release in the mid-nineties. Popular applications of the device include capturing unobtainable Pokémon, acquiring unobtainable items or mass quantities of items, and modifying Pokémon stats.

Duo problems

In 2005, Datel released a new device for use with both the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS called the Action Replay Duo (also known as the Action Replay Max). This new device enabled users to modify GBA games like the ordinary Action Replay for GBA; however, it also had the ability to save your DS games onto a computer using a USB cable. Using this method, users could backup and restore saved game files. However, the device does not recognize any Pokémon save data located in its slot, and has caused much outrage among fans for this reason. Despite numerous updates to the device, there has been no explanation given as to why the device ignores Pokémon games.

Pokésav

Main article: Pokésav

Pokésav is a user created program that can generate codes or modify Pokémon Diamond and Pearl save files. Once the user has saved their file to a computer, the program opens the game up and allows the user to change a variety of things in the game, such as money, items in the player's bag, and even the players name. The user can also make the desired changes and then generate an input code for the DS which will do the same thing, only without the use of the save game. However, Pokésav is more commonly used to modify, or outright hack, Pokémon.

Pokésav can either modify an already existing Pokémon in the player's game, or create one from scratch. The user can then modify almost anything, including shininess, effort values, individual values, level, nature, and even ribbons or contest ranks, along with a number of other things. The program can be used to create the perfect Pokémon with no signs of hacking at all.

Legitimacy controversy

Because Pokésav has the ability to create technically perfect Pokémon, a very large number of players are against Pokésav. Most players note that it ruins the entire strategy of the game, as well as gives those who spend time breeding and raising their Pokémon through hard work a new hurdle of possibly facing a perfect hacked Pokémon that only took a few minutes to make.

External links

Action Replay official website
Pokésav website

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