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Action Replay DS

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 and 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.

Although Action Replay can be helpful, it is also known to freeze the game occasionally and to cause minor problems. This is one of the main reasons why many players are oppossed to them. Although codes that simply allow you to change levels, stats, and moves tend to be harmless, others like Walk Through Walls or codes giving you an instant full party of Legendary Pokémon can result in minor game glitches that may last forever, or maybe that would render the game unusable until the file is deleted.

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 save files on Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Once the user has saved their file to a computer, the program opens up and allows the user to change a variety of objects and events in the game, such as money, items in the player's bag, and even the player's 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 number of players are against Pokésav. They think that it ruins the entire spirit of the game, as it 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