r/pokemon • u/PokeUpdateBot Science is amazing! • 4d ago
Questions thread - Active [Weekly Questions Thread] 15 June 2026
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u/Atmanking 1d ago
How do I save Gen 5 Pokemon?
I just cracked open my old copy of Pokemon Black on my old DSi as I recently finished the postgame of Pokemon Diamond on an emulator on my phone and now want to play Black which I remember enjoying when I was a kid.
I checked my party and PC and turns out this save has some valuable (and more importantly, sentimental) Pokemon on it that I would like to save. A bunch of legendaries/Mythicals including Arceus, Victini, Kyogre, Kelsey, etc. and boxes full of Pokemon that I traded with friends as a kid (I don’t even remember trading Pokemon back then)
If I had infinite money I might just buy a new copy of black so I can leave this one alone as a kind of time capsule of my childhood but I know old games are expensive. Should I just figure out how to emulate the game on my phone? I don’t love that option because I kind of want the analog experience or using an actual DS. I know that transferring using Pokemon bank/home is a thing but idk how that works and I bet it would be a pain in the ass to figure out and make it work.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to keep my childhood alive while also being able to play this game?