Pokemon Soul Silver save not able to be opened by PKHEX

[NathansMom]

I have a non authentic Pokémon Soul Silver cartridge and I'm not able to open the save to edit it in PkHex or in PKsm on 3ds my non authentic Pokémon Platinum works fine but only this one doesn't work and I cannot import a save can anyone help me access and edit this save?

POKEMON SS.savFetching info...

[BlackShark]

That is not a save file.

Did you use Checkpoint to get that? Checkpoint is broken for NDS games, use TWLSaveTool instead: https://github.com/TuxSH/TWLSaveTool/releases/latest

[NathansMom]

  On 3/30/2025 at 10:08 AM, BlackShark said:

That is not a save file.

Did you use Checkpoint to get that? Checkpoint is broken for NDS games, use TWLSaveTool instead: https://github.com/TuxSH/TWLSaveTool/releases/latest

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checkpoint works fine for my platinum but ill check if this app works and if its not a save file then why does it store as .save?

i've also tried importing a save file and the 3ds just freezes 

Edited March 31 by NathansMom

[NathansMom]

  On 3/31/2025 at 2:06 AM, NathansMom said:

checkpoint works fine for my platinum but ill check if this app works and if its not a save file then why does it store as .save?

i've also tried importing a save file and the 3ds just freezes 

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it freezes and doesnt open

[SkyLink98]

Ensure you're running the latest Luma 3DS, use the 3DSX with the Homebrew Launcher or install the CIA in the Home Menu.

If you can't either dump the save with checkpoint or install TWLSaveTool, i'm afraid you're out of luck. Chances are your 3DS setup have something wrong, might be a good idea to setup it properly.

[NathansMom]

  On 3/31/2025 at 7:41 PM, SkyLink98 said:

Ensure you're running the latest Luma 3DS, use the 3DSX with the Homebrew Launcher or install the CIA in the Home Menu.

If you can't either dump the save with checkpoint or install TWLSaveTool, i'm afraid you're out of luck. Chances are your 3DS setup have something wrong, might be a good idea to setup it properly.

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i can assure you my 3ds works fine..... As platinum works flawlessly with transfering saves. The twlsavetool freezes when any of my games are inserted and ive backed up the file to checkpoint which is how i got it and nothing i do opens it in pokemon save editors