Hello. I'm new to recovering Pokémon saves and roms. After 24 years I wanted to recover my Charizard from Red, and my brother Blastoise from Blue. I bought a Flash Boy to dump the ROMS and RAM to my PC.
For my Pokémon Red cartridge, my Charizard was still perfectly preserved! However I was missing 90 Pokédex and many more in my PC including Mewtwo and Zapdos (I caught them all as a kid). I've attached my save file.
For my brothers Pokémon Blue cartridge, when I recently played it in a Gameboy, there was no Continue option, so I assumed the battery died and the save was wiped. HOWEVER, when I ripped the ROM and RAM using Flash Boy, the game had a Continue option with 9 minutes of progress. There is only a level 6 Squirtle in possession. It seems this Squirtle gained a level after the first rival battle. No one has played this cart since I recently discovered the battery "died" 3 weeks ago. I've also attached this save file.
I used PKHeX to drag the Squirtle over to my Pokémon Red game save. I then installed custom firmware onto my 3DS and used Checkpoint to inject the save file into the Red Virtual Console Game. I'm awaiting a copy of Pokémon Ultra Sun so I can download Poke Transporter to send these Pokémon to Bank, and then Home.
I have questions:
1. Is this the same Squirtle brother picked back in 1998? Do you think it has the same IV's?
2. If this is the same Squirtle, why has it devolved?
3. Why is there now a Continue option in Pokémon Blue? I swear, no one has played this cartridge recently, and the battery was supposed to be dead.
4. I did not modify any of these Pokémon in PKHeX, and it says they are "legal". Can I get banned for using these Pokémon in the modern games online?
5. Is there a way to recover more Pokémon from these save file dumps without risking to be banned online?
Thank you for reading my post!
RedRAM-Kenshin305.sav
BlueRAM-Kenshin305.sav