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title: "Pokémon Save Not Working on Emulator — Fix for GBA and NDS Games"
canonical_url: https://emudesk.com/issues/pokemon-save-not-working-emulator-fix-gba-nds
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source_locale: en
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published_at: 2026-08-31T18:22:23.000Z
updated_at: 2026-09-01T00:45:02.357Z
freshness_status: fresh
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# Pokémon Save Not Working on Emulator — Fix for GBA and NDS Games

My Pokémon game isn't saving on the emulator — either it says "The save file is corrupted" when I load it, or my progress doesn't carry over after I close the emulator, or I get a "No save file found" error when starting. How do I fix Pokémon saves in mGBA (GBA games) and melonDS or DeSmuME (DS games)?