How to move "unmoveable" gamecube saves.

[stuffedmonkey]

I got a gamecube during the recent holiday promotion - the Mario Kart set plus a game under 30$ for 100$ that was running during Black Friday. So I got Animal Crossing. Since AC came with a memory card, I didn't buy one at the time. Recently I went out and got a larger size memory card, since the AC one is full. What I would like to do is transfer the AC save data to the larger card, but that particular file seems to be locked. I can transfer other things, but this one has a bit set that won't allow the system to copy or move the data.

Is there any trick to be able to move these?

[crazyjackcsa]

Could you load the game from one memory card. Play for a while. Yank the card out, slide the other one in and then save? I haven't tried it, but it seems like it could be possible. I think.

[Querjek]

Could you load the game from one memory card. Play for a while. Yank the card out, slide the other one in and then save? I haven't tried it, but it seems like it could be possible. I think.
No, this doesn't work.


I haven't been able to find a way to fix this yet. Actually, I think it would be nice to get a list together of game saves that can not be moved. WHat I know of so far:
F-Zero GX
Animal Crossing
PSO ver. 1+2

What others are there?

[stuffedmonkey]

Could you load the game from one memory card. Play for a while. Yank the card out, slide the other one in and then save? I haven't tried it, but it seems like it could be possible. I think.

Nice idea - I just tried it and it dosen't work unfortunately. Looks like the game is smart enough to look for the origional save.....

[joshnickerson]

You can add Pokemon Colluseum and Pokemon Box to that list.

[importaku]

Hmm its strange about the phantasy star online save as my japanese copy lets me move the saves around but i cant copy them.

JPN Fzero GX saves i can move too but not copy.

I finally took the plunge & got one of those usb memory cards so nearly all my saves are now safe on the pc, however im still trying to find a complete save for the japanese version of sonic adventure dx for gamecube with all the gamegear games unlocked but no luck so far.

[it290]

The PSO one is obvious - if you could copy saves, you could dupe items rather easily. That's the reason for all the weird 'guest character' stuff and whatnot, as well.... not that it's prevented anyone from duping, but still. I think the only way to do it is with specialized devices. I know for the DC there was a little device that you could plug VMUs into and copy between them - even 'protected' files. Perhaps something like that exists for the Cube as well?