5. Transferring saves

Battery saves (.sav or .dsv) can be transferred between ALL versions of Fire Emblem 12: New Mystery of the Emblem ~Heroes of Light and Shadow~ [Shin Monshou no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu~].

This includes the original Japanese version, the version 2.xx menu translation and the version 3.xx complete translation.

Savestates cannot be transferred.

NO$GBA battery saves (.sav) are found in the BATTERY folder, in the same folder as the emulator.

DeSmuME battery saves (.dsv) are located in a folder as defined in the "Path Settings" of the "Config" menu.

To transfer a save file, all you need to do is make sure the save file has the EXACT SAME NAME (barring the file suffix) as the ROM. Eg. if your new ROM is called "FE12-patched.nds", the save file should be "FE12-patched.sav" or "FE12-patched.dsv". Then place the save file in the relevant location, as described above.

DeSmuME also has the ability to "Export Backup Memory" and "Import Backup Memory", which is slightly more fiddly, but more safer.

Obviously, if your new ROM has the same name and is in the same location as before, you don't need to do anything.

As usual, we recommend backing up your save files before doing anything reckless!