In Super Mario Advance 4, what does the message mean when you try to save a game and it says "you can only load this game once"?
Super Mario Advance 4: “You can only load this game once” message
game-boy-advancesuper-mario-advance-4super-mario-bros-3
Related Topic
- Do GBA cartridge batteries run dry after some time
- The difference between “Super Mario Advance 4/Super Mario Bros 3” and “Super Mario Advance” on the Game Boy Advance SP
- Game Boy Advance Gaming Accessories – Can Two Players Play a Multiplayer Game Using Only One Cartridge?
- NESBox to VirtualBoy Advance Save File Conversion
- Super Mario Bros 3 – How to Break Underwater Blocks in Super Mario Bros 3
- Super Mario Bros 3 – Dialogue Changes with Koopa Kid and Frog Suit
- Super Mario Bros 3 – How to Quickly Score 5,000,000 Points in Super Mario Advance 4
Best Answer
The message is the difference between a regular save game, and a feature that's commonly known as quicksave.
Most games have specific points where you can save the game, right? Either a time, like right after a boss, or a place with actual save points, or only on the world map, or something like that. Starting around GBA times, somebody realized it should be more convenient. Possibly in the rush to port all the old nostalgia games somebody realized what a pain is was to actually lose progress if you had to turn the thing off right away.
Quicksave started showing up as a way to "pause" through a shut down, even though the game restricted where you can save. It was a save anywhere anytime option, but worked almost exactly like a game pause in every respect. Quicksaving the game also exited the game so you couldn't keep playing, and reloading the game with quicksave put you right back where you were and wiped the quicksave. It never actually acted like a save file at all.
I'd have to load up my copy of Advance 4 to be sure, but that sounds exactly like every other quicksave feature I've run into.