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I am encountering a problem transferring my Pokemon via the GBA slot in my Nintendo DS. I already checked that they are the same language and have the official Nintendo seal. Also, I've verified that my DS is real and that both cards have been inserted correctly.
What could cause my game to display the "Please insert Pokemon [all gba games] to enter" error?
Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle cannot be caught in Pokémon Platinum, likewise for all of their evolution chain. They can only be obtained by trading from a different game. You can either get them through FireRed/LeafGreen via Pal Park (a place to trade Pokémon from the 3rd generation), or you can obtain them in HeartGold/SoulSilver and trade them over.
Pikachu can be found at Trophy Garden, which is the grass behind the Pokémon Mansion south of Hearthome. They should be available at all times, if my memory serves correctly. I believe they're no higher than 20, which is plenty sufficient to get all the EVs you need.
A note, however, is that you don't need to worry a lot about levels on non-legendary Pokémon that you catch. Any breed-capable Pokémon can be hatched from an egg, which results in a new one starting at level 1. This is also advantageous as you can use breeding to get a better moveset than naturally possible. So even if circumstances result that you can only trade a fully levelled one of any of these 4 Pokémon, you can always breed it to get a low level one ripe for your own training needs.
I will be omitting the ones that you obtain through Events.
Sinnoh Champ Ribbon:
Obtained by defeating the Sinnoh Champion and entering the Hall of Fame.
Sinnoh Super Contest Ribbons
Obtained by winning various contests in Hearthome Super Contest Hall.
Cool Ribbons (from Normal Rank to Master Rank)
Beauty Ribbons (from Normal Rank to Master Rank)
Cute Ribbons (from Normal Rank to Master Rank)
Smart Ribbons (from Normal Rank to Master Rank)
Tough Ribbons (from Normal Rank to Master Rank)
Battle Tower Ribbons
Obtained by defeating the Battle Tower Tycoon.
Single battles (Ability Ribbons after 20 and 48 consecutive battles respectively)
Double battles (Double Ability Ribbon for completing the challenge)
Multi battles (Multi Ability Ribbon for completing the challenge)
Link Battles (Pair Ability Ribbon for completing the challenge)
WiFi Battles (World Ability Ribbon for completing the challenge)
Memorial Ribbons
Obtained from an NPC named Julia in Sunyshore City by visiting her on various days.
From left to right: Alert, Shock, Downcast, Careless, Relax, Snooze, Smile Ribbons, with Alert Ribbon being obtained on Mondays all through to Smile Ribbon on Sundays.
Ribbon Syndicate
Obtained by buying one from the Ribbon Society in Resort Area.
From left to right: Gorgeous, Royal, Gorgeous Ribbons at 10,000 poke, 100,000 poke and 999,999 poke respectively.
Footprint Ribbon
Obtained from Dr Footstep on Route 213 when your Pokemon has traveled a lot with you.
Effort Ribbon
Obtained from Sunyshore market if your Pokemon has maxed out its EVs.
Best Answer
Is this the same combination of DS card and GBA Cartridge? or are you trying different combinations?
Example: You are trying Diamond with Ruby. Have you got any alternative GBA or DS cartridges to test? Diamond and [any other GBA game] or [Any other DS game] and Ruby. As if a different game works, it's a cartridge issue; however if ANY combination won't work, it's a hardware or contact issue.
Is the DS detecting the GBA game in the slot when you start the console? as that's a key element, it needs to know it's there on startup. Can you play the GBA game on the DS at all? Can you save the game? Is the Clock running on the GBA game (potentially berry glitch or battery)?
If it reads the GBA game and can play it, i can't see any reason why it can't transfer to the DS - as it can obviously read and write from both slots if you can launch, load from, and save to both.
If a single cartridge combo won't work, there's the issue - check the GBA cartrdge contacts. If no combos work, or you can't launch/read from/write to any GBA game - then there's your issue, your DS's GBA reader is faulty. Check the contacts inside the DS then consider that the port itself may be dead.