Pokésav

The Pocket Monsters Save Data Editing Tool (Japanese: ) or POKESAV is a  for  and later that edits save files of specific core Pokémon games, developed by a Japanese programmer known by the alias "COM".

It is recommended that players back up their save files before performing changes with POKESAV. If changes are made before being written to the save file, players can use POKESAV's function to undo the changes ( reload file), which restores the data in the file to the initial state.

POKESAV can also export Action Replay DS codes to perform the changes directly in-game.

Releases
There are four different editions of the app, each for use only with the games it targets.


 * The edition, which is at version 0.40d.
 * The edition, which is at version 0.06e.
 * The edition, which is at version 0.03a
 * The edition, which is at version 0.06c.

A release of the app for  and later has not been developed.

System requirements

 * A -compatible or series machine
 * The Japanese releases of or later ( also supported but only with .01 or later installed)

Because the app is not written in, it will present either question marks or to non-Japanese Windows users. To work around this, users of may use  while users of  and later may use Locale Emulator. Users of need to change the system's locale (language for non-Unicode software) to Japanese; this method may also be employed in the other versions of. Changing the system's locale will affect all apps, however.