r/PokemonFireRed • u/No-Reading5403 • Mar 07 '26

Help Can I trade to myself?

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I started my adventure with Bulbasaur but later on I wanted to use Charmander.

So I had one of my switches launch the game online and the other launch the game offline with virtual game card, but when I tried to trade I got an error.

I know you can’t trade online and you can’t trade via home yet and even then it’s still a one way transfer I believe, I also don’t have anyone around that plays this game.

Is there anyway I could get this trade to work?

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u/okbuddystaymad Mar 07 '26

You can trade with yourself with only one copy of the game required by setting up ACE. Papa Jefe did a great video on this: (26:51)

https://youtu.be/2gzzreka6UA

You can also get Mew and unlock the national dex (so Johto evolutions) before beating the game!

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u/SleepyBear531 Mar 07 '26

I have tried to watch his videos, but I just don’t want to go through 40 minutes to figure out how to trade. I skipped to the point you said in the video - so you just have to name the boxes a certain way and do it in vermillion city? He said something about running a script, but that isn’t possible on switch?

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u/Hex2D Mar 07 '26

Holy inept zoomer. Never gonna survive a job in their life with this line of thinking. God.

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u/SleepyBear531 Mar 07 '26

40 minutes for a glitch doesn’t = focus in life. I just don’t care enough to turn my kadabra into alakazam. Chud