Which GBA games used a battery for saves?

[Konacha]

I decided since I was bored I went opened all of my GBA games along with my sister's games and just write down here what there is and isn't

No Battery:
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords
Fire Emblem
Pokemon: FireRed Version
Pokemon: LeafGreen Version
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Super Mario Bros 3: Super Mario Advance 4
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Sonic Advance 3
Tales of Phantasia
Megaman Zero 2
Sonic Battle
Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda
Classic NES Series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Sword of Mana
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town
Final Fantasy VI Advance
Metroid: Zero Mission
Aggravation, Scrabble Junior, Sorry!
Dogz
Gameboy Advance Video: All Grown Up! Volume 1
Gameboy Advance Video: The Fairly Odd Parents! Volume 1
Lizzie McGuire: on the go!
The Muppets: in Spy Muppets: License to Croak
Spyro: Season of Ice
Spyro 2: Season of Flame
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
Donald Duck "Adv@nce"!

Battery:
Pokemon: Sapphire Version
Pokemon: Ruby Version
Megaman Battle Network
Megaman Battle Network 2
Pokemon: Emerald Version
Megaman Zero
Metroid Fusion

It seems only a handful of them use a Battery for saves, which kinda surprised me.

[Hobie-wan]

Interesting that your retail Metroid Zero Mission doesn't use a battery when my NFR does.

[Konacha]

Yeah, I agree that it was also interesting because I thought for sure Metroid Zero Mission would have one after what you said. At first I saw some sort of pattern that the older games that were Capcom and in house Nintendo games (like Metroid and Pokemon, even though that is made by Gamefreaks) were the only ones with battery but then Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen did not have a battery yet Pokemon Emerald did and Emerald is a newer game (plus my games are not the Player's Choice re-release). It might have something to due with the clock in the game? That's about all I can think of.

[alienjesus]

I believe the battery in the pokemon games is only used to keep track of the time in game, although I could be wrong. The rest is done on flash afaik.

The only other game I know that uses battery would be Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi - the one with Roy that was only released in Japan. The sequel (Fire Emblem in the west) uses flash.

[ExedExes]

I believe the battery in the pokemon games is only used to keep track of the time in game, although I could be wrong. The rest is done on flash afaik.

The only other game I know that uses battery would be Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi - the one with Roy that was only released in Japan. The sequel (Fire Emblem in the west) uses flash.

Pokemon Crystal on the GBC used one for timekeeping -- a sad fact I found out when I saw mine died after 10 years a few months ago, but it's neat that flash memory is used throughout a lot of GBA titles.

[Hobie-wan]

Yeha, the GBC Pokemon games use the battery for the clock and memory. You can tell those have a clock because there's the little aluminum can that holds the crystal. That's the 'quartz' that goes along with timekeeping.