Question about Rockman MegaWorld (Wily Wars) pirate repros

[Tansut]

Do they generally come with a battery so you can save your progress?  I bought one recently and I'm super jazzed to finally getting to play it, but to get to the Wily Tower you have to beat Mega Mans 1-3 first and I'd rather not have to do it in one epic sitting, especially since Mega Man 1 is one of the hardest Mega Mans for me.

I unintentionally got a pirate copy of Mario & Luigi (oh my naivety in thinking that a copy of the game from China could possibly be legit) and it came with a battery, so are the chances good?

[Awesome Panda]

From my experience, pirate carts rarely ever come with batteries. The only ones I'm aware of that do (apart from what you mentioned) are GBC pirates.

[Barver]

No Rockman Megaworld pirates ever come with a battery from what I've seen. I've had a single cart and also a multicart with each three of the remakes split as a separate "game", and neither cart recorded your progress.

Only point in getting a pirate of this game is if you want the game for cheaper than the original, but nothing you can do about the battery as far as I know

[Azathoth]

Well, if you buy an actual homemade reproduction it'll probably have a battery in it, since most repro makers pay attention to that kind of stuff. Then again the price will be about 10x what an actual pirate cart would be.

[Awesome Panda]

Yeah, you might as well buy the real cart if anything.

[Tansut]

Ahhh, dang.  Well, I'll probably play it for a little bit and just try and resell it for what I got out of it and buy a repro somewhere down the line.

Thanks guys!