Is my B2 cartridge legit?

I’ve been wondering this for a while now.

My games

I know that my copy of Pokemon Diamond is legitimate. I bought it off of Amazon from Nintendo. It is a legitimate cartridge, and has never failed me at all.

I realized a couple months ago my Black 2 cartridge was darker than my Diamond cartridge, which I thought was strange and probably meant it wasn’t legitimate. I bought Black 2 as a used game at GameStop. It did not come with a case, and the past owner of the game was in Nimbasa. The cartridge is beat up a little bit, (as you can see in the second pic,) and makes sense as it probably has been around for about ten years, and I bought it three years ago. The only problem I’ve ever had with the cartridge is that sometimes it doesn’t load into my DS, and I have to reinsert it before my Ds registers that it is there.

Thanks in advance!

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From what you gave us, it’s legit.

I have a Pokemon Black 2 catridge that I know for a fact is legit, and it’s the same black color as yours. As for the not loading into the DS, sumwun sums it up pretty well:

I think that just means there’s a bit of dust on the B2 cartridge. One way to check is to try somehow making your cartridge communicate with another game or another copy of B2.commented 5 minutes ago by sumwun

I have had the exact same problem with my catridges, but just cleaning it a bit made it work perfectly fine. As you said, the catridge is a bit beat up and it looks like the gold part has some dust on it. As sumwun said, you can also check by trying to connect with another game.