(04-03-2019, 03:16 PM)JosJuice Wrote: You need to insert the exact same memory card as you were using when you created the savestate. If you don't have it anymore, you're out of luck. This is one of the reasons that savestates are not recommended for keeping your progress long-term.
Thanks for the closure... I kinda knew that all along, but I was in denial, I was like "Surely, there's gotta be at least 1 way I've overlooked that could work". I guess I'm too sentimentally attached to my characters and once I saw them in the same spot I left off at, almost as if patiently waiting, I obsessed over recovering my data.
The worst case scenario is that I simply get to enjoy the game all over. Nevertheless, I appreciate the heads up, thanks for the insight.