NDS Spore... saving problems?

I have an R4, and I just downloaded Spore creatures EU release, I saved my file, but I keep ending up at the beginning again.My file is there, but it just keeps going back to the beginning and hatching a new spore. Am I doing something wrong?*Sorry, I posted this in the wrong section...*
Please don't flame... I thought I was posting in the other topic... Thanx

Update your firmware by going to http://www.linfoxdomain.com/ds/.