Problems with loading Patapon 3 on PPSSPP

[Ken]

Ive been having a lot of problems loading up Patapon 3 on the PPSSPP core. The main issue being, the game start by reading the memory stick and the game simply just freezes without showing the PSP menu to read the memstick. I tried running the iso on PPSSPP standalone and it works just fine, so it definitely is an issue with my Retroarch.
Ive followed several guides

https://docs.libretro.com/library/ppsspp/#bios
which is what everyone points to, yet it didnt work

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808257447
which also mentions the memory stick issue, but just points to the ppsspp forums. I cant find a related Patapon 3 thread there, and Retroarch and PPSSPP cheats system is different afaik

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/ppx66a/comment/hd784li/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
which mentions the previous orders to follow the bios guide, and follows it up with manually downloading the core since the PPSSPP core itself might be outdated.

None of it works, and I dont why. I even copied the asset folder and even the save files folder from the PPSSPP standalone into the retroarch and that didn't work either. I would appreciate any help.

[pyrus aer]

If its the same issue, try removing the retroarch.cfg, that can fix it for a short while but the issue comes back again. I've had it happen while playing locoroco 2 so its something with accessing the "PSPs" save file directory. its a bit annoying to have to keep doing this just to get my PSP nostalgia