Why do some Zelda carts say "CAUTION HOLD IN RESET BUTTON AS YOU TURN POWER OFF"?

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United States Erik Riker
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Game:
The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Duration: 4:20
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Some Legend of Zelda NES cartridges (Rev-A, specifically) have this special warning on the save screen that reads "CAUTION: TO AVOID DAMAGING GAME INFO SAVED, HOLD IN RESET BUTTON AS YOU TURN POWER OFF." ...Why? Do you have to?

Games this affects:
-Dragon Warrior
-Final Fantasy
-The Legend of Zelda
-Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

If you've got any other cartridges with this warning, leave a comment and I'll udpate this list!

Sources:
-https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/229723/why-is-it-needed-to-hold-reset-when-powering-off-the-nes
-https://www.reddit.com/r/nes/comments/9xsi98/holding_reset_when_you_turn_the_power_off/
-https://www.quora.com/On-old-NES-games-with-save-batteries-why-did-you-have-to-hold-down-the-reset-button-while-turning-off-the-NES
-https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=11962

Hardware setup:
-Legend of Zelda cartridge Rev-A
-Nintendo Entertainment System NES-001 (recapped with Console 5 capacitor kit - https://console5.com/store/nintendo-nes-frontloader-cap-kit-nes-001.html)
-NESRGB mod by Tim Worthington (https://etim.net.au/nesrgb/)
-QSB FFC w/ AV Multiout by Voultar and Laser Bear (https://www.laserbear.net/products/voultar-nesrgb-qsb-ffc-kits)
-HD Retrovision SNES component cables (https://www.hdretrovision.com/snes)
-RetroTink 5X-Pro upscaler/digitizer (https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/5x-pro)
-Elgato HD 60 S+ capture card (https://www.elgato.com/en/game-capture-hd60-s-plus)

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