North American release following in September 2. It has a LED scanner that reads e Reader cards, paper cards with specially encoded data printed on them. Depending on the card and associated game, the e cards are typically used in a key like function to unlock secret items, levels, or play mini games when swiped through the reader. See below for a comprehensive list of cards and their functions. The cards themselves contain data, as opposed to unlocking data already on the device itself. The e Reader is not a console, but an add on device, like the Game Boy Camera or the Game Gear TV Tuner. General informationeditTwo versions were released in Japan the original e Reader without a link cable port, which could read cards to unlock game content, etc. Reader simply e Reader in Australia and North America, which came with a link cable port to connect with Nintendo Game. Cube games such as Animal Crossing and with other Game Boy Advance systems for games such as Pokmon Ruby and Sapphire. The e Reader was only considered successful in Japan. It was announced for Europe but very few were made, as it was almost immediately canceled, and it was discontinued in North America in early 2. In Japan, it sold much better and was produced up to the discontinuation of the Game Boy hardware line. In order to add items and scan levels in games such as Super Mario Advance 4 Super Mario Bros. Game Boy Advance systems and a link cable. The gray end would go into the e Reader GBA and the purple end into the GBA that had the game. After entering the needed point on the game, players would swipe the cards in and the data would be transferred to the game cartridge. This function does not work with the Nintendo DS due to the lack of link cable support. Reader cardseditIn the U. S., e Reader Card packs have been released that contain NES games. New levels and power ups for Super Mario Advance 4 Super Mario Bros. Items and designs for Animal Crossing. New trainers to battle in Pokmon Ruby and Sapphire. Mini games, including an exclusive version of Mario Party. Game Watch Cards originally there were plans to release every Game and Watch game on a series of E reader cards, or at least 2. Only Manhole e was officially released. There have been numerous other games released with e Reader support in Japan. Dot codeeditData is encoded on the cards using dot code, a specialized barcode technology licensed from Olympus Corporation. Reader Cards may have one or two sets of dot code on them, either a wide strip on the left side of the card, a wide strip on both the left and right sides of the card, a narrow strip on the bottom of the card or a short strip on the bottom of the card with a long strip on the left side of the card. Smaller games may require scanning only one card two sets of dot code, while the greater NES games can require as many as five cards nine to ten sets of dot code in order to start the application. The shorter sets of dot code were only used with the Pokmon Trading Card Game. Cards released in regular sets published by both Nintendo and Wizards of the Coast had dot code on the bottom side of the card. When scanned, the e Reader displayed a Pokdex data entry for the Pokmon shown on the card. Many of the cards published by Wizards of the Coast included a left side dot code that would allow users to play mini games, animations, and use secret attacks in the Trading Card Game or play with various songs and graphics. CompatibilityeditThe e Reader plugs into the cartridge slot of the Game Boy Advance like a regular game would. The end of the e Reader sticks out from the Game Boy Advance unit to provide a slot to scan the e Reader Cards. Electronically, the e Reader is compatible with any console that supports Game Boy Advance games, however it may be mechanically incompatible with some systems it simply does not fit, and the ability to link consoles may not be available. Once installed, the link cable connector on the Game Boy Advance is obstructed, but a pass through connection on the e Reader allows link up features to be used. The Game Boy Advance SP is also fully compatible, although the e Reader does not mount flush with the SP see picture. As the link cable connector on the SP is unobstructed, the pass through on the e Reader is not used. An additional cover AGB 0. GBA SP. 1The Game Boy Player is also fully compatible, and the e Reader connects as it would to a Game Boy Advance the e Reader pass through connector is used for connecting the link cable. The Game. Cube hosting this system acts as a Game Boy Advance in order to link to a Game. Cube game, a second Game. Cube or a Wii, running the game in question, must be used. The e Reader can connect to the DS Lite, but not the original DS. The e Reader can however be modified to fit into the original DS. In either case, there is no support for linking features, as neither system has a link cable port. The e Reader fits into the Game Boy Micro and has a link cable port, but not a standard connector. A special Game Boy Micro Game Link Cable must be used for linking features. The Game Boy Micros non standard link cable port can not accept the Nintendo Game. Cube Game Boy Advance Cable, meaning it cannot link with Game. Cube games without modification to the cable. Because the first version of the Japanese e Reader did not have a link cable pass through connector, it can fit into consoles which the later e Readers are incompatible with. Even though the Game Boy Advance and the DS are region free, Japanese e Reader cards work only on Japanese e Readers and North American e Reader cards will only work on North American e Readers. The system will display region error on both systems if a user attempts to use another regions cards on their own device. Game listeditClassic NES SerieseditThis section is incomplete. February 2. 00. 9Each game in this series comes in a pack of five cards, each of which must be scanned twice, on both sides. There are thirteen games in this series each is a direct port of the one player mode of the classic NES game of the same title minus the added e suffix. Excitebike, Donkey Kong, and Ice Climber, all released as e Reader cards, were later released in cartridge form as part of the Classic NES Series on Game Boy Advance. Also, all games except Urban Champion were included as unlockables in the Game. Cube game Animal Crossing, in full two player mode where applicable, and all games except Golf were included in Wiis Virtual Console. All NES titles released include Animal Crossing eeditThe cards, when used with the games post office, would provide items to players. Some were rare, while others were more common. Some unlocked town tunes, which were played each time the player talked to an animal, still others were sibling cards series 24 with two related characters on the front, and yet more were tailor design cards, which unlocked new designs to be used around the village. Aside from the regular card packs, some regular series cards were distributed on a promotional basis through Game. Stop, EB Games, and Energizer batteries. These cards did not differ from the regular version of the cards contained within the packs sold at the retail level. Pokmon Battle eeditThe Pokmon Battle e Cards, when scanned into Pokmon Ruby or Sapphire, allowed the player to load up special trainers to battle or to get special berries. In Japan, the series was sold as six sets, each with a different theme, with 1. US, the series was packaged together to have two themes per pack. DAT o MATICRecently changed items. Culdcept Revolt Japan Rev 2. Culdcept Revolt USA. Culdcept Revolt Europe En,Fr,De,Es,It. 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