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* The {{TCG|EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua}} [[TCG]] set (Pokédex entries only, select cards only)
* The {{TCG|EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua}} [[TCG]] set (Pokédex entries only, select cards only)
* Select {{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos}} and [[Nintendo Promotional Cards (TCG)|Nintendo]] promotional [[TCG]] cards.
* Select {{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos}} and [[Nintendo Promotional Cards (TCG)|Nintendo]] promotional [[TCG]] cards.
* Special cards containing extra features for the [[Smeargle Paint]] minigame in [[Pokémon Channel]]
* Special cards allowing a player to increase the likelihood of special events in the Japanese version of [[Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 02:27, 13 November 2009

File:Ereader.jpg
A rendering of the e-Reader being used with an original Game Boy Advance.

The e-Reader (Japanese: カードeリーダー Card e Reader and カードeリーダー+ Card e Reader +) is a Game Boy Advance peripheral that is used to scan special cards in order to unlock new features in existing games, and add new features to existing games that have e-Reader functionality, or to play various minigames on the e-Reader itself. It was developed by HAL Laboratory and Olympus. The North American and Australian e-Reader is based on the Japanese Card e Reader +, which is a further development of the original Card e Reader with Link functionality, allowing it to connect to a second Game Boy Advance or even to a GameCube. The e-Reader was never released to Europe, even though the Pokémon e-cards were.

Technical specifications

  • "Dot Code Technology" (Optical scanning technology)
  • 8 Megabit flash memory.
  • 64 Megabyte mask ROM.
  • The long strip on each e-Card holds 2.2 Kilobytes of data.
  • The short strip holds 1.4 Kilobytes of data.
  • Passthrough Game-link port (For using the Game-link cable and the GameCube Game Boy Advance cable)

Pokémon e-Cards

Trivia

  • The minigame Machop At Work was included with the purchase of an e-Reader in the US and Canada.
  • According to Nintendo Power v.169, it would take roughly 62,500 e-Reader cards to equal the data on one GameCube disc.

Images


Pokémon e-Reader applications
Expedition Base Set: Diving CorsolaFlower PowerFlying JourneyGO, Poliwrath!Gotcha!Here Comes GloomHold Down Hoppip
Kingler's DayLifesaverMachop At WorkMagby and MagmarMake A Dash!MetronomeSweet Scent
Aquapolis: Dream EaterHarvest TimeJumping DoduoMighty TyranitarPunching BagsRolling VoltorbSneak and Snatch
Skyridge: Berry TreeDitto LeapfrogFollow HoothootLeek GameNight FlightPika PopRide the TuftWatch Out!
Promotional: Exciting Hide and SeekTime TravelFire HoopsImakuni?'s BallWooper's Juggling GameBig Fruit Strategy!Tokotoko Truck
Construction: Construction: ActionConstruction: Melody Box
Pokémon Battle e series: Pokémon Battle e: Series 1Pokémon Battle e: Series 2Pokémon Colosseum Double Battle e
Pokémon Battle e FireRed & LeafGreenPokémon Battle e EmeraldPokémon Battle e Promotional cards
Berries: Pumkin BerryDrash BerryChilan BerryStrib BerryEggant BerryNutpea Berry
Ginema BerryKuo BerryYago BerryTouga BerryNiniku BerryTopo Berry
Others: Eon TicketPokémon Pinball: Ruby & SapphireSmeargle PaintList of TCG cards by e-Reader card ID
List of TCG cards with hidden attacksList of miscellaneous Pokémon e-Reader applications