The Nintendo e-Reader | Nintendo Facts
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8:36 All these Pokemon contributed to the scattered bits of Corsola that lie on Alola's ocean floor.
Walis Nt Ki I'm surprised this comment is not pinned, it is hilarious!!
Walis Nt Ki It also contributed to the 3Ds Pokemon Mystery Dungeon minigame
It is a bit suspicious that there are no Mareanie or Toxapex there...
Clever comment.
And later, the Galarian Corsola.
Finally someone actually explains this, in actual depth
15minutes talking about a card reader.
Nacho Ramos Didnt need explanation i still have mine xD
Ya finally someone talks about Nintendo DLC which is what this basically is
Nacho Ramos I have a e reader card of meowth
ElJackie it's not that bad, abeit, the tech was not there,still like amiibo though
I already know about the ereader but I could listen to Josh talk about garbage cans I would click the video.
Top 10 Nintendo Garbage Cans coming soon
yes
TheJWittz Let me guess, that one garbage can from Pokemon is gonna be there? You know the one.
Make sure to include the ones on the SS Anne with items in them!
He (JWittz) may be serious.
If you ever do an in depth "Pokémon eReader Mini-game Collection" Video, I would be 100% down on that. I loved those, and didn't realize how MANY different games there actually is.
Khyl Davis yeah!!!! 😍😍😍😍😉
Khyllax *actually are
"Ancient Streetpass"
More accurately, ancient Amiibo.
Cool. Didn't the E-Reader have something to do with accessing that locked door in Mossdeep City, though?
Yup! That's where the trainer card battles take place
THAT is what happens there!!!???!!! all this time trying to get a black player card en investigating what legendary could be behind that door..... just for it to be E-reader battles.... I feel a part of my childhood just died...
yup
Yeah, in Ruby and Sapphire, if you scanned a card with data for a trainer through the e-Reader, you could battle them in that house in Mossdeep. Check 4:54. The battle e-cards he showed in this video I THINK were ones which came with Ruby or Sapphire (correct me if I'm wrong about this), but later ones were also released which not only looked different but also had additional perks. The trainers on the later cards could also appear in the Battle Tower, could have teams of all Lv100 Pokemon, and some trainers even used Pokemon who couldn't be caught in Hoenn at the time. On each card, some of the data is intentionally covered by boxes of static, so parts of their teams were meant to be mysterious until you battled them.
it also gave you berries i think. berries that couldn't be grown in game and could only be gotten from events for top tier pokeblocks or in battle effects. emerald had e reader support through the comm room but didnt acknowledge direct card swipes but it was still nice to know you could mix records to get the same bonuses.
Oh my god, I asked my mom to buy me an NFC amiibo reader and she bought one of these online, it came with Donkey Kong Jr. Cards. I didn't even know what it was at the time haha
Why are you so mad lol? it was my birthday and she asked me what I wanted, I asked for one thing, (something that you can find for less than $20), and I thought it was cute she accidentally bought this. But go off I guess :^)
Get yourself an e-Reader and a GBA (if you don't have one already) and have a wonderful time playing Donkey Kong Jr. I used to have those cards myself, but I lost them. Now my e-Reader is gathering dust on top of my GBA.
I'm surprised that you didn't mention the E-reader commercial which involved DK Jr getting flattened into a card....
Ok. wtf.
Mr Life Oooo, painful.
American commercials are hardcore, man.
Sounds like that old Pokemon commercial where they crushed a bus full of Pokemon to turn them into one of the Gameboy games.
I had those cards.
I remember this thing from the bajillion times I mashed the Random Page button on Mario Wiki when I was bored.
It's comforting knowing i'm not the only one who does that.
*Hugs*
this, and a crap ton of warioware microgames
Used to do that all the time.
I did it with the dragon Ball Wiki and came upon all the characters that appeared for an episode or less.
I can Confirm that it does work with the DS Lite
Thank you for confirming!
Bucket list goals: Shake hands and give Josh and Renae a big hug for being them! E-reader was such a huge part of my coming of age card game life
I REMEMBER THIS THING, I loved my childhood
JWittz keep up the awesome work
You have quite a collection, nice video!
Hacker Glitcher Oliver indeed
As someone who knows about a few technical things: e-Reader mostly does not "unlock", per say. The program, or the data is actually inside the dotcode which uses obviously the same tech as QR codes. While Amiibo, let's admit it, only unlock things (with few exceptions), most of the time on e-Reader, it wasn't like that.
Super Mario Advance 4 Level Cards do actually contain Level Data in them. We kinda understand it now and it's not impossible to make custom cards to play on your original SMA4 cartridge for real if we want to. That's the interesting part: custom e-Reader cards have a lot more potential, and you can even make your own homebrews just fine for the e-Reader. Pokémon games were mostly just that, really.
Japan has a lot of cards and potential to use, F-Zero cards were like Level Cards (that said, all the e-Reader content for F-Zero Maximum Velocity are actually included in western releases in the ROM!), there are also very rare Mario VS Donkey Kong Level Cards. But some e-Reader levels are actually included in the ROM of the US and Japanese versions for debug purposes, it's possible to access those.
KiiroBomber I'm just glad that I can print off my own eon tickets :p
Oh hey, fancy seeing you spread your niche Nintendo knowledge here!
How do you print it out? I can never get it to work.
my GOSH you must of had a HUGE lunch break!
Use photograph paper in your printer with a super high resolution. I use a Canon TS6060 and it works great.
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Josh could make a phone book sound intersting.
I remember whenever I was in elementary school and the E-reader Pokemon cards came out a kid at school told me that they were used to get free Pokemon onto my gameboy games. I went back home and tried everything possible to get them to scan to my gameboy, but had no luck. I went to school the next day and called the kid a liar so we stopped being friends.
10 years later, this video comes out and now I realize he wasn't lying lol.
5:49 so thats what that symbol means!!!I have some of those cool!
I've been wanting to know about this thing for a decade, so, thanks! I got a Game Boy Advance SP and Super Mario 3 for Christmas one year, and it came with a card. I remember when I saw the screen that told you to scan the card, I looked up and down my SP multiple times, thinking there was something on the system that was used to scan it. Then, years later, I figured out the E-Reader was a thing and felt like an idiot lol.
Honestly if the system had the reader would been dope
The Super Mario Bros 3. e-reader cards are actually super cool and by far the best application of the technology. It's a shame that these didn't catch on and were so expensive, it was a neat idea.
It was only $40 MSRP. That's not expensive...
That was about the price of games at the time and it had much more to it than any single game so that price was completely reasonable.
I always wanted an e-reader to go with my Skyridge and Aquapolis cards when I was a kid. I had no idea there were entire minigames involving them.
The Mario vs. Donkey cards hold a bit of a mystery. Five cards were released by Corocoro Comic, 1 was given away for participants at the 20th World Hobby Fair. And there was a Japanese contest where cards were distributed across 1000 players, but nobody knows which ones, or even if they're the same. The game has 12 slots for new levels, but I don't think it's possible to access them at all.
You forgot to mention that Super Mario Advance 4 also had power-up cards that change the properties of the games, like adding the vegetables of Super Mario Bros. 2/Super Mario Advance and the Cape Feather from Suepr Mario World/Super Mario Advance 2.
I knew about the vegetables but I didn't know about the cape feather
6:29 Pikachu was on his daily stroll but he got interrupted and failure to escape Jynx and gives him a sweet kiss
Man, I have some of the Pokémon TCG cards compatible with the e-Reader, and just now, realizing what that random "e" in the corner meant just blew my mind. I've had those cards for years, had no idea the secrets they were hiding.
The e-reader is a thing that I've known the existence of for quite a while, but didn't really know in detail. I really enjoyed this video since I finally got to learn about it! :D
Anyone else feel old remembering this?
PowahSlap Entertainmint I know you were just at did you know gaming
PowahSlap Entertainmint no... I wasn't born then
#1ksquad
#roadto10million
Your responses make me feel even more old lol. #ROADto10MILLION
PowahSlap Entertainmint lol
Weirdly enough, no. I was only a teenager at the time. Stuff that makes me feel old generally come from the late 90's to early 00's.
My cousin and I had one when we were younger, it's difficult playing when no other friends have it and finding the specific cards was not easy
I had an E-Reader when I was about 8 years old. I remember it being incredibly confusing, but enjoying playing balloon fight and looking at the Pokemon entries. VERY cool device from both a hardware and software standpoint! It's almost a throwback to when programs were made with punched holes in paper...
My personal memory with the e-Reader is Emile's rant about the Eon Thicket when he LP'ed Pokemon Emerald a couple of years back, describing one of the main issues that ultimately doomed the system quite succinctly.
I would LOVE a video of all the Pokémon minigames!! I had no idea what they actually did!
5:00 *spits my drink*
OMG! I remember that card! The Lady Astrid battle!
What drink was it?
bittersweet nostalgia
I remember the E- reader was like a legend at my elementary school among Pokèmon card collectors, mostly because there was a rumor going around that it gave you the Pokèmon that you scanned like sort of a precursor to the mystery gifts. It's fascinating to finally learn the true purpose of this schoolyard fable.
Thank you so much for this. I need to comment more on your videos, but the content you make is amazing and I love it.
I had one growing up and was literally the only guy who did, people thought I was so cool (not ironically which makes it more hilarious), remember when RS didn't have every Pokemon on it? I used to think Mewtwo Ex was a way to get Mewtwo and that's why I originally bought it.
That Pokemon Construct is so good, I recommend Juggler and starting off with Skarmory, I tried to get every single card for that game alone! Also, seriously? those attacks aren't tournament legal? never knew that, I used Kadabra's attack against someone once and it won me the game simply due to my opponent not expecting it! xD
So many memories, had to click on this video =P
So it's like ancient DLC?
Only thing you left out is maybe spend a few minutes talking about the technlogy behind e-reader. I find Nintendo's gadget often find interesting uses for relatively mature/low cost technology.
Things like how much data is actually stored in one of those barcodes etc. would be really fun to know.
Great video nonethless
I still have my E-reader. A while after I got it, my local Hollywood Video store was going out of business and had most of the classic NES game card packs for 90% off. I knew about most of the games but it was these cards that taught me about cluclu land, which is now one of my favorite NES games.
Better question: what is this thumbnail? It's not bad, it's just nothing like a Jwittz thumbnail.
Great video!
Pat Nat What bothers me the most about it is the fact that his shirt is dirty on said thumbnail :P
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR THIS VIDEO YAYYYYYYY
Thank you so much for making this video! Growing up, I played a few games that mentioned the eReader, but I never saw an eReader in a store anywhere! I never had any idea what it had or what it could do- and now I'm really glad to see it all in action! Thanks so much for showing me what I was missing out on! :p
Great video! The E-Reader is such a unique little piece of tech, and I enjoyed learning more!
It Reads E's
xD
KittenBot 24 It's gonna have a hard time reading Gadby then. :p
you can probably print out the dot codes
reddevved What do you mean probably? Its a well known practice.
All you need is a good enough quality printer and some nice card material and youre good to go. :p
This is one of the most interesting videos I've seeing in a while. I learned a lot and thanks to it my appreciation of this device is even bigger. Thanks Jwittz.
Putting in the Nintendo E-Reader looks extremely satisfying, like putting in a USB port into your computer correct the first time around.
R.I.P Jango Fett
Shrek The Ogre at least he is with his legends adoptive father jaster
I remember you talking about making this video a few years ago.
this was a good watch, always wondered what that thing did and its nice to know i can play the unlockable mario levels with the virtual console.
I got one these back when I was a kid, and it actually came with quite a few cards to use. There was a Game & Watch: Manhole card, one for Animal Crossing, the Donkey Kong Jr. card pack, and three Pokémon TCG cards (Machop, Machoke, and Machamp) to play a minigame called Machop Punch.
The pokemon mini games look better than most of the games I own
Period.
7.8/10 too much wires.
Seeing the e-Reader again is an awesome memory. I got to use my neighbor's many years ago with my first handheld, a Gameboy SP. Animal Crossing and Pokemon Ruby and cards especially were interesting to scan in cards for.
over here in austrlaia i was literally the only person i knew growing up that had one, even these days with collecting i don't think i've seen one pop up in someones collection. i stil have mine to this day and can't wait to buy more cards for it.
I still got my e reader in closet somewhere xD
Nice video, but I cringed a bit when you opened the packs. Sealed E-Reader cards are pretty hard to find, especially the Animal Crossing ones.
who cares were so many generations ahead since the gameboy. we have the switch now and you can basically do everything he did with a rom
It's more about rarity than value, just ask gold. He sucks but people love him.
SteelRotom he opened them for us
Well I mean, it makes sense if you never intend on reselling them
Kuroki Yami Indeed. Always amuses me to see people complain about that as a heavy collecter myself.
Do I have a bunch of things that are unopened? Sure but that is because I bought them having no use for them (or at least at the time, some of them I would have used feeling how I do now, but the time has long since passed).
I don't care in the slightest about resale value because only through illegal activity or my death are they going to leave my possession. No matter how much they happen to be worth to others, they're priceless to me used or not.
Finally, a well made video about the ereader with a ton of effort put into it. Info on this little gem is so sparce online.
Whoa whoa hold on there!, there was an actual, legit and oficcial mario party electronic (in some way with gba) board game!!!???
anyone have e reader cards for sell I can buy?? pm me
Ah, I actually remember using the e-Reader a bunch. I got some of the classic games, Animal crossing stuff, SMB3 Advance, the Mario Party card game and of course the pokemon cards. Fun times
I got an e-reader back in the day because my best friend and I heard a rumor that if you scanned the Pokémon e-reader trading cards, it'd give you that Pokémon in your copy of R/S/E. Naturally, we were very disappointed when it didn't and couldn't figure out how the thing worked, but I actually still have it, if only for nostalgia. Thanks for explaining all about this device, JWittz! The video was really good and it was nice to finally learn how I was supposed to use it!
Ugh, even back then, I knew the E-Reader would be bad... The only games I had worth using it was Animal Crossing and Pokémon, but I didn't want to buy a bunch of crap I'd never use again just for minor unlockables. Amiibos did it better.
Minipastaman Mario party E one of the best board games ou there :D
patyos2 I preferred to play Smash Bros Melee or Brawl with my friends, because it's way more competitive.
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I just missed it. Got here at like 1,200 views.
TheJWittz Haha Nice one. Also where did you get the E Reader
TheJWittz no worries. af least you watched. btw, how is renae
I'v always wanted to know more of these. This was a great and easy to understand breakdown. Great video!
I missed the Nintendo Facts videos!! I loved it!! :)
I'm early.......
Why?
I still have my old E-reader somewhere along with a few cards...fun times with that little thing
I remember getting the glacier gba e reader bundle for my birthday as a kid , had alot of fun playin the machoke minigame you get with its cards.
Pokemon Channel also had e-Reader connectivity in the form of unlockable paints for the Smeargle II coloring minigame and constellations for Camp Starlight.
I remember this thing! My parents got me it for Christmas with the Pokemon Ruby cards, but since I didn't have a second Gameboy I wasn't able to use them. Still, I bought Excitebike for it, and played for so long making my own tracks with that. After going through all my Pokemon cards, I found I had a really cook Machamp minigame I would play whenever I got bored. And then recently I bought Mario Party-e on Amazon, and really loved it! Thanks for making this video and reminding me of this crazy little device
This brings back memories when I had an e-reader for my 13th bithday used to scan plenty of cards on it ranging from playing old NES games and opening extra goods SMA4: Super Mario Bros. 3.
Wow I never knew about this! This is why I love this channel, thanks for sharing JWittz! =)
Great job on the video, I really liked it! You should totally do a part 2 when you get those Japanese cards!
i did have one of these growing up and i always thought it was the coolest thing, always wish i had more cards for it, the construction action game was my favorite
I loved the e-Reader. It actually helped get me back into the Pokemon TCG because I wanted to play the minigames.
I think it would be SO COOL to make a pokemon trading card game sequel using the e-reader
ive been waiting for this episode for like years
wittz! I haven't seen you since you reviewed pokemon cards!
glad to see your still here
I've never seen an e-reader in person and didn't hear it talked about until very recently, but I knew of it for several years as some legendary device. Specifically I have Super Mario Advance 4 along with 3 cards and the Prima strategy guide which talked about the cards, and I have Mario Party e, which is playable without the e-reader and I have played a few times, but didn't know anything about the e-reader itself.
Thank you for making this video.
Ah, I remember this. Australia had a bit of support for the E Reader but it didn't last long. I managed to get quite a few of the Pokemon battle cards. One cool thing about them is that many of the trainers had Shiny and/or non-Hoenn Pokemon. (Back in the days on Ruby and Sapphire, seeing something like a Blastoise was a HUGE deal)
Sadly, we never got the Eon Ticket in Australia.
What, no mention of the Japan-only Pokemon Colosseum E Cards that got you exclusive Shadow Pokemon like Scizor? This was the only way to get Scizor until FRLG.
Such an in depth look at something that not many people had. Very good video.
I wanted so desperately to get the Super Mario 3 cards when I was. The game tantalizes you by allowing you to access the e-world, but all the worlds are locked. It's a brilliant ploy in Nintendo's part, really. I'm glad that those extra levels are on the e-shop, though, and I definitely plan on buying it now.
Non E-reader related GBA/Gc thing here, while on the subject of Animal Crossing, connecting your GBA to your Gamecube without an ereader was the only way to get to the tropical island. Not only that but you got your own little export of the pattern designer in the Able Sisterss shop :) Very fun times for me.
Finally I've been waiting so long for this video.
i'll never forget that the e-reader was literally the only legal way to get bass cross megaman in the gba versions of battle network 5, since the bass cross itself was a special e reader card that was given out for those that watched the battle network movie apparently.
Wow. I always wondered what the bars on the side of the pokemon card were for. That's crazy.
Great video
wow early 00's tech I always wanted 1 of these great vid Jwittz
bought one of these at Toys R Us back in the day. Used to use the Pokemon ruby and super Mario bros 3 cards all the time. Absolutely used the leaf card to fill my inventory with tanooki suits
Good news for you @TheJWittz: Most of the Mega Man cards can be unlocked digitally in the Mega Man Zero Collection on DS. Their functions can be found on The Cutting Room Floor's page for MMZ3 and can be obtained by completing one of the four games in the collection. It's unknown if they still work in the continuous scenario where you play through all four titles one after another for a more comlete story.
I always have wanted to try this out. But never had a chance. Thanks for doing a video on it I enjoyed it. I hope I can get one
I remember pick this up at a game store a few years ago with a handful of cards it came with. It was a blast!
I had one myself, along with the Ho-oh Rapidash combo for a ring hopping game.
The battle network are actually pretty good. Serves to make your experience more unique, you can custumize your megaman skills and even your PET (Menus) color.
BN4 (USA) has the option "erased" but actually is hidden if you got some cards and the "Chip Gate", you can use them, the files are on the game data still. It seems the freature was hidden as last minute thing, so the abilities and conectivity is still there.
Cool to finally see some pokemon e-reader cards in use, I want to get the Super Mario 3 e-reader cards
I would love to see the E-Reader Pokedex entries & Minigames all compiled into one video!! The Mario Party game, too!
With scannable qr codes on smartphones And nfc tech inside a right joycon. The e reader series could make a comeback. Like a Pokemon tcg on the switch that can scan actual cards and be used in game. Have it play like hearthstone and Gwent on smartphone and have it play more like the gameboy original on the switch.
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, to receive gifts, the Wireless Adapter was then being used. But they became incompatible with the E-Reader (the same applied for Emerald), so it was compatible with only Ruby and Sapphire, which grants access to E-Reader berries and the Eon Ticket, which is necessary to encounter Latias (in Ruby)/Latios (in Sapphire), and fixing the Berry glitch, but the last one can be done with 2 GBA consoles connected by a link cable and a FireRed, LeafGreen or Emerald Game Pak. In Emerald, you can't obtain the E-Reader Berries (but they become an Enigma Berry when transferred through the Pal Park). Also, the Eon Ticket is unobtainable in Emerald directly, but it can be received by mixing records with Ruby/Sapphire Game Pak which has an Eon Ticket. Also, only in Japan, the Regi dolls (i.e. the dolls featuring the Legendary titans) can be received on Ruby/Sapphire by scanning E-Reader cards. To get them in non-Japanese Ruby/Sapphire, you have to do these:
1. Scan an E-Reader card through the E-Reader to Japanese Ruby/Sapphire.
2. Exchange records with Japanese Emerald.
3. Mix records between Japanese Emerald and non-Japanese Emerald.
4. Exchange records between non-Japanese Emerald and non-Japanese Ruby/Sapphire.
Attention to step 4: Both games must have the same language.
Love your video man! Thanks for the interesting information.
There was also some e-Reader cards that came with Pokemon Channel for the Gamecube that added new patterns for Smeargle Paint.
I actually bought an E Reader back in April along with Mario Party E and the Eon Ticket all for a fair price. I really do like this thing and I wish it did better in North America.
Really interesting! I've always been interested in the e-Reader although I will probably never have one (Europa and stuff). But since I'm most interested in Mario Party -e, I will check out your stream soon :)
been a fan since 2013. i rooted for you on king of the nerds.