A collection of Animal Crossinge-Reader cards, packaged under the name Animal Crossing-e in North America, was released in 2002 and 2003. There are a total of 326 Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+-themed cards (plus two promo cards) produced by Nintendo for use with the Nintendo e-Reader within the game. The cards were distributed in four series, with an initial North American release in October 2002, and are exclusively compatible with Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube. Each pack contains a random assortment of five cards sold at $2.99 MSRP[1]. In order to the use the cards, the player must scan the cards at the appropriate in-game location, which varies according to card type.
I wanted to test out a e-Reader card file that I had and see if it would work or not, but Everytime I try to connect the e-reader with VBA-m it never connects. There was also this one video with animal crossing that a person did and it worked for the user. Connected right away and tried what I assume is a card for animal crossing. Everyone who owned Animal Crossing on the Gamecube had access to at least 10 classic NES games, for free. There were more, too, obtained through special giveaways or e-Reader Cards.
Of the two promotional cards released, the first (titled Animal Crossing) was bundled with the e-Reader accessory in North America while the promotional NES Link card was included in the December 2002 issue of Nintendo Power magazine[2].
Another series of 108 cards was released exclusively in Japan for the release of Doubutsu no Mori e+ that includes cards for the new villagers and songs as well as 12 new design cards.
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Character cards[edit]
Series 1 - K.K. Slider (front)
Series 1 - K.K. Slider (back)
Series 2 - Peaches (front)
Series 3 - Katrina (front)
Series 4 - Freckles (front)
There are 275 total character e-cards, each of which has a picture of a villager or special visitor on its front and additional information about them on the card back, such as their gender, catchphrase and their astrological sign, as well as a short paragraph describing their personality and lastly, a password that can be redeemed for a special item. The cards can be used in the following ways:
- Without a Nintendoe-Reader:
- Sending the code found on the back of the card via letter to random villager in town will result in a return letter from that villager two days later with an item attached. The item sent is specific to each e-card and ranges from common items to fossils to unorderable special event items.
- Sending the code (via letter) to the specific villager pictured on the front of a character card will result in a return letter from that villager two days later. The letter often contains a common NES game but may contain instead the default common item associated with that e-card.
- Using only an e-Reader and Game Boy Advance:
- Scanning a character card into the e-reader results in an animated three-page letter from that character being displayed on the screen along with background music that is unique to each card.
- With an e-Reader connected to the GameCube using the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable:
- Scanning a character card at the e-Reader Transfer Machine in the Post Office will result in a letter from the villager on the card being sent to the player's mailbox. The present attached to this letter is specific to that e-card and is different from the one received when using that e-card's password.
Villager letters[edit]
If the player sends an e-card password to a villager in their town whose identity matches the character card from which it came, they will likely receive a letter containing an NES game as opposed to that e-card's standard item. The images below show the letter sent by each of the six personality types.
Normal personality (Chevre)
Peppy personality (Cookie)
Snooty personality (Sue E)
Cranky personality (Rocco)
Jock personality (Leopold)
Lazy personality (Chico)
Other cards[edit]
Other cards have functions such as uploading a pattern.
Series[edit]
Click on the appropriate image or text below to view a list of e-cards in that series.
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References[edit]
- ↑http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/09/26/animal-crossing-e-card-details
- ↑http://ereader.no-intro.org/checklists.php?sys=EngList&search_set=Promotional&card_no=1093
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- This article is about the peripheral itself. For information on the Animal Crossing e-Reader cards, see e-Reader card.
The e-Reader is a gaming peripheral developed by Nintendo. When paired with a compatible portable gaming device (e.g.Game Boy Advance), it can be used to scan e-cards which have specially encoded data printed on them, to perform various functions such as uploading data or unlocking game features. Some cards may also contain game data to play mini-games or even retro titles such as the ports of NES titles, for play on the GBA.
e-Reader cards work using Dot Code Technology developed by with Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Each card can hold up to two code strips, one long strip holding up to 2.2 kilobytes of information and a shorter strip containing 1.4 kilobytes. The e-Reader peripheral itself uses 64 Mb mask ROM and 1 Mb flash memory.[1]
Use in Animal Crossing[edit]
When the e-Reader and Game Boy Advance are connected to a Nintendo GameCube playing Animal Crossing, cards from the Animal Crossing-e series can be scanned to affect gameplay, such as obtaining exclusive pattern designs or receiving gifts such as rare NES games. e-Reader functionality is only available in NTSC and Australian PAL versions of the game. The Europe release of the game disables all e-Reader functionality.
Animal Crossing received two promo e-reader cards: a bonus Nintendo Power prize (containing the NES Link design card), and a card containing K.K. Ska that was included in the original e-reader package.
Doubutsu no Mori+ received multiple promotional cards with alternate artwork. Two special player cards were released in Famitsu magazine, as well as alternate K.K. Slider, Rover, Blanca, and Resetti cards, with the latter three being in a blind pack. Most other special characters' promo cards were included at random inside Takara playsets.
Cards[edit]
There are 5 different card sets. Once scanned, they can give the following items:
- A letter from a villager and an item
- The two NES cards can give players the game shown on the card.
- K.K cards that gives music.
- A promotional card that comes with the e-reader and gives a surprise item. (K.K. Ska)
- A card featuring a male or female player that allows the player to play a minigame when scanned on the Game Boy Advance.
Japan received a second card series to go with Doubutsu no Mori e+. This set contained 3 series, with characters that appeared in e+. Melody (town tune cards and design cards were also included. Special villagers such as Pierre, Meow, Bow, Nindori and Shoukichi may only be obtained and moved into down by scanning their card. Meow, Bow and Shoukitchi came in e+ Takara playsets. Pierre is found in the e+ card file, and Nindori was a 2003 Nintendo Dream bonus. These e+ cards could be used to move villagers into town, much like the current amiibo functionality.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.01.1http://www.pojo.com/features/May2002/6-05-Ecard.html
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