Nintendo e-Reader -Retro Game A Week Episode 14-
18Not exactly a Game, but it can play games... This is the e reader.
It was released in 2001 in Japan. and in 2002 in america. It never got an official release in the UK, and many of the games which were compatible had the features taken out.
The eReader was designed for the original GBA, plugging into the cart slot, the american version, (eReader Plus) would also plug into the link cable port for stability, and to provide access to the cable for reasons such as connecting it to a gamecube. It kid of fits into the SP and Micro but doesn't fit as well and the link cable ports can't be used. I don't have a DS or DS Lite available to try out but I presume it does still work in them.
Many different GBA and gamecube games were compatible with it including animal crossing, Mario Advance 3 and F-Zero to name a few.
I could only find three of my cards. Luckily, the eReader saves the last game you scanned in so I can at least play Mario Bros. Not the most exciting game considering its available on the GBA many times already.
There were also some eReader compatible Pokemon cards, which when scanned would show a pokedex entry for the card, which I think is a really cool idea. and also allow you to play a mini game based on that pokemon. Join the RetroBreak Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ms6dpsYNuz
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