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In Japan, there were two versions of the e-Reader. The first, called the "Card e-Reader", had no linking capabilities, and thus was unable to be used for games such as ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Later, Nintendo added linking capabilities, releasing this new version as the "Card e-Reader +". By the time the e-Reader was released in North America, the updated version had already been released in Japan, therefore North America never got the original version, instead getting the "Card e-Reader +" under the name "e-Reader". | In Japan, there were two versions of the e-Reader. The first, called the "Card e-Reader", had no linking capabilities, and thus was unable to be used for games such as ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Later, Nintendo added linking capabilities, releasing this new version as the "Card e-Reader +". By the time the e-Reader was released in North America, the updated version had already been released in Japan, therefore North America never got the original version, instead getting the "Card e-Reader +" under the name "e-Reader". | ||
The e-Reader was packaged with a classic NES game (either ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' or ''[[Pinball]]'') and a "sampler pack" containing an ''Animal Crossing'' card, three ''[[bulbapedia:List_of_miscellaneous_Pok%C3%A9mon_e-Reader_applications|Pokémon]]'' cards ([[bulbapedia:Machop|Machop]], [[bulbapedia:Machoke|Machoke]], and [[bulbapedia:Machamp|Machamp]]) that allowed a minigame to be played, and a | The e-Reader was packaged with a classic NES game (either ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' or ''[[Pinball]]'') and a "sampler pack" containing an ''Animal Crossing'' card, three ''[[bulbapedia:List_of_miscellaneous_Pok%C3%A9mon_e-Reader_applications|Pokémon]]'' cards ([[bulbapedia:Machop|Machop]], [[bulbapedia:Machoke|Machoke]], and [[bulbapedia:Machamp|Machamp]]) that allowed a minigame to be played, and a [[Game & Watch]] card that contained ''[[Manhole (Game & Watch)|Manhole]]''. Australian copies also included an ''Air Hockey'' game. | ||
In 2003, [[Nintendo]] released ''[[Mario Party-e]]'', a portable board game which included numerous e-Reader cards, some of which contained minigames. However, the e-Reader wasn't mandatory in order to play the main game. | In 2003, [[Nintendo]] released ''[[Mario Party-e]]'', a portable board game which included numerous e-Reader cards, some of which contained minigames. However, the e-Reader wasn't mandatory in order to play the main game. | ||