Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 e-Reader cards
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 features e-Reader compatibility, in that it can link up to a second GameBoy Advance with an e-Reader. Upon scanning in one of three types of cards, something will then be triggered in the game.
- Power-Up Cards: When one of these is scanned, it will upload an item (or a set of items) into either Mario or Luigi's inventory. There is no limit as to how many times an item card can be used. A variant type of Power-Up Cards are Switch Cards, which will trigger something in the game upon being scanned.
- Demo Cards: Plays a movie of either Mario speed-running through a level, collecting enough coins in a certain level to trigger a Blue Toad House, or racking up numerous 1-Ups via a special trick.
- Level Cards: Uploads a brand new level into the game, which can be played in World-e.
Cards
The majority of the cards were released in two series (sets) of cards. However, a few cards were included with brand new copies of the game. While most copies only came with two cards, copies purchased at Wal-Mart early on came with an additional five cards.
Roughly only one third of the cards that were released in Japan were released elsewhere. Therefore, there are over twenty levels that remain unavailable to non-Japanese players. Other missing cards include various Switches and Boomerangs.
Note: Due to the discontinuation of the e-Reader, newer copies of the game do not come with cards, although the game itself is still compatible with the e-Reader.
Power-Up Cards
- Super Mushroom (Wal-Mart exclusive)
- Fire Flower (Wal-Mart exclusive)
- Super Leaf (Included with the game)
- Frog Suit (Series 1)
- Tanooki Suit (Series 2)
- Hammer Suit (Series 1)
- Starman (Series 2)
- P-Wing (Series 1)
- Cape Feather (Series 2)
- 3 Fire Flowers (Series 2)
- 3 Super Leaves (Series 1)
- 5 Starmen (Series 1)
- 4-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf and a Starman) (Series 2)
- 3-Suit Set (Frog Suit, Tanooki Suit and a Hammer Suit) (Series 2)
- 8-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf, Starman, P-Wing, Frog Suit, Tanooki Suit and a Hammer Suit) (Series 1)
- 10-Up Mushroom (Series 2)
- 5-Up Mushroom (Series 1)
- 1-Up Mushroom (Wal-Mart exclusive)
Other: Orange Switch (Series 1)
Other: Blue Green Switch (Series 2)
Demo Cards
- World 1-1 Speed Stage: Speed-run through level 1-1. (Series 1)
- World 1-2 Unlimited 1-Ups: Shows a trick to collect a lot of 1-Ups in level 1-2. (Series 1)
- World 3-4 Unlimited 1-Ups: Shows a trick to collect a lot of 1-Ups in level 3-4.(Series 2)
- World 4-6 Unlimited 1-Ups: Shows a trick to collect a lot of 1-Ups in level 4-6. (Wal-Mart exclusive)
- World 3-2 Star Power: Plays a video of Invincible Mario speeding through level 3-2. (Series 2)
- World 2-2 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Desert Land. (Series 1)
- World 3-8 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Water Land. (Series 2)
- World 4-2 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Giant Land. (Series 2)
- World 5-5 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Sky Land. (Series 1)
- World 6-7 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Ice Land. (Series 2)
- World 7-2 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Pipe Land. (Series 1)
Level Cards
- Wild Ride in the Sky (Included with the game)
- Slidin' the Slopes (Series 1)
- Vegetable Volley (Series 2)
- Doors o' Plenty (Series 1)
- Bombarded by Bob-ombs (Series 2)
- Magical Note Blocks (Series 1)
- The ol' Switcheroo (Series 2)
- Piped Full of Plants (Series 1)
- Swinging Bars of Doom (Series 2)
- Para Beetle Challenge (Series 2)
Other: *01 Classic World 1-1 (Series 1)
Other: Airship's Revenge (Wal-Mart exclusive)
Japan-only Cards
Power-Up Cards
- Boomerang
- 3 Super Mushrooms
- 3-Up Mushroom
- 100-Up Mushroom
- 5 P-Wings
- 3 Cape Feathers
- 3 Boomerangs
- 10-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf, Starman, P-Wing, Frog Suit, Tanooki Suit, Hammer Suit, Cape Feather and a Boomerang)
- Blue Switch
- Yellow Switch (Gives Luigi his flutter jump in the main game.)
- Green Switch (Slows down the timer.)
- Cyan Switch
- Red Switch (Replaces the enemies with harder ones and points received from killing enemies are doubled.)
Demo Cards
- World 1-4 Toad's Hidden House
- World 3-3 1-Up Trick
- Classic World 1-1
- World 6-10 1-Up Trick
- World 8-1 1-Up Trick
- World 7-3 (unknown feature)
- World 5 Fortress 1 1-Up Trick
- World 6-9 1-Up Trick
- World 8-1 1-Up Trick
- World 3-7 (unknown feature)
- World 5-1 (unknown feature)
- World 6-3 (unknown feature)
- Bombarded by Bob-ombs (unknown feature)
- Para Beetle Challenge (unknown feature)
- 60 Seconds (possibly a speedrun)
- World 1-6 (unknown feature)
- World 7-6 (unknown feature)
- World 8 Fortress (unknown feature)
- World 2-1 1-Up Trick
- World 2 Fortress 1-Up Trick
- World 2-5 1-Up Trick
- World 3-9 1-Up Trick
- World 5-7 1-Up Trick
Level Cards
(The English names of these levels are fan-made, and are not considered official.)
- Classic World 1-2
- Classic World 1-3
- Classic World 1-4
- Classic World 2-2
- Magical Note Blocks 2
- Airship 1
- Chill Cavern
- Inner Maze
- Tropical Splash
- Castle à Go Go
- Frappé Snowland
- Frozen Fortress
- Pipe Maze
- Spiral Tower
- 60 Seconds
- Ropeland
- Haunted Hall
- Clear Skies
- Koopahari Desert
- Aqua Bars of Doom
- The Gauntlet
- Hammer Bros. Ship
- Bowser's Airship Part 1
- Bowser's Airship Part 2
- Coro Coro Castle
Links
Fan Site - Lists all the Japanese cards, along with brief descriptions and pictures.
