3rd Gen e-Reader?

[Cryptonix]

I'm just learning of the existence of the e-Reader and I was wondering what experiences you've had with the e-Reader and how it improved your R/S/E/FR/LG experience?

 

[Sirfetch’d]

I never used it or really had any idea as to what it was. I consider it the forgotten feature of the 3rd generation simply because no one really seemed to care about it.

 

[Sun]

Benefits including: having more trainers to battle or even more Pokemon to catch(Fr, Lg, Em exclusive).

 

[runandtell]

the E-Reader is one of the worst features ever in any nintendo console. similar to the N64 DD it suffered from many bugs and was pretty much unusable

the only thing i ever attempted to use mine for was that this was the method you used to obtain an eon ticket and go to the southern isle to catch latios/latias

if one is available on ebay etc. dont buy it. it may be rare, but its also a piece of junk

it takes many attempts to make the system work at all! if you are going for latias and latios just buy another game

 

[Cryptonix]

Benefits including: having more trainers to battle or even more Pokemon to catch(Fr, Lg, Em exclusive).

I know that you could add Pokemon to the Altering Cave in FireRed/LeafGreen, but only the Japanese versions would work for that for some reason.

 

[Sun]

Though it was popular in Japan, with e-Cards released until the end of the Game Boy Advance's lifespan, the e-Reader proved to be unpopular in North America, leading to its discontinuation in 2004.[S-HIGHLIGHT] e-Reader functionality, included in the Japanese versions of Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald, was removed from the English and other translations[/S-HIGHLIGHT], as the compatible cards were never planned to be released.

In other words the compatibility of e-Reader for non-Japanese versions, exists for Ruby and Sapphire only. :(
Sorry I should have quoted that earlier.

 

[goldenarticuno]

I think this just speaks to the kind of pokemon community the device was appealing to at the time. I mean now something like WFC connection is easy given the prevalence of wifi in homes around the world but earlier we were just a bunch of kids who liked pokemon haha e-reader just didn't take off!

 

[Pokémon Trainer 188]

OMG OMG, I am the Biggest E-reader fan EVER, I have all the Cards for the American sides and almost all the Japanese Cards, the E-reader is amazing and I wish it came out in the UK and they made more Cards! :D

 

[Cryptonix]

OMG OMG, I am the Biggest E-reader fan EVER, I have all the Cards for the American sides and almost all the Japanese Cards, the E-reader is amazing and I wish it came out in the UK and they made more Cards! :D

I've been specifically wanting the a Japanese Shuckle card for my Japanese FireRed. Any pointers on where to get one?

 

[Pokémon Trainer 188]

Try E-bay and as it's Japanese put "Shuckle e" as the E-reader in Japan is has e on the end of their Cards

 

[Cryptonix]

Try E-bay and as it's Japanese put "Shuckle e" as the E-reader in Japan is has e on the end of their Cards

Would an English e-Reader card like this work on a Japanese game? Also, is my English e-Reader even compatible with the Japanese games?

 

[Incinermyn]

@ topic: The E-Reader was one of the best legit game-enhancers back in the day. I got the Nintendo Power S.S. Aqua ticket E-Reader card, which let you unlock Southern Island in the Ruby/Sapphire games so you could obtain the missing Lati@s and the Soul Dew. That alone made this worthwhile, but there were also a lot of minigames you could play using the E-Reader itself as well as utilize the RSE version of the "Battle Club/Test." The minigames were a lot of fun. I spent hours playing the E-reader Rapidash & Ho-oh racing game (I could never make it to the end, though).

 

[Pokémon Trainer 188]

Would an English e-Reader card like this work on a Japanese game? Also, is my English e-Reader even compatible with the Japanese games?

Nope, You can not Cross with Japanese Games, And that Shuckle Card does not go with a R/S Game it's a Stand alone Card.

Btw You can use American Cards on a European Game tho :)

 

[Cryptonix]

Nope, You can not Cross with Japanese Games, And that Shuckle Card does not go with a R/S Game it's a Stand alone Card.

Btw You can use American Cards on a European Game tho :)

So where would I go about obtaining the cards to activate Pokemon in the Altering Cave of FireRed/LeafGreen (J)?

 

[Pokémon Trainer 188]

There is no such Card, It's was a Event where you would Download it with a Wireless Adapter and these Event are no longer Available.

If you would like to see a R/S Battle e Card in use I have a Video.

 

[Cryptonix]

There is no such Card, It's was a Event where you would Download it with a Wireless Adapter and these Event are no longer Available.

If you would like to see a R/S Battle e Card in use I have a Video.

I see. I googled how to get Pokemon in the Altering Cave and lots of people said that you could use an e-Card of one of the compatible Pokemon to activate them in the Japanese version of FR/LG only. Silly rumors, I guess.

I would love to see a video, though.

 

[Pokémon Trainer 188]

I have all the FR/LG Cards and there only so you can Battle Trainers in Trainer Tower, It's like that Rumor I saw saying you can get all the Tickets to visit the Islands on E-Cards. ^_^

Also Here is the Video, Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK0RZH4j2WQ

 

[Pinta77]

I never had an e-reader. I knew about it though. Unless you're a hard core gen 3 fanatic it's probably not worth the trouble. Unless you want it for your gaming collection or something.