e-Reader

Nintendo e-Reader.

The e-Reader is an unusual Game Boy Advance peripheral that allows data to be input by scanning e-Reader cards. It would appear that Nintendo made this novelty product with the intention of allowing gamers to extend the life of their games by purchasing relatively cheap paper cards. But, ironically, it was pretty expensive to get any use out of the e-Reader. Because the e-Reader took up the whole game slot and didn't have an additional slot built in, using it to update your Game Boy Advance games usually required two separate Game Boy Advance systems connected by a Game Boy Advance Link Cable. Most GBA games that tried this didn't do so well.

Though, the e-Reader did have other uses. It could also be used to send data to a Nintendo Game Cube game by connecting the GCN and the e-Reader/GBA with a Nintendo GameCube/Game Boy Advance Cable. This was a bit more reasonable, as people with GBAs were more likely to have a GCN than a second GBA.

The e-Reader also had a stand-alone function, that let it play and save minigames without connecting to anything. However, this required you leave the e-Reader attached to the GBA, which meant the GBA became very bulky and inconvenient to carry around with you, and the games typically weren't worth all the hassle.

The way the e-Reader actually worked was pretty simple. Nintendo prints the 'Dot Code' with a printer that could print very tiny, fine and distinct dots in a matrix. The dots were printed on the sides of e-Reader cards and represented binary data (a black dot meant a 1, and no dot meant a 0). The player would then sweep the card through the e-Reader and the Dot Code would be read. Larger programs were often split up onto several different cards, each card having Dot Code printed on multiple sides, and required up to ten swipes to get the full program loaded. Though, most of the time, the cards that the programs were split up onto were packaged together.

The e-Reader had a wide variety of cards, grouped into series. Each series had several packs that you could buy. Some series (like the NES series) contained complete games in each pack, whereas other series (like the Animal Crossing-e Series or the Pokémon cards) consisted of individual self-contained cards that were packaged together randomly.

Every e-Reader came packaged with Game & Watch-e: Manhole, which was an e-Reader port of the classic Game & Watch game Manhole.

It should be noted that Nintendo no longer prints e-cards, and the chances of the e-Reader ever picking up again are very slim.

Classic NES Series-e

The Classic NES Series-e featured ports of popular (and small) games originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The cards all came grouped together in individual packs (i.e. if you buy the Balloon Fight pack, you get five cards that all come together to create the Balloon Fight game) and were really kind of nifty. The backs of the cards all had the same picture (depending on the game), which was typically the picture that would have been on the sticker label of the original NES cartridge. The other sides of the cards contained the Dot Code and card number on the edge of the card, and the inside acted as a pseudo-game manual, with explanations of controls, tips, tricks and screenshots.

The following is a list of all the games in the Classic NES Series-e:

Series 1

• Balloon Fight
• Donkey Kong JR
• Excite Bike
• Pinball
• Tennis

Series 2

• Baseball
• Ice Climber
• Mario Bros
• Urban Champion
• Donkey Kong

Series 3

• Donkey Kong III
• Golf
• Clu Clu Land

Game & Watch-e

The Game & Watch-e series was supposed to consisted of 25 classic Game & Watch games, with slight graphical updates. The're all contained on a single card, and usually consist of a hard mode and an easy mode. There are some rare Game & Watch-e cards that replace Mr. Game & Watch with popular Nintendo characters. The actual cards themselves look like shrunken paper versions of the Game & Watch system and game in mid-play. But, as with many e-cards, these never made it to their planned US release. The only Game & Watch card aviable in america is the Manhole game that comes with the system.

Mario Party-e

Mario Party-e is unlike the other games in the Mario Party series. It's sort of a combination between a board game and a card game. The players draw cards that perform actions, act as money, or help them progress towards winning the game. For example, one card would let you pay Yoshi 2 coins to steal an item from an opponent.

The goal of the game was to collect one of each kind of Item Card to obtain a Superstar card. The other cards are simply methods of getting the Items and coins from the other players.

Obviously, the cards are unique from any other card game in that they use the e-Reader. The game can be played without an e-reader (the players can simply flip a coin) but that's not as fun. Many of the cards that perform actions require the person performing the action to swipe the card and play a minigame to determine whether or not the action was successful. Duel cards contain minigames that two players play at the same time.

The game is intended for 2 to 4 players, but there's nothing stopping you from playing the minigames by yourself or adding a 5th or 6th players. The game includes everything required to play (except the e-Reader, which isn't really required, just recommended):

• Game mat
• 24 Coin Cards in the starter deck
• 1 Promo Coin Card that comes packaged with the game
• 4 Item Cards (4 of each kind)
• 4 Superstar Cards
• 5 Blocker Cards
• 4 Search Cards
• 10 Chaos Cards
• 5 Duel Cards

The following playable e-Reader minigames are included:

• Daisy (Search Card) - Daisy's Rodeo
• Yoshi (Chaos Card) - Fast Feed Yoshi!
• Princess Peach (Search Card) - Cast Away Mario!
• Graceful Princess Peach (Search Card) - Mario's Mallet
• Big Boo (Duel Card) - Bolt from Boo
• Waluigi (Duel Card) - Time Bomb Ticks!
• Wario (Duel Card) - Wario's Bluff
• Super Waluigi (Duel Card) - Waluigi's Reign
• Super Wario (Duel Card) - Balloon Burst
• Lakitu (Search Card) - Lakitu's Luck
• Bowser (Chaos Card) - Spinister Bowser

Though the starter deck is playable by itself, the game was designed so that more minigames could be added in booster packs. But, as with many other e-reader plans, this idea was scrapped once the e-Reader was discontinued.

Pokémon-e

The Pokémon-e cards were not really something new, but a new feature to the Pokémon Trading Card Game cards. New cards were printed that were compatible with the Pokémon TCG and had Dot Codes on the side(s). The Dot Codes were pieces of applications, minigames, Pokémon abilities (acquired by linking to a Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, or Pokémon Emerald game) and cartoons that could be accessed by swiping multiple related cards. For example, one might swipe three cards of the same evolutionary path to unlock a minigame featuring a Pokémon from that evolutionary family. Each set had several different programs that were split up over many cards. Not all cards contained programs; some cards contained nothing, some contained Melody Box Music and some contained Construction Action Maps.

The following is a list of the e-Reader programs and the series they can be found in:

Pokémon-e Expedition

• "Metronome" Cartoon (2 cards)
• "Kingler's Day" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Flying Journey" Cartoon (1 card)
• "Machop At Work" Minigame (3 cards)
• "Magby & Magmar" Cartoon (2 cards)
• "Recognize" Ability (1 card)
• "Hold Down Hoppip" Minigame (2 cards)
• "Make a Dash" Cartoon (1 card)
• "Sweet Scent" Cartoon (1 card)
• "Coin Flipper 1" Minigame (1 card)
• "Gotcha!" Cartoon (1 card)
• "Flower Power" Minigame (3 cards)
• "Diving Corsola" Minigame (2 cards)
• "Lifesaver" Cartoon (2 cards)
• "Hold Down Hoppip" Minigame (2 cards)
• "Here Comes Gloom" Cartoon (2 cards)
• "Go, Polywrath!" Minigame (6 cards)
• "Coin Flipper 2" Minigame (1 card)
• "Duel Time" Application (1 card)

Pokémon-e Aquapolis

• "Dream Eater" Minigame (7 cards)
• "Sneak and Snatch" Minigame (5 cards)
• "Mighty Tyranitar" Minigame (5 cards)
• "Jumping Doduo" Minigame (2 cards)
• "Harvest Time" Minigame (5 cards)
• "Recognize" Ability (1 card)
• "Rolling Voltorb" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Punching Bags" Minigame (5 cards)

Pokémon-e Skyridge

• "Watch Out!" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Berry Tree" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Pika Pop" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Strange Power" Ability (1 card)
• "Leek Game" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Ride the Tuft" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Ditto Leapfrog" Minigame (3 cards)
• "Night Flight" Minigame (2 cards)
• "Scary Haunter" Minigame (1 card)
• "Follow Hoothoot" Minigame (4 cards)
• "Dancing Teddiursa" Minigame (1 card)

Pokémon-e TCG EX

The Pokémon-e TCG EX series consisted of several sub-series of cards. None of them had games or applications, however, each card contained one Dot Code strip of Pokédex-like data for the Pokémon on the card. The Pokémon-e TCG EX series includes:

• Ruby & Sapphire
• Sandstorm
• Dragon
• Team Magma vs Team Aqua

Pokémon Battle-e

The Pokémon Battle-e cards are battle and item cards for the e-Reader. They let you fight against trainers by swiping the card through an e-Reader that was linked to a copy of Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire or Pokémon Emerald. Some cards even gave you items and berries.

Freezing Ray pack

Freezing Ray collection

• 001 Cool Trainer Devin
• 002 Ninja Boy Goro
• 003 Tuber Sonya
• 004 Gentleman Antonio
• 005 Pokéfan Alana
• 006 Picnicker Renee
• 007 Lady Sophie
• 008 Beauty Fay
• (Item) Pumkin Berry

Seizing Poison collection

• 009 Psychic Natasha
• 010 Camper Patrick
• 011 Sailor Oscar
• 012 Pokémaniac Tyler
• 013 Youngster Rudy
• 014 Beauty Ellie
• 015 PKMN Breeder Candice
• 016 Cool Trainer Belford
• (Item) Drash Berry

Hidden Ruins pack

Hidden Ruins collection

• 017 PKMN Ranger Clayton
• 018 Triathlete Dustin
• 019 Hiker Hugo
• 020 Youngster Jeffery
• 021 Ruin Maniac Logan
• 022 Pokéfan Maggie
• 023 PKMN Breeder Wilson
• 024 Ruin Maniac Zuril
• (Item) Chilan Berry

Cordial Bond collection

• 033 Expert Marcus
• 034 Cool Trainer Raquel
• 035 Blackbelt Tsutomu
• 036 Pokéfan Justine
• 037 PKMN Ranger Heather
• 038 Psychic Judith
• 039 Collector Stuart
• 040 PKMN Ranger Irazu
• (Item) Eggant Berry

Iron Defense pack

Iron Defense collection

• 025 School Kid Mandy
• 026 Parasol Lady Sofi
• 027 Lady Hillary
• 028 Guitarist Dominic
• 029 Fisherman Bryce
• 030 Bug Maniac Irvin
• 031 Battle Girl Natalie
• 032 Expert Sandia
• (Item) Strib Berry

Solid Armor collection

• 041 Picnicker Sandy
• 042 Swimmer Annie
• 043 Hex Maniac Celina
• 044 Aroma Lady April
• 045 Guitarist Hayden
• 046 Psychic Griffin
• 047 Pokéfan Kendall
• 048 Cool Trainer Fuego
• (Item) Nutpea Berry

Promotional

• Gentleman Nils (Packaged with Pokémon Ruby)
• Lady Astrid (Packaged with Pokémon Sapphire)
• 1/P Dragontaimer Craig (Packaged with the Australian e-Reader)
• 2/P Ninja Boy Yasuo (Packaged with the Australian e-Reader)
• 3/P Pokéfan Darlene (Packaged with the Australian e-Reader)
• 4/P Cool Trainer Mattego (Packaged with the Australian e-Reader)
• (Item) EON Ticket (Given out for free at E3 2003, Pokémon Center in NYC, Toys'R'Us, and in the November 2003 issue of Nintendo Power)

Mario Advance 4-e

The Mario Advance 4-e cards were planned to come in 4 series, but 3 and 4 were canceled before ever being printed, due to the poor sales of 1 and 2. Cards could be scanned into an e-Reader that was linked up with Mario Advance 4 and download levels, power-ups, switches and demo movies. Levels could be played from a unique world and a certain number of them could be saved. There were trophies of Mario items that could be found in these worlds, as well as rare red coins that could be accumulated to unlock new content. However, due to the premature termination of the series, one could not unlock all the features even with every red coin from every available level. The power-up cards would put things like Tanooki Suits, Super Mushrooms and P-Wings in the player's inventory. Many levels contained unique gameplay devices; one even let Mario attack with a boomerang like Link! Switch cards could be swiped to alter the game's engine (i.e. one puts radishes in regular stages). Demo cards contained movies that controlled Mario in certain levels. When swiped, they could be used to watch superplays or show how to access secret locations in the game.

Mario Advance 4-e Series 1

• (Special) Orange Switch (Enemies turn into coins when hit with fireballs)
• (Demo) World 1-1 Speed Stage
• (Demo) World 1-2 Unlimited 1-Ups
• (Demo) World 2-2 Toad's Hidden House
• (Demo) World 5-5 Toad's Hidden House
• (Demo) World 7-2 Toad's Hidden House
• (Power-up) 04 Frog Suit
• (Power-up) 06 Hammer Suit
• (Power-up) 08 P-Wing
• (Power-up) 11 3 Super Leaves
• (Power-up) 12 5 Starmen
• (Power-up) 15 8-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf, Starman, P-Wing, Frog Suit, Hammer Suit and Tanooki Suit)
• (Power-up) 17 5-Up Mushroom
• (Level) M02 Slidin' the Slopes
• (Level) M04 Doors o' Plenty
• (Level) M06 Magical Note Blocks
• (Level) M08 Piped Full of Plants
• (Level) S01 Classic World 1-1

Mario Advance 4-e Series 2

• (Special) Blue Green Switch (Adds vegetables from Super Mario Bros. 2 to all the worlds in Super Mario Bros. 3)
• (Demo) World 3-2 Star Power
• (Demo) World 3-4 Unlimited 1-Ups
• (Demo) World 3-8 Toad's Hidden House
• (Demo) World 4-2 Toad's Hidden House
• (Demo) World 6-7 Toad's Hidden House
• (Power-up) 05 Tanooki Suit
• (Power-up) 07 Starman
• (Power-up) 09 Cape
• (Power-up) 10 3 Fire Flowers
• (Power-up) 13 4-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf, and Starman)
• (Power-up) 14 3-Suit Set (Frog Suit, Tanooki Suit and Hammer Suit)
• (Power-up) 16 10-Up Mushroom
• (Level) M03 Vegetable Volley
• (Level) M05 Bombarded by Bob-ombs
• (Level) M07 The 'ol Switcheroo
• (Level) M09 Swinging Bars of Doom
• (Level) M10 Para Beetle Challenge

Mario Advance 4-e Promo

These are promotional e-cards that came with the game. Cards marked with an asterisk only came in the Wal-Mart version of the game.

• (Demo) World 4-6 Unlimited 1-ups *
• (Power-up) 01 Super Mushroom *
• (Power-up) 02 Fire Flower *
• (Power-up) 03 Super Leaf
• (Power-up) 18 1-Up Mushroom *
• (Level) M01 Wild Ride in the Sky
• (Level) PR Airship's Revenge *

Animal Crossing-e

The Animal Crossing-e cards were released in four individual series. There were over 60 cards in each series and they were distributed in randomly grouped five-packs with an MSRP of $2.99. Character Cards contained a password and a Dot Code. Swiping the Dot Code of a Character Card through the e-Reader (which would have to be connected to a Game Boy Advance that was connected to a Nintendo GameCube/Game Boy Advance Cable which was connected to a Nintendo GameCube that was currently playing Animal Crossing) would result in immediately receiving an in-game item, such as furniture or clothing. You could also use Character Cards without the e-Reader by entering it's password in a letter and sending it to one of the villagers in your town. They might sometimes (but not always) respond with a gift.

The non-Character Cards were Town Tune cards and Design cards. As with the Character Cards, these cards could interact with the game through the e-Reader but did not require it. Scanning a Town Tune card would change the Town Tune to the tune programmed in Dot Code, and scanning a Design card would give you a clothing (or umbrella, or wall-paper) pattern. However, both types of cards contained instructions on how to replicate the tune or design without an e-Reader, by either showing you the design in a grid or showing the notes of the Town Tune and letting you enter it in manually. Design and Town Tune cards were often old-school gaming sprites or sound effects.

Each Character Card had a detailed profile of the character printed on the card, including information like gender and species. As with most trading cards, some cards were made to be more rare than others. The Animal Crossing-e cards were intended to be collectables more than anything else.

Animal Crossing-e Series 1

• 001 - KK Slider
• 002 - Rover
• 003 - Porter
• 004 - Tom Nook
• 005 - Tortimer
• 006 - Mr Resetti
• 007 - Blathers
• 008 - Sable
• 009 - Mable
• 010 - Kapp'n
• 011 - Bob
• 012 - Mitzi
• 013 - Punchy
• 014 - Ankha
• 015 - Paola
• 016 - Teddy
• 017 - Portia
• 018 - Peanut
• 019 - Bliss
• 020 - Bunnie
• 021 - O'Hare
• 022 - Bill
• 023 - Joey
• 024 - Maelle
• 025 - Biff
• 026 - Lobo
• 027 - Rasher
• 028 - Pigleg
• 029 - Rhoda
• 030 - Plucky
• 031 - Tad
• 032 - Drift
• 033 - Chevre
• 034 - Bangle
• 035 - Rowan
• 036 - Buck
• 037 - Bluebear
• 038 - June
• 039 - Cherl
• 040 - Apollo
• 041 - Cube
• 042 - Flash
• 043 - Yodel
• 044 - Faith
• 045 - Bud
• 046 - Flossie
• 047 - Pinky
• 048 - Nibbles
• 049 - Dotty
• 050 - Scoot
• 051 - Baris
• 052 - Goose
• 053 - Admiral
• 054 - Kady
• 055 - Pierce
• 056 - Puck
• 057 - Bones
• 058 - Dora
• 059 - Spike
• 060 - Jane
• +6 non-Character Cards.

Animal Crossing-e Series 2

• 061 - Tom Nook
• 062 - Pelly
• 063 - Copper
• 064 - Sahara
• 065 - Joan
• 066 - Jingle
• 067 - Redd
• 068 - Olivia
• 069 - Stinky
• 070 - Purrl
• 071 - Eloise
• 072 - Elina
• 073 - Eunice
• 074 - Baabara
• 075 - Dozer
• 076 - Grizzly
• 077 - Cookie
• 078 - Butch
• 079 - Filbert
• 080 - Sally
• 081 - Doc
• 082 - Coco
• 083 - Pompom
• 084 - Derwin
• 085 - Bubbles
• 086 - Chief
• 087 - Dobie
• 088 - Samson
• 089 - Limberg
• 090 - Curly
• 091 - Lucy
• 092 - Ava
• 093 - Leigh
• 094 - Chuck
• 095 - Patty
• 096 - Jay
• 097 - Midge
• 098 - Puddles
• 099 - Lilly
• 100 - Camofrog
• 101 - Boots
• 102 - Iggy
• 103 - Tybalt
• 104 - Cyrano
• 105 - Yuko
• 106 - Elmer
• 107 - Peaches
• 108 - Vladimir
• 109 - Poncho
• 110 - Peewee
• 111 - Sprocket
• 112 - Marcy
• 113 - Kitt
• 114 - Buzz
• 115 - Roald
• 116 - Aurora
• 117 - Olive
• 118 - Franklin
• +14 non-Character Cards.

Animal Crossing-e Series 3

• 119 - Tom Nook
• 120 - Phyllis
• 121 - Booker
• 122 - Wendell
• 123 - Katrina
• 124 - Gulliver
• 125 - Tangy
• 126 - Manique
• 127 - Kitty
• 128 - Opal
• 129 - Stella
• 130 - Cashmere
• 131 - Chow
• 132 - Goldie
• 133 - Bea
• 134 - Ricky
• 135 - Blaire
• 136 - Gaston
• 137 - Claude
• 138 - Weber
• 139 - Mallary
• 140 - Bertha
• 141 - Wolfgang
• 142 - Chico
• 143 - Anicotti
• 144 - Truffles
• 145 - Cabb
• 146 - Betty
• 147 - Hank
• 148 - Stu
• 149 - Belle
• 150 - Anchovy
• 151 - Otis
• 152 - Jeremiah
• 153 - Huck
• 154 - Ribbot
• 155 - Liz
• 156 - Velma
• 157 - Rolf
• 158 - Snooty
• 159 - Sydney
• 160 - Winnie
• 161 - Cleo
• 162 - Annalise
• 163 - Rex
• 164 - Maple
• 165 - Hornsby
• 166 - Cesar
• 167 - Rio
• 168 - Carrie
• 169 - Mathilda
• 170 - Quetzal
• 171 - Happer
• 172 - Ursala
• 173 - Lulu
• 174 - Pang
• 175 - Tom Nook
• 176 - Timmy
• 177 - Chip
• 178 - Blanca
• 179 - Kabuld
• 180 - Ellie
• 181 - Groucho
• 182 - Maddie
• 183 - Static
• 184 - Snake
• 185 - Rocco
• 186 - Candi
• 187 - Suee
• 188 - T-Bone
• 189 - Twiggy
• 190 - Jambette
• 191 - Svan
• 192 - Gonzo
• 193 - Leopold
• 194 - Cupcake
• 195 - Queenie
• 196 - Friga
• 197 - Farley
• +15 non-Character Cards.

Animal Crossing-e Series 4

• 198 - Tom Nook
• 199 - Pete
• 200 - Copper
• 201 - Tommy
• 202 - Gracie
• 203 - Redd
• 204 - Jack
• 205 - Kiki
• 206 - Tabby
• 207 - Tom
• 208 - Dizzy
• 209 - Vesta
• 210 - Tutu
• 211 - Biskit
• 212 - Lucky
• 213 - Hazel
• 214 - Mint
• 215 - Gabi
• 216 - Genji
• 217 - Freckles
• 218 - Deena
• 219 - Rollo
• 220 - Freya
• 221 - Penny
• 222 - Rrizzo
• 223 - Spark
• 224 - Hugh
• 225 - Egbert
• 226 - Oxford
• 227 - Bessie
• 228 - Piper
• 229 - Twirp
• 230 - Ace
• 231 - Emerald
• 232 - Cousteau
• 233 - Prince
• 234 - Alli
• 235 - Billy
• 236 - Zoe
• 237 - Ozzie
• 238 - Ed
• 239 - Octavian
• 240 - Aziz
• 241 - Murphy
• 242 - Pudge
• 243 - Tiara
• 244 - Sandy
• 245 - Astrid
• 246 - Amelia
• 247 - Gwen
• 248 - Boomer
• 249 - Axel
• 250 - Nate
• 251 - Bitty
• 252 - Gruff
• 253 - Huggy
• 254 - Valise
• 255 - Wisp
• 256 - Don
• 257 - Rosie
• 258 - Woolio
• 259 - Daisy
• 260 - Pecan
• 261 - Pippy
• 262 - Pate
• 263 - Fang
• 264 - Carmen
• 265 - Hambo
• 266 - Hector
• 267 - Petunia
• +25 non-Character Cards.

Promotional e-cards

Many e-Reader cards were given away as promotions. The following is a list of the cards, in order of their PN. They are in the format Name (Type of card) - How it was released.

• Air Hockey-e (Unique game) - Given away for free at certain stores such as Toys'R'Us.
• Animal Crossing (Unique Animal Crossing card) - Packaged with the e-Reader.
• Pichu (Pokémon) - Given out at E3 2002.
• Hoppip (Pokémon) - Given out at E3 2002.
• Manhole (Same game that comes with the e-Reader but on a different card) - Given out at E3 2002.
• Kirby Contest Card (Some cards won you real prizes at E3, some lost) - Given out at E3 2002.
• Celebi (Pokémon) - Given away free when you see the Pokémon 4-Ever movie.
• Rapidash (Pokémon) - Attached to the November 2002 issue of Nintendo Power.
• Ho-oh (Pokémon) - Attached to the November 2002 issue of Nintendo Power.
• Rapidash version 2 (Pokémon) - Given away for free at the Pokémon Center in New York City.
• Ho-oh version 2 (Pokémon) - Given away for free at the Pokémon Center in New York City.
• NES Link (Animal Crossing Design card) - Attached to the December 2002 issue of Nintendo Power.
• Suicune (Pokémon) - Packaged with the Pokémon 4-Ever DVD and VHS.
• Gentleman Nils (Pokémon Battle-e Card) - Packaged with the GBA game Pokémon Ruby.
• Lady Astrid (Pokémon Battle-e Card) - Packaged with the GBA game Pokémon Sapphire.
• Eon Ticket (Pokémon Rubby/Sapphire item, unlocks a new area) - Given out for free at E3 2003, Pokémon Center in NYC, Toys'R'Us, and in the November 2003 issue of Nintendo Power.
• Kyogre ex (Pokémon) - Packaged with the July 2003 issue of Scrye magazine, and the July/August issue of Nintendo Power.
• Groudon ex (Pokémon) - Packaged with the August 2003 issue of Scrye magazine, and the July/August issue of Nintendo Power.
• Combusken (Pokémon) - Packaged with the Nintendo Pokémon League Season 1 kit.
• Grovyle (Pokémon) - Packaged with the Nintendo Pokémon League Season 2 kit.
• Super Leaf (Mario Advance 4 Power-up card) - Packaged with Super Mario Advance 4.
• Wild Ride in the Sky (Mario Advance 4 Level card) - Packaged with Super Mario Advance 4.
• Super Mushroom (Mario Advance 4 Power-up card) - Packaged with specially-marked Super Mario Advance 4 games sold only at Wal-Mart stores in the US, in October of 2003.
• Fire Flower (Mario Advance 4 Power-up card) - Packaged with specially-marked Super Mario Advance 4 games sold only at Wal-Mart stores in the US, in October of 2003.
• 1-Up Mushroom (Mario Advance 4 Power-up card) - Packaged with specially-marked Super Mario Advance 4 games sold only at Wal-Mart stores in the US, in October of 2003.
• Airship's Revenge (Mario Advance 4 Level card) - Packaged with specially-marked Super Mario Advance 4 games sold only at Wal-Mart stores in the US, in October of 2003.
• World 4-6 Unlimited 1-Ups (Mario Advance 4 Demo card) - Packaged with specially-marked Super Mario Advance 4 games sold only at Wal-Mart stores in the US, in October of 2003.
• Marshtomp (Pokémon) - Packaged with the Nintendo Pokémon League Season 3 kit.
• Kirby Slide Puzzle (Fox Box promo) - Given away at certain locations of Nintendo's 2003 "Who are you?" tour, also in the January 2004 issues of Nintendo Power and Tips & Tricks magazine.
• Hoppip (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Koffing (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Pikachu (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Gastly (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Machop (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Machoke (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Chansey (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Rapidash (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Pichu (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Machamp (Pokémon) - Given away at a special promotional event organized by Nintendo at the Pokémon Center in New York City, before the release of the e-Reader. It is extremely rare, less than 20 copies of it are believed to exist.
• Dragontamer Craig (Pokémon Battle-e Card) - Packaged with the e-Reader in Australia.
• Ninja Boy Yasuo (Pokémon Battle-e Card) - Packaged with the e-Reader in Australia.
• Pokéfan Darlene (Pokémon Battle-e Card) - Packaged with the e-Reader in Australia.
• Cool Trainer Mattego (Pokémon Battle-e Card) - Packaged with the e-Reader in Australia.
• Gyarados (Pokémon) - Given away at Pokémon-e EX - Dragon pre-release events.
• Bagon, Scrye version (Pokémon) - Packaged with the January 2004 issue of Scrye magazine.
• Bagon, InQuest version (Pokémon) - Packaged with the January 2004 issue of InQuest magazine.
• The Pikachu Star (Unlocks "Line Art" data in the GCN game Pokémon Channel) - Packaged with the Pokémon Channel game for Nintendo Game Cube.
• The Kyogre Constellation (Unlocks "Line Art" data in the GCN game Pokémon Channel) - Packaged with the Pokémon Channel game for Nintendo Game Cube.
• Poké A la Card (Unlocks "Paint Pattern" data in the GCN game Pokémon Channel) - Packaged with the Pokémon Channel game for Nintendo Game Cube.
• Hockey Card-e (Same game as Air Hockey-e, different card) - Packaged with the e-Reader in Australia.
• Bagon, Gen Con So Cal version (Pokémon) - Given away at the Gen Con So Cal event, held between December 11th and 14th 2003, in Anaheim (California).
• Bagon (Pokémon) - Included in the promotional "preferred customers" gift pack given to certain stores that sell Pokémon TCG products and organize "Pokémon League" events.
• Latias (Pokémon) - Packaged with the Pokémon Heroes DVD movie.
• Latios (Pokémon) - Packaged with the Pokémon Heroes DVD movie.
• Treecko (Pokémon) - Given away at participating Target stores with the purchase of a medium frozen drink or Kids Meal.
• Torchic (Pokémon) - Given away at participating Target stores with the purchase of a medium frozen drink or Kids Meal.
• Mudkip (Pokémon) - Given away at participating Target stores with the purchase of a medium frozen drink or Kids Meal.
• Whismur (Pokémon) - Given away at participating Target stores with the purchase of a medium frozen drink or Kids Meal.
• The Pikachu Star, Australian version (Unlocks "Line Art" data in the GCN game Pokémon Channel) - Packaged with the Australian version of Pokémon Channel game for Nintendo Game Cube.
• Poké A la Card, Australian version (Unlocks "Paint Pattern" data in the GCN game Pokémon Channel) - Packaged with the Australian version of Pokémon Channel game for Nintendo Game Cube.
• Jirachi (Unlocks "Line Art" data in the GCN game Pokémon Channel) - Packaged with the Australian version of Pokémon Channel game for Nintendo Game Cube.

Sources

• Pixelboy's e-Reader Zone (A great site with pictures and data on every card)
• Nintendo's official website
• The official e-Reader website