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Cauterize

01-18-2005, 12:17 PM

After gettin that E-Reader card bundle today, i was wondering if any were rare ones or there are any rare ones at all?

The majority of the lot i got are animal crossing ones, 3 pokemon ones (Machop, Machoke and Machamp) and a Man Hole G&W Ecard

So which are the cards to look out for?

Oobgarm

01-18-2005, 12:23 PM

If I'm not mistaken, the Super Mario Bros. 3 ones came up a while back as being tough to find.

Later series of Animal Crossing cards might be a wee bit tougher to find, I would think.

Cauterize

01-18-2005, 12:26 PM

Hmmm, any individual cards though?

Mr. Smashy

01-18-2005, 12:35 PM

A couple of uncommon ones are the Air Hockey card (U.S. only - according to the Nintendo website) and the Pokemon EON ticket.

Oobgarm

01-18-2005, 12:41 PM

Nature Boy

01-18-2005, 01:01 PM

The Air Hockey card is certainly not uncommon in the US....I had an entire box full of the bastards. They were set out as 'free, take one' when the E-Reader first came out. Not many people took one. :P

I remember ordering some VCS games from an online store back then and getting a few of those tossed in. I seriously doubt if they are rare.

I don't see much of *anything* around these days.

vulcanjedi

01-18-2005, 01:03 PM

dreams

01-18-2005, 01:32 PM

The Air Hockey card is certainly not uncommon in the US....I had an entire box full of the bastards. They were set out as 'free, take one' when the E-Reader first came out. Not many people took one. :P

Very true. Sisko has a whole box of them. He throws one in for free with most trades. :)

Some of the harder ones for us to get were the bonus cards in the Wal-mart version of Super Mario Advance 4. All games came with 2 cards bundled in, however only the ones sold at Wal-mart around Christmas 2003 (I think it was 2003) got 7 cards instead.

Cmosfm

01-18-2005, 01:49 PM

Oh god, the Air Hockey cards.

I've had well over several HUNDRED of these. These things need to be burnt

tholly

01-18-2005, 02:00 PM

Animal Crossing Series 1 -- some of the cards are pretty hard to get
(Series 1 is hard to get in general)

Animal Crossing Link -- released in some Nintendo Power issue

Fox Box Kirby Slider Card -- could be kinda hard to get, was released at the Nintendo Who Are You? Mall Tour

Super Mario Advance 4 Super Mario Bros. 3 (or whatever its called) Wal-Mart 7 card edition wasn't hard for me to find, but could have been hard for a lot of people to find

I know nothing about Pokemon cards besides the Eon card, so I don't know about rarity of those

Pokemon Eon Ticket is NOT hard to get -- I got 2 very easily (TRU gave them out for free when you asked for it)

Air Hockey is the MOST COMMON -- I have 9, could have had 900, I just didn't want anymore

Jincman

01-18-2005, 02:29 PM

The Super Mario Advance 4 Super Mario Bros. 3 Wal*Mart cards are hard to find. I've been looking for those for awhile now.

I think in time most of this e-reader stuff in going to be rare.

yuppicide

01-18-2005, 04:28 PM

I only bought the e-Reader specifically for the Air Hockey game. It's quite enjoyable. I wish they had an Air Hockey 2. I wish they still made e-Reader cards.

I wonder if there's a program to convert roms into e-Reader format or something.. that would be hot.

Mr. Smashy

01-18-2005, 04:30 PM

Oh god, the Air Hockey cards.

I've had well over several HUNDRED of these. These things need to be burnt
Instead of burning them, send them to Canada or the UK.

Nature Boy

01-18-2005, 04:31 PM

I wonder if there's a program to convert roms into e-Reader format or something.. that would be hot.

That's an interesting idea, but can it be done? Has anybody tried photocopying an eReader card to see if it'll still scan?

I'm now imagining an eReader homebrew scene... :)

For the record I think there's no question that the cards are going to be on the 'rare' side of things. It doesn't mean they'll be worth anything though if nobody wants to collect 'em in the future!

Jincman

01-18-2005, 04:31 PM

I wonder if there's a program to convert roms into e-Reader format or something.. that would be hot.

http://users.skynet.be/firefly/gba/e-reader/index.htm

Sniderman

01-18-2005, 04:45 PM

Been selling them 2 for $2 for 2 years ...

222 ?!? :eek 2:
http://tinypic.com/1e50t3

Cauterize

01-18-2005, 05:52 PM

Oh god, the Air Hockey cards.

I've had well over several HUNDRED of these. These things need to be burnt
Instead of burning them, send them to Canada or the UK.

errr yeah thats an idea! Send me your craps!
For trade, i have PAL craps too.. Sonic 1 and 2 for megadrive, surely thats a fair trade, common for common right? ;)

dbiersdorf

01-18-2005, 06:24 PM

Urban Champion is actually pretty hard to find brand new. :/

Querjek

01-18-2005, 07:02 PM

A couple of uncommon ones are the Air Hockey card (U.S. only - according to the Nintendo website) and the Pokemon EON ticket.
Air Hockey is NOT US-only--I haave a copy of it for the Japanese e-reader+.

tholly

01-18-2005, 07:13 PM

Urban Champion is actually pretty hard to find brand new. :/

i think i have 2 or 3 packs new and sealed....picked them up for like $1 each or something

importaku

01-18-2005, 09:27 PM

Hmm the only really super rare kinds of cards are some of the japanese pokemon e-reader promos that were given out at tournaments/campaigns ect...

I don't think any e-cards outside of pokemon cards had the usual rarity markings like the star/diamond/circle but some series had random cards & others had fixed cards. Collecting the us stuff might still be pretty easy compared to the japanese stuff as very few series were released for the e-reader in the us, although like others have already said you may find it hard to track down certain cards/series.

Mario party card-e is one to look out for as that one is a us exclusive so far as it never made it to japan, its a complete deck of cards so once you buy one you have a full set. Don't know how hard that one is to find nowdays.

If you ever decide to dive into the japanese e-cards there is a wealth of stuff to collect for, a lot more series were released in japan than the us. Only problem is apart from the pokemon cards, all the japanese e-reader cards are a nightmare to find online. Here are some of the highlights.

Super mario advance 4: these are probably the best series of cards in my opinion, the extra items & levels that these unlock make these well worth tracking down. There are 2 series of cards, with each series having 50 cards, Unlike the us versions the japanese cards are random in every pack grrrr bloody hard to get them all.

Pikmin puzzle card-e: Strangely enough this was missing from the us version of pikmin 2 for gamecube which is a real shame as these cards unlock 3 different kinds of 2D puzzle games with each card holding a different puzzle level. There are 2 series of cards each with 6 packs per series. The cards in each pack are fixed & each pack has a different design on the front.

F-zero Falcon densetsu card-e: These cards i have yet to find, they unlock extra characters & ships in the gba game plus extra challenges. these cards came in foil booster packs but also in vending machines. There are several exclusive cards that you could only get from the vending machine versions. The cards in the packs were random.

Doubutsu no mori card-e & card e+: These are exactly the same kind of cards as the animal crossing cards in the us. in japan there are 2 different sets of cards & versions of doubutsu no mori.

Doubutsu no mori+
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They released 4 series in total of these & they were used with the original e-reader with doubutsu no mori+. Al the cards were random.

Doubutsu no mori e+
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Later on nintendo released the us style e-reader with the link port and released a upgraded version called doubutsu no mori e+ they released 3 more series of cards to use with the new e+ version of doubutsu no mori. All the cards in these series were random making doubutsu no mori one of the hardest to collect for due to the sheer number of cards in total eeeek.

Also other e-cards series released were

Domo kun winter pack
Hamtaro card-e
Rockman EXE card-e
and lots & lots of different pokemon cards (too many to list)

Oh and the hockey card did indeed make it to japan it was given out in the e-reader+ boxed set & the doubutsu no mori e+ boxed set. Heres a pic, also theres a gamw & watch manhole card. & a rockman exe 4 & fzero promo card from coro coro comics.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/misc%20pics/ereader.JPG

dbiersdorf

01-18-2005, 09:59 PM

Is it fairly hard to get a complete Animal Crossing set?

Querjek

01-18-2005, 10:04 PM

tholly

01-18-2005, 10:11 PM

Is it fairly hard to get a complete Animal Crossing set?

now, yes, especially since they are out of print and not really on store shelves any more for the most part

back when they were new, they werent too bad and you could find a lot of loose single cards on ebay, i dont know about now

tholly

01-18-2005, 10:12 PM

Mario party card-e is one to look out for as that one is a us exclusive so far as it never made it to japan, its a complete deck of cards so once you buy one you have a full set. Don't know how hard that one is to find nowdays.

There was one card, a two-coin card, in the Mario Party set that could only be obtained through GamePro magazine (as far as I know).

i was going to mention the same thing, and yes it was GamePro

but technically it, and over half of the Mario Party-e cards are not considered e-reader cards because they dont have the dot code on them, they are just regular cards

qbertandernie

01-18-2005, 10:19 PM

the mario party cards were on sale at kmart over the weekend...$3.99 set

Gemini-Phoenix

01-20-2005, 06:55 AM

A couple of uncommon ones are the Air Hockey card (U.S. only - according to the Nintendo website) and the Pokemon EON ticket.

Damn EON ticket - Lost out on a sealed one last week for only $10... Meh, I was gutted! Probably never find another...

dbiersdorf

01-20-2005, 08:59 AM

EON Ticket... rare? Whoa, lucky back when I was into Pokemon Ru/Sa I bought one on eBay for $2 shipped. :) Never have used though. x_x

tholly

01-20-2005, 12:51 PM

EON Ticket... rare? Whoa, lucky back when I was into Pokemon Ru/Sa I bought one on eBay for $2 shipped. :) Never have used though. x_x

its not rare.....toys r us gave them away....i picked two up a few weeks after they starting giving them out

when they were first released, i believe at E3, they were hard to find.....

calthaer

01-20-2005, 01:15 PM

Urban Champion is actually pretty hard to find brand new. :/

It's actually not. All of the NES games are (or were a month or two ago) available directly from Nintendo's website. They're $5 a pop, so it's not the best price ever, but you can surely get it.

importaku

01-22-2005, 02:40 PM

Well after ages searching i finally got a full sealed box of F-zero falcon densetsu card-e for the bargain price of �15 :D

http://img151.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/0/6/3/mastersguild2002-img600x546-1100262842f0e+.jpg

Also in the process of getting complete sealed boxes of mario advance 4 series 1 & 2, as these are getting rarer & rarer in japan as the weeks go by. I love the artwork on the boxes they look excellent.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/misc%20pics/mario4s1.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/misc%20pics/mario4s2.jpg

calthaer

01-22-2005, 05:14 PM

Japan gets a lot of nifty collectible stuff. Didn't Pokemon Colosseum get e-Reader cards, too?

Jorpho

01-22-2005, 05:43 PM

Now that it has been established that e-Reader cards can in fact be reproduced, is it not only a matter of time before neat, easy-to-use bootleg editions of all cards appear?

importaku

01-22-2005, 05:56 PM

Yeah pokemon collosseum did get e-reader cards too, but ill be damned if i can find a single pack. The main problem with japanese e-cards is they are so hard to find in great enough numbers. One day i hope to have full sets of all the japanese e-reader cards, well apart from pokemon as i really dont have enough cash to get every set & promo.

I only have have 2 complete sets so far with every card & promo which are for mario advance 4 & pikmin puzzle card-e

importaku

02-04-2005, 04:55 PM

Well after missing out once already on a set of these (damn seller backed out of auction grr) i now have the rarest e-cards you can get.

Mario vs donkey kong card-e were given out in a competition by coro coro comics in japan & were limited to only 1000 sets. I never expected to see another set after missing out the first time.

Heres the cards with the congratulations letter from coro coro.
http://img167.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/4/7/2/usj_go-img600x450-1106838579p1020809.jpg

& heres a closer pic
http://img167.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/4/7/2/usj_go-img600x450-1106838570p1020808.jpg

izret101

02-04-2005, 05:11 PM

There was Manhole e-Reader card that was pretty tough to get.
I guess there was the pack-in copy and another different copy only given away at some event.

Can't remember for sure.