Post by: WindyMan on October 22, 2003, 08:40:39 AM
NEW E-READER CARD SETS ENHANCE GAME PLAY FOR HOT GBA SP GAMES
The news from Nintendo of America Inc. continues to be e-mazing. This week, Nintendo issued new sets of e-Reader cards that bring enhancements previously unavailable to three hot games for the Game Boy® Advance SP.
Just connect two Game Boy Advance hand-held systems and slide the cards through an e-Reader while playing Pokémon® Ruby, Pokémon® Sapphire or Super Mario® Advance 4: Super Mario Bros.® 3 to activate the special bonuses while playing . The compact size of these power-packed cards – and an MSRP of just $5.99 for each set – make these ideal stocking stuffers and holiday gifts.
# Pokémon® Battle-e cards: With 2.5 million Pokémon® Ruby and Pokémon® Sapphire games sold, players will find that using Pokémon Battle-e cards allow them to battle new Trainers and receive exclusive berries.
# Super Mario® Advance 4: Super Mario Bros.® 3-e cards: These cards allow players to play new levels that don't exist in the game pack, use special power-ups and learn strategic techniques within Super Mario® Advance 4: Super Mario Bros.® 3, the hand-held version of the best-selling game of all time, Super Mario Bros. 3TM.
The Game Boy Advance has sold more than 15.3 million in the United States and more than 37 million worldwide since it debuted.
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 22, 2003, 09:32:11 AM
Post by: joshnickerson on October 22, 2003, 04:11:54 PM
Post by: Bartman3010 on October 22, 2003, 04:23:01 PM
Wheres the Game and Watch cards?
Post by: Fluke Worm on October 23, 2003, 11:02:15 AM
(a reply to your thread "Game and Watch e-cards.")
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No. What's that? Some advertising/demo thing? I did a quick google on it and got amongst other things a link to Nintendo's page which came up as an error.
Post by: ruby_onix on October 23, 2003, 01:54:37 PM
Anyways, I can probably answer your question.
The "Game and Watch" was an important piece of Nintendo (and videogames in general) history. Nintendo started off making their "electronic toys" by making arcade games like Donkey Kong, but then they realized that computers were more widespread than people thought. People with digital watches were carrying computers around on their wrists!
So Nintendo made a kind of big digital watch called a "Game and Watch". Instead of displaying a bunch of rectangles that made up passively changing numbers, it displayed interactive stick men and and enemies and obstacles.
They were portable, about the size of a GameBoy Advance, and they needed a controller that was small and cheap and worked well. So Nintendo invented (and perfected at the same time) the digital "crosskey" controller design for them.
They were the grandfather of the GameBoy Advance and GBA SP (I'm pretty sure most, if not all, of the Game and Watch units had a flip-top design, like the GBA SP too). And Nintendo released a whole series of them, with games like Mario and Zelda on them.
I'm not entirely sure about Game and Watch e-cards though. But Nintendo could release the Game and Watch games as e-card programs you could play on your GameBoy Advance. They're certainly small enough. The original Game and Watch units are quite rare, and they've been mentioned lately thanks to things like Smash Bros Melee, so I'm sure a lot of people are curious to see what they're like.
Personally, I think they'll lose a big chunck of their appeal without the antique hardware that came with them (but that doesn't mean I'm not interested in them).
Post by: Fluke Worm on October 23, 2003, 05:30:18 PM
Post by: Bartman3010 on October 28, 2003, 05:11:30 PM
