Maybe we'll see a boost in e-Reader sales now?

This is really cool too. I just hope Nintendo think's it's legal too.

This is really cool. Funny how with both the broadband adapter and the e-Reader the best usage for these devices are unofficial fan projects. Personally I think if the e-Reader was designed for this thing from the start it would have been much more popular. Official support of homebrew games would really extend the life of a console and in this case there's no real worry about piracy since e-Reader cards are too small to pirate GBA games with.

Nintendo should make the N5 come with an e-Reader built-in and make documentation on how to work with it readily available. They should then host a web site with downloads of fan made games to be printed out in e-Reader format. Since e-Reader cards are small at best these would be glorified mini-games so they shouldn't have to worry about people using it to pirate current games.

However Nintendo probably HATES this because they don't have 100% control. If good homebrew games are available people may be less likely to buy official Nintendo e-Reader cards and we can't have that. Plus odds are someone will end up making copies of games like Donkey Kong and Mario Bros which would piss Nintendo off (and technically would be piracy). Nintendo probably is working on a new e-Reader that blocks these homebrew cards out as we speak.

Nintendo should seriously consider the advantages of this though. Giving fans the ability to make homemade levels and items, etc for Nintendo games would be offering something legitimately interesting that the competition wouldn't have.

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Maybe we'll see a boost in e-Reader sales now?

This is really cool too. I just hope Nintendo think's it's legal too.

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The only problem I foresee is people getting the dot-codes off of e-Cards and making them avaliable on the internet. But I don't really think that will be a big problem seeing as e-Cards are dirt cheap anyway.

Nintendo makes its money off the e-Reader itself; I doubt there's much profit in the card packs, nor is there a very large market for them. I, for one, will gladly buy an e-Reader now, as long as the homebrew content starts rolling out and/or if making my own stuff looks feasible. This really is what Nintendo should have implemented themselves a long time ago.

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Finally, more brand new levels for SMB3 without having to wait forever for Nintendo to release the next pack of cards!

That is... once people start coding their own levels. Until then, I wait in anticipation.

No, you won't be able to add custom furniture to Animal Crossing. One of the reasons why Nintendo did not do this already is because the average person is not going to sit down and code their own e-read cards.

At any rate, how the hell do you print them? With a inkjet or laser printer?

"One of the reasons why Nintendo did not do this already is because the average person is not going to sit down and code their own e-read cards."

No the average person isn't going to make their own e-reader cards but then again the average person doesn't make mods for PC games yet those are pretty popular. The average user may not make cards but it would be incredibly easy for them to use the cards that others do make. That is if Nintendo ever did anything like this officially. If there was an official web site made by Nintendo where people could download fan-made content it would be widely used if marketed right.

So has anybody tried this thing out? I cannot get it running properly. I got the printer program to work. I started prininting and it took a little fiddling with the Y-Axis controls to get the code to print far enough way from the edge of the paper. So I can get them to scan now but I get read errors every single time. I think my printer is just too old for this. The codes print out quite a bit darker than actual eCards.

For reference, I had to set the Y-Axis to 15 to get it right.

the code seems longer than the actual cards, how can i fix this

Now THAT is cool. All of a sudden, my opinion promptly changes from this being another semi-usless novelty to almost must-own status! Nearly infinite SMB 3 Levels? Bring it on!!

gert soem scissors and print at 300 dpi i suppose..but im not sure... could figure out how to prnt these out in photoshop if someone would tell me what the dpi for printing is.....

Ecksbocks mods ROCK!!

Are we allowed to talk about this? Has a bit in common with roms...

As for homebrew development, they're working with tools like a PC-GBA cable to inject code into the GBA (like your GC does when you link up the system) or even more capable things that I'm not allowed to get into here.

Now imagine what would happen, if people were to release large games on multiple cards... A new way for young people to experience the good ol' times when every program came on hundreds of punchcards...

This is great news, im sure within the next few months there will be alot of c64 type games for to print
personally I think this is help e-reader, since in reality its not really usefull to the average gameboy advance owner

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I like gimmicks. I wanna see a controller extension cable hooked up to a Wavebird.

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Hasn't worked for me so far. It looks like from what I can tell that my printer is printing the code too dark, making it unrecognizable to the e-Reader.

But I'll keep plugging at it. It's fortunate that I know how to change a variety of settings on my printer.

I have had success printing dot-codes on my printer. I have an HP deskjet 5550, Set to Best Printing quality. (can't remember the set paper type offhand, since it will be about a week before I have access to my printer again), and grey scale black only printing.

The cartridge type the printer uses is HP #56 black cartridge. Any printer using that cartridge should be able to print the dot-codes, if the right settings for the printer are found.


Again, because I currently don't have access to my printer, I am not able to print the latest released dot-codes, but the dot-codes I have printed successfully, are most of the mini-games / nes classics I own, plus the Jumpman mario e-reader card, and the Airship's Revenge SMB3 card (don't have either, but was provided the dot-codes for the cards)

If anyone has the dot-code (printable) for airship's revenge I woul greatly appreciate it if you could contact me - I have been searching for this card for some time now.

I know its been a couple years since anyone has posted here, but I was wondering if anyone had any dot codes that will scan or any website that does can you please post them.