Funny there actually is a TV digimon, so I can actually see a tamer with a Monitamon (Monitor Monster haha punny) using the Digivice to scan E-reader cards to play Donkey Kong.
Beyond thrilled to see this video come out: More than happy to have sold those cards and passed the torch after my collecting journey ended with those years ago. It was the start of me joining the internet, as I obtained most of my collection via ACC or NOA's online store selling unsold packs, but those two cards were really tricky to track down. I think Mario Bros came from a Series 4 pack, while Ice Climber was one I got from a trade on ACC. Now they have been bestowed onto you, for I've moved onto collecting limited edition video games instead and have other things in life to deal with. This was a very enjoyable video all around and while I made a vid on the e-reader itself as an accessory, I didn't go too much into the AC stuff since I aim to do that in the future when I cover the actual game. Still, the e-reader was one fun ride I enjoyed back in the day that I'll always miss. Maybe if there's a hidden trove of unopened packs and they get super common again, i'll join the fun, but for now I'm content with my collection being as-is and those cards heading to you. Thank you so much James for letting me help you out! And yes, I also treated it like a digimon tamers device as a kid, much to my dismay. Also kinda pretended it was a henshin device of some kind, like the Magna Defender from Power Rangers, but alas, it's too impractical to even use it as a fun prop!
Oh Im so glad of seeing you ocne again friend and its a loving and touching story! and I am sorry that you wont get to hurt for it but at least being happy that they are out in the hands of such a great and cool and awesome person such as Nitro here!... Wait..what even is his real name anyway?
And when we're all living underground and only 1% of the earths population is left from the fourth wave of rona in december it'll be the only thing keeping her hope alive :') will she ever see nitro again? find out next time!
6:16 On the contrary, the E-Reader was a success in Japan. Theres so many Gamecube/GBA games with e-reader support from Pikmin to Mario Kart Circuit, DKC, Megaman.exe and more. To the point that its pretty undiscovered in the west and hardly any info comes out for it.
What made the E-Reader so popular in Japan? From what Nitro Rad was saying, the E-Reader felt annoying to use and expensive to make it work. Do the Japanese have more tolerance for this type of stuff?
The E-Reader is definitely one of the biggest regrets I have as far as Nintendo-related purchases goes. It wasn't very useful, hard to use, and getting cards in the USA was a lot harder than it was in Japan. The peripheral also wasn't supported long on top of all of that, so it never really went anywhere.
They used them since New Leaf at least, but the album covers use a bigger segment than the cards. So I guess they just kinda held onto those assets until they had more use for them.
You can really tell when the video was made by a person passionate about the topic. This has been a joy to watch and I really learned a lot about the e reader, which I had only heard of online. Thank you for the effort and work it took to make this video, it really paid off!
1:19 wasn’t expecting a Tamers reference. Also glad to see that I didn’t miss much with the e Reader since I wasn’t into Animal Crossing. I always saw the cards but never the actual device itself
Beeing from europe, seeing all of this its really cool! The e-reader wasn't released in europe, and the post office basically looks like the one in doubutsu no mori 64
As much as I love NH, I kind of wish the characters had this much depth. I've noticed there is kind of a lack of variety in talking to villagers. Even in their letters. This may have been the case in past games and I just don't remember it, but, eh, I don't know. I just feel like talking to them doesn't offer what it used to. Seems like they don't visit your house anymore or give tasks either.
Tom The Fish SMA4 kicked ass. It’s the best way to play the best NES Mario game. Plus the e-reader added a tonne of unique levels, extra power ups and enemies from other games; even some new, one-time mechanics.
@Tom The Fish I mean... sure, it's up to you if the exclusive features are worth getting either platform for. Obviously getting an e-reader and every card now is impractical, but most of us have a WiiU at this point or can get one cheaply, so the virtual console alternative is a good one, regardless of what you thought of the WiiU...
Thanks for doing this video. I had the e reader and a few packs of cards as a kid. They were gifted to me from a family friend so I didn’t feel any buyer’s remorse. In practice, it was kinda lame but the added functionality to AC was appreciated. I wish I knew where my cards went. I never knew that you could play mini games with the cards. I guess I never had those specific cards.
Wow. After that fantastic series retrospective on your Animal Crossing memories, you had a tough act to follow and honestly, this video is just as awesome as the Animal Crossing Memories video. Fantastic presentation, dude!
This is such a random video to discuss this on, but Nitro Rad is a rare kind of RUclipsr. All of his stuff is consistently fresh with a formula, laid-back, with lots of moments of really great cinematography and general technical polish. The only other RUclipsr I can think of that is similar to my descriptions is Ahoy.
Great video! I love the e-Readers cards. I doubt there's many collections around. Also, I'm curious, how are you capturing your Gamecube and Gameboy gameplay? Would love to know which components you're using. Thanks. I’m hoping to do some AC e-reader card content on my channel. Keep up the great work. Top class video!
Those shots of the cards getting swiped looked amazing! And holy crap my jaw dropped seeing that Digimon gag!!! Nitro Rad, you're so freaking talented!!!
This was such a well made video! I really was expecting to just come in here and leave immediately but the great production value and the charming way you genuinely seemed to enjoy talking about this kept me engaged and I ended up staying here through the whole video! It didn't even feel 21 minutes long.
I had an eReader as a kid (which I still have to this day along with at least half of the 500+ cards that I amassed for it in the short 2 - 3 years its cards were on the market). My eReader was sold as an EB Games bundle that came with Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Donkey Kong 3, Ice Climber, and Clu Clu Land, while my dad also bought me the enormous powerup/stage expansion packs for Super Mario Advance 4 (Super Mario Bros 3) and a Pokemon Battle-e expansion pack containing over 40 eReader-exclusive trainers (along with over a half dozen exclusive berries) for Pokemon Sapphire. The actual use of the thing was *INSANELY* convoluted and *required that I use a multiplayer cable and connect my GBA to my sister's GBA using the eReader in order to download all this DLC to my SMB3 Advance cartridge.* (I think the method was the same for Pokemon but I can't quite remember) But the end result was super cool because I had special berries and trainers to fight that none of my friends had in R/S/E, and I had powerups and fever-dream levels that none of my friends had in SMB3 Advance.
Honestly I like the videos when you just talk about games you love like Animal Crossing and just share your experiences with it. Just a nice, casual video, and I love it.
I tried taking a shot every time James scanned something through the eReader, but I gave up for health reasons. In all seriousness though, fantastic video! I completely missed this era because I was getting into video games when I was way older. Love that we can learn about and remember this stuff through these videos though :)
One of your best episodes to date. Almost every piece of info you mentioned I did not know. Like Animal Crossing was on N64 initially in Japan? I did not know that.
I had no idea this existed... I love it :D I'd forgotten about this channel (thanks a lot yt notifications), so much great stuff I never watched here, thanks :)
Thank you so much for this informative video! It's far past time for an informational video on this topic in the fandom, and you killed it! This comment will probably get lost, but one thing I wanted to add: If you send the code to the animal who's featured on the card, you get a *different* card than the one if you sent it to a different one. This means that each card has *three* in-game letters it can send you! (in addition to the cute mini e-reader story)
I'd just like to add that over here in Europe we never had the E-Reader so my copy of AC's post office just had that table like in the N64 and pre-e-reader versions. Sad it was never released over here but we still had the island. Just hook up the GBA with the Gamecube link cable and Kapp'n would be waiting for ye.
you had to use the cards the same way Japanese players did- scan it into an e-reader, get the code, then use that to get the item. They worked indirectly- at least Nintendo of America was smart enough to realize not everyone owned a GBA, so they included the password (remember that message he got on the GBA after scanning it? That was how you got the code to get the item in the Japanese version).
I have to say, Nitro, this video turned out FANTASTIC! You did a spectacular job with the crisp recording, the awesome fade-ins, the solid focuses on all the different items with your voiceover...everything is just so smooth and flows so well, you're really doing a phenomenal job with improving your videos! It's honestly so much fun listening to you talk about Animal Crossing- you really have such a great connection with the game and there's so many memories and interesting factoids you have to say, it's awesome. I really love the idea of the "who-dun-it" game and I REALLY wish that could be incorporated into a future AC/DLC. Honestly I feel like it'd be a fun game to put together with friends and have little prizes to give out for people who can guess a character first! (I'm also a sucker for Detective/mysteries/puzzles---so besides the fact that the mini-game seemed to be the most solid out of the cards you had, I'm also slightly biased-) I know young Nitro may have a bit of regret buying that $40 piece of plastic...but future Nitro was able to give us a really, REALLY awesome video with so much great little tidbits of information. There are a ton of "did you knows" and throw backs to old things, but this one was an excellent and solid choice. I hope we can see more videos like this in the future!
Thanks for making this! I was just about to buy some Ereader cards thinking they worked like the Amiibo cards! I saw this video within the hour I bought them and saved $20! I guess I just have to wait until Twirp decides to move into my village...
Thank you so much for this video. You are not the only one who was passionate about these cards. I too wanted to see everything this game had to offer. I spent way too much money tracking down every single card to have a complete set. I remember paying $15+ on single character cards just to get my complete set. I am fortunate enough to even have those two NES cards. I feel sad saying this, but my collection feels like my most prized possession, outside of my wedding ring. To this day, I still feel like I'm missing out on things because I didn't send letters for every password. It was just too tedious. Anyway, thank you again. I rarely leave comments on RUclips videos, and this one got me to do it.
Really have to thank you for this video. Here in Europe the e-Reader was never released and all the e-Reader features were removed from the games, like in Animal Crossing. We also had the codes with the key that could be sent to a villager (at least for the NES games), but they were generated on the official Animal Crossing website, where you had to look them up and write them done. But the e-Reader features were always a mystery to me that I never had the chance to see (except if I imported that stuff but that would be kind of expensive for curiosity's sake). So I'm happy that this video kinda solved that mystery for me, at least for Animal Crossing.
fun fact: you actually can use character cards at the wishing well to move villagers into your town in doubutsu no mori e+ (and if you know how you can even make your own custom character cards to move your own custom villagers into your town)
Yo this video had me laughing so fucking hard when you did the digimon e-reader sequence that I felt the need to make my first comment on your videos even though I’ve been watching for years, thank you
The ereader was my OBSESSION when I found out about it in middle school... To the point I collected all the cards for Super Mario Bros. 3! (Them level cards tho 😜) Only owned a couple AC cards, and never knew most of these minigames! Anyway, the staggering production value and just good humor without trying too hard like certain Nintendo youtubers is much appreciated and earned you +1 to your sub count ;)
I think the coolest thing about the e-reader to me is all the gen 3 pokemon events tied to it. It makes it possible to legitimately access these events that were released decades ago as long as you have the right e-reader cards.
2:05 Moral of the Story, Listen to your mom. Once I almost Traded in my GameCube for a DSi and my mother stopped me from doing so. The DSi Broke 3 months Later But that GameCube is still running to this day.
Thank-you so much for making this video! I have wondered for YEARS what it looked like to actually use the e-Reader features in Animal Crossing, so it was awesome that you showed us all the ins and outs of such a weird peripheral. If you ever decide to make more videos about the e-Reader I would absolutely love to see how the Pokemon tcg cards functioned (I remember some ruby & sapphire sets that have those scannable bars on the sides, NO CLUE what those are for).
Saw on Twitter this was your favorite video to work on, it's easy to see why, it's so cool to see you talk about cool niche things you really like in between the bigger games, things like your Yume Nikki video years and years ago are some of my favorite of your content, and now, with the super high quality of your new content, it's so nice to listen to. Keep up the good work!
I liked playing my e-Reader back when I was a kid! The novelty of sliding cards through it wasn't lost on me. I used to scan Pokemon cards through it often, just to see what each card would do. I also liked playing Donkey Kong Jr., Pinball, and Excitebike on it. The idea of being able to swap whatever game I wanted on it was so cool to me. And Super Mario Advance 4, I almost forgot! I liked scanning in new items for myself, especially Cape Feathers! The password system in AC was really cool to me, too. I used to have the 30,000 bell code memorized so I could just get money whenever I wanted something. I wish it was that simple in real life, but maybe I just haven't found the right code to achieve that yet...
I gotta say I think these card's uses are actually way more interesting than the amiibo cards. I get why you don't think so, but I've never liked being able to scan an amiibo card and have that villager move in personally! Great video!
Dude, this video flew by! I really really enjoyed all the 4K eReader shots. It added a layer of detail to the video that I very much appreciated. Awesome job man!
Hey that's pretty neat. I've never really thought about the e-cards beyond their existence, but seeing what they actually do is interesting. I like games a lot more like this, looking at them like a piece of history, rather than sitting down and playing them, so this video in particular was really cool as I also like Nintendo and Animal Crossing a lot even if I don't play Nintendo games or Animal Crossing as much as I probably should. Even if it's not every card, you gathered quite the collection and showed off a lot for this video, thanks for the effort in everything you do. I've fallen behind a bit on a lot of RUclipsr's I'm subscribed to, currently caught up with a few of them and I decided I wanted to watch you today. I don't know what I'm talking about anymore, but again, the e-reader is a really interesting piece of technology, and this is a great video for talking about what it does and how it relates to Animal Crossing specifically, ultimately leading up to amiibo cards.
I loved that digimon parody thing you did there that was awesome rofl. It's crazy how the ereader cards and the amiibo cards were so cheap and now the go for so much now T_T
I remember reading about the E-Reader Cards in Gaming Magazines, not Nintendo Power but I used to read lots of gaming magazines as a kid. That GameCube Trailer disk is so nostalgic even if I never owned it. I loved Starfox Adventures a lot.
I had actually never knew about these mini games, I thought it was only the Animal Island. I can’t believe after so many years of playing this, I’m still finding info about it!
You had me so invested in what childhood game soundtrack you used for the first part of the video that I had to rewatch the whole thing. I put WAY too many hours into Paper Mario TYD, yo.
'95 here and I was in the same boat as you. All my family had for a while was an NES and a hand-me-down computer with a bunch of games my Dad played before he got old. I also got the E-Reader when it came out too for some inexplicable reason.
I never even knew the eReader was a commercial failure before this video. I remember actually enjoying it a lot as a kid. Pokemon got a lot of use out of the thing as well. Even still have mine old eReader sitting around in the same case as my GBA. And now I'm tempted to dig it out again and see what cards I still have.
I loved my e-reader when I had it, probably because it was a gift and I didn't use my own money on it. The Animal Crossing stuff was cool, but my absolute favorite thing was this platformer minigame you could play by scanning certain Pokemon cards. They came in normal packs of Pokemon tcg cards, but you weren't guaranteed to get one so I begged my parents to keep buying packs until I did
I might be one of the few weirdos that actually collected all of these cards and really played with them. Fun fact: you could invite villagers to your town with the e-reader cards from the Doubutsu no Mori e+ game (the second japanese gamecube version of the game, which had some extra fun features we never got here in the west). The e-reader was actually pretty successful in Japan and was supported for years. Many games that had e-reader features in Japan saw those features removed when they were brought to North America after NOA stopped supporting the e-reader here.
So funfact in E+ you COULD invite villagers to live in your town just not at the terminal, had to go to i think the wishing well for that (dont know if it works like that in the western release or not)
He looks more and more like Rayman every time he wears that jacket.
Wouldn't be surprised if his arms and legs started disappearing.
He should get a green screen and a morph suit.
Next step: rayman hair
@@danielr.7062 He already has the hair, he's been parting his bangs down the middle like a 90's teen heart-throb
The limbs must be prosthetic. He doesn’t want to tell the truth.
What arms and legs?
That Digimon gag is basically how I would have felt if I actually had one of these things.
thats how i pictured itd be having that yu gi oh duel glove thing if u remember that thing lol
Its funny, since my girlfriend keeps getting Billiam and Nitro Rad mixed up. I don't know how, but she does.
*ERROR SOUND*
read error
Funny there actually is a TV digimon, so I can actually see a tamer with a Monitamon (Monitor Monster haha punny) using the Digivice to scan E-reader cards to play Donkey Kong.
DIGIMODIFY!!! Donkey Kong Jr., ACTIVATE!!
The production value in this is really appreciated.
Damn straight! With every swipe close-up and sound effect, I thought "Wow, he put _a ton_ of effort into this!"
He went to film school. So you can actually see he puts what he learned to use
Yeah, it’s not abnoxious, and you can tell a human made it.
I wonder what camera Nitro Rad uses to have high quality film in his videos.
Better than the e-reader
Beyond thrilled to see this video come out: More than happy to have sold those cards and passed the torch after my collecting journey ended with those years ago. It was the start of me joining the internet, as I obtained most of my collection via ACC or NOA's online store selling unsold packs, but those two cards were really tricky to track down. I think Mario Bros came from a Series 4 pack, while Ice Climber was one I got from a trade on ACC. Now they have been bestowed onto you, for I've moved onto collecting limited edition video games instead and have other things in life to deal with.
This was a very enjoyable video all around and while I made a vid on the e-reader itself as an accessory, I didn't go too much into the AC stuff since I aim to do that in the future when I cover the actual game. Still, the e-reader was one fun ride I enjoyed back in the day that I'll always miss. Maybe if there's a hidden trove of unopened packs and they get super common again, i'll join the fun, but for now I'm content with my collection being as-is and those cards heading to you. Thank you so much James for letting me help you out!
And yes, I also treated it like a digimon tamers device as a kid, much to my dismay. Also kinda pretended it was a henshin device of some kind, like the Magna Defender from Power Rangers, but alas, it's too impractical to even use it as a fun prop!
Passing on your great collectable items is sometimes more of a proud moment than collecting them in the first place, especially if it's family
thanks for contributing to this great video, you're a generous person. :)
Oh Im so glad of seeing you ocne again friend and its a loving and touching story! and I am sorry that you wont get to hurt for it but at least being happy that they are out in the hands of such a great and cool and awesome person such as Nitro here!...
Wait..what even is his real name anyway?
Life waster
You know his mom recorded him saying he wished he listened to her
And when we're all living underground and only 1% of the earths population is left from the fourth wave of rona in december it'll be the only thing keeping her hope alive :') will she ever see nitro again? find out next time!
@@khit007 Oh my goddess..D; wasnt it a bit too exagerative my friend?
@@khit007 what?
6:16 On the contrary, the E-Reader was a success in Japan.
Theres so many Gamecube/GBA games with e-reader support from Pikmin to Mario Kart Circuit, DKC, Megaman.exe and more.
To the point that its pretty undiscovered in the west and hardly any info comes out for it.
What made the E-Reader so popular in Japan? From what Nitro Rad was saying, the E-Reader felt annoying to use and expensive to make it work.
Do the Japanese have more tolerance for this type of stuff?
@@thepuzzlemaster64 The Japanese have an uncanny tolerance for monotany. I mean, they're the guys who made Dynasty Warriors popular.
@@nicksrandomreviews What's our excuse with Assassins Creed then?
@@DeadHandtheSurvivor I haven't played it but I'm guessing it's similar to Sly Cooper's popularity
Oh man, I always get exited when someone mentions Megaman.exe
He's starting to look more like Rayman, especially with his hair and jacket!
his goal
Push up, sit up, lot of juice.
That how u do it.
Bruh he is Rayman
Soon he will lose his arms and legs only his legs and hands
Yea'!
1:18 that must of been the gag that you said took an entire day on twitter lol
Oh yeah!
1:18 Proof Nitro rad is the radest dude ever.
That was so cool lol
The E-Reader is definitely one of the biggest regrets I have as far as Nintendo-related purchases goes. It wasn't very useful, hard to use, and getting cards in the USA was a lot harder than it was in Japan. The peripheral also wasn't supported long on top of all of that, so it never really went anywhere.
at least now it is labeled as novelty item.
15:31 Wow! The art on those K. K. cards is re-used as art for the albums in New Horizons. I just noticed it when watching.
A few of them even had slight differences. The eReader for DJ KK has the title on it, for example
They used them since New Leaf at least, but the album covers use a bigger segment than the cards. So I guess they just kinda held onto those assets until they had more use for them.
You can really tell when the video was made by a person passionate about the topic. This has been a joy to watch and I really learned a lot about the e reader, which I had only heard of online. Thank you for the effort and work it took to make this video, it really paid off!
I love how you named that town "Radicola". That brings back memories. ♥
Nitro Rad James seems to be struggling with completing Frogger: the Great Quest ;)
I have bad memorys with a frogger game for the gba. It was a red cartridge.
Such a bad game
1:19 wasn’t expecting a Tamers reference. Also glad to see that I didn’t miss much with the e Reader since I wasn’t into Animal Crossing. I always saw the cards but never the actual device itself
James talking about the e-Reader? That's a new one.
Beeing from europe, seeing all of this its really cool! The e-reader wasn't released in europe, and the post office basically looks like the one in doubutsu no mori 64
Such a good and comprehensive video. I never knew how extensive the e-Reader was used for AC
1:18 YA *REALLY* WENT ALL OUT ON THAT JOKE DIDN'T YA
i got a good laugh out of it!!
I... how did you make this comment 20 hours ago???
Wait how did you make that comment? ._.
BlanK how the hell did you post 20 hours ago
HOW???
BlanK 20 hours ago, does he release them early on Patreon?
18:10 missed opportunity for "The way nintendo nintended". Also sick vid, didn't even know this existed til now
"Yo, Bob's a gamer dude!"
- Nitro Haha
As much as I love NH, I kind of wish the characters had this much depth. I've noticed there is kind of a lack of variety in talking to villagers. Even in their letters. This may have been the case in past games and I just don't remember it, but, eh, I don't know. I just feel like talking to them doesn't offer what it used to. Seems like they don't visit your house anymore or give tasks either.
That Digimon bit reawakened my younger self absolutely loving Tamers back in the day. Those scan things were always hype.
It was really cool when Nintendo put those Mario 3 e-reader levels on the WiiU.
@Tom The Fish What's wrong with Mario 3?
@Tom The Fish what are you trying to say? Are you saying Mario 3 is a bad game or that the WiiU had bad games?
@Tom The Fish But what do you have against Mario 3?
Tom The Fish SMA4 kicked ass. It’s the best way to play the best NES Mario game. Plus the e-reader added a tonne of unique levels, extra power ups and enemies from other games; even some new, one-time mechanics.
@Tom The Fish I mean... sure, it's up to you if the exclusive features are worth getting either platform for. Obviously getting an e-reader and every card now is impractical, but most of us have a WiiU at this point or can get one cheaply, so the virtual console alternative is a good one, regardless of what you thought of the WiiU...
Thanks for doing this video. I had the e reader and a few packs of cards as a kid. They were gifted to me from a family friend so I didn’t feel any buyer’s remorse. In practice, it was kinda lame but the added functionality to AC was appreciated. I wish I knew where my cards went. I never knew that you could play mini games with the cards. I guess I never had those specific cards.
Wow. After that fantastic series retrospective on your Animal Crossing memories, you had a tough act to follow and honestly, this video is just as awesome as the Animal Crossing Memories video. Fantastic presentation, dude!
I can take a break from my homework to watch this
Yeah, me too
Jokes on you! I already finished.
You’ve earned it
'In my head it looked like THIS' coolest little segment I've seen in a while!
You used Hotel Dusk music that's really cool, I love the OST from that game!
This is such a random video to discuss this on, but Nitro Rad is a rare kind of RUclipsr. All of his stuff is consistently fresh with a formula, laid-back, with lots of moments of really great cinematography and general technical polish. The only other RUclipsr I can think of that is similar to my descriptions is Ahoy.
Great video! I love the e-Readers cards. I doubt there's many collections around. Also, I'm curious, how are you capturing your Gamecube and Gameboy gameplay? Would love to know which components you're using. Thanks. I’m hoping to do some AC e-reader card content on my channel. Keep up the great work. Top class video!
Those shots of the cards getting swiped looked amazing! And holy crap my jaw dropped seeing that Digimon gag!!! Nitro Rad, you're so freaking talented!!!
This is good, but REAL GAMERS play Mario Party e, every single day.
Dang dude, the effort and dedication it took to make this video is awesome!
I wanted one so badly as a kid and the more and more I learn about it the happier I am my Mom wouldn't get me one.
I really appreciate the time you took to film all of this stuff to such a high standard. I doubt anyone else has done! Nice job!
This was such a well made video!
I really was expecting to just come in here and leave immediately but the great production value and the charming way you genuinely seemed to enjoy talking about this kept me engaged and I ended up staying here through the whole video!
It didn't even feel 21 minutes long.
You are one of the most interesting RUclipsrs Nitro Rad (no joke). Thank you for all the entertainment you give us =) =D. Keep up the good work.
I had an eReader as a kid (which I still have to this day along with at least half of the 500+ cards that I amassed for it in the short 2 - 3 years its cards were on the market). My eReader was sold as an EB Games bundle that came with Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Donkey Kong 3, Ice Climber, and Clu Clu Land, while my dad also bought me the enormous powerup/stage expansion packs for Super Mario Advance 4 (Super Mario Bros 3) and a Pokemon Battle-e expansion pack containing over 40 eReader-exclusive trainers (along with over a half dozen exclusive berries) for Pokemon Sapphire.
The actual use of the thing was *INSANELY* convoluted and *required that I use a multiplayer cable and connect my GBA to my sister's GBA using the eReader in order to download all this DLC to my SMB3 Advance cartridge.* (I think the method was the same for Pokemon but I can't quite remember) But the end result was super cool because I had special berries and trainers to fight that none of my friends had in R/S/E, and I had powerups and fever-dream levels that none of my friends had in SMB3 Advance.
Honestly I like the videos when you just talk about games you love like Animal Crossing and just share your experiences with it.
Just a nice, casual video, and I love it.
Mad props for that Digimon Tamers bit man
I tried taking a shot every time James scanned something through the eReader, but I gave up for health reasons.
In all seriousness though, fantastic video! I completely missed this era because I was getting into video games when I was way older. Love that we can learn about and remember this stuff through these videos though :)
Not sure if you know, but the promised day has come. Someone figured out the code for the e-reader.
One of your best episodes to date. Almost every piece of info you mentioned I did not know. Like Animal Crossing was on N64 initially in Japan? I did not know that.
I had no idea this existed... I love it :D
I'd forgotten about this channel (thanks a lot yt notifications), so much great stuff I never watched here, thanks :)
Thank you so much for this informative video! It's far past time for an informational video on this topic in the fandom, and you killed it!
This comment will probably get lost, but one thing I wanted to add: If you send the code to the animal who's featured on the card, you get a *different* card than the one if you sent it to a different one. This means that each card has *three* in-game letters it can send you! (in addition to the cute mini e-reader story)
I'd just like to add that over here in Europe we never had the E-Reader so my copy of AC's post office just had that table like in the N64 and pre-e-reader versions. Sad it was never released over here but we still had the island. Just hook up the GBA with the Gamecube link cable and Kapp'n would be waiting for ye.
you had to use the cards the same way Japanese players did- scan it into an e-reader, get the code, then use that to get the item. They worked indirectly- at least Nintendo of America was smart enough to realize not everyone owned a GBA, so they included the password (remember that message he got on the GBA after scanning it? That was how you got the code to get the item in the Japanese version).
That commercial where Donkey Kong Jr. got imprisoned inside the e-reader card was funny as heck back in the day.
This man knew what he was doing putting kk cruisin at the very beginning lol
So we’re all in agreement that James’ mom is a friend to all gamers and should be treated with the upmost respect right?
It's surreal to see someone else with an e-reader not gonna lie.
I have to say, Nitro, this video turned out FANTASTIC! You did a spectacular job with the crisp recording, the awesome fade-ins, the solid focuses on all the different items with your voiceover...everything is just so smooth and flows so well, you're really doing a phenomenal job with improving your videos!
It's honestly so much fun listening to you talk about Animal Crossing- you really have such a great connection with the game and there's so many memories and interesting factoids you have to say, it's awesome.
I really love the idea of the "who-dun-it" game and I REALLY wish that could be incorporated into a future AC/DLC. Honestly I feel like it'd be a fun game to put together with friends and have little prizes to give out for people who can guess a character first! (I'm also a sucker for Detective/mysteries/puzzles---so besides the fact that the mini-game seemed to be the most solid out of the cards you had, I'm also slightly biased-)
I know young Nitro may have a bit of regret buying that $40 piece of plastic...but future Nitro was able to give us a really, REALLY awesome video with so much great little tidbits of information. There are a ton of "did you knows" and throw backs to old things, but this one was an excellent and solid choice. I hope we can see more videos like this in the future!
Thanks for making this! I was just about to buy some Ereader cards thinking they worked like the Amiibo cards! I saw this video within the hour I bought them and saved $20! I guess I just have to wait until Twirp decides to move into my village...
Thank you so much for this video. You are not the only one who was passionate about these cards. I too wanted to see everything this game had to offer. I spent way too much money tracking down every single card to have a complete set. I remember paying $15+ on single character cards just to get my complete set. I am fortunate enough to even have those two NES cards. I feel sad saying this, but my collection feels like my most prized possession, outside of my wedding ring.
To this day, I still feel like I'm missing out on things because I didn't send letters for every password. It was just too tedious. Anyway, thank you again. I rarely leave comments on RUclips videos, and this one got me to do it.
Really have to thank you for this video. Here in Europe the e-Reader was never released and all the e-Reader features were removed from the games, like in Animal Crossing. We also had the codes with the key that could be sent to a villager (at least for the NES games), but they were generated on the official Animal Crossing website, where you had to look them up and write them done. But the e-Reader features were always a mystery to me that I never had the chance to see (except if I imported that stuff but that would be kind of expensive for curiosity's sake). So I'm happy that this video kinda solved that mystery for me, at least for Animal Crossing.
fun fact: you actually can use character cards at the wishing well to move villagers into your town in doubutsu no mori e+ (and if you know how you can even make your own custom character cards to move your own custom villagers into your town)
You went super extra on the Digimon Tamers bit. Totally worth it though, Tamers is my favorite of the series.
i am so glad you spent a whole day on the digimon gag (assuming that's what you were talking about on twitter) cuz the payoff was very worth it
Yo this video had me laughing so fucking hard when you did the digimon e-reader sequence that I felt the need to make my first comment on your videos even though I’ve been watching for years, thank you
Damn the editing on that Digimon Tamers callback was 👌👌👌 Good work, my dude! I always enjoy your videos
The ereader was my OBSESSION when I found out about it in middle school... To the point I collected all the cards for Super Mario Bros. 3! (Them level cards tho 😜) Only owned a couple AC cards, and never knew most of these minigames!
Anyway, the staggering production value and just good humor without trying too hard like certain Nintendo youtubers is much appreciated and earned you +1 to your sub count ;)
1:18 Yeah...more of that, please.
That digimon tamers sequence was so enjoyable
Me, as a kid: Mom pleaaaassssee I want an e-reader so bad!
Me, as an adult: Thank you, mom, for not buying me an e-reader.
Same, actually. I REALLY wanted these when I was a lad, and my mom was like "no that sounds lame. Let's get an actual game instead."
I think the coolest thing about the e-reader to me is all the gen 3 pokemon events tied to it. It makes it possible to legitimately access these events that were released decades ago as long as you have the right e-reader cards.
I love obscure Nintendo accessories and people really don't talk about this one often, so I'm so glad you made this! It's so interesting
2:05 Moral of the Story, Listen to your mom. Once I almost Traded in my GameCube for a DSi and my mother stopped me from doing so. The DSi Broke 3 months Later But that GameCube is still running to this day.
How the fuck do you break a DSi in three months? Also you said your mom stopped you from doing it, but you still got the DSi?? The fuck
@Tom The Fish I don't think OP was making any claims about the quality control of those consoles.
Holy shit, that Digimon Tamers bit was so fucking hilarious! I fucking love it!
Can I say how I love just how much effort you put into re-creating Digi-Modify, that was God Damn brilliant!
Thank-you so much for making this video! I have wondered for YEARS what it looked like to actually use the e-Reader features in Animal Crossing, so it was awesome that you showed us all the ins and outs of such a weird peripheral. If you ever decide to make more videos about the e-Reader I would absolutely love to see how the Pokemon tcg cards functioned (I remember some ruby & sapphire sets that have those scannable bars on the sides, NO CLUE what those are for).
Alright, someone get to work on a nitrorad digivoloution
Or better yet, a Rayman digivolution to Nitro, as Nitro digivolving to Rayman is a bit farfetched with the height difference between the two!
Saw on Twitter this was your favorite video to work on, it's easy to see why, it's so cool to see you talk about cool niche things you really like in between the bigger games, things like your Yume Nikki video years and years ago are some of my favorite of your content, and now, with the super high quality of your new content, it's so nice to listen to. Keep up the good work!
This was really cool. Never got to experience these but it's wonderful to see this. Thanks for making this video man :D
I liked playing my e-Reader back when I was a kid! The novelty of sliding cards through it wasn't lost on me. I used to scan Pokemon cards through it often, just to see what each card would do. I also liked playing Donkey Kong Jr., Pinball, and Excitebike on it. The idea of being able to swap whatever game I wanted on it was so cool to me. And Super Mario Advance 4, I almost forgot! I liked scanning in new items for myself, especially Cape Feathers!
The password system in AC was really cool to me, too. I used to have the 30,000 bell code memorized so I could just get money whenever I wanted something. I wish it was that simple in real life, but maybe I just haven't found the right code to achieve that yet...
I gotta say I think these card's uses are actually way more interesting than the amiibo cards. I get why you don't think so, but I've never liked being able to scan an amiibo card and have that villager move in personally! Great video!
Nitro Rad's videos are getting more and more professional
Dude, this video flew by! I really really enjoyed all the 4K eReader shots. It added a layer of detail to the video that I very much appreciated. Awesome job man!
Hey that's pretty neat. I've never really thought about the e-cards beyond their existence, but seeing what they actually do is interesting. I like games a lot more like this, looking at them like a piece of history, rather than sitting down and playing them, so this video in particular was really cool as I also like Nintendo and Animal Crossing a lot even if I don't play Nintendo games or Animal Crossing as much as I probably should. Even if it's not every card, you gathered quite the collection and showed off a lot for this video, thanks for the effort in everything you do. I've fallen behind a bit on a lot of RUclipsr's I'm subscribed to, currently caught up with a few of them and I decided I wanted to watch you today. I don't know what I'm talking about anymore, but again, the e-reader is a really interesting piece of technology, and this is a great video for talking about what it does and how it relates to Animal Crossing specifically, ultimately leading up to amiibo cards.
You’re forgetting about the e-reader exclusive villagers ;_; that cat is literally one of my favorite designs ever
@FalcorSucks Meow is the name
Nitro you didn't have to go so hard for that Digimon joke but i REALLY appreciate you did
I loved that digimon parody thing you did there that was awesome rofl.
It's crazy how the ereader cards and the amiibo cards were so cheap and now the go for so much now T_T
This was a really good video! Loved that you didn't stick to multiple topics and just focused on how it can be used in a single game.
This is a really wholesome Nitrorad video. I like it!
I remember reading about the E-Reader Cards in Gaming Magazines, not Nintendo Power but I used to read lots of gaming magazines as a kid. That GameCube Trailer disk is so nostalgic even if I never owned it. I loved Starfox Adventures a lot.
I had actually never knew about these mini games, I thought it was only the Animal Island. I can’t believe after so many years of playing this, I’m still finding info about it!
Nitro Rad: " I should have listened to my mom."
His mom watching this video: "Damn right."
This was awesome to watch! Enjoyed a look back at this.
You had me so invested in what childhood game soundtrack you used for the first part of the video that I had to rewatch the whole thing. I put WAY too many hours into Paper Mario TYD, yo.
And that Adventure of Link soundtrack too, takes me back. I also grew up playing my dads NES!
Honestly if they made that little microphone thing work for call of duty then
That Wii ain't gonna be family friend for long
Digging the filming in this video! all those turntable shots and the depth of field shots were really nice!!
'95 here and I was in the same boat as you. All my family had for a while was an NES and a hand-me-down computer with a bunch of games my Dad played before he got old. I also got the E-Reader when it came out too for some inexplicable reason.
I never even knew the eReader was a commercial failure before this video. I remember actually enjoying it a lot as a kid. Pokemon got a lot of use out of the thing as well. Even still have mine old eReader sitting around in the same case as my GBA. And now I'm tempted to dig it out again and see what cards I still have.
I loved my e-reader when I had it, probably because it was a gift and I didn't use my own money on it. The Animal Crossing stuff was cool, but my absolute favorite thing was this platformer minigame you could play by scanning certain Pokemon cards. They came in normal packs of Pokemon tcg cards, but you weren't guaranteed to get one so I begged my parents to keep buying packs until I did
God damn, I never noticed the Terriermon plushie in the background until the bit about Digimon Tamers happen. Respect+
Love how comprehensive this is and was awesome to watch :) Would love to see more things like this!!
I might be one of the few weirdos that actually collected all of these cards and really played with them. Fun fact: you could invite villagers to your town with the e-reader cards from the Doubutsu no Mori e+ game (the second japanese gamecube version of the game, which had some extra fun features we never got here in the west). The e-reader was actually pretty successful in Japan and was supported for years. Many games that had e-reader features in Japan saw those features removed when they were brought to North America after NOA stopped supporting the e-reader here.
Holy moley, that cover art for the AC Action Replay box took me waaaay back
this really is a ridiculously well produced video, perfect for such a wild concept
So funfact in E+ you COULD invite villagers to live in your town just not at the terminal, had to go to i think the wishing well for that
(dont know if it works like that in the western release or not)
High quality stuff! I love these kinds of videos, getting to learn about some of the lesser known parts of gaming is super cool! Keep it up, Nitro!