Editing Nintendo e-Reader (section)

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{{short description|Add-on for the Game Boy Advance}}
{{Infobox Video game system
| title = Nintendo e-Reader
| image = Nintendo E-Reader.jpg
| caption =
| manufacturer = [[Nintendo]]
| type = [[Video game accessory#Add-ons|Add-on]]
| releasedate = JP: December 1, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/hardware/card_e |script-title=ja:カードeで広がろ新じの遊世界! |title=Kādo e de hirogaro shinji no Yū sekai! |trans-title=Expand your world with Card E!|access-date=2 February 2021|language=ja|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308141223/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/hardware/card_e/|url-status=live |work=Nintendo of Japan}}</ref><br />NA: September 16, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/7629/e-reader-release-date-and-details|title=E-Reader release date and details!|work=Nintendo World Report|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023032500/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/7629/e-reader-release-date-and-details|url-status=live |date=August 7, 2002 |first=Billy |last=Berghammer}}</ref>
<br />AU: October 31, 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php |title=News|access-date=2020-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031202222005/http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php |archive-date=2003-12-02 |work=Nintendo of Australia |date=November 14, 2003}}</ref>
| discontinued = NA: Early 2004<ref name=GameRant>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamerant.com/rare-e3-nintendo-e-reader-card-worth-thousands-dollars/amp/|title=Rare E3 Nintendo e-Reader Card is Selling for Thousands of Dollars|date=19 July 2021|access-date=8 January 2022|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117072250/https://gamerant.com/rare-e3-nintendo-e-reader-card-worth-thousands-dollars/|url-status=live |first=Andrew |last=Heaton |work=GameRant}}</ref><br>JP: September 2008<ref name=GameRant/>
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The '''Nintendo e-Reader''',{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''Card-e-Reader'''|カードeリーダー|Kādo-Ī-Rīdā|lead=yes}}.}} commonly abbreviated as '''e-Reader''', is an [[Video game accessory#Add-ons.2FPeripherals|add-on]] manufactured by [[Nintendo]] for its [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Handheld game console|handheld video game console]]. It was released in Japan in December 2001, with a North American release following in September 2002. It has an [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] scanner that reads "[[#e-Reader cards|e-Reader cards]]", paper cards with specially encoded data printed on them.

Depending on the card and associated game, the e-cards are typically used in a key-like function to unlock secret items, levels, or play mini-games when swiped through the reader. The cards themselves contain data, as opposed to unlocking data already on the device itself.