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Technical specs source, and math correction: GC discs are 1.46GB, and a card with two long strips is 4.4KB. These are not GiB or KiB, therefore: (1.46 * 10^9)/(4.4 * 10^3) = 331,819 cards, rounded up.
Lyra-scarlet (talk | contribs) m (Technical specs source, and math correction: GC discs are 1.46GB, and a card with two long strips is 4.4KB. These are not GiB or KiB, therefore: (1.46 * 10^9)/(4.4 * 10^3) = 331,819 cards, rounded up.) |
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* The short strip holds 1.4 kilobytes of data. | * The short strip holds 1.4 kilobytes of data. | ||
* Passthrough game link port | * Passthrough game link port | ||
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080917112617/http://www.vidgame.net/NINTENDO/e_reader.htm Vidgame.net: Nintendo E-Reader]</ref> | |||
==English Release== | ==English Release== | ||
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* The minigame [[Machop At Work]] was included with the purchase of an e-Reader in the United States. | * The minigame [[Machop At Work]] was included with the purchase of an e-Reader in the United States. | ||
* According to [[Nintendo Power]] v.169, it would take roughly 62,500 e-Reader cards to equal the data on one [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] disc. | * According to [[Nintendo Power]] v.169, it would take roughly 62,500 e-Reader cards to equal the data on one [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] disc. | ||
** However, this is a gross understatement when checked mathematically. Assuming the | ** However, this is a gross understatement when checked mathematically. Assuming the cards used have two long strips of 2.2KB each (for 4.4KB per card) it would take 331,819 e-Reader cards. | ||
* The device was originally going to be called the "Pokémon Card-e-Reader", and the only mentioned functionality for it was reading Pokémon TCG cards.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010611141753/http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles.jsp?articleID=3938 2001 e3 -- POKéMON CARD-E-READER Fact Sheet]</ref> | * The device was originally going to be called the "Pokémon Card-e-Reader", and the only mentioned functionality for it was reading Pokémon TCG cards.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010611141753/http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles.jsp?articleID=3938 2001 e3 -- POKéMON CARD-E-READER Fact Sheet]</ref> | ||