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In August 2014, a bulk listing appeared on Yahoo Japan Auctions. Mixed in with over 500 cards that made up this listing were a variety of sample cards, including the Eevee, Pikachu, and Pichu used in the March 2001 press conference with dotted and striped variations. Other sample cards featured artwork from previous sets ({{TCG|Expansion Pack}}, {{TCG|Pokémon Jungle}}, {{TCG|Mystery of the Fossils}}, {{TCG|Rocket Gang}}, and {{TCG|Gold, Silver, to a New World...}}) which aren't known to have been shown at any event around their original creation. Some of these cards featured e-Reader strips positioned on all four sides of the cards and have large pink numbers printed just offset at the bottom of the artwork. | In August 2014, a bulk listing appeared on Yahoo Japan Auctions. Mixed in with over 500 cards that made up this listing were a variety of sample cards, including the Eevee, Pikachu, and Pichu used in the March 2001 press conference with dotted and striped variations. Other sample cards featured artwork from previous sets ({{TCG|Expansion Pack}}, {{TCG|Pokémon Jungle}}, {{TCG|Mystery of the Fossils}}, {{TCG|Rocket Gang}}, and {{TCG|Gold, Silver, to a New World...}}) which aren't known to have been shown at any event around their original creation. Some of these cards featured e-Reader strips positioned on all four sides of the cards and have large pink numbers printed just offset at the bottom of the artwork. | ||
At the time, an interview with Creatures Development Department Manager Katsuyoshi Irie was held where he explained about his design process: "At first, I thought about putting codes on the four sides of the card. However, when it comes to Pokemon Card e, the design is not beautiful, and it is difficult to read all four sides when playing."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030204075538/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0111/01/page02.html</ref> Additionally, Motofumi Yoshino, Manager at the Development Technology Department at Nintendo, revealed roughly how many sheets were created to accurately print the dot codes: "This barcode is made up of very small dots, and if these dots are connected or missing, it becomes unreadable. Therefore, we conducted many experiments, printing thousands of sheets until we were able to print the dots properly and control the quality."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021216061915/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0111/01/page03.html</ref> | At the time, an interview with Creatures Development Department Manager Katsuyoshi Irie was held where he explained about his design process: "At first, I thought about putting codes on the four sides of the card. However, when it comes to Pokemon Card e, the design is not beautiful, and it is difficult to read all four sides when playing."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030204075538/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0111/01/page02.html</ref> Additionally, Motofumi Yoshino, Manager at the Development Technology Department at Nintendo, revealed roughly how many sheets were created to accurately print the dot codes: "This barcode is made up of very small dots, and if these dots are connected or missing, it becomes unreadable. Therefore, we conducted many experiments, printing thousands of sheets until we were able to print the dots properly and control the quality."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021216061915/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0111/01/page03.html</ref><gallery mode="packed" caption="Photos of the 2014 Yahoo Auction test Samples"> | ||
File:EReaderTestSamples2014 01.jpg|Photo 1 featuring Diglett, multiple Pikachu arts, Eevee, Mew, Berry Trainer, Totodile | |||
File:EReaderTestSamples2-14 02.jpg|Photo 2 featuring Totodile, Pikachu and the Kecleon Movie promo | |||
File:EReaderTestSamples2014 03.jpg|Photo 3 featuring Totodile, Diglett, Berry Trainer, Rapidash, Graveler, Pidgey, Eevee and Charmander | |||
File:EReaderTestSamples2014 04.jpg|Photo 4 featuring Rapidash, Graveler, Pichu, Totodile and Pikachu | |||
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