e-Reader
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The Nintendo e-Reader is a Game Boy Advance add-on device that reads a special strip on e-Reader cards via an LED scanner. Its purpose is to unlock mini-games, items, levels or functions for games on the GBA, or as games in themselves. There are multiple available packs of Pikmin e-Reader cards, both released only in Japan after the release of Pikmin 2. Each card contains a number of simple Pikmin-based mini-games, which can be played by connecting the e-Reader to a Game Boy Advance or Game Boy Player connected to a GameCube in which the Pikmin 2 disk is placed.
Pack designs include Onions, Pikmin, Pellet Posies and Candypop Buds, while individual cards depict enemies, Pikmin or captains. There were two series each consisting of 2 sets, each with 3 packs of 5 cards. The packs had red, yellow, and blue themes. This totaled to 60 cards plus 6 promotional cards. Each card contained three levels of one of three mini-games. The cards can be viewed.
Pikmin Plucking
Objective: The player moves Olimar or Louie around tiles to pluck every Pikmin from the ground.
Controls: D-Pad to move, A to pluck, hold B with D-Pad to change direction, Start to restart or quit.
Directions: The player must stand next to the tile containing the Pikmin they want to pluck and face it. Red and Blue Pikmin will land on the tile directly behind the player while Yellows must land two tiles behind them. Some tiles contain fire, electricity, and water hazards that only Pikmin of the respective color can land on. No Pikmin can land on rock tiles or outside the edge of the map. The player cannot move past rocks, plucked Pikmin, or hazards (except water) thus they must find the best order to pluck the Pikmin in without getting stuck. The game automatically ends if no moves are left. This game is played using red cards. There are 60 levels total.
Pikmin Parts
The player must control the Pikmin moving in the same direction to try to get them into the goal.
Pikmin Path
The player must move panels around to create a path for the Pikmin so that they can reach the goal.
Gallery
A screenshot of the "Pikmin Plucking" game.
A screenshot of the "Pikmin Parts" game.
A screenshot of the "Pikmin Parts" game.
A sprite of Captain Olimar plucking a Red Pikmin.
A sprite of a Yellow Pikmin.
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The e-Reader bonus menu.
Trivia
- The sprites shown in these mini-games are some of the only official Pikmin sprites created by Nintendo to be used. The only other sprites are found outside of Pikmin games, in the Pikmin microgame in WarioWare: D.I.Y. and the unused sprites found in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.