Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 e-Reader cards
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 features e-Reader compatibility, in that it can link up to a second Game Boy Advance with an e-Reader. Upon scanning in one of three types of cards, something will then be triggered in the game. This feature is normally absent in the European version of the game, but can be enabled using a cheat device.
- Power-Up Cards: When one of these is scanned, it will upload an item (or a set of items) into either Mario or Luigi's inventory. There is no limit as to how many times an item card can be used. A variant type of Power-Up Cards are Switch Cards, which will trigger something in the game upon being scanned.
- Demo Cards: Plays a movie of either Mario speed-running through a level, collecting enough coins in a certain level to trigger a Blue Toad House, or racking up numerous 1-Up Mushrooms via a special trick.
- Level Cards: Uploads a brand new level into the game, which can be played in World-e. Note that only 32 levels can be saved on the game at a time, but the listing of levels is endless.
Cards
The majority of the cards were released in two series (sets) of cards. However, a few cards were included with brand new copies of the game. While most copies only came with two cards, copies purchased at Wal-Mart early on came with an additional five cards.
Roughly only one third of the cards that were released in Japan were released elsewhere. Therefore, there are over twenty levels that remain unavailable to non-Japanese players. Other missing cards include various Switches and Boomerangs.
Note: Due to the discontinuation of the e-Reader, newer copies of the game do not come with cards, although the game itself is still compatible with the e-Reader.
Power-Up Cards
- Super Mushroom (Wal-Mart exclusive)
- Fire Flower (Wal-Mart exclusive)
- Super Leaf (Included with the game)
- Frog Suit (Series 1)
- Tanooki Suit (Series 2)
- Hammer Suit (Series 1)
- Starman (Series 2)
- P-Wing (Series 1)
- Cape Feather (Series 2)
- 3 Fire Flowers (Series 2)
- 3 Super Leaves (Series 1)
- 5 Starmen (Series 1)
- 4-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf and a Starman) (Series 2)
- 3-Suit Set (Frog Suit, Tanooki Suit and a Hammer Suit) (Series 2)
- 8-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf, Starman, P-Wing, Frog Suit, Tanooki Suit and a Hammer Suit) (Series 1)
- 10-Up Mushroom (Series 2)
- 5-Up Mushroom (Series 1)
- 1-Up Mushroom (Wal-Mart exclusive)
Other: X2 Orange Switch (Series 1) (Japanese: With Fireballs, Enemies Become Coins (ファイアボールで敵がコインに))
Other: X3 Blue Green Switch (Series 2) (Japanese: Vegetables Appear in the Original Courses (オリジナルコースに野菜出現))
Demo Cards
- World 1-1 Speed Stage: Speed-run through level 1-1. (Series 1)
- World 1-2 Unlimited 1-Ups: Shows a trick to collect a lot of 1-Ups in level 1-2. (Series 1)
- World 3-4 Unlimited 1-Ups: Shows a trick to collect a lot of 1-Ups in level 3-4.(Series 2)
- World 4-6 Unlimited 1-Ups: Shows a trick to collect a lot of 1-Ups in level 4-6. (Wal-Mart exclusive)
- World 3-2 Star Power: Plays a video of Invincible Mario speeding through level 3-2. (Series 2)
- World 2-2 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Desert Land. (Series 1)
- World 3-8 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Water Land. (Series 2)
- World 4-2 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Giant Land. (Series 2)
- World 5-5 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Sky Land. (Series 1)
- World 6-7 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Ice Land. (Series 2)
- World 7-2 Toad's Hidden House: Shows how to collect enough coins to trigger the hidden Toad House in Pipe Land. (Series 1)
Level Cards
- Wild Ride in the Sky (Included with the game) (Japanese: Sky Athletics! (おおぞらでアスレチック!))
- Slidin' the Slopes (Series 1) (Japanese: A Slope Slide!? (すべりだいのようなさか!?))
- Vegetable Volley (Series 2) (Japanese: Bulldoze Your Way Through Vegetables! (ブルにやさいをぶつけろ!))
- Doors o' Plenty (Series 1) (Japanese: Spinning Labyrinth in the Ghostly Mansion (くるくるめいろのおばけやしき))
- Bombarded by Bob-ombs (Series 2) (Japanese: A Bomuhei Army! (ボムへいのたいぐん!))
- Magical Note Blocks (Series 1) (Japanese: Jump Upon the Musical Blocks! (おんぷブロックでジャンプ!))
- The ol' Switcheroo (Series 2) (Japanese: Gold Rush!! (ゴールドラッシュ!!))
- Piped Full of Plants (Series 1) (Japanese: Full of Pakkun Flowers (パックンフラワーがいっぱい))
- Swinging Bars of Doom (Series 2) (Japanese: Slip Through the Firebars! (ファイアバーをくぐりぬけろ!))
- Para Beetle Challenge (Series 2) (Japanese: Look Out For the Patametto! (パタメットをのりこなせ!))
Other: *01 Classic World 1-1 (Series 1)
Other: Airship's Revenge (Wal-Mart exclusive) (Japanese: Airship's Revenge! (ひこうせんのぎゃくしゅう!))
Japan-only Cards
Power-Up Cards
- Boomerang
- 3 Super Mushrooms
- 3-Up Mushroom
- 100-Up Mushroom
- 5 P-Wings
- 3 Cape Feathers
- 3 Boomerangs
- 10-Item Set (Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Leaf, Starman, P-Wing, Frog Suit, Tanooki Suit, Hammer Suit, Cape Feather and a Boomerang)
- X1 Blue Switch (Japanese: 1-Up Mushrooms Become 3-Up Moons (1UPキノコが3UPムーンに))
- X4 Yellow Switch (Japanese: Luigi Powerup (ルイージパワーアップ)) (Gives Luigi his flutter jump in the main game.)
- X5 Green Switch (Japanese: Sluggish Timer (タイマーゆっくり)) (Slows down the timer.)
- X6 Cyan Switch (Japanese: Quickly-filling P-Meter (すぐに満タンPメーター))
- X7 Red Switch (Japanese: Opponent Powerup - Double Score (敵パワーアップ 得点2倍)) (Replaces the enemies with harder ones and points received from killing enemies are doubled.)
Demo Cards
- 05 World 1-4 Toad's Hidden House
- 13 World 3-3 1-Up Trick
- X1 Classic World 1-1 1-Up Trick
- 22 World 6-10 1-Up Trick
- 23 World 8-1 1-Up Trick
- 24 World 7-3 Continuous Stars
- 25 World 5 Fortress 1 Hidden 1-Up
- 26 World 6-9 Hidden 1-Up
- 27 World 8-1 Hidden 1-Up
- 28 World 3-7 Hidden Item
- 29 World 5-1 Hidden Item
- 30 World 6-3 Hidden Item
- X2 Bombarded by Bob-ombs 300 Coins
- X3 Para Beetle Challenge Hidden 1-Up
- X4 60 Seconds Fastest Clear
- 14 World 1-6 Fastest Clear
- 15 World 7-6 Fastest Clear
- 16 World 8 Fortress Fastest Clear
- 17 World 2-1 Continuous 1-Ups
- 18 World 2 Fortress 1-Up Trick
- 19 World 2-5 1-Up Trick
- 20 World 3-9 1-Up Trick
- 21 World 5-7 1-Up Trick
Level Cards
- S2 Classic World 1-2
- S3 Classic World 1-3
- S4 Classic World 1-4
- S5 Classic World 2-2
- M11 おんぷブロックでアスレチック! Onpu Burokku de Asurechikku! (Athletic with Note Blocks!)
- M12 ひこうせんはとまらない! Hikōsen wa Tomaranai! (The Airship's Unbearable!)
- M13 こおりのちかでおおあわて! Kōri no Chika de Ōawate! (Excitement Under the Ice!)
- M14 タヌキスーツのひみつ Tanuki Sūstu no Himitsu (The Tanuki Suit's Secret)
- M15 へんしんマリオでつきすすめ!! Henshin Mario de Tsukisusume!! (Keep Going by Transforming Mario!!)
- M16 くつをはいてGO!GO! Kutsu o Haite GO! GO! (With Boots On, GO! GO!)
- M17 ターくんにきをつけろ Tā-kun ni Ki o Tsukero (Be Careful of Bumpty)
- M18 こおりのとりで Kōri no Toride (Ice Fortress)
- M19 さばくのパイプめいろ Sabaku no Paipu Meiro (Desert Pipe Labyrinth)
- M20 とうのうえからかけぬけろ!! Tō no Ue kara Kakenukero!! (Break Through the Top of the Tower!!)
- M21 とりでをかけぬけろ!! Toride o Kakenukero!! (Escape the Fortress!!)
- M22 ロープをのぼってアスレチック! Rōpu o Nobotte Asurechikku (Rope-climbing Athletics!)
- M23 おばけやしきはなぞだらけ! Obake Yashiki wa Nazo Darake! (The Ghostly Mansion of Mystery!)
- M24 マントでおおぞらをとべ! Manto de Ōzora o Tobe (Fly the Skies on a Mantle!)
- M25 ほって!ほって!ほりまくれ!! Hotte! Hotte! Horimakure!! (Dig! Dig! Dig Through!!)
- M26 うみのなかはきけんでいっぱい! Umi no Naka wa Kiken de Ippai! (The Ocean is Full of Danger!)
- M27 かくしクッパじょう Kakushi Kuppa Jō (Hidden Koopa Castle)
- M28 コクッパにだまされるな! Kokuppa ni Damasareru na! (Don't Mess With the Koopalings!)
- M29 クッパのひこうせん ぜんぺん Kuppa no Hikōsen Zenpen (Koopa's Airship Part 1)
- M30 クッパのひこうせん こうへん Kuppa no Hikōsen Kōhen (Koopa's Airship Part 2)
- PR チャレンジ!!トゲトゲとりで Charenji!! Togetoge Toride (Challenge! Togetoge Fortress)
- PR Bダッシュでかけぬけろ! B Dasshu de Kakenukero! (Break Through With B-Dash!)
Gallery
- SMA4Card classicw1-1.jpg
Classic World 1-1.
- SMA4 classicw1-2.jpg
Classic World 1-2 (Japan only).
- SMA4Card classicw1-3.jpg
Classic World 1-3 (Japan only).
- SMA4Card classicw1-4.jpg
Classic World 1-4 (Japan only).
External links
- Fan Site - Lists all the Japanese cards, along with brief descriptions and pictures.