The game employed card-scanning technology similar to the later-released Nintendo e-Reader.

| Nintendo e-Reader # Dot code || Developed by Olympus Corporation to store songs, images, and mini-games for Game Boy Advance on Pokémon trading cards.

The NES version was included as a piece of furniture in Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube, along with many other NES games, though this one required the use of a Nintendo e-Reader, a Game Boy Advance accessory, and an Animal Crossing e-Card.

Category: Nintendo e-Reader games

Category: Nintendo e-Reader games

The e-Reader is one of only three official Nintendo add-ons to be released in North America.

; and later the e-Reader + ( simply " e-Reader " in Australia and North America ), which came with a link cable port to connect with Nintendo GameCube games such as Animal Crossing and with other Game Boy Advance systems for games such as Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

In North America, two more games were released exclusively through the use of a Nintendo e-Reader card.

The game was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Japan-only NEC PC-8801, the Sharp X1, the Game Boy Advance as Balloon Fight-e for the e-Reader and part of the Famicom Mini Series in Japan.

Category: Nintendo e-Reader games

Nintendo e-Reader cards compatible with Pikmin 2 were released only in Japan, which contained additional minigames.

Super Mario Advance 4, excluding the European version of the game, is compatible with the Nintendo e-Reader, allowing players to scan certain e-Cards into the device utilizing two Game Boy Advances, the e-Reader, and a copy of Super Mario Advance 4.

While GameSpy's Benjamin Turner found the e-Reader utilization neat, he criticized it as a means by Nintendo to get people to buy the e-Reader, calling it unfortunate that those without the device or the means to use it would be left out.

Category: Nintendo e-Reader games

Nintendo released the NES version on the e-Reader and for the Game Boy Advance Classic NES series in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

The cable is compatible with the Nintendo GameCube and Wii on the console side, and the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, Game Boy Player, and e-Reader on the portable side.

Nintendo ported the game to the Game Boy in 1989, and to the Nintendo e-Reader in 2002 ; they later remade the game for the Nintendo 3DS.

Category: Nintendo e-Reader games

Also, a new version of Asteroids was developed for PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows, and the Game Boy Color in the late 1990s.

Valderrama appeared on the cover of International Superstar Soccer 98, a video game developed by Konami for the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation version, International Superstar Soccer Pro 98.

In the Nintendo 64 version, he is referred to by his nickname, El Pibe.

Prior to the NES version, Nintendo also made a Duck Hunt game based on Laser Clay Shooting System released in 1976.

The Nintendo 64 version, developed by Software Creations retains all graphical quality and scenery architecture, has a consistent framerate, and includes high detail and smooth filtering options.

Due to cartridge storage limitations, the Nintendo 64 version is based on the original PC floppy version and lacks the FMV scenes and Redbook audio music introduced in the CD-ROM version, although it has new narrative introductions to the levels.

Due to concerns from Nintendo of America, the Super NES version was modified to not include any swastikas or Nazi references ; furthermore, blood was replaced with sweat to make the game seem less violent, and the attack dogs in the game were replaced by giant mutant rats.

In terms of its long lasting impact on the video game industry, perhaps the most intriguing aspect is Wyn Holloway's claim that Lucasfilm had their frequent partner Sony lined up to manufacture their version of the system, this being contemporaneous with Sony's development of the SNES-CD for Nintendo, which ultimately led to the first PlayStation.

* Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World ( 1988 ; Apple II, Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64, Mac, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( Europe only ), SNES ( Japan-only, different from the European version ), MSX, PC-Engine CD )

A known side effect of this policy was the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat selling over double the number of the Super NES version, mainly because Nintendo had forced publisher Acclaim to recolor the red blood to look like white sweat and replace some of the more gory graphics in its release of the game, making it non-violent.

Nintendo allowed the Super NES version of Mortal Kombat II to ship uncensored the following year with a content warning on the packaging.

For example, Konami was forced to remove all references to cigarettes in the 2000 Game Boy Color game Metal Gear Solid ( although the previous NES version of Metal Gear and the subsequent GameCube game Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes both included such references, as did Wii title MadWorld ), and maiming and blood were removed from the Nintendo 64 port of Cruis ' n USA.

Greenpeace's October 2010 " Guide to Greener Electronics " report ranks Nintendo last on a list of electronics manufacturers, with the same score ( 1. 8 out of 10 ) as in the previous version of the guide ( May 2010 ).

In the January 2010 version of the ranking, Nintendo scored 1. 9 points, at which, three days later, Nintendo issued a response that addressed primary concerns, highlighting a policy to indicate the materials used in each product, which makes end-of-life recycling of products easier.

A minigame version of Nights into Dreams ... is playable utilizing the Nintendo GameCube-to-Game Boy Advance connectivity with Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.

The arcade version of the video game hardware is often referred to as the " MVS ," or Multi Video System ( available in 1-slot, 2-slot, 4-slot, and 6-slot variations, the latter being capable of up to six cartridges loaded into one machine ), with its console counterpart referred to as the " AES ", or Advanced Entertainment System ( most likely to distinguish it from the Nintendo Entertainment System, the dominating console on the market at the time ). Neo Geo AES motherboard.

Development is spread out across Sonic Team and Dimps with a HD version for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows and a strict 2D version for the Nintendo 3DS being produced respectively.

In the Wii version of Twilight Princess, Link is right-handed due to the " mirroring " used to accommodate the right-handed control scheme, which flips the entire game world's layout from that of its Nintendo GameCube counterpart.

In 2011, Nintendo released a new version of the game in 3D for the Nintendo 3DS titled The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.

While side-scrolling games in the vein of Super Mario Bros. are possible on the system ( 1990's Scrapyard Dog is the best example ), it is significantly harder to develop such a title than on a tile-based system such as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Despite their work, Nintendo turned them down, saying they had no interest in expanding to the PC market, and that Mario games were to remain exclusive to Nintendo consoles.

* Mario Kart 64, a video game for the Nintendo 64 features a racetrack called Kalimari Desert

* Super Mario Kart ( 1992, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console )

* Mario Kart 64 ( 1996, Nintendo 64, Virtual Console )

* Mario Kart: Double Dash ‼ ( 2003, Nintendo GameCube )

* Mario Kart DS ( 2005, Nintendo DS )

* Mario Kart 7 ( 2011, Nintendo 3DS )

In 2012, Cruz appeared in the first ever Nintendo commercial to promote New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the Nintendo 3DS XL in which she played the role of Mario in the ad.

As well as several sequels Nintendo has released numerous other sporting and non-sporting Mario spin-offs since Super Mario Kart ; a trend in part accredited to the commercial and critical success of the game.

Following this model the Mario series has gone on to become the best selling video game franchise of all time with 193 million units sold as of January 2007, almost 40 million units ahead of second ranked franchise ( Pokémon, also by Nintendo ).

Several sequels to Super Mario Kart have been brought out for successive generations of Nintendo consoles, each receiving commercial success and critical acclaim.

The first of these, Mario Kart 64 was released in 1997 for the Nintendo 64 and was the first Mario Kart game to feature fully 3D graphics.

Mario Kart DS, released for the Nintendo DS in 2005, was the first Mario Kart game to include on-line play via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Mario Kart Wii went on to be the worldwide best-selling game of 2008 ahead of another Nintendo game – Wii Fit – and the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto IV.

The most recent entry in the series is Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS, which was released in December 2011 and introduced aerial and aquatic racing to the series, as well as customizable karts.