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Pokemon GBA Version
e-Reader FAQ 3.5
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Welcome to the e-Reader FAQ for the Pokemon GBA games! It is copyright Mark
Raby 2003 via GameFAQs. It is not to be used for commercial use without
proper permission. Please keep coming back for updates!
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CONTENTS
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0) Version History
1) Background info
1.1 Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
1.2 e-Reader
2) Plugging it all together
3) Mystery Events
3.1 What they are
3.2 Mystery Event Club
3.3 Mystery Event Battles
4) Battle-e Cards
4.1 How To Scan Them
4.2 Card list
5) Other e-Cards
5.1 Scanning the Eon Ticket
5.2 Scanning Berry-e Cards
5.3 Card list
6) Coming Soon
7) Credits
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0) Version History
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03/2003:
1.0 - FAQ Completed
04/2003:
1.5 - Big mistake found and corrected (had to do with scanning the card)
- More information about the battles included
04/2003:
1.6 - Version History added
- A more step-by-step walkthrough added to section 3.2
05/25/03:
1.7 - "Coming Soon" Section added (Section 5)
10/25/03:
3.0 - HUGE HUGE UPDATE! New Battle-e Cards added as well as the Eon
Ticket (Finally!!)
- "Other E-cards" Section added (The New Section 5)
- Took care of some wording obscurities as well as a better guide to my
Battle-e Card list
- Added a preview of version 3.5
- Added an ETA feature to the "Coming Soon" section
- Added dates to the "Version History" section
12/19/03:
3.5 - Added the Australian promotional cards
- Fixed a few typos
- Added a preview of version 4.0
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1) Background info
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-1.1 Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire-
Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire are the first Pokemon games for the Gameboy
Advance system. They are essentially the same game, except there are some
Pokemon available only in Sapphire, and some only in Ruby. The other main
difference: you get a different Battle-e card with either version. In any
event, the version of the game you have really does not make any difference
on the actual usage of the e-cards
-1.2 e-Reader-
Alright. A lot of the people who got this game are not big e-Reader fans, like
with Animal Crossing (where we knew before the e-Reader's release about its
connectivity with AC). So let me give you some info on it. It's Nintendo's
latest GBA peripheral, which actually allows you to scan cards with specially
encoded "dot code" to play a mini-game/watch an animation/listen to music. If
you're familiar with Animal Crossing, the set-up to this game is very similar.
The e-Reader has a "communication" option from which you can either choose
Gamecube or Gameboy Advance. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire does not use this option,
surprisingly. Rather all you have to do is scan the card regularly once you're
properly connected.
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2) Plugging it all together
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Okay! Here's the fun part. This is what you need to do an e-card battle:
*Two Gameboy Advance Systems
*One e-Reader
*One Pokemon cartridge (Ruby or Sapphire)
*One GBA-to-GBA link cable
*One Pokemon Battle-e Card
NOTE: To activate a Mystery Event battle, you must have the Mystery Event
option unlocked in your main menu (if you don't, go to section 3.3)
Now, first thing's first: make sure both systems are turned off (also make
sure to save your game before you turn it off). Make sure you have the Pokemon
cartridge plugged in to one of your GBA systems and the e-Reader in the other
one. Next, attach one end of the GBA-to-GBA cable into the e-Reader and the
other into the GBA system with the Pokemon game in it. Now turn on both
systems. The connection should work
A Mystery Event is just that: a mystery. Once you're a member of the Mystery
Event Club, you can scan a Battle-e card to face an opponent. The odd thing
is, at least with the promo cards in the game, once you beat the trainer,
nothing happens. You don't even get any experience points or money. Also,
once you beat the trainer, your Pokemon are fully restored. It almost
functions as a player-vs-player battle (accessed on the second floor of a
Pokemon Center).
-3.2 Mystery Event Club-
Ooh, the Mystery Event Club! This organization is very prestigious. I will
tell you how to become a member. First of all, you need 5 badges. Once you
do, go to the Pokemon Center in Petalburg City. You'll notice a man standing
next to the computer. Talk to him. He'll ask you if you want to "make a new
profile." Choose yes. Now he'll show you four words. Arrange them in this
order:
MYSTERY EVENT
IS EXCITING
Hit the select button when the word menu comes up, and you will be able to use
an alphabetical list of words, making it easier to get the above phrase.
Congratulations!!! You are now a member of the Mystery Event Club!
-3.3 Mystery Event Battles-
After you become a member of the Mystery Event Club, you can now do the mystery
event battles. But the trick still isn't over. After you're a member, turn
off the GBA to get ready to scan your Battle-e card. See section 4 for info
about scanning cards. After you scan a card and are in your adventure again,
head to Mossdeep City. Go to the house below the Pokemon Mart and talk to the
old man. After all this, you can now enter the room behind him and battle the
trainer on your Battle-e card!
Okay; hopefully you've read the rest of the FAQ before reading this part,
because this is the last leg of the journey, as far as unlocking mystery events
is concerned. Once you have your two GBA systems turned off and linked up,
turn them both on. First, go to the GBA with your Pokemon game in it and
choose "Mystery Event". Now, go to your GBA with the e-Reader and select "Scan
Dot Code" Finally, once the connection is made, you can scan your card.
You'll see a silhouette of the trainer on the GBA with the e-Reader. After you
finish, press the A button on the GBA with the Pokemon game and you will go
back to the main menu screen. From there, you can go into your game and find
the trainer on the card (see section 3.3 to find out how to find him/her)
-4.2 Card List-
Here will be the part of the FAQ that gets updated the most (at least when
Nintendo starts releasing new cards). For now, though, there are only the
two promo cards that came with the games.
Each card has a trainer on it who has three Pokemon. Two are shown, but the
last one is hidden (as well as some stats from all Pokemon) so you need to scan
the card to find out the "hidden" parts of the card!
Here's how the following list works:
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NAME OF CARD PACK-NAME OF SERIES IN THAT PACK
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Trainer ID Number - TRAINER NAME
~Battle Tower~
If this appears, the trainer may appear in the Battle Tower after you battle
him or her in Mossdeep.
~Special Pokemon~
If this appears, the mystery Pokemon is a Pokemon from Red/Blue/Gold/Silver
that is not otherwise in Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, or a shiny Pokemon.
~All Lvl. 100~
If this appears, it shows that that trainer is the leader of the series and all
his or her Pokemon are at level 100.
Pokemon 1ST POKEMON (LVL. #) 2ND POKEMON (LVL. #) 3RD (LVL. #)
Ability (Not on the PR cards) The name of the ability the Pokemon has
Item The name of the item the Pokemon is holding
Moves The Moveset of the Pokemon
(The cards are arranged in numerical order, by their ID number)
(The PR cards are numbered by my own method, generally in the order they came out)
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PACKAGED IN POKEMON RUBY
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PR01 - GENTLEMAN NILS
Pokemon SABLEYE (50) PLUSLE (50) ? (50)
Item Sitrus Berry Magnet Shell Bell
Moves Night Shade Fake Tears Rain Dance
Fake Out Spark ?
Detect Quick Attack Thief
Knock Off Encore Giga Drain
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PACKAGED IN POKEMON SAPPHIRE
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PR02 - LADY ASTRID
Pokemon MAWILE (50) MINUN (50) ? (50)
Item Sitrus Berry Magnet Leftovers
Moves Iron Defence Charm Sunny Day
Bite Spark ?
Vicegrip Quick Attack Swagger
Fake Tears Encore Faint Attack
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PACKAGED IN AUSTRALIAN E-READER
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Pokemon MAGIKARP (50) LAIRON (52) ? (?)
Ability Swift Swim Sturdy Rock Head
Item Choice Band Metal Coat Sitrus Berry
Moves ? Headbutt Dragonbreath
Tackle Iron Tail ?
Flail ? Bite
--- Iron Defense Thrash
32 - EXPERT SANDIA
~All Lvl. 100~
~Battle Tower~
Pokemon CLAYDOL (100) METAGROSS (100) ? (?)
Ability Levitate Clear Body Clear Body
Item Shell Bell ? ?
Moves Cosmic Power Iron Defense ?
Rest Rest ?
Psychic Meteor Mash ?
Shadow Ball Earthquake ?
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HIDDEN RUINS-CORDIAL BOND
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Pokemon MACHAMP (60) MAGNETON (64) ? (?)
Ability Guts Sturdy ?
Item Black Belt Magnet ?
Moves Cross Chop Thunderbolt ?
Earthquake Thunder Wave ?
Rock Slide Tri Attack ?
Fire Blast Protect ?
43 - HEX MANIAC CELINA
Pokemon DUSCLOPS (60) SABLEYE (62) ? (?)
Ability Pressure Keen Eye ?
Item Spell Tag Spell Tag Spell Tag
Moves Will-O-Wisp Faint Attack Protect
Shadow Ball Shadow Ball Shadow Ball
Ice Beam Toxic Confuse Ray
Earthquake Protect Double Team
44 - AROMA LADY APRIL
Pokemon WEEZING (70) BELOSSOM (72) ? (?)
Ability Levitate Chlorophyll Chlorophyll
Item White Herb Mentl Herb White Herb
Moves Haze Sweet Scent Sweet Scent
Sludge Bomb Solarbeam Solarbeam
Smokescreen Stun Spore Body Slam
Sunny Day Moonlight Steel Wing
45 - GUITARIST HAYDEN
Pokemon ELECTRODE (80) SOLROCK (82) ? (?)
Ability Static Levitate Early Bird
Item Magnet Hard Stone Focus Band
Moves ? ? ?
Mirror Coat Cosmic Power Faint Attack
Light Screen Rock Slide Protect
Swift Psychic Toxic
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5) Other e-Cards
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Even though the majority of the e-Cards are called "Battle-e Cards", there are
some cards that unlock stuff other than trainers.
-5.1 Scanning the Eon Ticket-
The Eon Ticket was a promotional e-Card that is/was available at the following
locations:
*E3 2003
*November 2003 edition of Nintendo Power
*Currently available at some Toys 'R Us stores
The Eon Ticket unlocks a special ferry pass to take you to Southern Island.
There is not much there, except for a Pokemon that you can't catch any other
way. For Pokemon Ruby players, it is Latias; for Pokemon Sapphire players, it
is Latios. Unlike the one you catch in the wild, Latias/Latios at Southern
Island will never flee, but it is at level 50 instead of 40, and also knows the
move "Recover" so it is a difficult task to catch it.
To get the Eon Ticket ferry pass, you need an Eon Ticket card.
Follow the instructions in sections 2, 3 and 4.1 of this FAQ for information on
setting up the e-Reader and scanning an e-Card.
When you scan the Eon Ticket card, instead of a trainer's silhouette showing up
on the GBA with the e-Reader, you will see the Eon Ticket. Press A on the GBA
with the Pokemon game in it to activate the event.
Now continue your saved game and go to your father's gym in Petalburg City. If
you have beaten the Pokemon League, he will be in the first room of the gym
when you walk in. Otherwise, go to the back of the gym where you battled him.
Now talk to him and he will give you the Eon Ticket.
Now go to Lilycove and enter the ferry station there. Talk to the attendant
and she will make a reference to your Eon Ticket. Then you will be taken to
Southern Island!
-5.2 Scanning Berry-e Cards-
There are two berry-e cards in each pack of Pokemon Battle-e Cards (one for
each series) for a total of six.
Follow the instructions in sections 2, 3 and 4.1 of this FAQ for information on
setting up the e-Reader and scanning an e-Card.
When you scan a berry-e card, instead of a trainer's silhouette showing up on
the GBA with the e-Reader, you will see the berry. Press A on the GBA with the
Pokemon game in it to activate the event.
IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU SCANNED A BERRY-E CARD OR YOU CURRENTLY DON'T
HAVE A BERRY FROM AN E-CARD IN YOUR BERRY POCKET:
Continue your saved game and go to your father's gym in Petalburg City. If you
have beaten the Pokemon League, he will be in the first room of the gym when
you walk in. Otherwise, go to the back of the gym where you battled him.
Now talk to him and he will give you the berry you just scanned. I suggest
planting the berry and planting the two/three berries you get again, and keep
doing that until you have a lot of that berry, and then make Pokeblocks with
them.
IF YOU HAVE A BERRY FROM AN E-CARD IN YOUR BERRY POCKET:
Continue your saved game. You will now notice that whatever "e-berry" you
previously had has now transformed into the berry you just scanned (i.e. You
can only have one kind of "e-berry" at a time)
NOTE: If you have more than one of your "e-berry" and you scan a different
berry, ALL of your old e-berries will transform into just one of the new berry,
so be careful!
-5.3 Card list-
BERRY-E CARDS
(The numbers (B01, B02, etc) are part of a numbering system I made up based on
which berries go with which series. The berry cards do not have numbers
printed on them)
B01: PUMKIN BERRY (FREEZING RAY-FREEZING RAY)
Size - 1.9 inches
Firmess - SUPER HARD
Flavor - SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER *SOUR*
Description - This BERRY is amazingly sour. It's heavy due to its dense
filling.
B02: DRASH BERRY (FREEZING RAY-SEIZING POISON)
Size - 5.2 inches
Firmness - VERY HARD
Flavor - SPICY DRY *SWEET* BITTER SOUR
Description - When it ripens, this sweet BERRY falls and sticks into the ground.
B04: STRIB BERRY (IRON DEFENSE-IRON DEFENSE)
Size - 4.8 inches
Firmness - HARD
Flavor - *SPICY* DRY SWEET *BITTER* SOUR
Description - It grows slowly, but abundantly. Makes a soothing sound when
shaken.
B05: EGGANT BERRY (HIDDEN RUINS-CORDIAL BOND)
Size - 1.6 inches
Firmness - SOFT
Flavor - SPICY *DRY* SWEET BITTER SOUR
Description - Very dry tasting, especially the parts not exposed to the sun.
B06: NUTPEA BERRY (IRON DEFENSE-SOLID ARMOR)
Size - 4.9 inches
Firmness - SUPER HARD
Flavor - *SPICY* *DRY* *SWEET* *BITTER* *SOUR*
Description - This BERRY is rigid and cracks open when the center is squeezed.
PREVIEW OF VERSION 4.0:
Coming up in the next update:
Okay, I lied. The stuff I previewed for 3.5 did not get added to my FAQ. But
I had to add the Australian cards first. So for the next version:
*Some more info on the uses of berries
*A Battle-e Card Frequently Asked Questions list
*A COMPLETE list of Pokemon, Abilities, Items, & Moves (i.e. The ones that
currently have question marks)
ETA for Version 4.0 - Q1 2004
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PREVIEW OF VERSION 3.5:
Coming up in the next update:
*Some more info on the uses of berries
*A Battle-e Card Frequently Asked Questions list
ETA For Version 3.5 - 10/30/03
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PREVIEW OF VERSION 1.6:
Coming up in the next update:
*At E3, Nintendo released a new e-card designed specifically for the GBA
Pokemon games! This card, when scanned, puts the "Eon Ticket" in your
Key Items pocket! More info in a few days (when I get my own)
Thanks so much to CJayC for publishing this FAQ (if he does). I understand
his unimaginably busy schedule, so the effort spent in putting up this FAQ is
greatly appreciated!
A big kudos also goes to Nintendo for making such a terrific game!!!
Also, a big shout of thanks to Jason (aka Jaromaru) for the info on the
Australian promos! Thanks, Jason!
