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e-Cards (or e-Reader cards) are sets of collectable cards that were sold alongside Animal Forest+, Animal Crossing, and Animal Forest e+, compatible with the e-Reader accessory for the Game Boy Advance. They provide players an opportunity to obtain specific items, including some that are not available any other way.

In recent years, amiibo integration in games such as Happy Home Designer and amiibo Festival has largely superseded any features that e-Cards provided in previous games.

Character cards[]

Each character card features a particular villager or special character. One side of the card features a large picture of the character, along with their name and species.

On the other side, biographical information about the character is shown, including name, gender, species, astrological sign, and if applicable, their default clothing and catchphrase (referred to as "pet phrase" on the cards), along with a short profile. A password is also provided with each character card. If the card is scanned into the e-Reader on its own, a letter from the pictured character is displayed on the GBA screen; the card can also be scanned at the ETM to obtain an item (a different one from the one obtained through the printed password). Character cards can also be used in certain game card minigames.

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Classic game cards[]

Classic game cards depict NES Games and allow the player to obtain the pictured game. When scanned on their own, these cards display a message from Tom Nook, similar to those from character cards.

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Design cards[]

Design cards can be scanned at the Able Sisters to obtain a new design. One side of these cards shows examples of the design being used on clothes or an umbrella, while the other shows the design being presented by Mabel and Sable. When scanned on their own, the cards will display a picture of the design and a comment on it from Sable.

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Game cards[]

Game cards depict designs of the player and allow the player to play a minigame through the use of scanning character cards.

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Sibling cards[]

Sibling cards feature two character cards in one. Rather than the biographical information of character cards, a short dialogue between the pictured characters is shown. These cards have two dot codes and two passwords, meaning that they can provide four items total. Scanning functions are the same as those of character cards.

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Town tune cards[]

Town tune can be scanned at the Town Hall to change the town tune, usually to a K.K. Slider song. One side of the card depicts the song's album cover (these images would eventually be used in New Leaf), while the other shows K.K. and the notes to the town tune, so the player can input the tune themselves if they lack a working e-Reader. When scanned on their own, these cards will first play the town tune itself, followed by a longer version of the song, similar to what is played on the radio.

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Trivia[]

  • On the back of the NES Link card as well as the boot-up message when scanned independently of the GameCube game, Sable & Mabel question whether it was the "missing link" before revealing it's actually Link from the NES Zelda game, a pun on the term missing link of evolution, referring to how man was theorized to have evolved from apes by Charles Darwin.
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