I honestly kinda miss the e-Reader

[Ondrashek06]

I know that amiibos are essentially the modern equivalent of the e-Reader, but essentially all that an amiibo chip stores is:
- Raw data, identifying the amiibo type (locked & read-only)
- Its user data - nickname & Mii (RW)
- Small gamedata files (RW). This feature however is incredibly rarely used, so far only recalling its use in the Link's Awakening remake to store dungeon layouts.

Whereas the e-Reader not only loaded additional game data, but it also could load games themselves (recall some of them using like 8 cards to load it, akin to floppy disks).

 

[SylverReZ]

I know that amiibos are essentially the modern equivalent of the e-Reader, but essentially all that an amiibo chip stores is:
- Raw data, identifying the amiibo type (locked & read-only)
- Its user data - nickname & Mii (RW)
- Small gamedata files (RW). This feature however is incredibly rarely used, so far only recalling its use in the Link's Awakening remake to store dungeon layouts.

Whereas the e-Reader not only loaded additional game data, but it also could load games themselves (recall some of them using like 8 cards to load it, akin to floppy disks).

Only difference you need to know is that e-Reader stores data on cards and Amiibos on NFC tags.

 

[PopPunkGameTime]

I feel like the E-Reader is something that hasn't been preserved well.