The Orange Switch is an e-Reader card for use with Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. It was included in the Series 1 set of cards. Although technically a Power-Up card, the Orange Switch is labeled as a "Game Level/New Level" card. It can be used in both the main game and in World-e.
Once the card is scanned, any non-boss enemies that Fire Mario defeats with a fireball will turn into a coin, much like in Super Mario World. Compared to the effects of the other switches from Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, the effect of the Orange Switch is quite minor.
The Blue Green Switch is an e-Reader card for use with Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. It was included in the Series 2 set of cards. Although technically a Power-Up card, it was labeled as a "Game Level" card. It can only be used in the main game.
Once the Blue Green Switch is scanned, grass with turnips below appears all throughout the main game, and Mario can pluck them from the ground and throw them at enemies, just like in Super Mario Bros. 2.
Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! is a Japan-exclusive Series 2 e-Reader card that is used with Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. It can be used in both the main game and in World-e. Its key artwork is dark green with a red outline of Bowser.
Once this card is scanned on the e-Reader, it makes all non-lethal damage power down the player to Small form (as in Super Mario Bros. and its derivatives, the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 3, and the original version of Super Mario World), replaces most of the enemies with more difficult ones (similar to the Hard Mode of Super Mario Bros.), and doubles the bosses' health. However, the points that the player receives are doubled, making the player's score accumulate much faster.
Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! is a Japan-exclusive e-Reader card for use with Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. It was released in Series 2 in Japan. It can be used only in World-e. The key art, similar to the blue switch card, was colored orange with a red outline of Raccoon Mario. The only difference between the two cards is that Mario is facing upright and pointing his left finger.
Once this card is scanned, the Power Meter is halved, making it much easier to run and fly throughout stages.
Timer yukkuri! is a Japan-exclusive e-Reader card that is used with Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. It was included in the Series 2 set of cards. It can be used only in World-e. The key art is light green and featured an outline of Toad.
Once this card gets scanned, the timer and music slow down for the first 50 counts, giving the player more time to complete a level. When 50 counts are past, the "coin" sound is played and the timer and music go back to their original speeds.
Luigi Power Up! is a Japan-exclusive e-Reader card in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. Released in Series 1 in Japan, it gives Luigi his scuttle ability from Super Mario Bros. 2 and makes his fireballs bounce higher, as in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. It can be used in the main game, and in World-e (although it is permanently on by default in World-e, without ever needing to scan the card).
1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! is a Japan-exclusive e-Reader card for use with Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. It was released in Series 1 in Japan. It can be used in both the main game and in World-e. Its key art was orange and featured a red outline of Raccoon Mario, specifically him crouching with his tail extended.
Once it is scanned, all of the 1-Up Mushrooms in the game become 3-Up Moons. This feature allows Mario and Luigi to accumulate extra lives more easily.
The Japanese version of the Card-e series of Super Mario Bros. 3 was also released in two series, but they were distributed in trading card game style small packs with random cards.
This version has many more cards than the overseas version.
Series 2 contains all of the exclusive Japanese Level Cards.
The Japanese version of the Card-e series of Super Mario Bros. 3 was also released in two series, but they were distributed in trading card game style small packs with random cards.
This version has many more cards than the overseas version.
The Series 1 packs contained all of the Level Cards released in North America except promotional ones and Classic World 1-1, with the addition of the Classic World 1-2 Level Card.
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3-e is an expansion pack in the form of separate physical cards for the Nintendo e-Reader. The cards could have new levels (Level Cards), items (Power-Up Cards) and demo gameplay from the developers (Demo Cards).
It was released in bundles separated in two series. The North American version has a complete pack of the cards for each series, but has fewer cards available than the Japanese version, which were released in random smaller packs.