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What is Olympus Optical (the camera maker) doing teaming up with Nintendo for a joint GBA venture?

April 26, 2017camera doing GBA Joint Maker Nintendo olympus optical teaming venture

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What is Olympus Optical (the camera maker) doing teaming up with Nintendo for a joint GBA venture?

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Nintendo and Olympus have reached an agreement to produce the E-Card system that will allow gamers to use paper datacards, which will carry special audio and graphic information, to enhance gameplay. Pokemon is but one of the projects (most likely the main one) that will incorporate this innovative new “card swipe” technology. An E-Card reader can be attached to the GBA so cards with an advanced type of bar code (courtesy of Olympus) that will allow access to special data. Nintendo has said it will unveil the system worldwide by the end of 2001.