24th June 2003, 2:38 PM
You will be able to use it like a regular memory card, at least for Animal Crossing:
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June 16, 2003 - In a little more than one week Japanese GameCube owners will get their hands on an upgraded version of last year's sleeper hit, Animal Crossing.
Essentially an expanded edition of the US release, Doubutsu no Mori e+ includes all the features Nintendo added for the American version such as e-Reader compatibility and GCN-to-GBA NES game downloads, plus a slew of other little upgrades and bonus games.
Here's a list of changes (we prefaced any features not included in the US release with the word "NEW"):
NEW: Upgraded animal designs
NEW: Conversations and topics are changed
NEW: All-new events added
NEW: More than 100 additional items
NEW: Visit the island without a GBA
Receive items using passwords
NEW: Save village data on SD Cards (using the SD Memory Card adapter)
NEW: Take photos of village life, store on SD Cards, and print using photo printers, etc.
Transfer data to the game using the e-Reader
Get letters from animals and import designs via cards
NEW: Link up to the GBA and play all-new mini-games
Download NES games to the GBA via the link cable.
Because many of the features were already included in the US edition, Nintendo is currently not planning to bring the Doubutsu no Mori e+ upgrade stateside. Here's hoping the already-talked-about Animal Crossing 2 isn't far behind.
Doubutsu no Mori e+ is set to ship on June 26. It will be the first game to utilize Nintendo's new SD Memory Card Adapter.