Obtaining Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda in Animal Crossing

Over 20 years after Animal Crossing’s initial release, Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda can finally be obtained on console via a physical e-Reader dot code!

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This video is slightly outdated, and the method of unlocking Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda (among other items) through e-Reader dot codes has been fully automated and detailed in a future video.

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Additional Resources

References

e-Reader Development Tools:
https://www.caitsith2.com/ereader/index.htm

VPK0 Format Documentation:
https://crates.io/crates/vpk0

e-Reader Data Format:
https://problemkaputt.de/gbatek-gba-cart-e-reader-data-format.htm
https://problemkaputt.de/gbatek-gba-cart-e-reader-program-code.htm

e-Reader Header Format:
https://projectpokemon.org/home/forums/topic/58692-tutorial-creating-custom-trainerberry-e-cards/
https://web.archive.org/web/20191102214417/http://users.skynet.be/firefly/gba/e-reader/