Site Notice

We have a limited coverage policy. Please check our coverage page to see which articles are allowed.
Please no leaked content less than one year old, or videos of leaks.
Content copied verbatim from other websites or wikis will be removed.

NetCard

From NintendoWiki, your source on Nintendo information. By fans, for fans.
Revision as of 22:38, 19 December 2021 by Torchickens (talk | contribs) (Found more information ^^)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
NintendoWiki logo.png This article is incomplete.
You can help by filling in the missing information.


This article describes one or more prototypes, which may include information that has already leaked. Although a limited number of screenshots and general information is allowed, linking to ROMs/source code is not allowed, nor is coverage of prototypes of upcoming games.


Unknown logo related to the project

NetCard (NC卡) is a cancelled peripheral for the iQue equivalents of the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, developed by Shénqú (a division of iQue).

Announcement

The NetCard was announced in 2004, but was never released. It was intended to both add online gameplay to Nintendo's existing franchises, such as the Pokémon series, Mario Kart series and Wars series.

Additionally, three games in a chess and card series were announced for the card, but unreleased with it; Zhēng Shàngyóu, Tuōlājī Dàzhàn and Zhōngguó Xiàngqí.[1]

Leak

On July 24, 2020, a development repository for it was leaked.[2]

Revealed in the leak were iQue documents for an untitled online Pokémon project based on Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions, which may have used the NetCard.[3] The directory also included files for a tool called the iQue management software (管理软件). A Game Boy Advance version of the game was planned for July/August 2005, as was a version featuring a "PC screen" for the display and a Game Boy Advance for control for February-March 2006, which was intended to have been expanded with the ability to capture Pokémon online in July-August 2006.[citation needed]

References

Nintendo online services
 • Famicom Network System (Famicom, 1988)
 • Satellaview (Super Famicom, 1995) (scheduled satellite broadcast/download, but not Internet)
 • Randnet (Nintendo 64DD 1999)
 • Mobile System GB (Game Boy Color/Game Boy Advance w/Mobile GB Adapter and mobile phone, 2001)  • Online Nintendo GameCube gameplay (Nintendo GameCube, w/GameCube Broadband Adapter/Modem Adapter, 2002)
 • Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (Wii, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DSi XL optionally w/Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, Nintendo DS & DSi Browser, 2006)
 • Nintendo Network (Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Web, 2012/3)
 • Nintendo Switch Online (2018; Nintendo Switch)
 • Websites (Nintendo web browser games)
NintendoWiki logo.png This article is a stub. You can help NintendoWiki by expanding it.