Trouble with AR Cards?

[Tianna]

So I just got KI:U, and having not played around much with my hubby's 3DS, I thought it would be fun to mess around with the AR cards that came with it instead of taking the nap like I had intended.

I first came to realize that I required a card that came with the system, which apparently was discarded shortly after he bought it (or is lost somewhere, which is equally possible), so I just used online images. Okay, fine.

Well, now when I try to scan the new cards I got, it doesn't read. I can't figure out why. I have plenty of light, it's laying flat, and I tried the tricks I found with holding the 3DS sideways and having the 3D on full. Even trying to use images from my computer screen like I did for the ? card, it doesn't read anything that isn't the original six cards that came with the system.

Has anyone else had problems with reading the AR cards? Is there something I'm missing or need to do to make it work?


Edit to add: Is my 3DS trolling me because it's April Troll's day?

[Naner]

I first came to realize that I required a card that came with the system, which apparently was discarded shortly after he bought it (or is lost somewhere, which is equally possible), so I just used online images. Okay, fine.

You don't need that card. That's just for the built-in AR Games. But yeah, I also had some trouble with the AR. I got it right with enough light, though.

(this topic could be merged with the Kid Icarus one)

[Tianna]

So then what would I use to get the images? I tried the camera, and that didn't work. The only thing that would even register anything with AR cards was "AR Games".

I didn't put it in the Kid Icarus topic because it was about AR cards in general, just what sparked my messing around with it was because those were the first cards I got and I hadn't known about it before. I'm kind of fail like that.

[Naner]

To read the Kid Icarus cards, you have to select "AR" from within the game. The built-in app won't recognize the cards.

[Tianna]

Ah-hah. Thanks, that explains a lot.