Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: UncleBob on April 03, 2011, 11:39:33 PM
Title: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 03, 2011, 11:39:33 PM
So, I went around the nearest "big city" today. Special trip mostly to kill the day, but partially to carry my 3DS around and try to Street Pass someone.
My trip included three GameStops (one in a mall), a Toys R Us, a Target, a Best Buy, two smaller video game stores, a small music store that sells a smaller selection of games, two Mexican grocers, a Walmart, and a Border's that's going out of business.
All of that, I managed to Street Pass one person. It was at the Best Buy. Guy's Mii introduced himself, said it was nice to meet me, then said he hated me. :(
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: that Baby guy on April 04, 2011, 12:23:36 AM
I've been carrying it around with me nearly all the time, and I've had no luck. The only stores of interest I visited were Best Buy and a Toys R Us, though.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on April 04, 2011, 02:18:17 AM
Wow, my experience has been quite different. I just got my 3DS from Amazon on Wednesday (5 days ago) and I've already gotten 2 in totally random places. My first was on Wednesday at Disneyland of all places (Daniel from Arizona wassup!) and then on Friday at a gas station in like South Central LA (hey FearMe, wassup!).
I also live like 2 blocks away from G4's studios, so I figure I may get some just by driving by a window there or something?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on April 04, 2011, 02:28:35 AM
So, I went around the nearest "big city" today. Special trip mostly to kill the day, but partially to carry my 3DS around and try to Street Pass someone.
My trip included three GameStops (one in a mall), a Toys R Us, a Target, a Best Buy, two smaller video game stores, a small music store that sells a smaller selection of games, two Mexican grocers, a Walmart, and a Border's that's going out of business.
All of that, I managed to Street Pass one person. It was at the Best Buy. Guy's Mii introduced himself, said it was nice to meet me, then said he hated me. :(
LOL did we get the same guy? I got some guy who said he hated me. XD
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: KDR_11k on April 04, 2011, 10:00:54 AM
So far I've tagged mostly demo units but I got a few people too.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mannypon on April 04, 2011, 12:45:56 PM
I'm amazed at how much I love Streetpass. When I first heard of it, I never gave it much of a thought and figured it'll just be something extra that I'll never really take advantage of but now I find myself wanting to take my 3ds averywhere even though I won't get a chance to play with it. I've managed to get a girl Mii at college. Others I think I'm picking up as I'm driving around lol or waiting for the light becuase I've managed to grab some without ever really going anywhere. Does anyone know what the range for Streetpass is and how long you have to be within range to exchange info?
Right know I only have 6 Streetpass connections and I live in a rural area. I haven't tried going to the mall with this yet though which could improve my chances. I need more people bad, my Mii is sick of waiting to be rescued lol.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on April 04, 2011, 02:52:43 PM
Walked through the ginormous local mall for a few hours yesterday with the 3DS in my pocket and picked up 6 hits. Was very suprised. Before that had only two (on separate days).
I love the wee RPG that you can play with StreetPass hits. I wish there was some other way to actually interact though. Like, message back, maybe add as friends. but I suppose Nintendo is just protecting me from bad peple, God bless them ::)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: KDR_11k on April 04, 2011, 03:10:43 PM
Can't really send a message back after the passing is done, eh?
BTW, is Spot Pass even enabled yet? I've never seen SWC download anything and the manual talks about some firmware update but I don't know if that means more than just the initial one.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on April 04, 2011, 03:17:03 PM
I think SpotPass is enabled though there's likely nothing much to push our way as yet. After I did the firmware update I got a message from Capcom abiout Street Fighter via spotpass. It just said they would update me occasionally unless I opted out. I dunno if that message was connected to the firmware update in some way or not.
I also got a 3D music video pushed with the firmware update which I thought was cool. I guess that's the kind of thing SpotPass notifies you about or maybe even pushes to you if the file is small enough.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 04, 2011, 04:20:09 PM
I just got my Street Fighter team setup and I had take my 3DS everywhere with me but I haven't checked to see if anything has happened.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on April 05, 2011, 01:23:35 AM
I did my first street pass today. In GameStop... I assume with one of the employees. Viewing his info in Mii Plaza, it says his last played game was Super Street Fighter IV. That's also the only game I own... so why didn't we have a figurine battle? Either he didn't set up his fighter figurines in his game or... I don't know why. Has anyone else had a Street Fighter figurine battle?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Crimm on April 05, 2011, 12:54:42 PM
I have. I AM THE VICTOR!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 05, 2011, 02:16:49 PM
Pff I got to school and I street pass like 5-7 times a day. haha
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on April 05, 2011, 02:33:02 PM
It seems as though I'm the only one with one at my college.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on April 05, 2011, 02:48:23 PM
Nemo, re Street Fighter figurine battles: after you set your team you have to take the additional step of enabling the Street Pass functionality in the game. Its near the top of the "figurine" screen, I think I was momentarily tripped up by this requirement. Hope that helps.
Also, re the SpotPass discussion, Capcom pushed me a code for unlockable Street Fighter figurine yesterday. That's clearly a SpotPass right there.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on April 05, 2011, 03:33:49 PM
Also, re the SpotPass discussion, Capcom pushed me a code for unlockable Street Fighter figurine yesterday. That's clearly a SpotPass right there.
I got a code also: DmdkeRvbxc I wonder if codes are system specific or not?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: AV on April 05, 2011, 08:20:36 PM
only 2 for me . Both at gamestop one was the demo unit and another was possibly an employee
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 05, 2011, 08:22:39 PM
I'm going to start roaming the halls of the local schools in hopes of getting another Street Pass. Also, I'm going to wait outside by the bus and shake my 3DS to get steps to use for play coins. I don't want to get robbed, so I better keep the 3DS below the window line so no one sees it while I'm shaking it.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: nhaines on April 05, 2011, 11:31:30 PM
I've actually passed three or four people in the big cafeteria at the corporate office I work at. That's been a pleasant surprise! I haven't met anyone twice yet, though.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on April 06, 2011, 01:03:36 AM
Here's a scary thought:
It seems like everyone is getting at least a handful of Mii's in the past--- what, 10 days?-- that the 3DS has been out. It seems nifty, we get pleasantly surprised when we see that green light.
And there's, what--- maybe 1 million, maybe a bit more-- 3DS's out in the wild right now.
What's it going to be like in a year, or 2, or 3, when the 3DS has sold more than 10 or 20 million units. It seems cute if we get 1 or 2 streetpasses a day, or every other day, but if that rate stays consistent or rises (as it would, as the population of 3DS's on the street grows and grows)....
Boom! Mii Plaza overpopulation, folks. That's right.
You've got 5, or 10, or maybe 20 Mii's in your Mii plaza right now. What happens when you get (and you eventually will) 100, 200, or even 300 Miis? Do they all display on one screen? Do you have to scroll through these hordes and hordes of Miis? Does the 3DS erase old Miis? Or do they just linger around, staring at you, craving your attention?
Okay, so this is half-serious. But now to be completely serious, does anyone know what will happen as the accumulation of streetpasses and Miis increases? Is there a limit, or does it just keep going and going? I know this doesn't seem like an issue now, but this may be, a few years down the line.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: KDR_11k on April 06, 2011, 02:31:30 AM
I already have to scroll through miis in that. I guess it'll just drop the oldest ones once it runs out of space.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: nickmitch on April 06, 2011, 02:47:25 AM
Walked around a shopping area today. I thought it'd be cool to take my 3DS, just in case. Too bad I totally forgot that I had the wireless off. Epic Fail on my part. And schools had just let out, too.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: ThomasO on April 06, 2011, 01:29:58 PM
I currently have six Miis in my Street Pass, all of which are male, three are wearing Mario hats, and two I've passed twice. I have not passed more than one person each time I had the 3DS closed. It kinda sucks however that you can't accumulate a number of Miis and use them in Find Mii or Puzzle Swap; you have to immediately use it after it greets you.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on April 06, 2011, 05:46:10 PM
Does anyone know what the range is as far as connecting with someone else? And how long you have to be in that range? I was wondering if it was possible to Street Pass someone waiting at a stop light in a car.
I've carried my 3DS around with me 2 days and have had 0 contacts. Not surprising. I live in a town of only around 30,000 people and most areas are not crowded. I figure my only chance is heading to the mall on a busy Saturday.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on April 06, 2011, 06:03:01 PM
I live in a town of 600 and I have 6 tags. >.>
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: rad.i.kal on April 09, 2011, 04:55:12 AM
Have I got any UTAH people on this forum? I try to find friends and family that have a 3DS near me but there are just not many even though I live in a big place
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Razorkid on April 09, 2011, 07:56:11 PM
I've only street passed 2 of my supervisors at work (pretty funny), a Gamestop clerk the week 3DS launched, and a demo unit at BestBuy.
I really enjoy the experience and make it a habit of bringing my 3DS everywhere I go outside my home which was Nintendo's intention all along ;D
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 09, 2011, 09:47:06 PM
There are a few assorted efforts, but someone should create a website/hub where people with 3DSes can put in their ZIP code, see how many others have a 3DS in their area, and post messages of "Hey, let's have a Street Pass event at the mall on 3rd street!"
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on April 09, 2011, 10:07:02 PM
There are a few assorted efforts, but someone should create a website/hub where people with 3DSes can put in their ZIP code, see how many others have a 3DS in their area, and post messages of "Hey, let's have a Street Pass event at the mall on 3rd street!"
It may not be the same, but I use a facebook 3DS app that tells all your friends what your friend code is. Pretty useful.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: rad.i.kal on April 10, 2011, 08:38:24 PM
i can not figure that app out!
Also. I still have none, no one at my work can afford it I imagine and I have not had the cash to walk around a mall with out buying things haha.
Next weekend I intend to walk around both malls in my city and maybe wal mart. HOPING to see someone.
Also, I am excited that in the future we will get more of these street passes! Millions of people, this could be great!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on April 10, 2011, 10:27:15 PM
^ You can't figure out typing out your friend code and selecting enter? >.>
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: rad.i.kal on April 11, 2011, 02:56:11 AM
haha no that is easy, but it is not telling me anything else. Is it supposed to?
I mean if my friends have friend codes i get it, but is it supposed to tell you if they don't?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pandaradox on April 16, 2011, 11:59:54 AM
Could be awesome... could be a predator... be careful...
Apparently, a UK commercial for the 3DS mentions streetpass and a small note on the bottom of the screen says 30m, which is around 100 feet. As for time, I've heard seen 0.5 to 1.5 seconds for actual transfer, but you may need a few more second for your 3DS's to find one another.
Found this email chain on another forum:
" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nintendo Customer Support <nintendo@noa.nintendo.com> Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:19 AM Subject: Re: Webform: Nintendo 3DS > General Information > Applications andFeatures <<#487124-1087177#>> To:
Hello,
The maximum range for any wireless function of the Nintendo 3DS is 100 feet. As for the duration of the actual exchange, it depends on what is being transferred, but it should be relatively short.
Sincerely,
Nintendo of America Inc. David Marshall
Nintendo's home page: Country Selector at Nintendo (http://www.nintendo.com/)
--- Original Message --- From: "> Received: 3/29/11 1:34:09 PM PDT To: Nintendo <Nintendo@noa.nintendo.com> Subject: Webform: Nintendo 3DS > General Information > Applications andFeatures
Hello!
I was wondering if you can tell me what the range is that the 3DS StreePass function covers when looking for other players. Also, can you tell me what is the approximate duration required for a data exchange between two 3DS machines in StreePass?
Many thanks, "
Hopefully that means my saturdays spent cruises with my 3DS on the dashboard will pay off :cool; ... I don't but I may be driven to that one day.
I have only streetpassed one nonfriend or demo unit. It was at the movie theatres. Start saving up and go see nerd-ish movies or at least movies that likely gamers might go see. Or just linger near the snack bar.
I think I'll try Victoria's Secret today... fingers crossed ;D
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on April 18, 2011, 01:35:26 PM
I'm off with the kids to Video Games Live tonight. Will have 3DS in me pocket. I am expecting much StreetPasses!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 18, 2011, 01:37:17 PM
Have fun.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: ShyGuy on April 18, 2011, 08:58:50 PM
how long until a street pass virus is written?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pandaradox on April 18, 2011, 11:01:40 PM
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Tanatoes on April 18, 2011, 11:46:34 PM
I'm finding that StreetPass is changing the way I game during my morning commute. I don't want to pull out my 3DS and play it on the train lest I miss the opportunity to add a mii to my plaza. Instead I'm playing Pokemon White (with wifi turned on of course) on my DSi and my 3DS is turned on in my pocket. To date I have a plaza population of 10, have exchanged dogs with my wife, and got a single Ridge Racer ghost from some random stranger.
I can't wait until I have more games that use StreetPass to exchange information.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on April 19, 2011, 02:08:24 PM
I got 10 hits at Video Games Live. Not as many as I had hoped but still not bad.
@Tanatoes, I don't think you have to have the system in sleep mode for StreetPass to work, do you? I could have sworn I got a hit on the bus the other day while I was playing some other game. Maybe I'm dreaming.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 19, 2011, 02:16:48 PM
I got 10 hits at Video Games Live. Not as many as I had hoped but still not bad.
@Tanatoes, I don't think you have to have the system in sleep mode for StreetPass to work, do you? I could have sworn I got a hit on the bus the other day while I was playing some other game. Maybe I'm dreaming.
I sure hope not but that be a great question for the manual article.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 19, 2011, 02:19:33 PM
I've really wanted to get a second 3DS so I can test out all kinds of things related to StreetPass. I have this great plan of finding a straight, long, open road and having the two systems pass each other at varying speeds to see how fast you can be going and still get a hit...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 19, 2011, 02:27:17 PM
I've really wanted to get a second 3DS so I can test out all kinds of things related to StreetPass. I have this great plan of finding a straight, long, open road and having the two systems pass each other at varying speeds to see how fast you can be going and still get a hit...
The Misses wants one right ;P.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 19, 2011, 02:28:33 PM
Sadly, No. :(
Perhaps I should hold a fundraiser? Anyone want to rent my avatar for $250?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 19, 2011, 02:31:42 PM
Perhaps I should hold a fundraiser? Anyone want to rent my avatar for $250?
How Successful was that the first time?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 19, 2011, 02:35:42 PM
But this time, it's for SCIENCE!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 21, 2011, 12:45:43 AM
I've been thinking about this more - there's two tests that I need to run before I do the drive-by thing.
First, I need a box, big enough to hold one 3DS, that's made from some material that will disrupt the wireless transmission (or something similar to a cell phone jammer). Have one 3DS powered off and put the other into sleep mode inside of the box and close it. Then, turn the second 3DS on. Once it's booted up, put it into sleep mode. Then, open the box (or turn off the jammer) and have a stop watch to count the time it takes for the two units to register a StreetPass.
Second, I need to get two units and have two people standing far apart (say, 250 feet). Turn their units on and put them into sleep mode. Slowly, have both individuals walk towards one another until the units register the StreetPass.
With these two methods, I could determine the amount of time it takes to register a StreetPass and how close the units need to be in order to trade communication. With some mathematical wizardry, I should be able to determine the top speed at which two cars traveling opposite directions could be going and still register a StreetPass.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on April 21, 2011, 12:54:27 AM
Someone double check my math for me...
Let's say the two 3DS units have to be in range for 5 seconds to complete a StreetPass. Let's say they have a maximum range of 100 feet.
Two cars, traveling opposite directions, could be traveling no faster than 100 feet per five seconds (20 feet/second, 72,000 feet/hour, or 13.64 miles/hour) in order to be in range long enough to transfer.
Of course, my two numbers there are made up... but if they're close, does that sound right?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: nickmitch on April 21, 2011, 01:00:10 AM
Somebody call the Mythbusters.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pandaradox on April 21, 2011, 02:28:45 AM
So I called Nintendo today after they replied to my email:
--Streetpass works even while you're playing a 3DS title. This doesn't work for DS titles though. --However, regardless of game in the system, once the system is closed, Streetpass will work
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 21, 2011, 09:22:15 AM
So I called Nintendo today after they replied to my email:
--Streetpass works even while you're playing a 3DS title. This doesn't work for DS titles though. --However, regardless of game in the system, once the system is closed, Streetpass will work
Cool
You know UncleBob it be less expensive and time consume to instead:
1. Get the time it take for the 3DS Wireless to turn on and go into Streetpass 2. Using the above as a constant have 1 3DS wireless on and another wireless off. 3. Turn on the Wireless on the Wireless off one timing till the first streetpass hit on the second device. (I'm assuming Streetpass is initially push then pull) 4. Using formula: Time from Wireless on to Streetpass hit - Wireless on to Streetpass Constant = Actual time for Streetpass first contact
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: rad.i.kal on April 23, 2011, 07:54:40 PM
I have one streetpass. Went to the mall and got it
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 23, 2011, 09:45:30 PM
I got 2 in the mall yesterday. What was sad is the Female mii that I got said she had been playing SSFIV but I didn't see anything for character battles....
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on April 24, 2011, 10:37:34 PM
Around 3 weeks in, have carried it with me nearly every day, still not one street pass. I haven't been to the local mall yet. I figure that will be my only chance unless I go traveling or the 3DS takes off.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: yoshi1001 on April 30, 2011, 12:13:06 AM
As I said in another thread, you folks need to go to some Pokemon TCG events. Great places for Street Pass. ;)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Traveller on April 30, 2011, 04:27:36 AM
Took mine with me today when I went into the shopping centre. I left with three hits!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on April 30, 2011, 10:06:44 AM
After a four hour stint at the mall I got 1 more. This one had a hat but, I keep getting bad ones... I still haven't defeated the ghost.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Quadran on May 02, 2011, 05:43:17 AM
Today I had the pleasant surprise of getting a green light for the first time since I have my 3DS. Although I got 4 street-passes after visiting a game store in the nearest town, 3 of them were almost certainly of demo units (their names referenced to the local store) and only one was a real user.
That said, it was rather refreshing to play the 'Find Mii' game with Mii's in stead of cats.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Stogi on May 09, 2011, 01:56:03 PM
So uhh...
Does anyone know how Street Pass technically works? I mean, does it use a WiFi adhoc network? Or some proprietary wireless chip?
I heard that the Internet and Street Pass can't be used simultaneously - that makes me think it's using the wireless card or at the very least, the same band.
Does anyone know? I find it extremely interesting.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 09, 2011, 02:08:48 PM
So I called Nintendo today after they replied to my email:
--Streetpass works even while you're playing a 3DS title. This doesn't work for DS titles though. --However, regardless of game in the system, once the system is closed, Streetpass will work
This doesn't make sense to me. Why would Street Pass work during a 3DS game, but not during a DS game? Doesn't the 3DS have a background OS that should have all sorts of extra power available while playing a DS game? What happened to multi-tasking? I hope this doesn't mean they took the retarded Wii in GC mode means you can't access any extras from the Wii while playing GC approach. That is so stupid and better not carry over to the Wii2. I'm actually hoping that if that part is true, they fix it with the (pre E3?) update.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Stogi on May 09, 2011, 02:30:04 PM
So yeah...
After a bit of research, Street Pass definitely uses an ad-hoc network with TCP protocol to transfer data between 3DS's. Once activated, Street Pass constantly (like ever 2 seconds) sends packets out trying to find another 3DS. For more info, look here: http://gbatemp.net/t289980-streetpass
The only problem so far is that no one has 'listened' to a 3DS to 3DS exchange, whether it's the "handshake" (the authorization to exchange data) or the data transfer itself. Once more information is uncovered, we can figure out if the one 3DS acts like an access point allowing the other to trade data or if both are simply able to do client to client transfers.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on May 09, 2011, 04:44:56 PM
So I called Nintendo today after they replied to my email:
--Streetpass works even while you're playing a 3DS title. This doesn't work for DS titles though. --However, regardless of game in the system, once the system is closed, Streetpass will work
This doesn't make sense to me. Why would Street Pass work during a 3DS game, but not during a DS game? Doesn't the 3DS have a background OS that should have all sorts of extra power available while playing a DS game? What happened to multi-tasking? I hope this doesn't mean they took the retarded Wii in GC mode means you can't access any extras from the Wii while playing GC approach. That is so stupid and better not carry over to the Wii2. I'm actually hoping that if that part is true, they fix it with the (pre E3?) update.
Actually if you have used on of the DS Download points with a 3DS you'll notice once it fines one it throws you wholesale into the original DS OS. That's why it doesn't work I'm sure its exactly the same it just throws you into full DS emulation OS and all.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 09, 2011, 07:29:15 PM
It should work in a window like Virtual PC. An old OS in a window of my new OS.
I hope they fix that. It's just lazy on Nintendo's part. Full BC is great an all, but why cut off all the other features just to do it when you could easily do both?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on May 10, 2011, 10:29:11 AM
It should work in a window like Virtual PC. An old OS in a window of my new OS.
I hope they fix that. It's just lazy on Nintendo's part. Full BC is great an all, but why cut off all the other features just to do it when you could easily do both?
That's intensive even when running the same OS in a Virtual PC. That's part of the reason people multi-boot and Bootcamp exists. How they are doing it is probably the most efficient way on all fronts but you do lose new features that way.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: KisakiProject on May 16, 2011, 10:28:02 AM
Can someone help me with StreetPass? I can't get it to work. My friend came over and we tried to do it. But we had to delete our network setting cause you can't streetpass if you are online. Plus there was nowhere to turn offline and have just streetpass? We had street pass on and had our 3DS's on the whole time and it never streetpassed. Is it because we were already friends?
Thanks.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on May 16, 2011, 05:46:20 PM
That's intensive even when running the same OS in a Virtual PC. That's part of the reason people multi-boot and Bootcamp exists. How they are doing it is probably the most efficient way on all fronts but you do lose new features that way.
What Nintendo would need to do is rewrite the DS firmware to take into account the new hardware and features, rather than simply switching the hardware to DS mode. That way, you wouldn't have the overhead from the full 3DS firmware, but could still get the needed features. But it would require a fair amount of development and testing.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: deli123 on May 31, 2011, 05:01:46 AM
What's it going to be like in a year, or 2, or 3, when the 3DS has sold more than 10 or 20 million units. It seems cute if we get 1 or 2 streetpasses a day, or every other day, but if that rate stays consistent or rises (as it would, as the population of 3DS's on the street grows and grows)....
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Traveller on June 05, 2011, 01:04:31 AM
I only need three more puzzle peices then ive done everything!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on June 05, 2011, 05:55:35 PM
I've had the 3DS since 1 week after launch. I've carried it with me probably 40% of the time, including every time I'm going to a store such as the mall, or whatever. Not 1 street pass yet.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Kwolf on June 05, 2011, 06:13:29 PM
I've had mine since launch.. I live in the country, but every time I go to town I take it with me. I have gotten one street pass and it was last week. I got it at Sam's Club of all places. Taken the thing to mall's, my nieces college campas when I went to get her, all kinds of places. When I was there, I looked around and didn't see any demo units. Judging just by the Mii I got and stuff pretty sure it was a real person too. Other than that, I've gotten nadda.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: rad.i.kal on June 05, 2011, 11:50:13 PM
update, i went and got about 10 at a japanese festival.
Today I went to a big city, same as yesterday, i didn't go out to wal marts or malls at good hours and got 0
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Pajamas on June 08, 2011, 08:35:54 PM
I've got about 18 Streetpasses so far, mostly coming from walking around campus, and a few from a couple Gamestops.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: AV on June 11, 2011, 09:44:51 PM
Got 45 Today !!!!!
Went to Dallas Anime Convention and noticed so many people with 3DS's just playing games. I found it hard to resist the green light and I had to keep checking them out. Not sure if I can still get more mii's when doing that process.
I got ALL the panels started now in the PUZZLE SWAP, I was missing 5 :@ !! I completed the Legend of Zelda one which has great graphics and 3D. I went to Gamestop today too because it hosted streetpass party and I only got 3 from that.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: that Baby guy on June 11, 2011, 09:56:53 PM
You can get more while checking them. Max you can have at once is 10, and if you don't check them, you'll miss out on other ones.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on June 11, 2011, 10:20:01 PM
Yeah, that limit is ridiculous. I didn't find out about the limit until after the press conference, so I probably missed out on a few hundred. Also, you get a pretty funny image when you realize that Nintendo employees had to be clearing out execs' StreetPasses all during E3 so that more passers-by could get tagged.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on June 11, 2011, 10:27:02 PM
Yeah, that limit is ridiculous. I didn't find out about the limit until after the press conference, so I probably missed out on a few hundred. Also, you get a pretty funny image when you realize that Nintendo employees had to be clearing out execs' StreetPasses all during E3 so that more passers-by could get tagged.
I've wondered about this. If you have ten passes, will your system still send your Mii out to other people?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on June 11, 2011, 10:31:03 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: AV on June 11, 2011, 11:18:45 PM
I remember hearing about this 10 limit so it was in the back of my mind today, I think in a podcast they said about clearing it out or remembering to check it before you turn off or something. So I'm glad I did clear it out from time to time, but I don't like that I HAVE TO PLAY the FIND MII or Puzzle Swap, I rather just do it all later.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: that Baby guy on June 12, 2011, 12:29:22 PM
Yeah, that limit is ridiculous. I didn't find out about the limit until after the press conference, so I probably missed out on a few hundred. Also, you get a pretty funny image when you realize that Nintendo employees had to be clearing out execs' StreetPasses all during E3 so that more passers-by could get tagged.
I've wondered about this. If you have ten passes, will your system still send your Mii out to other people?
No, it won't. Because of the nature of streetpassing, where multiple passings let you leave personal messages and rate the other person, two 3DSs must share with each other, you can't do a one-way pass.
On the inverse of what MegaByte was saying, while I knew about the 10 limit, most of the time I was too busy to check my 3DS during the actual show and conferences. End result? The only gold pants Miis I have are Peter Moore from EA and some fellow named "Karthik" from Vicarious Visions. I'm sure if I had cleared out the street pass all during the show I would have had tons more, but it didn't cross my mind at several points, especially after I had completed Find Mii and the picture collection.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on June 12, 2011, 01:05:32 PM
Well, that's pretty lame.
I wonder if the 3DS systems these guys are using might be running special software. I mean, they already can do gold-pants Miis, which we can't do. I wonder if these 3DS systems run something where they only send out the Mii and don't receive.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: rad.i.kal on June 12, 2011, 04:27:50 PM
I was able to score two the other day, total of like 12 over all. This console will likely soar soon, many wanting eshop and many more wanting zelda. Mario will help too.
Can't wait to get street passes in a wal mart or other such grocery store.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on June 12, 2011, 06:22:39 PM
Finally! Got my FIRST street pass today, lol. Had to go all the way to the Columbus Zoo to get it. Too bad I wasn't there very long. I noticed it within an hour of opening so I thought I might get a few. But had to leave at noon and only got the one. Atleast I know my 3DS works anyway :)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on June 12, 2011, 06:28:52 PM
I wonder if the 3DS systems these guys are using might be running special software. I mean, they already can do gold-pants Miis, which we can't do. I wonder if these 3DS systems run something where they only send out the Mii and don't receive.
The gold pants Miis are certainly different as you cant copy them or create QR codes. If you send them (from plaza to Mii creator or person to person) the original disappears. However, given the limited number of gold pants Miis I received, I think they were still limited somehow.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on June 23, 2011, 09:59:34 AM
I've found Street Passes extremely hard to get. I now have 4 and that's only because I've been traveling. I got the first at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio. Then I got one walking around my neighborhood which nearly shocked me. I walk atleast an hour every day and usually carry it with me. It was a surprise when I got home and actually saw the green light. Then, I carried the 3DS with me at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida and picked up 2 there. It's always a nice feeling when you see the green light. Too bad it doesn't happen more often.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on June 23, 2011, 10:03:05 AM
I was in Las Vegas for a Week carrying my 3DS in Street Pass Mode the whole time. I got 4 and 1 one was Japanese. How messed up is that.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pandaradox on June 25, 2011, 03:00:48 AM
At Barnes and Noble, I walked by this cute woman and I streetpassed her! It's the new pick-up line.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on June 27, 2011, 02:08:28 PM
At Barnes and Noble, I walked by this cute woman and I streetpassed her! It's the new pick-up line.
"Hey Babe, That's a 3DS in My Pocket and Yes, You can StreetPass it."
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pandaradox on June 30, 2011, 11:16:18 AM
Has anyone tried out Best Buy's spotpass stuff yet?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on June 30, 2011, 04:36:09 PM
I downloaded Nintendo Zone the day before they got it up and running. I have used it yet, though. I'll try it out sooner or later.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on July 13, 2011, 07:33:05 PM
How are you guys carrying your 3DSes around? I tried bringing my 3DS with me to work one day (hoping for coins and not expecting or getting Street Passes), and I found it way too bulky to be comfortable in my pocket. I'd like to figure out a convenient way to take it with me, but I fear I may end up only having it with me in the winter, since I'll have extra pockets in my jacket.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on July 13, 2011, 08:15:11 PM
How are you guys carrying your 3DSes around? I tried bringing my 3DS with me to work one day (hoping for coins and not expecting or getting Street Passes), and I found it way too bulky to be comfortable in my pocket. I'd like to figure out a convenient way to take it with me, but I fear I may end up only having it with me in the winter, since I'll have extra pockets in my jacket.
Mines been living in my pocket with my cellphone and keys since about 2 weeks after launch comfortably and I have the Nyko extended battery.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on July 13, 2011, 11:54:44 PM
I once carried my 3DS in the pocket of my jeans, and it is so heavy that my jeans fell down and I had to use a belt to hold them up. It's definitely a bit much for normal pockets. I'm hesitant to place it in my purse since I'm worried what might happen to it when in close proximity to my taser, though that probably wouldn't be an option for you anyway...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on July 14, 2011, 11:34:14 AM
I once carried my 3DS in the pocket of my jeans, and it is so heavy that my jeans fell down and I had to use a belt to hold them up. It's definitely a bit much for normal pockets. I'm hesitant to place it in my purse since I'm worried what might happen to it when in close proximity to my taser, though that probably wouldn't be an option for you anyway...
I think it be fine by the taser. Unless it randomly warms up and jolts things. Just something else with a battery.
My wallet is heavier then the 3DS I'm pretty sure. I'll have to find my little scale and weigh both of them. For the common adult male pocket it should be fine.
Now women pockets *shrug* I don't know what they were thinking on those. Though their is always the purse option unless you have a territorial vengeful taser trying to dominate the purse.
For the record I wear male 36x36 Dress Pants most of the times. 36x36 in women sizes be literally a circus tent...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on July 14, 2011, 01:50:12 PM
I once carried my 3DS in the pocket of my jeans, and it is so heavy that my jeans fell down and I had to use a belt to hold them up. It's definitely a bit much for normal pockets. I'm hesitant to place it in my purse since I'm worried what might happen to it when in close proximity to my taser, though that probably wouldn't be an option for you anyway...
For the record I wear male 36x36 Dress Pants most of the times. 36x36 in women sizes be literally a circus tent...
I see. I wear jeans every day, and they have tighter pockets than your fancy pants. :)
But my butt doesn't look nearly as good as yours for it. :P
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 16, 2011, 05:12:42 PM
I finally got my first StreetPass today. I've had my 3DS since launch and almost always carry it with me everywhere I go but it still took almost four months.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on July 17, 2011, 02:37:49 PM
I normally wear cargo pants/shorts so the side pockets come in handy for carrying it around. I'm now at 7 street passes, 3 of which I've gotten near my house which isn't bad. If I'm leaving the house, I usually have it with me.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 17, 2011, 02:40:10 PM
At the all-day Harry Potter Marathon, I carried my DS with me all day and got three street passes. One was the guy I went with. He got five street passes. He left his in the car.
>:(
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 18, 2011, 07:05:44 PM
I went out to meet with the Street Pass NYC group at Coney Island this past weekend, but I couldn't find anyone. However on my way to meet my fiance I actually saw a woman playing a 3DS and the only free spot on the train was next to her so I stood next to her, watched her play Resident Evil and then took my system out to play Street Fighter. We exchanged Miis and Street Fighter data. On my way home from the beach I picked up one random street pass. Finally since my fiance has a 3DS we street pass at least three times a day. I just got my system and even though I live in New York and it's Summer getting a Street Pass is not as easy as it seems, though it's not as scarce as some other people have been reporting.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on July 19, 2011, 03:12:40 PM
At the all-day Harry Potter Marathon, I carried my DS with me all day and got three street passes. One was the guy I went with. He got five street passes. He left his in the car.
>:(
That a better return then I've gotten without hitting up game stores.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: GaMMa on July 23, 2011, 08:04:07 PM
I've got 30 StreetPasses with 36 tags total. I'd have to say only 8 of those are from passing people in public. The others are from two StreetPass events I attended. Dan O'Leary (President of nSpace) was there and he had 430 tags on his 3DS. Probably from all the gaming shows he goes to.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 26, 2011, 01:13:15 PM
Yesterday I got four street passes. Two were repeats one from someone I know and the other from a stranger who takes the same train as myself, this person has a strange looking Mii and it just weirds me out to see it- thankfully I haven't seen anyone who looks like that Mii. The other two were completely random people. These four came after a whole week of traveling around the city and getting no StreetPasses the entire time.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on July 30, 2011, 03:32:00 AM
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I just got my system and even though I live in New York and it's Summer getting a Street Pass is not as easy as it seems, though it's not as scarce as some other people have been reporting.
Yeah, it's definitely not a daily thing, but I've had mine since launch and I've got around 20 streetpasses, with about 15 of them "natural" (i.e. totally random people at non-game events). 5 are just friends that I intentionally met because I knew they had 3DS's. To be honest, more than streetpassing people you know, the natural streetpasses are the most awesome. I've gotten some at the mall, one I got at a Dodger game, another I got at Disneyland literally 2 days after launch.
The funniest thing that's happened so far was at the technical rehearsal for my daughter's ballet recital a month ago. I was in the theater, waiting for my daughter's class to get out of their green rooms and onto stage, when I saw some 10-ish year old kid a few rows down playing with a 3DS. Now, ignore the fact that that kid's parent bought them a $250 toy. A 10 year old. Whatever. I immediately checked my 3DS, which was in my messenger bag, and I noticed I wasn't getting a streetpass. What the hell. The kid was literally 12 feet away. Then I noticed that the kid's wireless light (orange, bottom panel, top near the hinge) was off. I was willing to bet that this stupid kid didn't even know how to use their 3DS and probably didn't have streetpass set up or turned on. Pretty frustrating. I really wanted to walk down and teach them how to turn on their streetpass, but...well, non-gamers would probably view a 32 year old man walking up to a totally random kid to get them to mess with their game console as just a little creepy, bordering on pervy.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 30, 2011, 07:30:41 AM
The other day I went out and visited friends. I saw I got some StreetPass and ignored it to show off Ocarina of Time. I was out for a long time, but I got home and ended up with 4 or 5 tags. A few days later I went to the Nintendo Store just for StreetPass and got around 11 tags. On the way home I StreetPassed someone who has to either live in my building or my block because whenever I'm coming home or wandering around I tag them. It's crazy because I haven't seen anyone playing any games around here and my fiance hasn't tagged her so I'm thinking I'm crazy, but I feel like I've got to know what's going on. This person has only StreetPassed me twice, but I'm the only person she's tagged, but my fiance has been with me twice with her 3DS, but she didn't get any StreetPass. Weird!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on August 21, 2011, 05:10:44 PM
I forgot to mention when I got my first Street Pass. It was about two weeks ago, I was cleaning my place and decided to have the 3DS in my pocket to rack up some coins for the day. Once I was finished, I went out to grab a sub for dinner and still had it on me, and when I got home and took it out, I saw the green light for the first time. Seems I got one from a sub shop, of all places. I actually haven't gotten any when I've gone to a game store, which might be surprising...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: alegoicoe on August 23, 2011, 04:15:08 PM
I started Florida International University, and i already have five spot passes, is really cool when the green dot is flashing, this feature is really cool when it works.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 23, 2011, 06:57:35 PM
I didn't get any StreetPasses on campus last year, but I'd imagine I'll do better now that it's been out longer, had the price lowered and is in the process of getting a much better software library.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on August 23, 2011, 10:35:26 PM
I completed al the puzzles and gained all the hats for my Mii last week and I'm officially done with Street Pass until Nintendo adds some new content for the feature. I'm still excited to Street Pass someone new, but seeing as how I can't use their Mii characters in any way it seems sort of pointless to me. Meanwhile I'm hoarding Play Coins and I'm getting a good pile up. Is there any 3DS game that uses them in a cool way? The games I have don't really do anything with them. Also I wanted to mention the most popular game among the people I've Street Passed has been Ocarina of Time with Street Fighter coming in second. I got someone who was playing Number Battle Nintendo and someone today who was playing Professor Layton.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: alegoicoe on August 24, 2011, 06:39:23 PM
i got five more passes today, am about half way through the dungeons.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on August 25, 2011, 12:52:51 PM
Meanwhile I'm hoarding Play Coins and I'm getting a good pile up. Is there any 3DS game that uses them in a cool way? The games I have don't really do anything with them.
Super Street Fighter IV uses the play coins well. You use them to purchase figurines for StreetPass battles. I have had a few and they are fun. Its also fun just buying the figures in-game.
I heard recently that you can use the coins to buy additional levels or itemsm or something in the AR games but I haven't tried this yet.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on August 27, 2011, 12:09:22 PM
Meanwhile I'm hoarding Play Coins and I'm getting a good pile up. Is there any 3DS game that uses them in a cool way? The games I have don't really do anything with them.
Super Street Fighter IV uses the play coins well. You use them to purchase figurines for StreetPass battles. I have had a few and they are fun. Its also fun just buying the figures in-game.
I heard recently that you can use the coins to buy additional levels or itemsm or something in the AR games but I haven't tried this yet.
This is true. In Street Fighter you can buy more trophies, which I guess I could use more of and there are about six additional AR Modes you can unlock with Play Coins. My fiance got a 3DS before me and I played all the AR games a lot, but since I got my system I haven't really touched them. I guess I should get on that.
I went out shopping early yesterday and I got a Street Pass. This is interesting because the Mii really looks like a woman I saw pass me in the store. She wasn't a little girl or an old woman, but a young lady and if I'm not mistaken she was a mother. This is the second time I've seen this too- a mother with a 3DS system. Once on the train and then yesterday in the mall. So yeah- Mom's rockin that 3DS.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: zachs1997 on September 01, 2011, 06:39:57 PM
I'm going to start roaming the halls of the local schools in hopes of getting another Street Pass. Also, I'm going to wait outside by the bus and shake my 3DS to get steps to use for play coins. I don't want to get robbed, so I better keep the 3DS below the window line so no one sees it while I'm shaking it.
I was on a bus and saw a guy doing that. I just ingnored him and looked back at my gba
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: zachs1997 on September 01, 2011, 06:43:37 PM
Oh another thing if you look at the mii you got you can see how many street passes they have had and some have like over 100 and I live near them. WHERE IS MY STREET PASS LOVE T _ T
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on September 01, 2011, 07:13:21 PM
Today I was on the train playing Legend of Zelda (in true Ambassador fashion) and literally saw the green light flicker. I looked around, but saw no one. Perhaps it was someone from the last stop, but at least I know I can play Ambassador titles and get Street Passed!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on September 02, 2011, 09:58:33 AM
Two of my kids bought a 3DS each about a month ago (with paper-route an allownace savings!) and since then, we have been street-passing each other daily. We all have now completed Find Mii twice, have all the hats, and I am now one puzzle piece away from having all 90. It really helps when you can street pass the same folk multuple times.
We also each have all the Amabassador games. Bliss!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: ejamer on September 02, 2011, 12:13:56 PM
Hmm... Three weeks with a 3DS, only 2 StreetPass hits (that came on the same day). I've been taking it with me everywhere I go, and to lots of different location and events, but that doesn't seem to help. Oh well.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on September 02, 2011, 04:12:01 PM
I think it'll be a while before StreetPasses become a more common occurrence, there still just aren't many systems out there. I've still gotten only one, and I've even been to a few different game stores since then. After the holiday season, I expect to start seeing them happen on occasion.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on September 04, 2011, 12:32:07 PM
I got four street passes on my way to work yesterday morning. New York is like a Street Pass Mecca.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: nickmitch on September 04, 2011, 05:02:23 PM
Got my first street pass the other day. Yup, I'm in the club now.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 11, 2011, 01:13:45 AM
I was in South Bend for the Notre Dame game last weekend. Over 80,000 people roaming that campus and hours of walking around got me one lousy StreetPass. That makes two overall.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Drizzt on September 11, 2011, 08:58:40 AM
I got my first two tags when I got my 3DS back from Nintendo, they were there as soon as I turned it on and then I found 2 more at school.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on September 24, 2011, 11:27:19 PM
I noticed earlier this week that I was nearing my 100th Street Pass with my gf. Finally the day came and I was somewhat excited, but when I went to the plaza gate her message read that we had still met 99 times. So there you go, you can't Street Pass someone 10 times. Of course you can still street pass that person only their count stops at 99.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Steve Vice on October 17, 2011, 06:24:42 AM
Living in Norway I´ve still had no luck in meeting anyone in streetpass. I´ve been to big hotels with it, and all over the biggest city in the country (Bergen). The only way I´m getting any of the stuff is through the play coins, if they hadn´t added that it would be impossible for some people to experience alot of the preinstalled stuff on the 3DS.
I even saw a guy with a 3DS and I tried walking close to him but still no dice. Guess I live in the wrong country for Nintendo (this is Sony land)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on October 17, 2011, 09:39:24 AM
So - I've decided that Street Pass doesn't work when the system is in Sleep Mode with a DS game in. I thought it was supposed to?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2011, 01:17:52 PM
So - I've decided that Street Pass doesn't work when the system is in Sleep Mode with a DS game in. I thought it was supposed to?
It doesn't. I'm fairly sure we confirmed that in the first 3 pages. When you have a DS game in or a DSiWare game going the DS literally goes into the DS OS to run it.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on October 17, 2011, 03:00:49 PM
So - I've decided that Street Pass doesn't work when the system is in Sleep Mode with a DS game in. I thought it was supposed to?
It doesn't. I'm fairly sure we confirmed that in the first 3 pages. When you have a DS game in or a DSiWare game going the DS literally goes into the DS OS to run it.
but the pedometer still counts your steps! small consolation
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2011, 04:18:19 PM
So - I've decided that Street Pass doesn't work when the system is in Sleep Mode with a DS game in. I thought it was supposed to?
It doesn't. I'm fairly sure we confirmed that in the first 3 pages. When you have a DS game in or a DSiWare game going the DS literally goes into the DS OS to run it.
but the pedometer still counts your steps! small consolation
I have a feeling that's simply because there's a chip in there that all it does is the pedometer and the system just asks for how much.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on December 03, 2011, 07:32:56 PM
So what are everyone's stats with Street Pass? I've had the system since launch and with the exception of one month, carry it with me nearly everywhere I go as evidenced by 1.3 million steps. In that time I've street passed 12 people a total of 14 times. Five of the 12 I got when I was traveling (1 at Columbus OH Zoo, 2 at Universal Studios in FL, and 2 at the airports to get to FL).
So really, I've gotten 7 local which I guess is better than none but I wish it was a lot more. I'm an adult and don't attend school. So these have basically been received when I've been in local stores or out walking around the neighborhood. With Mario Kart coming out and next year Animal Crossing I wish I was street passing a whole lot more.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on December 03, 2011, 07:47:59 PM
I went to the Times Square event for Super Mario 3D Land and I got over 100 Street Passes. Right now my tags are at 439 and my Plaza Population is 260. I take it everywhere with me and I'm still surprised when I get a Street Pass. I don't go to school, just to work and around the city and I get street passes everywhere at all times of the day. It's cool, I hope Nintendo includes the Miis you tag in interesting and fun ways in the future.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on December 03, 2011, 08:39:54 PM
I've still gotten only three. Hopefully things will pick up next year after the 3DS sells tons over the holidays.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on December 04, 2011, 12:06:50 AM
So really, I've gotten 7 local which I guess is better than none but I wish it was a lot more. I'm an adult and don't attend school. So these have basically been received when I've been in local stores or out walking around the neighborhood. With Mario Kart coming out and next year Animal Crossing I wish I was street passing a whole lot more.
Oh man. Maybe it's because I live in a larger city, but right now I have 36 streetpasses, and 6 of those I've gotten in the last few weeks. I carry my 3DS everywhere, and I've gotten streetpasses in the most random of places. I took my daughter to go see Yo Gabba Gabba live last weekend, and I got 3 then, 2 of them Japanese 3DS's (I think they're were playing the Japanese version of Okamiden). I've got one at the supermarket on the day that 3D Land came out. And yet I drive by G4 studios everyday on my way home from work, and I've never gotten a streetpass there. I suspect it's either a matter of distance, duration, or that G4 hates Nintendo and they don't have a single 3DS in their building.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 28, 2011, 01:42:31 AM
I just finished 9 days in L.A. doing a So Cal City Pass and I've had 115 Street Passes.
Got 13 states and two areas of Japan.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mannypon on December 28, 2011, 02:45:40 AM
Sweet man, wish I could make a run like that. I am getting no play on Streetpass. The only people I've hit over the past month or so is the multiple tags of one guy that works at one of the local Gamestops. Even trips to the mall have yielded nothing and in my area, that's basically the only place where you're bound to run into a large amount of people. I need to take a trip down to the city or some damn gaming/comic convention lol.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 28, 2011, 05:26:57 PM
I got a question about Street Pass.
How far away can someone be from you and you still get a pass from them? And how long do you need to stay next to them to complete the pass?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on December 28, 2011, 07:08:41 PM
Not sure about distance, but I was waiting for a train the other day and an express train passed through the station. It didn't stop, but I got two street passes during the time it passed. I would say the train was about 10 feet away. Alternately I was several rooms away at home and I got a street pass from the other 3DS in the other side of the apartment.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 28, 2011, 09:33:03 PM
That's funny, because the reason I was asking is that I was passing by the BART train earlier and I pulled up next to it and slowed down to match its speed to see if I could catch a Street Pass or two. I was only near the front half of the train, and had no luck, so I was wondering if it was possible. Also the closest I could get was still about 15 ft away still.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Killer_Man_Jaro on December 29, 2011, 02:59:27 AM
Until yesterday, I'd had next to no luck with StreetPass, only connecting with two friends who bought the system. Yesterday, I drove to a cinema and got 5 passes! A microscopic achievement compared to some of you, but having been unable to really utilise the StreetPass Mii Plaza and such, I was chuffed. Now that the 3DS has had a Christmas to gain a significant uptake, I might have to start carrying it around everywhere.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TrueNerd on December 29, 2011, 07:26:27 PM
I have yet to get a single street pass. I haven't tried that hard though.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on December 31, 2011, 11:54:04 AM
I'm still having next to no luck with Street Pass. I'm hoping a few people got this for Christmas and it picks up. I went to the local mall a couple days before Christmas and spent around 2 hours in there. Not one Street Pass was made. Then a couple days ago I went to visit a friend in Columbus OH. We went to eat lunch at a Dave and Busters...again, not one street pass. I think I'm at around 16 total now but have had it since launch. If you take out the tags I've gotten on vacations, I'm probably averaging one per month.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 31, 2011, 12:28:48 PM
have you walked into a Bestbuy or Gamestop?
Those are usually good for a demo unit hit and maybe an employee.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on December 31, 2011, 02:09:05 PM
There is no Best Buy in the area I live but I've been to Game Stop a few times and have never gotten a tag there.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on December 31, 2011, 05:21:18 PM
I've never ever gotten a Street Pass in a Game Stop. Today I got five SPs and one of them was Isaiah Trforce Johnson- the guy who was the first to get a Wii in North America and the first to get a 3DS. I also beat Find Mii II today. A pretty cool way to close the year out.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 31, 2011, 05:42:59 PM
Target usually always has a demo unit too.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on January 01, 2012, 11:56:35 PM
Sadly, the demos aren't set to Street Pass by default. Depending on the demo cart in the system, it can be impossible (as far as I know) to exit out to the main menu and set it up. :( Demo systems can be hit-or-miss, basically depending on if someone set it up.
I've contemplated mailing my 3DS out somewhere and back to see if it gets any Street Passes while traveling in the mail...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 02, 2012, 12:33:50 AM
I've contemplated mailing my 3DS out somewhere and back to see if it gets any Street Passes while traveling in the mail...
I had that same thought the other day. And then I thought... "Naw, that's just crazy" But what if it did work and you missed out on a bunch because there is a 10 pass limit that you have to clear before receiving more?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on January 02, 2012, 12:42:36 AM
I've contemplated mailing my 3DS out somewhere and back to see if it gets any Street Passes while traveling in the mail...
I had that same thought the other day. And then I thought... "Naw, that's just crazy" ut what if it did work and you missed out on a bunch because there is a 10 pass limit that you have to clear before receiving more?
That's the primary reason I haven't done it. I had an offer by a good friend to take mine to the 3DS Developer's Conference Nintendo held last year... *almost* took him up on it.
I need to just talk him into sneaking me into the conference. :D
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on January 04, 2012, 09:31:32 AM
I just finished 9 days in L.A. doing a So Cal City Pass and I've had 115 Street Passes.
Got 13 states and two areas of Japan.
Yeah, I live in LA and I get streetpasses fairy regularly. It's a good city for it. The only problem is that I have never, ever gotten a streetpass from someone more than LVL 1 in FindMii. Argh, this is killing me! I must finish this 1st quest!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 04, 2012, 12:20:01 PM
Go spend a day or 2 at Disneyland or Universal Studios. You'll be done in no time. Whether it's all the street passes you get or all the walking you do which will get you coins, you'll make a bunch of progress in a very short amount of time.
I didn't start messing with any of that until just before the trip and I collected more than 80 puzzle pieces and finished the 1st round of Find Mii in that time. (I didn't properly clear the first 2 batches through the games before accepting new Mii's :( )
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on January 04, 2012, 03:59:00 PM
I finished the first quest probably using 95% purchased level 1 and 2 Miis. It's not that hard to finish it without street passing others.
Also, I did go to Universal Studios last summer and got a grand total of 2 tags. I'm sure it would be better now but I expected more. You only get 10 coins per day, 1,000 steps is nothing. I normally get that even if I don't leave the house in a day.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 04, 2012, 04:07:39 PM
Are you sure you only get 10 coins a day? so it breaks down to 100 steps = 1 coin?
because in 1 day I had 20,000 steps, but since I was constantly buying Mii's for Find Mii (to fill in the blanks during street passes), I never paid attention to how many I got that day. I also didn't know the conversion rate, so it wouldn't have really mattered anyway ;D
.... I should have had 200 coins that day. I would've been set for puzzle swap, Find Mii and Swapnote too had I gotten all my coins for all my steps that week. >:(
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on January 04, 2012, 04:14:55 PM
Yes, you've got it exact, 100 steps = 1 coin, 10 coins per day max. I try to walk 10,000 steps per day for health purposes and I usually have my 3DS with me (have like 1.5 million steps total, lol) but 10 coins a day is all you'll get.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on January 05, 2012, 06:16:09 PM
Yes, you've got it exact, 100 steps = 1 coin, 10 coins per day max. I try to walk 10,000 steps per day for health purposes and I usually have my 3DS with me (have like 1.5 million steps total, lol) but 10 coins a day is all you'll get.
Well, the 3DS's gyro sensors, much like the Wii's, are not exact. I probably walk far less than 1000 steps a day, but I always get 10 coins without fail. Seems it can't tell the difference between "steps" and "riding around in a car."
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on January 05, 2012, 08:46:21 PM
I just got my first street pass in what must be atleast a week and it was from Mexico
*ACHIEVEMENT* - Get street passes from 3 countries!
Unfortunately, Mexico has no map. So I have no idea what region of Mexico it was.
I think it sucks that Mexico doesn't have map. I get not each individual state gets a region, but still something better than nothing, maybe a few areas like north, south , middle.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on January 06, 2012, 09:50:18 PM
Mexico, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Anguilla all have no maps.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on March 10, 2012, 10:53:29 PM
whoa, I actually just got a streetpass today from someone from Anguilla, which was weird since not only was that mentioned by TheFleece, I had literally never heard of this Carribean island before.
I got the streetpass at a "Japan Festival" sponsored by the Japanese Business Association of Southern California. They had a whole bunch of anime geeks there (there was an anime store that had a booth, and which I'm guessing led to there being a cosplay contest, etc...). Surprised I only got 7 streetpasses.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ochan30 on March 13, 2012, 03:25:49 AM
Hey, I just joined this forum.
Anyway, my Mii Plaza has a population of 341, with 387 tags.
For those of you just getting 3D's I can tell you my secret. In everyday life I tend to get the occasional pass from my weekend job (a retail store), malls, and Gamestops. But if you REALLY want to hit Street Pass gold go to ANY video game, comic book, or anime convention. The bigger they are the more Street Passes you'll get. Since I'd had my 3DS here in Michigan I've been to the Motor City Comic-con, a small anime convention called Godaikocon (I got at least 30-50 there), and a big anime convention called Youmacon (I got hundreds from this one, I even got Street Passed in my hotel room). This weekend there's another anime convention I'm attending called Shuto-con in Lansing and hopefully I can get my population to break 400 (500 if I'm really lucky).
O-chan
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: AV on March 13, 2012, 08:29:38 PM
I'm disappointed by how many people have NOT updated 3DS to 3.0.06, time and time again I get street passes and they got NO PUZZLE PIECES FOR ME. I have all the panels and find it hard to believe that so many people NEVER cared to update and get new panels.
I think Nintendo should FORCE the big 3.0.06 update on people with new games. Kid Icarus, Mario Tennis Open should have the update so anyone that hasn't updated will. Screw all the people who mod, that's not my problem, I want puzzle pieces.
if they won't do this at least make it guaranteed or more a sporting chance that I will buy a new piece. I hate with a passion getting the same piece I already have. It might take YEARS to get some panels complete because getting those ' blue middle spaces' that are only accessible via street pass.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TrueNerd on March 13, 2012, 08:36:50 PM
I finally got my first street pass(es) at the midnight launch of Mass Effect 3. It only took 9 months!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on March 13, 2012, 08:39:50 PM
Even if they updated, they wouldn't necessarily have any pieces for you. They probably will force the update though; those are the first big games since the update.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: xcwarrior on March 18, 2012, 07:27:49 PM
Anyway, my Mii Plaza has a population of 341, with 387 tags.
For those of you just getting 3D's I can tell you my secret. In everyday life I tend to get the occasional pass from my weekend job (a retail store), malls, and Gamestops. But if you REALLY want to hit Street Pass gold go to ANY video game, comic book, or anime convention. The bigger they are the more Street Passes you'll get. Since I'd had my 3DS here in Michigan I've been to the Motor City Comic-con, a small anime convention called Godaikocon (I got at least 30-50 there), and a big anime convention called Youmacon (I got hundreds from this one, I even got Street Passed in my hotel room). This weekend there's another anime convention I'm attending called Shuto-con in Lansing and hopefully I can get my population to break 400 (500 if I'm really lucky).
O-chan
This would be a great idea, if, you know, they had these kind of conventions in all states. Unfortunately, they don't.
Do you have some kind of link to a website that points these conventions out maybe?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ochan30 on March 22, 2012, 11:16:37 PM
Anyway, my Mii Plaza has a population of 341, with 387 tags.
For those of you just getting 3D's I can tell you my secret. In everyday life I tend to get the occasional pass from my weekend job (a retail store), malls, and Gamestops. But if you REALLY want to hit Street Pass gold go to ANY video game, comic book, or anime convention. The bigger they are the more Street Passes you'll get. Since I'd had my 3DS here in Michigan I've been to the Motor City Comic-con, a small anime convention called Godaikocon (I got at least 30-50 there), and a big anime convention called Youmacon (I got hundreds from this one, I even got Street Passed in my hotel room). This weekend there's another anime convention I'm attending called Shuto-con in Lansing and hopefully I can get my population to break 400 (500 if I'm really lucky).
O-chan
This would be a great idea, if, you know, they had these kind of conventions in all states. Unfortunately, they don't.
Do you have some kind of link to a website that points these conventions out maybe?
To be truthful the best resource is just google search on the Internet. Usually if you put down something like "Anime/comic Book conventions in (insert State name here)" you may get results. Keep in mind guys that when Nintendo designed this thing they primarily had densely populated areas in Japan and few large US cities in mind. I can imagine this thing going nuts in someplace like Tokyo or Akihabara while someplace more traditional like Kyoto or Osaka...not so much. Even though Michigan is the "boonies" compared to the West coast and East coast it has enough going on that I've managed to get 523 tags, and a Street Pass population of 415 (yes, the con made it go up) in the year since I got my 3DS. But, as I stated, you get the most when you go to events where you KNOW there's going to be at least a few people with a 3DS. Like, when I pick up Kid Icarus tomorrow I know I'll get at least one at my local Gamestop because the guy that works there always Streetpasses me (and I know he's figured out that it's me because of the same pattern).
But I definitely think that people who live in small cities/towns will have a harder time of it. My only suggestion is maybe plan a vacation to something like a big name anime convention or New York comic-con. It's almost impossible not to Street pass at any events that tend to draw genre savy cults.
O-chan
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on March 23, 2012, 01:07:28 AM
There are two 3DS systems in my house and they Street Pass several times daily- about three times. Unfortunately in the Mii Plaza Gate when the two Miis meet they state that they have met 99 Times. I would like to see Nintendo keep a higher count of this, but I've noticed this before the first update. I doubt many will get to Street Pass someone 99 times unless they are in a similar situation as myself, but it would still be nice to know just how many times I've really Street Passed someone else.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 26, 2012, 01:26:11 PM
Before today I hadn't gotten a single StreetPass on my college campus, despite pretty much always having my 3DS on me. I just got back from class, took out my 3DS and the green light was on, which got me excited. I open the Mii Plaza, and it turns out I had three of them. What are the odds?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Karmacode on March 28, 2012, 11:37:51 PM
Before today I hadn't gotten a single StreetPass on my college campus, despite pretty much always having my 3DS on me. I just got back from class, took out my 3DS and the green light was on, which got me excited. I open the Mii Plaza, and it turns out I had three of them. What are the odds?
Clearly you need to go to a cooler college then.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: nickmitch on March 29, 2012, 02:09:14 PM
Before today I hadn't gotten a single StreetPass on my college campus, despite pretty much always having my 3DS on me. I just got back from class, took out my 3DS and the green light was on, which got me excited. I open the Mii Plaza, and it turns out I had three of them. What are the odds?
That's happened to me before. I've tried walking around the campus during different times (when I can) since it became clear that no one on my usual walks to class has a 3DS.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 29, 2012, 03:48:50 PM
I've now StreetPassed the same person on campus three times. She must have just gotten one recently, or just set up StreetPass recently.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on May 14, 2012, 01:38:57 AM
Holy crap, I have hit the Streetpass Motherload. In the space of 5 or 6 hours, within 1 square mile, I have gotten 21 streetpasses. And no, this was not a gaming, anime, cosplay, or general nerd convention. This was not a college campus, a gamestop, or a streetpass gathering.
This was a place, a magical place, a place which many call the happiest place on Earth. The place where, fittingly, I got my very first Streetpass 2 days after launch last year.
Yes, my friends, that place was Disneyland. Freakin Disneyland. On a very uncrowded Mother's Day.
Just wanted to share. Oh, and some guy named Cardfrek who works at Disneyland (I know this because that's what his Mii said) has a NES Hat. Not Famicom. NES. Oh, I want that hat so bad. What do you have to do to get that?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on May 15, 2012, 03:36:07 PM
As I recall... the NES hat is in Find Mii 2 Second Quest. It's located on the bottom path, behind a locked door, towards the end of the path (before all the paths merge together). I think you get the NES hat the second time you beat that room and a Famicom hat the third time. I forget what you get the first time you beat it.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on May 16, 2012, 09:12:22 PM
Holy crap, I have hit the Streetpass Motherload. In the space of 5 or 6 hours, within 1 square mile, I have gotten 21 streetpasses. And no, this was not a gaming, anime, cosplay, or general nerd convention. This was not a college campus, a gamestop, or a streetpass gathering.
This was a place, a magical place, a place which many call the happiest place on Earth. The place where, fittingly, I got my very first Streetpass 2 days after launch last year.
Yes, my friends, that place was Disneyland. Freakin Disneyland. On a very uncrowded Mother's Day.
Just wanted to share. Oh, and some guy named Cardfrek who works at Disneyland (I know this because that's what his Mii said) has a NES Hat. Not Famicom. NES. Oh, I want that hat so bad. What do you have to do to get that?
Cool, I'll probably be going there for a day in about a month. I went last year in mid June and got 2 the whole day. I was really disappointed. I'm expecting many more this year.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on May 17, 2012, 01:06:52 PM
Cool, I'll probably be going there for a day in about a month. I went last year in mid June and got 2 the whole day. I was really disappointed. I'm expecting many more this year.
My advice is to check your 3DS OFTEN. I'm pretty sure that I got a ton during the parade, just because of all the people who are gathered in a small area. I also suspect I missed out on a lot just because my 3DS had already hit its limit of 10.
I usually hate going to Disneyland, because it's crowded and expensive and I've been there about 50 times and I'm getting to be too old to enjoy it. But man, the streetpasses make it a lot more bearable.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on May 17, 2012, 10:28:40 PM
I'm the same way, I really hate crowds. Now I find myself looking forward to going trying to get Street Passes. I'm usually disappointed. I only have 40-45 and I've had the system since launch. I think the most I ever got in one day was 3 one time, all near my house which is crazy. You just never know. But I'm constantly checking it in my pocket, looking for that green light.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on May 17, 2012, 11:19:42 PM
I'm the same way, I really hate crowds. Now I find myself looking forward to going trying to get Street Passes. I'm usually disappointed. I only have 40-45 and I've had the system since launch. I think the most I ever got in one day was 3 one time, all near my house which is crazy. You just never know. But I'm constantly checking it in my pocket, looking for that green light.
Wow. That really isn't very much. You must live in a not-so-densely populated area. I live in the middle of the city, and I have 105 streetpasses, with just 1 of them being a repeat. And all my streetpasses are "natural," i.e. I have never been to E3, Pax, Any streetpass gatherings, or even that Zelda concert.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on May 18, 2012, 10:57:38 AM
I have had about 17 StreetPasses, 4 with the same person (not on purpose, I guess he hangs out near the path I walk to the bus after work). I live in a medium sized city (about 200K), so I am disappointed. They need to revamp the system so people can do more since I still haven't finished Find Mii, and I might not even beat Find Mii II once (yet alone multiple times).
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on May 18, 2012, 11:34:56 AM
Yeah, I live in a small town, approx 35,000. Of my 40 some Street Passes, I think 7 are from my daughter (I don't live with her). The rest are all natural with no conventions or anything like that. I do have some repeats but I have no idea who these people are in real life.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on May 18, 2012, 01:16:16 PM
They need to revamp the system so people can do more since I still haven't finished Find Mii, and I might not even beat Find Mii II once (yet alone multiple times).
I agree. While I am lucky (or cursed, depending on your opinion...me and my wife desperately want to move out into the suburbs or a much smaller town) to live in Metropolitan Los Angeles, I can see how it would be difficult to get streetpasses. Funny enough, I drive by G4 studios everyday, and I've never gotten a single streetpass there.
But I also think as kids get more 3DS's, we're going to see streetpass rates go up. Just the other day, I got 2 streetpasses and I'm pretty sure that I got them from my daughter's elementary school as I was dropping her off. I know it's had to tell between children and adult Mii's, but their Mii messages were completely without humor or sarcasm (something like "I like parties" and "I like games") and they were both playing Mario and Sonic Olympics. Smells of the kinds of things little kids would say.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on May 18, 2012, 01:32:49 PM
I did StreetPass last week on the bus with a kid who looked like he was about 8. Either he just got his 3DS or he barely has used Puzzle Swap since I got no new pieces from him (though at least I got him for Find Mii).
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on May 23, 2012, 10:34:53 PM
Why do people feel the need to cheat?
I usually walk 4-5 miles every day and always take my 3DS with me hoping to get a Street Pass. I normally take the same path through my neighborhood. Most days are unsuccessful but every once in awhile, I'll get a surprise. I did hit upon a "hotspot" in which I was passing someone's house who owned a 3DS. I was able to pinpoint about where the house is located so I tried to make sure I was always passing by to try to get a Street Pass. Over the months we Street Passed maybe 8 or 9 times. We both live in West Virginia. Then, about three weeks ago I Street Passed him only to see he was now claiming to be from Hawaii. Needless to say, I wasn't amused because Hawaii is now complete on my map. I'd love to pass someone from Hawaii but I want it to be legit. Then, I Street Passed him a couple days ago to find he is now from Mississippi, so that is another fake "fill in" on my map. I've decided to alter my route and will no longer be Street Passing him.
I know, some will think I'm weird, but I hate it when people "cheat" like that. I want no part of it. Anyone else experienced something like this, or just not care?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on May 23, 2012, 10:41:07 PM
I was excited to get a Mexico Street Pass when I was down there. Yay!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: GenDeath on June 15, 2012, 08:14:24 PM
The only other locations i have on the map are Minnesota(which is a give in since is where i live) Wisconsin, Iowa, and Angullia.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 15, 2012, 09:39:33 PM
I got one from Anguilla too, a kid on the bus (didn't get any puzzle pieces from him though), all the others are New York.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on June 24, 2012, 02:59:48 PM
I recently went on vacation to Florida and had planned to do a day at Disney. I was looking more forward to the Street Passing than the actual park. We went to Universal last year and I only got 2 street passes the whole day which was disappointing. However, at the last moment plans were changed so we didn't end up going. We did go to a museum for kids called MOSI which resulted in 2 street passes, one of which the guy had nearly every puzzle piece available. But the trip down and back at the airports resulted in 0 street passes.
Also, in my previous post I mentioned some guy in my neighborhood changing his location to cheat at street passing. The other day I accidentally walked by his house and street passed him. Now he's from Puerto Rico. What a jerk.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on June 24, 2012, 11:36:12 PM
Nintendad - if you delete his Mii from your 3DS, does it save his locations?
As for Anguilla - I've got one of those too. I assume it has something to do with the fact that Anguilla is the first option on the selection screen for countries.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on June 28, 2012, 06:10:28 PM
Aside from a birthday boy I randomly passed by in best Buy and my brother, the only places I seem to get them are game stop and TrU. Which kinda sucks for geing those pink pieces for puzzles. Only I got was from the guy at E3. For some reason BB's unit is stuck in demo video mode so to speak so can't get anything from it. Can't even access Nintendo Zone, even though it shows as being active when I visit. Though I can get on NZ at Mcdonald's....
Yeah I got Anguilla marked as well. Was excited until I saw it was an African country. I seriously doubt people from there would be coming to a non big city where I live.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on June 28, 2012, 11:42:57 PM
Spent the day at Universal's Islands of Adventure and got nine StreetPass tags. I'm hoping to get the same amount or more in Universal Studios and Downtown Disney.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on June 29, 2012, 01:00:35 AM
3DS demo carts won't let you exit to the system menu. I've read about several different button combos that you're supposed to be able to hold down to get it to boot to the menu, but I've never been able to make them work.
With that said, I've determined that you can, if you play your cards right, jam a key or something into the back of the demo unit just enough to pop the cartridge out, letting you boot to the system menu.
Just don't get caught. ;)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on June 29, 2012, 12:06:14 PM
Lol, Im not that desperate........
well...hmm....
Naw Im not...............:P
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on June 29, 2012, 06:11:10 PM
Got six more today!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: GenDeath on June 30, 2012, 04:54:08 PM
What is the most times you met the same Person. Mine is 29 times.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 30, 2012, 08:27:51 PM
I think the most for me is like 8, which is tied between most of the other NWR people who were at E3.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Kairon on July 07, 2012, 04:06:35 AM
Argh, I've had this new 3DS for about a month but only just now got my first streetpass! I had to go all the way to Berkeley to get it (I live in Oakland, CA). My last 3DS (which I lost ... T-T) was full of streetpasses from conventions and work, but that was a different life.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on July 07, 2012, 11:41:19 AM
Argh, I've had this new 3DS for about a month but only just now got my first streetpass! I had to go all the way to Berkeley to get it (I live in Oakland, CA). My last 3DS (which I lost ... T-T) was full of streetpasses from conventions and work, but that was a different life.
Well, I used to live in Oakland a long time ago (circa 2000) so things may have changed, but I'd imagine if you walked around Telegraph near places like Smart Alec's or maybe the end where that comic book shop is, you'd get at least a few streetpasses everyday.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 07, 2012, 11:50:41 AM
What is the most times you met the same Person. Mine is 29 times.
My neighbor - I've "met" him 30+ times. :D
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Kairon on July 09, 2012, 04:13:25 AM
I found my old 3DS and gave it to my brother so... streetpasses here I come! What's the highest level someone can be in Find Mii? Because I get the feeling I'm about to find out...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on July 09, 2012, 04:16:23 AM
Congrats on finding your lost 3DS. And the highest level there is is 9.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on July 10, 2012, 03:50:22 AM
No. The highest level is LVL 7.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on July 10, 2012, 11:45:25 AM
My mistake!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 14, 2012, 05:28:31 PM
I moved to a new apartment and neighborhood a few months ago. My steady stream of insane Street Pass tags has dropped down to one or two a day, sometimes even none. During the second month in my place I got a tag and while I have two systems in my place only oner was present. It turns out a kid upstairs has one so every now and then we Street Pass each other. So I also get Street Passes randomly if I'm out sometimes and it's even cooler because I have been retagging people I met randomly before at game events. I got new locations for Street Passes from Aruba and Saudi Arabia, there are no maps for these locations. Also I think everyone who says their from Anguilla is lying, unless they're not.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on July 14, 2012, 05:34:51 PM
What is the most times you met the same Person. Mine is 29 times.
Nintendo's Kit Ellis, 10 times. Incidentally, he just passed 4000 (https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/599961_10151112579909974_2081739011_n.jpg).
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on August 24, 2012, 01:30:21 PM
It caps off at 99 for the same mii. Me and my bro have reached that already. Finished my 6th puzzle swap photo today, Link looks good in 3D. Now if I could just get more pink pieces.....
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Kairon on August 24, 2012, 07:20:31 PM
Yeah, I was excited to see 100 when I streetpassed my bro a couple days ago and... it will forever say 99 T-T
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Evan_B on August 25, 2012, 01:43:52 AM
I think the most Street Passes I had in one day was about 164, but that was at the Zelda Symphonic, sooooo...
I have 300 Miis in my Plaza now. Love the triumphant swagger music.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on August 25, 2012, 04:03:16 PM
I can understand some Locations not having a map of the country, but I Street Passed someone from Italy and there's no map. Really?? I would have thought Italy would be big enough to get a map. I wonder what the criteria was set to decide which countries got a map and which ones wouldn't. I mean how hard would a map of every major country would have been?
**Edit** I want to take back my comments about Italy not having a map. There is one, the person is from Italy, but didn't list a city or province so that is why it the notification said there was "no map" available.
Here's a list of locations that have no maps available:
St. Lucia Mexico Ecuador Dominican Republic Brazil Aruba Argentina Antigua and Barbuda Anguilla Saudi Arabia Denmark
Am I missing any?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Kairon on August 26, 2012, 02:12:21 AM
I am flabberghasted to think that entire countries aren't represented. I mean... BRAZIL!?!?!? They're hosting the Olympics in 2016!!!) I mean, I understand if there are no province breakdowns but.... no country map at all?!?!?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on August 26, 2012, 02:26:41 AM
From my list... Australia (WTF?) Austria Belgium Finland Greece Ireland New Zealand South Africa Sweden South Korea Singapore Malaysia Chile Panama Venezeula
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on August 27, 2012, 01:57:52 PM
Wait until you get the cool jazz, sippin-a-mai-tai-by-the-beach version. Complete with synth steel drums! Love that one.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on September 09, 2012, 07:37:48 PM
My gamestop and TrU have changed over to NSMB2 carts and are now street passable again!! They reset the info though, so have to build them back up again.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheXenocide on September 12, 2012, 12:47:55 PM
I tagged myself once using a demo unit at my local Target! Anybody else ever do that?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on September 20, 2012, 03:18:27 PM
I tag myself onto units at gamestop and TRU. Use myself to help them out on quests and such. ive a panel, take a panel.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on September 23, 2012, 12:43:15 AM
Here's a list of locations that have no maps available:
St. Lucia
St. Lucia is TINY.
I was going to say it's about the size of 5 towns... but then I googled it and here's what a wiki article had to say:
"comparative area: The same as Toronto or 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC"
Anyway... you wouldn't want to break it down into smaller areas for StreetPass purposes.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on September 26, 2012, 07:43:48 PM
I have been passed by a lot of different countries, but not a lot of true people from those countries. So far Japan has been the only true country to show a map for. And that was from a legitimate pass from someone with a japanese 3ds. But a lot of other countries don't have them. I would think it would be bad if you got a 3ds and didnt have a map of your own country on the globe. I guess a better question is what countries DO have maps?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on September 26, 2012, 09:24:21 PM
It's pretty strange, there are many countries without maps. I wonder if Nintendo would ever add maps that were missing, it's not like getting a map is hard these days. I wonder what the criteria was for Map or No Map. Why would they not include Australia? It's so weird.
I recently spent four days in Pittsburgh and not only did I not get a single Street Pass, but I didn't even see a video game store, not even around the downtown city area. Is anyone from there, did I miss anything??
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on September 28, 2012, 03:09:36 PM
I got a street pass from a person in Hawaii, she came all the way to NC to look for love while wearing cat ears and a black dress......
Also sealed two more puzzles in puzzle swap <3
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on October 03, 2012, 12:39:57 PM
Okay, I have just 2 things to say to all streetpassers, especially new 3DS owners:
1. Set your country correctly! I know you don't live in Anguilla, you were just lazy and picked the first country choice instead of scrolling down to United States! I've got like 30 streetpasses with people who claim they are from Anguilla! That is not demographically possible in Los Angeles, unless there is an Anguillan enclave of immigrants that I have never noticed!
2. Do some of your darn puzzles! Yes, I know I'm an ambassador and I've had this thing since launch, but it seems that 9 out of 10 of all my streetpasses don't give me any new puzzle pieces! What are you using those coins for anyway? Downloading new DOA costumes? Purchasing the really crappy guns in RE:R raid mode? I doubt it!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Kairon on October 04, 2012, 12:57:15 AM
Okay, I have just 2 things to say to all streetpassers, especially new 3DS owners:
1. Set your country correctly! I know you don't live in Anguilla, you were just lazy and picked the first country choice instead of scrolling down to United States!
LOL
I just started a new job and it's been pretty awesome for my streetpasses since I'm taking public transit. I'm getting three a day now!
But the real big push came from attending the Wii U Experience. IT WAS AWESOME! SO MANY STREETPASSES! I am now lacking only ONE pink piece! WOOHOO!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on October 04, 2012, 01:21:09 AM
I blame Nintendo for the country thing. I mean, geesh - these units are made for sale in the US, Canada and Mexico (Latin American countries, perhaps?) Why not make these three countries default to the top of the list in our firmware?
Anyway, I'm roughly 100 pieces short. I rarely use coins for puzzles because it's such a huge waste with the way they repeat. I do have high, high hopes of finishing off my puzzles later this month when I hit up the Zelda concert in Chicago. I got over 100 Street Passes at the last one, so this should finish me off, assuming I get the right people with the right pieces.
As for Purple Pieces... hey Nintendo... Remember us ambassadors? Wouldn't it be great if you gave us all some free purple pieces so we can share the 3DS joy? You know, like ambassadors should... :D
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: MegaByte on October 04, 2012, 01:32:11 AM
1. Set your country correctly! I know you don't live in Anguilla, you were just lazy and picked the first country choice instead of scrolling down to United States! I've got like 30 streetpasses with people who claim they are from Anguilla!
I have over 1000 StreetPasses and only got my first Anguilla last week.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on October 04, 2012, 01:44:06 AM
Anyway, I'm roughly 100 pieces short. I rarely use coins for puzzles because it's such a huge waste with the way they repeat. I do have high, high hopes of finishing off my puzzles later this month when I hit up the Zelda concert in Chicago. I got over 100 Street Passes at the last one, so this should finish me off, assuming I get the right people with the right pieces.
As for Purple Pieces... hey Nintendo... Remember us ambassadors? Wouldn't it be great if you gave us all some free purple pieces so we can share the 3DS joy? You know, like ambassadors should... :D
I don't really have time to go to concerts, except for Disney on Ice or the Fresh Beat Band. Though I did get 5 streetpasses at the Yo Gabba Gabba concert last year. (FYI - I am not namedropping hipster bands)
It's just very hard for me these days to make progress in my puzzles. I've got 5 incomplete puzzles, and I'm missing only purple pieces and 1 or 2 normal pieces, so I can spend millions of coins and never fill those.
*sigh* I'm sure that when people streetpass me, they probably lose their **** when they look at the puzzle pieces I'm offering.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on October 04, 2012, 01:46:32 AM
P.S. The Rhythm Heaven Fever puzzle --- MIND BLOWINGLY AWESOME
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on October 04, 2012, 05:22:17 PM
I am still missing three puzzles, SML3d, Rhythm Heaven and DKCR. Almost completed every blue piece region but still missing tons of pink pieces. Oi
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on October 05, 2012, 11:52:51 PM
I've got all the normal pieces, but am missing a ton of pink pieces. There is no way I'll ever get them all. I mean with maybe one Street Pass a week and most of the time they don't have any pieces for you, it's about impossible. Heck, I'd be willing to pay 20 coins to get a pink piece just to have a chance.
As for the countries, I kept Street Passing a guy that was changing his all the time. I'd like them to be legit so I eventually just blocked him.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: bhurak on October 08, 2012, 10:43:39 AM
Apple Festival Report
This time of year there are several Apple Festivals 'round here and after visiting them here is my report:
Johnny Appleseed Festival (Fort Wayne, IN) - 7 street passes! (my most at one time) Including 3 NSMB2 coin rush exchanges. Excellent!
Kendallville Apple Festival (Kendallville, IN) - 0 street passes. boo.
So going to the "big city" makes a big difference.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Da Jarvis on October 08, 2012, 02:09:38 PM
Well, the most I ever got in one day was 254, and that was on the second day of Anime Expo, so I guess it is to be expected ;D ! I usually get about 6-7 when I am at school, but aside from that, I am lucky to get 1 when I actually decide to go out. Now my girlfriend has one and I am suprised to see that she turns it off a lot when she is walking around (like powers it down completely), and when I explained to her that the street pass feature doesn't work unless it's on, she leaves it on now. I guess what I am saying is I wonder if people just don't realize that they won't get any street passes if they power down the system completely?
It could also be that a lot of people don't have them yet, but who knows xD?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on October 09, 2012, 05:56:25 PM
Street passed the Nintendo rep while at TrU today. I was happy to see she had a new pink piece for me!! Then I was like, why do you only have one pink piece and are a Nintendo rep?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on October 09, 2012, 09:37:59 PM
They are not really Nintendo employees, they are just hired to take merchandise to stores, set up demos, etc. It's like reps from beer companies that bring supplies to stores.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Da Jarvis on October 10, 2012, 12:47:58 PM
...why do you only have one pink piece and are a Nintendo rep?
Because even Nintendo needs to fallow its own rulus. Even Iwata only has one pink piece of any new streetpass puzzle ^_^
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 21, 2012, 01:23:29 AM
I was at the Notre Dame game today, and in about 8 hours on campus and at the game around thousands of people I only managed to get 4 StreetPasses. I did get a pink piece from the NSMB2 puzzle, though.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: CM30 on October 21, 2012, 07:18:59 PM
Meh, you guys are lucky. It's bad enough getting StreetPasses in the US, but getting them in the UK must be even harder. You can go round central London most of the day and maybe get four StreetPass hits at best.
Oh, and whole countries aren't represented? What kind of madness is this?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on October 25, 2012, 12:28:01 AM
Canada has a map, I discovered today. But I noticed that France and some other major countries arent listed as countries on the region choice list on the TrU's system.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on October 26, 2012, 10:25:10 PM
I HAVE ALL THE PUZZLES (for the US... for now...)
The Zelda concert in Chicago was AWESOME. :D
Got ~150+ Street Passes. Completed all my puzzles. Added a lot of states (including, supposedly, California, Texas, Idaho, Delaware and... Hawaii?). Added a second (supposed) Mexico Street Pass. Interesting though - this one was from a different "Region" in Mexico. Even though there's no map there. Weird.
More annoying... I was hoping to get a second tag on someone - because, likely, that would mean they were at the Zelda concert in Atlanta as well (unless they spend a lot of time in Carmi, Illinois... :D). I didn't.
The guy who went with me has a 3DS (Ambassador unit) but never got into Street Passes. His unit only had two other Street Passes before yesterday - from when he went to LEGO Land in Chicago some time ago.
Somehow he managed to get a second tag on one of those two people. :D :D :D
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Kairon on October 26, 2012, 11:15:52 PM
I'm still working on completing my puzzles, but I've got all the pink pieces, so I'm not worried.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Ozz236 on November 04, 2012, 09:37:26 PM
I recently got the my last piece for NSMB2. I actually got it by purchasing pieces. :P I travel between downtown Boston and Harvard Sq daily and there's a decent amount of 3DS owners in the area. I usually get between 2-5 passes a day. Also it's not an issue when PAX East comes around.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on November 05, 2012, 10:31:02 AM
Got 70+ tags last night at Video Game Live. Completed one of the two puzzles I had remaining (Kirby Anniversary) and am 7 pieces from finishing NSMB2.
Most hilarious moment: random girl asks me what I am playing as I check streetpasses during intermission. I tell her Streetpass, she asks what that is, I tell her its a thing bult into the 3DS, has little games and puzzles, etc.
She says, "Oh I didn't know about that. I have that same system at home. I wish I had brought it!"
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Sarail on November 05, 2012, 05:55:55 PM
It amazes me that people don't fully understand the things they own/use everyday. Boggles my mind.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on November 06, 2012, 12:19:46 PM
It amazes me that people don't fully understand the things they own/use everyday. Boggles my mind.
To be fair, unless you actually hit the Mii Plaza, you would never know. Especially if you just use it to play games.
To be even fairer, how many of us completely understand Streetpass, how it works, and what its rules are, like:
distance speed amount of data transmitted what happens if data transfer is incomplete the amount of time required for the data transfer to occur does the data transfer require an exchange between 3DS's how many times does that exchange have to occur how long do you have to wait for a 2nd streetpass what happens if there are a large number of 3DS's that encounter each other at one time which 3DS's get priority for the streetpass etc etc
In the year and a half since launch, people have pieced together anecdotal information from a combination of personal experience and internet message board hearsay, but Nintendo, in its Willy Wonka mentality, has never really outlined this stuff. You'd think this would make a good Iwata Asks.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: broodwars on November 07, 2012, 08:56:00 PM
Congrats! I finished off the last of my puzzles earlier this week as well, thanks to a steady stream of guests coming through the Park one day. I'm trying to finish off my first (and likely only) run through Find Mii as well, but that last enemy is pretty ridiculous in terms of sheer HP.
I've been hearing online that a new Spotpass puzzle went up for Kirby's Return to Dreamland tonight. That's...random. I was expecting a Paper Mario: Sticker Star one by now. I'd start on the new puzzle but...my 3DS is doing what it does best lately: sit in a corner at work and soak up Streetpasses while I play actual games on other devices here at home. :P:
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on November 07, 2012, 09:57:34 PM
Yep new puzzle involving Kirby Return to Dreamland. 40 piece puzzle.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: EvilMario on November 10, 2012, 09:49:48 PM
I've been really lucky with StreetPass living in Toronto. I grab 2-5 on my daily commute, and have near a thousand total now. Completed the puzzles long ago and have all the hats in Find Mii. It's always sad to hear people on forums and podcast who have passed five people since launch and can't really experience the feature. There are only a few games that use it well, but just passing by someone and exchanging Mii and information is a great experience.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Blankfall on December 06, 2012, 11:39:38 PM
StreetPass was one of those features that got me excited when i purchased my 3ds in March of 2011. It was exciting getting my first streetpass and I even had 2 friends who bought one around the same time. However I have very bad lucky meeting new miis. Currently I have 17 miis in my plaza with 23 tags. Only five regions though all in the U.S. Military man so traveling was never a issue, but I cant seem to pick anyone up in the airports. Vegas was were i got the most tags at and that was around launch. Even got one in Iraq, but of course he was a soldier. I wish Nintendo fused streetpass with MiiVerse. Endless possibilities.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: broodwars on December 07, 2012, 06:43:26 PM
Well, I finished the Kirby's Return to Dreamland puzzle the other day. I wonder how long before Nintendo releases the inevitable Paper Mario Sticker Star puzzle?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Art_de_Cat on December 18, 2012, 12:22:40 AM
I have finally started my final* puzzle to have all currently released puzzles for NA. Really need to find more people with pink pieces to get those puzzles completed though.....
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: kraken613 on December 24, 2012, 12:08:46 AM
Go through two major busy airports today and zero street passes. Very anti-climatic...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on December 29, 2012, 04:12:00 PM
I finally got a StreetPass on someone's birthday.
Speaking of, is there much point to the non-attack magic in Find Mii? I know there's one, I think it was orange, that gives heroes an extra attack, but the other stuff doesn't seem to do anything.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on December 29, 2012, 06:10:19 PM
The other ones are useful to clear status effects in rooms, like lighting up a dark room or getting rid of poisonous gas.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 29, 2012, 08:27:50 PM
Green is good, it makes the enemies fall asleep (so they can't attack).
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on December 29, 2012, 08:50:50 PM
I like purple, it poisons enemies. It's great for an early attack because the effects last the whole battle.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: kraken613 on December 31, 2012, 12:21:57 AM
Today went through Austin, Atlanta, and Orlando airports and not a single Streetpass... This is depressing, not one streetpass since I got my XL.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on December 31, 2012, 12:32:28 PM
got my 500th unique streetpass last week. yay. the music changed again. i liked the old music better.
how do you get all the hats? i have cleared every room in all games abd have replyed the various paths a few times. i havent gotten a new hat in ages and i still have many gaps in my hat selection list. what do i need to do?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on January 04, 2013, 07:43:11 PM
Today went through Austin, Atlanta, and Orlando airports and not a single Streetpass... This is depressing, not one streetpass since I got my XL.
Really, in Orlando? I'd imagine tourists and their snotty teenagers would have been good for a few, at least. Just went to Disneyland two weeks ago for the Christmas parade, got 15 streetpasses in 5 hours. But then again, I went to Sea World the next weekend, and didn't get squat.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: ymeegod on January 05, 2013, 12:27:24 AM
"bus and shake my 3DS to get steps " :) Gotta love us Amercian's can't even do 1000 steps per day :0.
I live in a city of 300K and still have a hell of a time getting anybody on the streetpass. The one hit I get is usually at the mall/gamestop employee but other than that nadda.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on January 05, 2013, 04:49:04 PM
The other ones are useful to clear status effects in rooms, like lighting up a dark room or getting rid of poisonous gas.
Ah, they're situational? I guess I just haven't come to such a room yet, although I am nearly through, looking at the map...
I forgot about the green magic, I used that once before. Though I think orange has better damage output if used of the first out of ten heroes.
I don't think I have ever gotten a purple shirt, through StreetPass or hired heroes.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 06, 2013, 12:03:08 AM
What's annoying is you come to a dark room and you dont get a white shirt. If you dont get a lot of StreetPasses, then you can waste a lot of coins buying Miis and wasting the few StreetPasses you get.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Mop it up on January 06, 2013, 08:43:21 PM
I had that problem with the light blue shield, I never got that colour in a StreetPass and it was a while before a hired hero had a light blue shirt. I don't think I've gotten any since, either.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on January 10, 2013, 02:37:56 PM
Finally got another new hat today! I guess you just keep playing the various quests and paths within them over and over until you've got all the hats. No particular magic to it that I can tell.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on February 14, 2013, 05:55:09 PM
Recently I got my Mii Plaza population above 3,000 so now instead of an actual number my population reads 3,000+ I also have a new job and a new commute so I'm getting new Street Passes these days, they are actually responsive with funny messages, it's cool. Has anyone completed the Fire Emblem puzzle? I need 3 more pieces!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: ymeegod on June 12, 2013, 06:41:34 PM
Streetpass update that's going make boost your lobby count.
Kinda given up on collecting them since nobody in my area seems to carry around their 3ds but with this new setup it should make things easier for all of us.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on June 12, 2013, 06:49:13 PM
This was posted on the NWR StreetPass NYC Facebook page and has better details about the Relay System:
"We are going to perform a system update that introduces a framework that uses these access points as StreetPass relay stations by this autumn. This will involve taking a Nintendo 3DS system in Sleep Mode to an access point which will then connect automatically and send StreetPass data to a server. At the same time, the Nintendo 3DS system also receives the StreetPass data of another user from the server. In this setting, data is not exchanged directly, but rather through a StreetPass relay station. Hence, as opposed to, say, Person A and Person B directly exchanging game data, data will be transmitted in sequence from Person A to Person B, and then onto Person C and so on. " http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/130612/03.html (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/130612/03.html)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on June 12, 2013, 07:12:48 PM
this should be good for game-related streetpasses (like Animal Crossing)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on June 12, 2013, 07:14:46 PM
I just got my first Animal Crossing Street Pass and I'm not sold on it yet, but I think this will work incredible for Pokemon X/Y.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on June 27, 2013, 12:33:19 AM
I don't understand how StreetPass works.
Yesterday, I was carrying both my 3DS and my 3DSXL. My 3DS got a Mii Plaza tag for someone called Rhe. It showed she last played Animal Crossing. My 3DSXL got a StreetPass from Rhe as well - but only in CrossworDS Plus. Not in Mii Plaza, not in Animal Crossing.
Today, I had my 3DS, my 3DSXL and my friend's 3DS in my car. We got a StreetPass from both a DRAKE BELL and a Kay - but only on Mii Plaza.
My 3DS got the following: DRAKE BELL - Last Software: eShop Kay - Last Software: eShop
My 3DS XL got: DRAKE BELL - Last Software: eShop Kay - Last Software: Mario Tennis
My friend's 3DS got: DRAKE BELL - Last Software: Paper Mario Kay - Last Software: eShop
Later in the day, I was carrying my 3DS and my 3DS XL. Both systems got a Mii Plaza StreetPass from Riyo. Only the 3DS got a Mii Plaza StreetPass from Crash.
All three Mii Plaza StreetPasses show Animal Crossing as the Last Played software - but no Animal Crossing StreetPasses.
Just so weird.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 27, 2013, 07:37:27 AM
You kind of have to go out of your way to enable StreetPass for Animal Crossing. I could see someone playing it for a couple weeks without realizing it was there.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on June 27, 2013, 07:40:05 AM
You also have to be playing Animal Crossing for a week before the option to Street Pass is available. They could have just started their games.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 27, 2013, 06:47:47 PM
Well, not quite a week. I started playing Monday at 2AM, yesterday is when I was finally able to enable StreetPass, so about 3 days is the soonest you can.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: RABicle on July 03, 2013, 08:44:40 AM
Why would Nintendo do that? I would've thought Animal Crossing would be al about street passing. They'd better not pull this sort of **** for Pokemon.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Stratos on July 05, 2013, 12:06:38 AM
It is very strange how the Streetpass works. I'm going to turn it off in games like Mario 3D Land because I think it is 'stealing' Passes from the Mii Plaza.
There is one person who I always pass with at work and it almost always goes to 3D Land and not the Plaza.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 05, 2013, 12:44:36 PM
It is very strange how the Streetpass works. I'm going to turn it off in games like Mario 3D Land because I think it is 'stealing' Passes from the Mii Plaza.
There is one person who I always pass with at work and it almost always goes to 3D Land and not the Plaza.
That's because he's set up Street Pass in 3D Land, but didn't set his Mii info to be traded so he would likely be getting your Mii, but his data isn't being sent out to you.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Stratos on July 06, 2013, 12:14:03 AM
But I did get his data once. How does that work?
On the plus side I've been getting a ton of Streetpasses. I'm at 52 different people just by carrying it around in my car and at work. I take it on walks down the street all the time and get a few. Amazingly the most tend to come when I leave it in my car in the parking garage at my new primary job. Been there a month and a half and gotten over a dozen passes not including the ones where it was game specific only.
Walmarts and Frys have turned good results as well. Take it shopping with you too.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pokepal148 on July 06, 2013, 01:06:40 PM
"bus and shake my 3DS to get steps " :) Gotta love us Amercian's can't even do 1000 steps per day :0.
I live in a city of 300K and still have a hell of a time getting anybody on the streetpass. The one hit I get is usually at the mall/gamestop employee but other than that nadda.
remind me again why we are limited to ten coins a day... seriously if the point is to get you carrying the system wherever you go then why limit us...?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 06, 2013, 01:22:13 PM
That sort of thing has happened to me before. All I can think of is that they've stopped sending their Street Pass Plaza data out and just send out their Game data.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pokepal148 on July 06, 2013, 01:26:19 PM
i know for games like mk7 you can assign a separate mii to that game from the system mii (i messed with a few people that way by assigning a female mii and they were freaking out over why this mii didn't show up in the plaza...)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on July 07, 2013, 12:59:13 AM
Speaking of weird streetpass occurrences, I've had it happen before where someone gets my streetpass, but I don't get theirs. And the next time we streetpassed, theirs said "You have met Nemo 5 times" and mine said "You've met that GameStop employee 4 times." Weird.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Stratos on July 07, 2013, 01:08:44 AM
Plus my sister and I have left our systems sitting next to each other for a while and nothing happened for a few minutes. If it takes that long sometimes then I can easily see instances of only game specific data transferring and not being able to transmit the system data before the connection is broken.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 14, 2013, 01:46:59 PM
The new update brings the Street Pass meet count over 99!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: pokepal148 on July 14, 2013, 02:04:12 PM
i think animal crossing had its streetpass functions tweaked for western audiences(now you get random homes from spotpass) but i'm not certain
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 14, 2013, 11:33:50 PM
Pokepal, what do you mean random houses? You mean for HHA? Because I don't think that is true (I only have houses from StreetPass, and I have not heard anyone say they have gotten any from SpotPass).
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 15, 2013, 07:51:50 AM
Pokepal, what do you mean random houses? You mean for HHA? Because I don't think that is true (I only have houses from StreetPass, and I have not heard anyone say they have gotten any from SpotPass).
Actually This just happened to me. We have three 3DS systems and I got a Spot Pass alert on New Leaf. I checked my Street Pass and it's just the other two systems. I check my Street Pass in New Leaf and there's some dude I've never seen before. Also checking the Spot Pass section of the Manual, it explains that items and model homes and other data will be sent through it.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Dan Laser on July 15, 2013, 02:37:25 PM
Pokepal, what do you mean random houses? You mean for HHA? Because I don't think that is true (I only have houses from StreetPass, and I have not heard anyone say they have gotten any from SpotPass).
Actually This just happened to me. We have three 3DS systems and I got a Spot Pass alert on New Leaf. I checked my Street Pass and it's just the other two systems. I check my Street Pass in New Leaf and there's some dude I've never seen before. Also checking the Spot Pass section of the Manual, it explains that items and model homes and other data will be sent through it.
I've had a few animal crossing spotpasses - Reggie, Krys, and Rich. I think Krys and Rich are also nintendo staff?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 15, 2013, 02:39:07 PM
I forgot about Reggie.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 20, 2013, 01:30:48 PM
These new Street Pass games are no joke (except for Flower Town). I've spent every last Play Coin and have spent more time outside trying to grab Street Passes just I could play (mostly Mii Force) again. Anyone else enjoying them as much as I am?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: nickmitch on July 20, 2013, 02:05:24 PM
So, as it stands now, you have to play Find Mii and Puzzle Swap with Miis that visit your town before you can let in more Miis. Is that still true with the new games? That's one of the things holding me back from a purchase.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 20, 2013, 02:13:41 PM
So, as it stands now, you have to play Find Mii and Puzzle Swap with Miis that visit your town before you can let in more Miis. Is that still true with the new games? That's one of the things holding me back from a purchase.
This is still the case, you can get Plaza Tickets that you can trade in for hats, which essentially kills Find Mii. If that is the only thing holding you back I suggest you try one or two out, they are worth it.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 20, 2013, 02:27:14 PM
The hats in Find Mii/FM2 are different than the hats you get via Plaza Tickets.
You don't have to play any of the games to let more Miis in, you get a message saying there are new Miis at the gate, but if you greet them, you lose the ability to "play" with the previous Miis.
Note: There's still a limit of ten StreetPasses before you have to greet them to allow more to come to your gate.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 20, 2013, 02:29:21 PM
Are you sure it was the Toad Hat? There's a 1-Up Mushroom Hat that's just got the colors swapped. Both it and the Fire Flower are some of the new Plaza hats.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 20, 2013, 02:41:13 PM
So basically you're telling me I have to keep playing Find Mii.....
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 20, 2013, 02:44:17 PM
As far as I understand it... yup.
Best thing to do, buy two more 3DS systems, set their Miis to the same shirt color. You'll end up with a level 15 attack every eight hours, clears through Find Mii pretty quick. ;)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 20, 2013, 02:49:33 PM
We have three systems, but I don't think I can convince my roommates to switch their colors to support my Street Pass ocd.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 20, 2013, 02:53:25 PM
Do they have the same OCD? If everyone (including you) switches to the same color (I suggest red, so if there's a shield of a particular color, you can use Team Magic on the fire attack), then each of them will get the two Level 7 Miis/Level 15 attack power every 8 hours.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 20, 2013, 02:57:37 PM
you get a message saying there are new Miis at the gate, but if you greet them, you lose the ability to "play" with the previous Miis.
It's happened to me twice. It's bullshit. I don't care that much for loosing Miis for Find Mii, but it's terrible loosing them for Puzzle Swap. I just started a few weeks ago taking my 3DS out with me (which means I have a lot to collect with not many streetpass tags for everytime I take it with me), and I've learned my lesson, but it's still bullshit.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 21, 2013, 10:55:49 AM
Bullshit? Just go to Puzzle Swap and use them, it's not that damn hard. It only takes you an extra 20 seconds max.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Caterkiller on July 22, 2013, 11:55:48 AM
The new update brings the Street Pass meet count over 99!
Wait what? You mean the 10/10 limit goes to 99 or something else?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TheFleece on July 22, 2013, 12:01:06 PM
Something else. I'm talking about when you Street Pass someone more than once and they say how many times you've met them. Before it was capped at 99, but it's been extended now.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 22, 2013, 09:43:32 PM
Really though, how many people will get even close to 99 encounters with 1 person? I guess its fine they extended it, though few people will benefit from it.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 22, 2013, 10:31:53 PM
I have two friends that I've broken 99 with and a third system that's close.
I'd say a *lot* of people will benefit from the lifting of the 99 meeting cap - considering how many people I've met that are part of families or couples where multiple people have a 3DS in the same household.
Now, what the benefit of having passed someone more than 7 times is... well, meh.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 22, 2013, 10:41:43 PM
A "lot"? LOL, maybe a few hundred people. Max/
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 22, 2013, 10:48:08 PM
I, respectfully, disagree with your assertion.
I guess it depends on who your friends are and how often they carry their 3DS with them. Or who you live with.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: paleselan on July 23, 2013, 01:41:09 AM
Well, soon we'll get those relay stations....
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on July 23, 2013, 10:36:44 AM
Another new feature since the update: When starting Find Mii again, it gives you the option to skip the opening movie. Finally! (I just started Find Mii 2 Secret Quest for the umpteenth time. I still don't have all the hats :-[ )
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 23, 2013, 06:21:31 PM
UB, I know some people will do it. But do you seriously think more than a very tiny amount of people will have more than 99 encounters with someone else?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 23, 2013, 07:21:02 PM
Yes.
I think more than "a very tiny amount" of 3DS systems are contained within a household where there's more than one person who owns a 3DS. Each one of those gets up to three passes each day. One family that comes to my StreetPass meet-ups consists of a mother, father and three kids who all have a 3DS.
Kids and college students who go to classes with people could easily get a pass from the same person every school day. There's 180-ish passes there.
I work with two people who carry their 3DS to work most every day and I'm sure many adults do carry their 3DS to work (and in the case of those in larger cities, on some form of Mass Transit).
I seriously think you are underestimating the amount of clustered 3DS systems.
But, as I said earlier, I'll just state that I disagree with your assertion.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 23, 2013, 07:22:20 PM
LOL, we will have to disagree. I think you are totally wrong though, the amount of people getting more than 99 is miniscule.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: nickmitch on July 23, 2013, 10:58:51 PM
I have a 3DS that I take to work, I ride public transportation, I work in DC, and I don't think I've street passed with anyone more than 5 times. Maybe once school starts I will, but I run into a lot of traffic from Nationals games and get nothing.
I think "tiny" amount is accurate. The "very" might be a bit pessimistic though.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 24, 2013, 12:09:41 AM
LOL, we will have to disagree. I think you are totally wrong though, the amount of people getting more than 99 is miniscule.
Regardless of how many people it would help, it would make the system better and would likely take almost no work to implement, so why the hell shouldn't they do it? I don't understand your severe opposition to things outside the mainstream.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 24, 2013, 12:17:09 AM
Its not severe, I just don't see the point in wasting any time or resources doing it.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on July 24, 2013, 11:53:54 PM
I have a 3DS that I take to work, I ride public transportation, I work in DC, and I don't think I've street passed with anyone more than 5 times.
You're in Washington DC? Well, there's your problem right there. Didn't you watch House of Cards? All the politicians are playing Pee Ess Veeta's all the time.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on July 25, 2013, 12:06:07 AM
Need to go to a Women's Prison. The guards there play 3DS.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 25, 2013, 12:08:57 AM
It seems like 95% of the people I StreetPass with at Walmart have Animal Crossing: New Leaf as their last played game, guess that is good news for the game.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on July 25, 2013, 03:42:15 PM
It seems like 95% of the people I StreetPass with at Walmart have Animal Crossing: New Leaf as their last played game, guess that is good news for the game.
Yeah, that actually seems to be a good indicator, doesn't it? I had, like, 15 animal crossing streetpasses during the 1st week, and I realized "Oh crap, I better go out and buy this game." And hey, turns out they sold really well. Same thing happened with Fire Emblem back in March. I think I got at least 5 of those DAY OF release.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Wah on July 25, 2013, 10:45:35 PM
I'am at school and we have our own nintendo club (with me as leader) and i pick up at least ten people a day! :D
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on August 13, 2013, 12:30:20 PM
Has anyone had any success with StreetPass relay?
I updated my system and went to Nintendo Zone areas on Nintendo's list with my 3DS closed. I got nothing. Then I had my friend bring his 3DS to the two same zones I went to earlier and he got nothing, so the problem isn't that I was the first one to StreePass those relay stations...
What gives?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 13, 2013, 03:20:20 PM
I didn't get anything when I went to McDonalds for dinner a few days ago and got nothing. Maybe I was the first one there, but still.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: azeke on August 13, 2013, 11:21:32 PM
Apparently people found a way to abuse streetpass relay system by setting something in their wi-fi routers or something.
Will have look into this, but i think it requires hacking firmware or something. Not sure if i want to do this...
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Oblivion on August 13, 2013, 11:25:52 PM
Considering that Unclebob has his own thread about it and they seem to have no issues with it, I can assure you it does not. :P
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 14, 2013, 04:10:31 AM
It does involve hacking the firmware of your router, but you don't have to do anything to your 3DS.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 14, 2013, 08:39:37 AM
It also requires very specific models of routers, which mine is not included. Apparently you can use your Android phone as an alternative, so I may look into that.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Gwellin on August 14, 2013, 12:47:21 PM
It also requires very specific models of routers, which mine is not included. Apparently you can use your Android phone as an alternative, so I may look into that.
Note, you'd have to have a rooted Android phone to do it.
There are also ways to make your computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) behave as the relay, provided it has a wireless adaptor and a wired internet connection. Most everything you need to know is collected in this Google Doc (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AvvH5W4E2lIwdEFCUkxrM085ZGp0UkZlenp6SkJablE) (tutorial links at the bottom)..
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nintendad on September 23, 2013, 10:28:11 PM
So now that we are a good month into it, what is everyones' experience with the relay stations? About a week after the update, it began to work for me and I was getting Street Passes almost every time I visited one of the 3 McDonalds in my town. I was purposely going inside just to get a Street Pass several times a week. Then after around 2 weeks, I quit getting Street Passes altogether. I then learned there were issues with the relay stations across the country and very few were working.
As of today, I've visited 5 relay stations multiple times in the past week or two and only one (one of the McDonalds) works. I continue to try the others but the green light just never lights up. Is this thing working for anyone else?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on September 24, 2013, 04:17:48 PM
There's a McDonald's that I go by whenever I go to the gym (2-3 times a week). I've gotten a few streetpasses there in the past, but quite a few times in a row, I'd sit around in there for 5-10 minutes and get nothing.
Another McDonald's I occasionally go to I've gotten a streetpass everytime.
I don't know if Best Buy has a relay station or not, but I seem to get one there quite often.
I've gotten passes pretty consistently from a Barnes & Noble.
I've never gotten a streetpass from an AT&T store, even though both stores I've gone to are on Nintendo's relay list.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Stratos on September 25, 2013, 05:32:53 AM
What dictates when you can send a personal message to a repeat street pass person? I used to be offered to write one every time but now it never does except for with my sister (who has the highest pass count on my system) . Did something about it change in the last update?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Gwellin on September 27, 2013, 12:31:58 AM
What dictates when you can send a personal message to a repeat street pass person? I used to be offered to write one every time but now it never does except for with my sister (who has the highest pass count on my system) . Did something about it change in the last update?
With the flood of StreetPasses I've received because of the Home Relay, I have noticed a pattern for this. It seems that you only get the offer for a personalized message (or rating) the second time you pass someone. Sometimes I don't get the option at all though, probably because of the other person disabling messages.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Khushrenada on September 27, 2013, 02:39:56 PM
So, I've been away on a vacation for a bit. I was in Toronto and I must say, that place is awesome for streetpassing. I streetpassed people from the U.S. and Japan as well as other regions of Canada. The morning I left, I went on the subway in rush hour traffic about 8:30 - 9:00 am and got an easy 10 streetpasses. Just walking the streets and riding the subway while I was there during the weekend, I racked up 46 streetpasses. Made a huge dent in my puzzle piece collecting. I'm now over the 50% mark and got about 6-7 more accomplishments done on my 3DS. This is clearly a great feature for a large metro population. So much better than the 1 or 2 streetpasses I can get when going to the movie theater or walking through a mall. I even got a couple Rhythm Thief streetpasses! I never thought I'd get any of those. Boo-yah!
I guess I should start testing out these relay stations in my area though to see if I can find a way to improve my situation here in my hometown.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Caliban on September 27, 2013, 05:06:32 PM
Awesome. I get 2 or 3 street passes on average to/from work. I don't get close enough to downtown, or at a good time to get more, but I'm content.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Khushrenada on September 27, 2013, 05:46:32 PM
I went to a food court at a mall during the lunch hour. I got 1 streetpass which is about what I expected although sometimes I get none at all. I miss my high times of streetpassing already. I'm also in a tricky position. With this streetpass, I've now gotten four women in a row. If my next streetpass is also a woman, then that's another accomplishment done! If not, disaster as it is often more guys playing the 3DS. At least from my streetpass tags.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on September 29, 2013, 12:19:39 AM
Khushrenada, go to a GameStop (or any place with a demo unit). Set it up so that its streepass plaza has a female mii in it, then turn on your wireless on your 3DS. Bam. 5th streetpass.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Khushrenada on September 30, 2013, 10:14:08 AM
Interesting strategy. As it is, I went to the mall to see if I could spot any female playing a 3DS which has happened on occasion. No such luck so I took a chance and turned on the system and hoped for the best and I did it! I got a 5th female Mii. But there was no announcement of compleing the accomplishment. So I went back and read it. Turns out I have to get 5 in a row in one visit to the plaza gate not over time. All that work for nothing. Nintendo!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on October 01, 2013, 10:33:37 PM
Use my trick at 5 GameStops.
(I don't have this accomplishment, either....)
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: leahsdad on October 05, 2013, 01:44:45 AM
Was listening to the 8-4 podcast today and heard the guys talking about a Streetpass maximum of 3000? WTF? I'm curious as to what happens exactly at 3000-- do get get to delete some older streetpasses, or does the green light just never come on? And what about the streetpass games, especially the ones that I actually paid for (Warriors Way, Mii Force)?
I'm not anywhere near 3000 yet-- I've only got about 600 streetpasses. But I've noticed the streetpasses becoming more and more frequent lately, most likely as sales are going up. I'd guess at this rate, and if I'm vigilant about clearing them out frequently, I may reach 3000 in a couple years.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Stratos on October 07, 2013, 03:51:23 PM
I always figured that the oldest and least repeated pass Miss would be automatically cleared out. I have a ton of single pass ones I wouldn't worry about losing. It's the ones I have repeated with that matter to me.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Wah on October 07, 2013, 07:07:30 PM
Went to the Gold Coast for my Holidays... i got at least 5-17 per day, for seven days.
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: Nemo on October 09, 2013, 12:19:03 PM
Was it just my imagination, or did Nintendo promise (during the last Nintendo Direct) that StreetPass Relay Stations would now give the last 6 streetpasses?
I haven't experienced this yet. Has anyone else?
Title: Re: Street Pass!
Post by: UncleBob on October 09, 2013, 11:07:51 PM
That explains it.
I got my fake 3DS Relay Station up and running with a script that switches out the connection every couple of minutes. It was giving me 6 passes on every hit, so I wondered what was up with that.
