JC goes on a a real StreetPass quest!
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/31863
OK, it's official - I'm a StreetPass addict.
Last weekend I went to Haneda Airport, central Tokyo, for the purpose of getting an exclusive puzzle piece to complete my collection. I managed to convince my wife by telling her about an awesome burger restaurant there, plus the fact that lil JC (Editor's Note: he means his baby, not his inner child) loves planes and could watch them to his heart's content!
It's actually pretty easy to find the place, found on the second floor of Terminal 2. I pushed passed all the Japanese people lining up to go to Hawaii, to go straight to the 3DS station. The Nintendo Zone is always there, but this puzzle is time limited, and will stop being distributed on September 30. This is different from the other commercially sponsored puzzle, from McDonald's, which as far as I know will always be available. Note: You must get the first piece via SpotPass, then you can start getting the rest as usual.
I don't know how I feel about this way of distributing new puzzles. On one hand, it's cool to get new puzzles that you can't get anywhere else, and gets people going to places they'd never usually go, kind of like a huge real life location-based quest. On the other hand though, these are huge corporations promoting their goods/services and I understand some people might not like being advertised to like that. Then again, this is optional and you never get told about it. Even when you StreetPass someone with a puzzle you don't have, it just comes up as "?????".
It would be cool if they served a dual purpose though, maybe have a barcode as part of the puzzle that when scanned in you get discounts off stuff. If that were to happen, I hope a donut shop does a puzzle.
Anyway, here is a short video of me getting (as of recording) the rarest StreetPass puzzle in the world!
I've been extemely disappointed with the number of streetpass hits I get in America. I travel alot and always bring my DS. While wandering through the airports of San Jose and San Francisco several times the last few months I'm lucky to get one streetpass (usually from Japan!). I've walked my kids to school with the DS in my pocket every day this year and have never gotten one.I think I found your problem...DS doesn't support StreetPass. Try carrying your 3DS with you instead. :-P
I've been extemely disappointed with the number of streetpass hits I get in America. I travel alot and always bring my DS. While wandering through the airports of San Jose and San Francisco several times the last few months I'm lucky to get one streetpass (usually from Japan!). I've walked my kids to school with the DS in my pocket every day this year and have never gotten one. Maybe the kids aren't allowed to bring it to school? I think it is more often that the terrible battery life makes the 3DS much less portable than it was in the day. The only time I've really gotten a lot of streetpasses is when I parked my car for the day in front of a Gamestop when I was at a hotel convention. I got 4! Woo hoo.
Also, I'm being driven crazy by the fact that I have two pieces left for 3 puzzles and have spent the past six months purchasing duplicates of every other piece all around it. These are NOT the pink pieces. I'd much rather spend 10 or 20 coins to get one I need.
