Author Topic: Street Pass! (Read 18413 times)

UncleBob · « **on:** April 03, 2011, 08:39:33 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.

thatguy · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2011, 09:23:36 PM »

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.

leahsdad · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2011, 11:18:17 PM »

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?

Oblivion · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2011, 11:28:35 PM »

Quote from: UncleBob on April 03, 2011, 08:39:33 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.

LOL did we get the same guy? I got some guy who said he hated me. XD

KDR_11k · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:00:54 AM »

So far I've tagged mostly demo units but I got a few people too.

Mannypon · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2011, 09:45:56 AM »

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.

Fatty_The_Hutt · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2011, 11:52:43 AM »

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

KDR_11k · « **Reply #7 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:10:43 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.

Fatty_The_Hutt · « **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:17:03 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.

Ceric · « **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2011, 01:20:09 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.

Nemo · « **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2011, 10:23:35 PM »

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?

Crimm · « **Reply #11 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:54:42 AM »

I have. I AM THE VICTOR!

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:16:49 AM »

Pff I got to school and I street pass like 5-7 times a day. haha

Nemo · « **Reply #13 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:33:02 AM »

It seems as though I'm the only one with one at my college.

Fatty_The_Hutt · « **Reply #14 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:48:23 AM »

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.

Nemo · « **Reply #15 on:** April 05, 2011, 12:33:49 PM »

Quote from: Fatty_The_Hutt on April 05, 2011, 11:48:23 AM

you have to take the additional step of enabling the Street Pass functionality in the game. Its near the top of the "figurine" screen

Woops. I don't think I ever noticed. It's definitely activated now.

Quote from: Fatty_The_Hutt on April 05, 2011, 11:48:23 AM

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?

Mr. Adolph Vega · « **Reply #16 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:20:36 PM »

only 2 for me . Both at gamestop one was the demo unit and another was possibly an employee

UncleBob · « **Reply #17 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:22:39 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.

nhaines · « **Reply #18 on:** April 05, 2011, 08:31:30 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.

leahsdad · « **Reply #19 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:03:36 PM »

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.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #20 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:31:30 PM »

I already have to scroll through miis in that. I guess it'll just drop the oldest ones once it runs out of space.

nickmitch · « **Reply #21 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:47:25 PM »

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.

ThomasO · « **Reply #22 on:** April 06, 2011, 10:29:58 AM »

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.

Nintendad · « **Reply #23 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:46:10 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.

Oblivion · « **Reply #24 on:** April 06, 2011, 03:03:01 PM »

I live in a town of 600 and I have 6 tags. >.>

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