Topic: Meet Up With Fellow Nintendo Fans at the E3 Best Buy Events

[NWR_Neal]

We've updated our list of staff members attending events. Come join us!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/34441

Nintendo is bringing a portion of E3 to the public at around 100 Best Buy locations throughout North America. We figured it'd be fun to make it an opportunity for members of the Nintendo World Report and overall Nintendo community to meet up at these events, play some E3 games, StreetPass, and hang out.

Check our exhaustive list of Facebook events for both the Wednesday and Saturday events (thanks to NWR's lovable forums mod Uncle Bob), and meet up with your fellow Nintendo fans. Maybe you'll even run into a Nintendo World Report staffer!

We'll keep this page updated with what Best Buys NWR staffers should be attending so you can catch up with them and maybe just maybe guest on a Connectivity podcast segment!

• Reading, PA on Wednesday - Patrick Barnett, News Editor of NWR
• West Des Moines, IA on Wednesday - Andy Goergen, Reviews Editor of NWR
• West Broad, VA on Wednesday - James Jones, Senior Editor of NWR
• Iselin, NJ on Saturday - Neal Ronaghan, Director of NWR
• St. Louis, MO on Saturday - Uncle Bob from the NWR forums

[UncleBob]

While not staff, I'll be at the St. Louis, MO event on Saturday.  Say "Hi" if you come by.

I've connected with the Saint Loius StreetPass group and there's several of them planning to show up and the Nintendo rep seems like a pretty awesome guy.

Good times.

[Adrock]

Iselin is a little over an hour away from me per the Google Map. The Best Buy in Deptford is about 20 minutes away. Over 40 minutes of extra driving? Not sure I like you that much, Neal..........(exaggerated ellipses).........

[NWR_Neal]

Well, it's vice versa for me, so no offense taken.

[Adrock]

But South Jersey is where the party is at.

In a seriousness, I'd be more inclined to make the drive (I like road trips) if I didn't get lost everywhere. No, I don't have a GPS. Yes, I should get one. No, I won't. And yes, it's because I'm lazy and cheap.

[Ceric]

I'll be at the Brentwood, TN. One either after work on Wednesday and maybe Saturday.

[paleselan]

Anybody in Denver?

[Leo13]

As much as I'd love to do it, It's not worth a 5 hour drive. If I get a craving for a new gaming experience I'll buy a new game.

[Disco Stu]

If anybody in the DC area is going to the Best Buy in Maryland, I'll be there that Saturday afternoon.

[Vrgin X]

As much as I want to get Streetpass tag, just for the pinkies , a 6 hour trip to the Lynnwood Best Buy and back isn't worth it. If the events was in Yakima...

[Oblivion]

It seems like the nearest one to me is in Portland... 70 miles away.

[Shaymin]

I'll be at the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Best Buy on Saturday, and I'm dragging as many people from the local Streetpass group as I can with me.

[Stardust]

I might attend the best buy at Iselin NJ, I hope to see Neal Ronaghan there!! Unfortunately I don't have a 3DS so I won't be streetpassing anyone haha. Hope to see other NWR fans there as well!

[UncleBob]

Just make sure you double check all the event locations on Best Buy's website - they seem to be making lots of last minute changes.

[yoshi1001]

I plan on being at the one just outside Milwaukee ("Southridge" In Greendale, WI) on Saturday. Almost any chance to meet Nintendo fans is too good for me to pass up.

[PogueSquadron]

Might bump into Patrick at Reading. My girlfriend and I are thinking of heading there because I don't know if I want to deal with the madhouse that the King of Prussia Best Buy is probably going to be.


How will we all know who you guys arrrrree?? Haha. Stalker much?

[zenspath]

A few of us will be there at the Pensacola Fl event on Saturday.  Bringing a few 3DS's actually lol.  We have most of the pink pieces from events like Comic-Con and just working together to get them so hope to see some people there!

[LudicrousDa3ve]

I wish I could make it out to the St. Louis event. Really wish I could. It's my daughter's birthday, so there just isn't time to make it out to that location. I hope everybody has fun, though!

[EasyCure]

The bb in west Nyack NY was still on the list last I checked but I have such a bitsy day at work I doubt I'll be able to pop in. Bummer.

[UncleBob]

Well, if you want at least one StreetPass, my current plan is for Dave and Buster's afterwards on Saturday.  Best birthday place ever.

[Ian Sane]

I would like to attend the event in Langley, BC on Saturday but my schedule is up in the air at the moment.  I may be too busy to go, which would suck.

[llaffer]

I normally would go to the Saturday one, since it doesn't conflict with my work, but since I'm graduating that afternoon, the Best Buy event got trumped.

So, I'm going to try to make it to the Overland Park, KS event this afternoon.

I'll be taking a few kids with me so I can try to get some videos of gameplay (hope the video requirements aren't as picky as those at E3).

I told them to expect long lines since it's the only Best Buy in the area doing this, but considering when Video Games Live had to cancel a show almost 3 years ago because they only sold 6 rows of seats, there may be so few people in KC that care about this the lines won't be so bad and we can go through more than once.

[ShyGuy]

Reports are the Best Buys are getting mobbed. I expect other companies to copy this idea next year.

[UncleBob]

Hopefully, they copy it better.

[llaffer]

Like more than one playable station per store.