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Nintendo 'fixing' StreetPass in the West.
- Thread starter Robin64
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This always depends on where you live. Good for people who live in more remote areas, I guess. Some people have told me they've never had a streetpass hit before. When I lived in London (Islington, so near enough to central) I could leave my 3DS on sleep while it was in the charging cradle in my room and I'd get streetpass hits. Now I'm back home I get one or two whenever I go to town central in Cardiff, but not nearly enough to justify taking the 3DS out, so this feature is welcome.
chickdigger802
Banned
Still doesn't address biggest problem.
Street pass kills your battery.
3ds XL will die like in 2 days if you just have it in idle mode with no game playing.
3ds is even worse.
Street pass kills your battery.
3ds XL will die like in 2 days if you just have it in idle mode with no game playing.
3ds is even worse.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
I've gotten 40 stretpasses in 2 months of owning my XL. Am I the minority?
entremet
Member
Don't you just put on the charger after you get home? Like a cellphone. That's what I do. Battery tech just isn't there.
any word on WPA Enterpise access? Cannot connect at university with user name and password? What about free wifi that only accessible through going on web and hitting "accept terms of use?"
It might work in the browser but im certain is does not carry over into games. Where I live most free wifi require log in through browser. Dont see many open wifi networks. Even airport requires i accept terms of use.
Also last time i tried nintendo zone it got stuck searching for 10 min. Had to just shut my 3ds down.
It might work in the browser but im certain is does not carry over into games. Where I live most free wifi require log in through browser. Dont see many open wifi networks. Even airport requires i accept terms of use.
Also last time i tried nintendo zone it got stuck searching for 10 min. Had to just shut my 3ds down.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Yeah, I just carry it around in my pocket every day, and throw it in the cradle when I go to bed.
chickdigger802
Banned
I really should get a cradle for 3ds xl... but fuck are they expensive for nothing.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Can't wait. This is probably the next best thing if we're not a heavily centralized, commuter-based society like Japan.
Wonderful. If I can fill a queue of ten humans in less than two to three months, maybe I'll start playing Find Mii again. Running through it with a level 7 Gamestop demo unit and nine randomized cats just doesn't have the same appeal, y'know?
Robin64
Member
Okay, you got me. Why don't you plan to turn it on?
Glass Rebel
Member
Best I got was 6 in a day at Zürich HB but that was during rush hour. Usually it's 2/d at most and I don't think I've had a single one at University of Zürich campus.
Why do you not want more hats and puzzles.
Because I don't really see any point in it, as it offers nothing for me. Plus I don't take my 3DS when I am out and aboot.
Zippedpinhead
Member
I have owned my 3DS for about a month now, and I have taken my 3DS just about everywhere.
so far I have not gotten a single streetpass. Downtown, midtown, germantown, cordova, Bartlett, Southaven, the malls, best buys, targets, walmarts, gamestops...
Nothing...
Memphis does not work with 3DS Streetpass.
so far I have not gotten a single streetpass. Downtown, midtown, germantown, cordova, Bartlett, Southaven, the malls, best buys, targets, walmarts, gamestops...
Nothing...
Memphis does not work with 3DS Streetpass.
Robin64
Member
You get extra features in a multitude of games, but fair enough if they don't interest you. It's just a typically Nintendo fun little extra that people can choose to ignore, as is the case here.
Get a DSi one. Way cheaper and compatible.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Seriously? Good protip!
Neuromancer
Member
Great idea. I live in Baltimore and even walking around the inner harbor at lunch time with throngs of people and kids I often only get one streetpass, sometimes none.
I agree $20 is a lot of a piece of plastic with some electronic bits... But over the long haul its totally worth it. I use mine every single day and will for the next few years.
The Horror the horror
Banned
I get an average of 3 a day, commuting through a small section of Washington D.C.
It's odd. Never figured the people I see regularly on the bus or on the train to be 3DS owners.
It's odd. Never figured the people I see regularly on the bus or on the train to be 3DS owners.
The Main Event
Member
I really should start using this Streetpass thing.
jts
...hate me...
Cradle? Or you mean just charger? Surely a DSi cradle would have different dimensions to be compatible with a 3DS XL, no?
GAF A60-Rim A
Banned
Let me guess, partnering up with Best Buy and/or Gamespot/EB Games as the location?
Ace Harding
Member
I can get probably 1-2 a day on average (when I actually have my 3DS with me), sometimes none, sometimes more. Center City Philadelphia. Depends on how I walk home from work!
But - moving to the burbs soon, so this will help. I'll still probably get some at the train station during my commute, but if not there are several of these Wi-Fi points within blocks of my office.
It's a great idea - getting more people to use StreetPass means more people will actually carry their 3DS out with them.
But - moving to the burbs soon, so this will help. I'll still probably get some at the train station during my commute, but if not there are several of these Wi-Fi points within blocks of my office.
It's a great idea - getting more people to use StreetPass means more people will actually carry their 3DS out with them.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Every so often I'm walking through a food court or something and I see literally dozens, maybe hundreds of people on iPhones and/or Samsung Galaxies. All I can think is "Boy, Streetpass would be so cool if it achieved smart-phone type scale :/"
Metal Khaos
Member
This is great news as my ratio of getting people on Streetpass has been about 1 person every 6 months. Unless of course I go up to the Nintendo World store in Manhattan which isn't that often either.
Really glad Nintendo notices and is even addressing this issue. That's the one issue I have with Nintendo and Sony with their handhelds. They tend focus on local-wifi type use rather than internet, but the rest of the world isn't as densely populated as Japan is.
Really glad Nintendo notices and is even addressing this issue. That's the one issue I have with Nintendo and Sony with their handhelds. They tend focus on local-wifi type use rather than internet, but the rest of the world isn't as densely populated as Japan is.
I've had 2 street passes since the launch of the 3ds
There's someone I've managed to streetpass five times on the commute to work and I *still* can't figure out who it is. That's starting to get on my nerves - there aren't many regulars out there that take the same trip as me.
I assume it acts as a relay hub; Looks like a 3DS to your 3DS so it knows to attempt a Streetpass exchange, then collects your Mii and farms it out to other 3DSes that pass it.
Duane Cunningham
Member
I always get a couple if I go somewhere with a big crowd, or go to a place like the mall. It always makes me wonder if the people who work there ever just plug it in under the counter while they're working and let them roll in. I bet so, especially if they work at a Gamestop, or a Super Target or something.
Hmm...that's not really helpful to me then as I am not likely to pass any of these locations any time soon.
Elaugaufein
Member
I live in Australia and its even worse here. I bought a 3DS at launch. I've had 2 unique Street Pass hits in that time (and the 2nd one is because I'm now on a university campus one or two days a week). Hope they introduce something similar.
Jaded Alyx
Member
That's nice, but it still won't change a thing for me.
yeah I did this at Disneyland a few times. Is kinda annoying that you have to use the 10 right then and there too.