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3DS Streetpass Experiences
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Iacobellis
Junior Member
Wait, does this also affect sleep mode? That may explain why I only got one tag yesterday.
Only blue through coins. Thats the whole point of the pink ones, they can only be gotten through streetpass, or if you're lucky from the random free piece when a new puzzle is released.
That begs the question.. how did the first person GET the first pink piece??? Question for the ages.
I wish I lived in a larger community, I've only gotten 5 tags in a year... admittedly I don't take my 3DS out very much, but I know for a fact owners in Argentina are not common
Streetpassed 2 people who got all of the pink pieces for Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon. Just need one more pink piece and I'm all good.
They got it from the random puzzle piece that you get.
That begs the question.. how did the first person GET the first pink piece??? Question for the ages.
I wish I lived in a larger community, I've only gotten 5 tags in a year... admittedly I don't take my 3DS out very much, but I know for a fact owners in Argentina are not common
They got it from the random puzzle piece that you get.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
That begs the question.. how did the first person GET the first pink piece??? Question for the ages.
I wish I lived in a larger community, I've only gotten 5 tags in a year... admittedly I don't take my 3DS out very much, but I know for a fact owners in Argentina are not common
Move to Japan or the States. Big cities next a ton of tags, gaming conventions even more.
EDIT: Looks like the Luigi's Mansion dilemma only applies to when the 3DS isn't in sleep mode. I just tagged my brother (again).
Seems that way to me, too. When the Kirby Return to Dreamland puzzle came out, no one in my local Streetpass group (which has more than five people in it) got a Pink Piece. Got a random one from an encounter at a kid's place, but the pink pieces seem to be harder to get on the first piece. It should be the exact opposite.
StarCreator
Member
I think you'd need much larger sample sizes to really find out what the rate of pink piece distribution is, but it's clearly tuned for far more dense 3DS populations than most people have access to. I was actually really surprised that I was able to complete the Luigi Dark Moon puzzle at PAX East despite the fact the puzzle came out during the event and maybe 5% of all the people I had passed had known to get on SpotPass to grab it. I had it complete before Miyamoto was sent down with the entire set, even...
I've not gotten a starter pink piece for any Spotpass puzzle, either. Could just be repeatedly bad luck, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Yeah, which would actually mean that most people would have access to it, due to the denser population. It's just that if you're not in that kind of place, you're screwed!
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Reposting.
I'm sure you would get tons. I went to the NWS one time during a trip to NYC, and easily filled up my 10. And this was back in Fall 2011, on a random day. There are far more 3DSes are in the wild now, and for a launch event with a crowd? People will have their systems open rattling Miis through their queue ad nauseum.
You will get some, check these guys out for events in your area:
http://streetpassnetwork.com/groups/
These guys usually show up at nintendo events in NYC:
http://streetpassnyc.blogspot.com/
Last...if you live near NYC try to make it to conventions like NYCC.
Good luck
http://streetpassnetwork.com/groups/
These guys usually show up at nintendo events in NYC:
http://streetpassnyc.blogspot.com/
Last...if you live near NYC try to make it to conventions like NYCC.
Good luck
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Haha, thanks! I'm from CT, but do make it out to NYC 2-3 times a year. The one time I could have gotten a lot of tags was when OOT 3D came out. I was there by chance and didn't even have a 3DS at the time.
Rollo Lawson
Banned
The baltimore one is grossly outdated.
However I've had mine for about a week and I've caught one Mii in traffic of all places. Shot out to matthew1 from PA
That's not really an option
.Does anybody know what determines what puzzles you get??? I haven't gotten the Mario Tennis Open until recently, and I know I'm missing a lot of puzzles as well.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
That's not really an option
Does anybody know what determines what puzzles you get??? I haven't gotten the Mario Tennis Open until recently, and I know I'm missing a lot of puzzles as well.
Nothing really, it's just the luck of the draw.
StarCreator
Member
Over SpotPass? You'll only get one piece of the newest puzzle. If you weren't around for a given puzzle's introduction, the only way you can start getting pieces from it is to get at least one piece from it via StreetPass. Using play coins will only give you blue pieces for puzzles you're already working on.
So that's why I'm missing so many frames, I missed on their distribution. No wonder!
Iacobellis
Junior Member
I'm in the same boat, I just got an XL the other day. I hadn't touched my previous 3DS in about a year.
PixyJunket
Member
We had a good MeetUp yesterday, I grabbed thirty-five tags and all of my missing pink pieces for Fire Emblem, Brain Training and Luigi.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
We had a good MeetUp yesterday, I grabbed thirty-five tags and all of my missing pink pieces for Fire Emblem, Brain Training and Luigi.
Where was this? I see the front row must love Luigi's Mansion!
Neoriceisgood
Member
Man, my highest streetpass count is 2 people in a day.
PixyJunket
Member
Dallas area; we tried to ask everyone to do Luigi hats and I happened to get a good six in a row for the picture.
We did play a lot of Luigi's Mansion multi-player too!
We had a good MeetUp yesterday, I grabbed thirty-five tags and all of my missing pink pieces for Fire Emblem, Brain Training and Luigi.
The only way this could've been more awesome is if everyone's most recently played title was Luigi's Mansion.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
And if the guy on the left was wearing a dark green shirt.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
I hope Nintendo adds an Animal Crossing hat soon. Would definitely want to wear that come June!
Iacobellis
Junior Member
and I hope they bring the animal crossing bundle
Oh God, the Pop-Tart 3DS?
Just joking, don't hurt me!
Delicious Waffles
Member
I've had a 3DS for almost a year and tried StreetPass for the first time this past week. Never used to take it anywhere with me but, now that I'm playing it a lot more, I like to carry it around wherever I go so I thought I'd give StreetPass a try. I got one person in my local mall. It's pretty cool so I'm definitely going to bring it around whenever I go and see if I can get more people.
This is why I love Nintendo and hope it stays around for years to come.
I just spent the last hour reading through pages and pages of console wars BS about delayed rumours and 8 gigawatts of RAM and all sorts of unimportant rubbish.
And then I pop in here and you guys are talking about pink puzzle pieces, and animal crossing hats. Bless.
I just spent the last hour reading through pages and pages of console wars BS about delayed rumours and 8 gigawatts of RAM and all sorts of unimportant rubbish.
And then I pop in here and you guys are talking about pink puzzle pieces, and animal crossing hats. Bless.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
When Miyamoto popped up I was like WTF? No way! I live one flight up so I just leave it on the window sill in my apt. Collected so many street pass friends that way. Yes I do play but don't take it to work all the time
Did you check SwapNote?
Haha. Such a great post.
mentalward
Member
Spent a couple of hours at GDC this week and picked up around 40 tags. Nearly all of them had pink puzzle pieces. It was cool getting Miis from game devs. One I got was a dev on Luigi's Mansion.
I probably could have cleared out a lot more but it was becoming a pain to dump it after every 10 tags. I had 9 in seconds just walking into the registration hall.
I am a 3DS newb so this was my first real street pass experience. Now I am hooked. Have been carrying my 3DS in my glove compartment in hopes of tagging folk on my way to work.
I probably could have cleared out a lot more but it was becoming a pain to dump it after every 10 tags. I had 9 in seconds just walking into the registration hall.
I am a 3DS newb so this was my first real street pass experience. Now I am hooked. Have been carrying my 3DS in my glove compartment in hopes of tagging folk on my way to work.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
I will make it my job to attend as many game events I can when I am living on my own. Which developer did you tag?
By the way, did anyone notice the Mii Maker and SteetPass Plaza songs are the same tune?
mentalward
Member
Yeah it has pretty much convinced me I need to attend PAX prime this year.
Not sure which developer it was. I just looked back at my list in MiiPlaza and I have 3 from BC that have been playing Luigi. Must have been one of them. When it did the intro one of them had a line about working for Next Level but I don't see it when I look at the Mii details now. I noticed a few folk were using Street pass to promote their company.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Yeah, PAX East will be on my list for next year. I really want to be at Nintendo World Store for the launch of New Leaf in a couple months. Might goto that.
mentalward
Member
Buddy of mine said his kid collected the pieces to all of the puzzles at the most recent PAX. Sounds like a helluva lot of work. But yeah I would say PAX is a good place to go. Even if you don't actually attend the show you could probably sit on the sidewalk and get all the tags you would ever need.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Buddy of mine said his kid collected the pieces to all of the puzzles at the most recent PAX. Sounds like a helluva lot of work. But yeah I would say PAX is a good place to go. Even if you don't actually attend the show you could probably sit on the sidewalk and get all the tags you would ever need.
Oh boy. I'm sure there will be at least half a dozen more puzzles by next year.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
We need some Connecticut meet-ups!
Well I was at the mall a few days ago and got 18 hits, I was pleasantly surprised.
However I was at the airport today saying farewell to my mother in law and there was a large group of Japanese students returning home, I thought: aha! surely I'll get someone.
Not a damn thing. :/
However I was at the airport today saying farewell to my mother in law and there was a large group of Japanese students returning home, I thought: aha! surely I'll get someone.
Not a damn thing. :/
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Took my 3DS to school today, last time I did that was probably when Star Fox came out. Got a little over 2,000 steps and one tag. Who would have guessed it was the same person that I always StreetPassed there?
bigwinnerx
Member
Put mine in the glove compartment of my parked car at the Phillies game in Philadelphia last Saturday and got 4. Not bad for not even carrying it around.