How many of you will actually use StreetPass...

...and how successful will the idea actually be?

I understand Nintendo are trying to push this idea going about your daily life and then when you do open up your 3DS system, you'll see who your 3DS has met and whatnot. Same with some games like Street Fighter IV and its trophy battling system.

What concerns me is how many people are actually going to actively use this feature. Will it be forgotten very quickly? How many people are actually fussed about it?

The problem is Im sure most people dont walk around leaving their systems on. Not trying to make a mobile vs handheld console thread here but people don't feel a need to leave their systems on like they would for a phone. Will the 3DS be able to find other systems while turned 'off'? A bit like WiiConnect24? That would be the only way I'd see this working.

I was under the impression that it did indeed run somewhat like Wiiconnect24, with an always on search for all games you've played as opposed to something like Nintendogs bark modedarkspineslayer

its an interesting concept but it may require more battery usage and i want to maximize it so I may leave it disabled.

I won't use it and it will be a complete failure. The chances of people running into other people with a 3DS on them are so low the feature may as well not even be there.

I see it useless for the moment.

I won't use it and it will be a complete failure. The chances of people running into other people with a 3DS on them are so low the feature may as well not even be there.

Pffrbt

I will use it. Hell Japan is a big place, you never know what adventure lies until you explore. :)

And decrease my 3-5 hour battery life? No thank you.

I will use it. Hell Japan is a big place, you never know what adventure lies until you explore. :)

Zanoh

If i were in Japan defintely, I know more Japanese will be carrying one around than here in America... for now anyway.

It works with the system in "sleep mode". I think it is cool that it will find WIFI hotspots and download demos and updates without me having to do anything. Between this and the "gamecoins" you earn by walking around, I'll be taking my 3DS pretty much everywhere with me.

With only getting 3-5 hours out of the system...darkshadow64

Nintendo has confirmed that disabling 3D and turning down the brightness can extend playtime up to 8-hours or longer, so battery life really isn't an issue.

[QUOTE="darkshadow64"]With only getting 3-5 hours out of the system...dzimm

Nintendo has confirmed that disabling 3D and turning down the brightness can extend playtime up to 8-hours or longer, so battery life really isn't an issue.

I probably won't. Ironically, I rarely play or carry my handhelds outside of my house.

I probably won't. Ironically, I rarely play or carry my handhelds outside of my house.

Nubukon

I don't fully understand the concept of street pass. Care to explain?

I don't fully understand the concept of street pass. Care to explain?

Kman8909

[QUOTE="Kman8909"]

I don't fully understand the concept of street pass. Care to explain?

darkshadow64

[QUOTE="darkshadow64"]With only getting 3-5 hours out of the system...dzimm

Nintendo has confirmed that disabling 3D and turning down the brightness can extend playtime up to 8-hours or longer, so battery life really isn't an issue.

Evidently it is if you have to seriously dumb down the system's capabilities in order to get a decent amount of battery life.

[QUOTE="dzimm"]

With only getting 3-5 hours out of the system...darkshadow64

Nintendo has confirmed that disabling 3D and turning down the brightness can extend playtime up to 8-hours or longer, so battery life really isn't an issue.

Evidently it is if you have to seriously dumb down the system's capabilities in order to get a decent amount of battery life.

Yeah, I will use it for sure, even if the other 3DS that I ever pass is my bros's (I have 2 bros). Hell, even if they dont get one, I'll still use it.

Battery life isn't an issue for streetpass, turn down brightness and 3D all the way and it's in sleep mode. I doubt it will suck up a whole lot.

I heard a story from a podcast. A guy on it used the feature for a game when the Nintendo DS first launched, he used it at Comic Con (I'm assuming San Diego, that's still the big comic con right?) and he found two or three other people using it. It's going to be the same things this time probably, I just don't think people will use it.

Doesn't it detect other people with a 3DS nearby? I can easily see a child molestor buying one of these...

[QUOTE="darkshadow64"][QUOTE="Kman8909"]

I don't fully understand the concept of street pass. Care to explain?

BrunoBRS

Thank you to both of you for explaining it to me. I suppose I'd use it but what do the coins actually do?

I think I will turn it on only when I'm going out to busy places or at Anime Conventions lol.

My question is, when you receive other people's Mii's and Information do we also get the chance to add them to our friend list? and is there any kind of messaging system?

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="darkshadow64"] Well basically when your 3DS finds other 3DSs in the surrounding area, they'll exchange information such as Miis for your Mii parade, what games they play etc. Nothing big really. Some games may actually make use of it though. Super Street Fighter IV has a trophy battling mode where your customised trophy battles trophies of passers-by through StreetPass. When you later open up your 3DS, you'll see who your 3DS has battled and whether you won or lost.Kman8909

Thank you to both of you for explaining it to me. I suppose I'd use it but what do the coins actually do?

[QUOTE="Kman8909"]

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] not only that, but if it finds password-less wifi spots, it'll connect to the internet and download fancy free things you've allowed it to download, like demos, updates and stuff like that. also, leaving the 3DS on allows you to earn coins through the pedometer. and for those worrying about the battery, it probably spends as much as leaving your DS on sleep mode. my DS survived a week on sleep mode and when i opened it again, it had barely lost battery. remember, while on streetpass, the screens won't be working, so the energy required goes drastically down.darkshadow64

Thank you to both of you for explaining it to me. I suppose I'd use it but what do the coins actually do?

It's a worthless feature, in my opinion. I doubt many people in America would carry their 3DS everywhere they go. Maybe in Japan, it's good, but in other countries, pointless.

I'm the only one in my country that owns a ds. So no.

I carry around my DS a lot, I bet it'll be useful since I live a walk away from a mall.

imagine...

some pedophile goes to a kindergarden school with his 3ds and alll the kids with a 3ds transfer to his? :0

ninetndo is going to get sued.

I think I can positively say that I will probably never use StreetPass. I want to make the most out of my battery life, and I know some of you say that battery life will not be an issue, but I highly doubt I will ever run into anyone with another 3DS during my daily routine, and as such it would seem like a waste to me.

If a game I like every uses StreetPass in a way that enhances it in an interesting way, I may give it a go while on a trip or something, but this is probably unlikely.

imagine...

some pedophile goes to a kindergarden school with his 3ds and alll the kids with a 3ds transfer to his? :0

ninetndo is going to get sued.

KBFloYd

imagine...

some pedophile goes to a kindergarden school with his 3ds and alll the kids with a 3ds transfer to his? :0

ninetndo is going to get sued.

KBFloYd

I guess gun manufacturers get sued too becauseguns kill people.

[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]

imagine...

some pedophile goes to a kindergarden school with his 3ds and alll the kids with a 3ds transfer to his? :0

ninetndo is going to get sued.

Jelley0

I guess gun manufacturers get sued too becauseguns kill people.

[QUOTE="Jelley0"]

[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]

imagine...

some pedophile goes to a kindergarden school with his 3ds and alll the kids with a 3ds transfer to his? :0

ninetndo is going to get sued.

BrunoBRS

I guess gun manufacturers get sued too becauseguns kill people.

not me. i will turn it off for the longest battery life possible for the gaming

[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]

imagine...

some pedophile goes to a kindergarden school with his 3ds and alll the kids with a 3ds transfer to his? :0

ninetndo is going to get sued.

BrunoBRS