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Anyone else still getting StreetPasses on their 3DS nowadays? (feddit.uk)

submitted 4 days ago by heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to c/nintendo@lemmy.world

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I have been carrying around my 3DS more often lately, and have noticed that around once or twice a month I will still get a StreetPass out in the wild, mostly when I'm in a big city. How's the situation for everyone else? I am curious to see if anyone is able to get any more, or maybe this once or twice a month is more frequent than what other people are getting. The only exception to the one or two a month is at any convention, where I easily get around 10 or 15 in a single day.

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[–] MisterDeutsch@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The years of StreetPass (especially the games like MiiForce) were a wonderful time. It’s the Nintendo I miss most right now.

[–] philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I still think they should’ve ditched the IR camera in the joycons and added Streetpass functions to them instead. Such a missed opportunity.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'd rather have more battery. The switch dies far faster than the 3DS in my experience.

[–] heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago

In my experience, even when new my 3DS XL died way faster in sleep mode compared to the Switch. I've had a Switch in a bag for nearly two days on sleep with some light gameplay and still have at least 50% of its battery. Meanwhile, the 3DS XL battery went down quick enough one of my first purchases was one of those USB charger cables so I could charge it anywhere. It lasts under a day on sleep with some light gameplay.

[–] philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don’t think putting a slightly bigger battery into one joycon would fix that…

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Oh, I missed that part. Yeah, since the joycons are already very basic devices, that could make sense.

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

You’re kind of inspiring me to try carrying mine around again. I loved StreetPass - that element made the 3DS my favorite console. Just for the social aspect and the pure fun. I traveled a lot with it, had many friends that played with me, etc. Was such a cool console when I was a 10.

Haven’t had a Nintendo since but gosh that was so much fun.

[–] rheanne9295@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

While it's been a while since I last brought my 3DS in public, I remember going to an anime convention in my city, two years ago and brought my 3DS with me. I got tons of StreetPasses from attending the con!