Streetpass can be such a wonderful little addition to the day; it's a treat to see that little green light and knowing that various goodies await. All one needs to do is walk by a fellow 3DS owner who has it activated, but here exists a problem with the concept of StreetPass: finding fellow users can be difficult, if not impossible, in some places. Nintendo has done what it could to assuage this problem through rolling out relay points at Nintendo Zones across the country, but this can only do so much. StreetPass enthusiasts in the North East of the US who suffer from such isolation can rejoice, however, as a golden opportunity has presented itself.
AVAdventure Entertainment, a Virginia based production company, aims to provide a place for American StreetPass enthusiasts to meet up via an upcoming bus tour. Titled “The Green Light Tour", it will take place on March 21st in Washington D.C., go all the way up to the fabled Nintendo World Store in New York and then return to D.C. again. Along the way the bus will make stops by Nintendo Zone locations and to meet up with other organized Streetpass groups.
Riders can look forward to a bus ride packed with multiplayer game tournaments, costume contests and snacks galore. In addition, a videography crew will be performing interviews and recording footage of the whole event for release in a documentary due later this summer. To promote the event T-shirts will be given to backers, both riders and non-riders.
Here's the full pitch:
The campaign is currently has raised around $215 of a $7,000 goal, but there are still thirty days left. Will you be buying a ticket for this road trip? Or for those of you who don't live on the US East coast, will you be buying one of the cool T-shirts?
[source kickstarter.com]
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I'm debating driving 90 mins tomorrow to an event just to collect the 2,000 or so streetpasses I typically get there.
Paying for parking, tolls, and gas just to get street passes though...hmm.
I'm likely just giving my 2DS to someone that's going anyway
lives in South-eastern US
Oh, well...
I'll be honest, without the street pass games this has been underused by me. There is a few games that really use it well but they're far and few between and I don't feel like loading up a game half the time to see whom I got. It's kinda like Amiibo is now, without a dedicated game I think they're are seriously underused.
Urg. If this happens I'll be mad. I live one FREAKING county away from D.C., and I'll be so mad to miss it.
I hope it has enough Steam.
Great Idea! If I would live in the US I'd support this!
If I had lived there, I would have joined for sure, sounds fun!
I would do this if i had the funds and lived nearby. I think it sounds like a day of fun, if not just for the streetpasses, but for the day of gaming with die-hard 3DS fans.
I think the documentary they are producing would be great to see.
too bad i wont be able to join tho i would love to, sounds really fun
Meh, streetpass is overrated.
I'll lend my support and streetpass data for the cause since I live in NYC. It will be nice to see the turnout when the time comes.
Assuming there are 10 persons on the bus, when the bus entered the first Nintendo Zone, the first person who streetpasses the zone can get 5 new tags, and the second person can get 4 new tags plus 1 tag from the first person (or may not), and the third person can only get 3 new tags... You can see what's the problem with many people going to the same Nintendo Zone at the same time. Another issue is that organized streetpass groups. I doubt if they can find enough groups and members showing on the way regularly. If that's something easy, streetpass should no longer be a problem and the bus is not that necessary. Even it's possible, every 3ds can only get 10 tags each time, which means if the players there can't clean up their tags in time, there are still some attendees can't get tags.
I recently took a trip from North Carolina to Ohio and back (17-18hrs overall on the road) and had my 3DS XL with me in sleep mode the whole time. I got a surprising number of street passes
@PvtOttobot Yeah i'm kind of over the mini-games and puzzle collection. I like the in-game rewards (from games I actually play), like summoning friends in a game like Bravely Default, or extra power-ups in other games.
@Mus1cLov3r Exactly. That's not much of a tour.
We love getting street passes and we live 2 hours north of DC; but I would want to do this with my 8 year old so we're out. Sounds fun though. It's almost worth it just for the bus ride full of gaming.
I'm actually going on holiday to New York from March 20th-25th. This is awesome. I'm so meeting with these guys.
I think my main concern is that I don't want to be in a documentary. I guess I'm a little camera-shy. If I lived close, though, I'd want to do it. It sounds like a lot of fun.
I work in DC and ride the Metro every day. I almost always keep my 3DS on me. I come away with multiple Street Passes pretty much every day. It's actually to the point where I don't play the StreetPass games as much because I don't have time to get through them all. I'm still kind of obsessed with collecting puzzle pieces, because I really like the little 3D dioramas, but the games can take a while to get through if you have a lot of passes. I haven't checked my usage stats in a long time, but I suspect the StreePass games will have the largest amount of playtime.
Anyway, I don't think I'll be doing the bus thing, but it's cool that some people are this into StreetPass. I guess I don't appreciate enough how easy it is for me to fill my StreetPass slots.
Something I need in life, but they need to have a bus in more than just there
As a Washingtonian I approve of this project!
Live in Northwest Florida so I cant make it but it sounds fun
Bring it to Northwest Louisiana and you've got yourself a backer...
Well - this article did ignore that there are some awesome StreetPass groups all over the United States - from NintenDiego in San Diego, StreetPass OC in Orange County, CA, StreetPass Chicago, StreetPass Long Island, StreetPass Princeton NJ, Utah 3ds and many, many more. Great communities all around, check in your local area if I didn't mention one!
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