New StreetPass Games And A 100 Mii Update Are Now Live!
Just when you thought StreetPass Mii Plaza was quietly retired, we get pulled back in.
During today’s 3DS focused Nintendo Direct, it was announced that a much needed update to the popular StreetPass Mii Plaza, where 3DS owners could retrieve information and characters from other handhelds that they cross paths with to use in a variety of mini games. Players who find themselves passing by droves of people will finally find relief in the character cap increasing from 10 to 100, making it so you’ll have to empty it out far less frequently than in the past. Personally speaking, the biggest reason why I don’t use the feature nearly as much as I used to is because it defeated the purpose of bringing games with me when I would have to be glued to this app in order to constantly empty it. Being able to speed through the Mii introductions and accumulate ten times the amount of characters at a time is a very welcomed improvement, even if this change should have come years ago.
Considering most hardcore StreetPassers would have gotten everything they wanted out of all the games by now, Nintendo also revealed five new Plaza games that can be purchased immediately following the presentation. Promising to be even less time consuming than games past, each one aims to give you quick, yet satisfying rewards from building your community of players. The released games are:
Slot Car Rivals
A racing game where you compete against the best times of the people you StreetPass with.
Market Crashers
Make stock market predictions based on the advice of the Mii’s you StreetPass and become a digital Bernie Madoff.
Ninja Launcher
Stuff ninja clad Mii’s in a cannon and shoot them at things!
Mii Trek
Giving the step counter a purpose outside of Play Coins, the accumulated steps from the Mii’s you collect allow your team of characters to travel farther and discover unknown treasures.
Feed Mii
Use ingredients gathered from Mii’s to make the perfect meal.
Of the five, your choice of either Slot Car Rivals or Market Crashers can be downloaded for free. From there, you can purchase any of the four from within the app for $2.99, or all five in a bundle for $8.99. For those taking the plunge, you’ll want to be near a wireless hotspot this weekend as well, since another National StreetPass Weekend will allow you to gather Mii’s from across the country at select locations.
Let us know what games you’re planning on picking up, and if this update is enough to get you to go back to your StreetPassing ways!
