I'm Addicted to StreetPass

[Rogerioandrade]

pbroy said:

Streetpass is pretty helpful in many games! In RPGs like shin megami tensei is a great way to recrute monsters, in Pokemon X/Y it allows me to get lots of caramels, and raise the level of my pokemon fast, in Animal Crossing I was able to complete several itens collections by buying them through streetpass visitors. Very helpful.

Now I actually feel more excited to visit new places to see if I can get different states and countries. The subway would be a good one. Especially in DC with all the crowds.

How does StreetPass work on games? Will the game have to be loaded in the cart slot and be in sleep mode?

 

You don´t need to keep the game loaded or even keep the game card in your 3ds. You just have to activate it when you start playing. Games will ask you for that at any given point or right at the start. Or you can just play and active it later on the game´s option menu.

When active, everytime you get a hit with someone that has the same game, your consoles will exchange and store that infomation. You can check it on the Notifications menu (green ones are streetpass notifications). You don´t have to use it right away, you can use it later. 

Every game has its own rules about storage, though. Some games store 10 hits (like Street Fighter IV) others can store 99 hits (like Pokemon X).