The Scenario
Ok, picture this…
You just got home after buying your brand new Wii U. You also bought the Wii U launch title Pikmin 3. You put the disc in…
It starts up! It asks, “Would you like to enable Street Pass functions for Pikmin 3?”
You tap, “Yes!”
It says “Start the 3DS/Wii u Street Pass Downloads software” (an application on the 3DS which you previously downloaded from the eshop).
You do…
It says “Now communicating with the Nintendo 3DS.”
It says “Now creating Street Pass data.”
It says “Street Pass is now enabled for Pikmin 3.”
You say **Puts on Glasses** “YYyyeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh!!”
You then walk around with your 3DS and Street Pass other 3DS/WiiU owners who also have Pikmin 3 for Wii U.
You come home…
You walk by your Wii U.
Your Wii U lights up… You have just Street Passed with your Wii U…
You turn on Pikmin 3 and enjoy your Street Pass goodies from other Wii U owners.
The end.
The How
This is not impossible! In fact, it would be a great way to implement one of the best features of the 3DS onto Nintendo’s up and coming console. Nintendo could either do a system update, or they could make an application that you could download on the eShop which would sync with your Wii U as I outlined above and save the Wii U Street Pass Data right on the SD card where the 3DS keeps it’s own.
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What They Could Do
Think of the puzzle trading… except instead of little 3D demo models, you get awesome HD scenes like the Zelda HD demo at last years E3! Collect the pieces and you get a scene! Other Wii U related Street Pass activities could be adventures similar to Find Mii, except specialized to take advantage of the Wii U’s unique controller! It doesn’t have to be existing ideas either. I thought Street Pass was a stupid idea until i started collecting hats and puzzle pieces… then I realized how awesome it was. Nintendo could come out with an equally fun and addictive collection for the Wii U. Developers could add their own ideas to the table as well with any of their Wii U titles.
There are certainly as many possibilities for Street Pass as the 3DS, if not more because of the capabilities of the Wii U system. It will be exciting to see what secrets and goodies Nintendo will announce at this year’s E3. What do you think? Would you want street pass functions on your Wii U? What would you like to see happen? May your most delicious dreams come true!
<h2 class=”header”>In Closing</h2>
this would be tits. They need to be connecting the shit out of the 3ds and the wiiu. I mean balls out. unified vc, cloud based saves states,
imagine, you are playing super metroid on your wiiu, you gotta leave, you have cloud save states enabled, you grab your 3ds, you open super metroid on your 3ds, it asks “would you like to pick up from where you left off on your WiiU system at XX:XX ?” you say yes, you continue your supermetroid game on the way to work. you’ve just won at life. fuck yes.
Dude Yes!!!… I want Full on Nintendo Network Integration with 3DS and Wii U!!… All past virtual console titles that I bought on the Wii should also Be playable on the 3DS and Wii U!!!… I really want the 3DS to be an Extension of the Wii U experience as well!… I hope like a Steam App comes out for the 3DS and wii U… so that I can steam chat with friends on either system!! Like chat with your friend who is on the U, while I’m on my 3DS… as far as street passing … that would also be cool if you went over to your friend’s house and he had a Wii U but you only had a 3DS you could still street pass just his Wii U console with your 3DS!
the only thing stopping this glorious future we envision? Nintendo’s will to let happen. They need to release the anchor chain weighing them down to 1991.
well… i don;t know… I think they’ve at least made it to 2004 by now… lol
not really(remember, in 2004 Xbox live was a thing.). they still treat online as if it was just another version of retail, they still do releases with the intent to protect the purity of the software line up(if title A and B are both up for release in month X, and title A appeals to 30% of the install base and title B appeals to 20% of the install base title A gets released and B sits. even if there is little or no overlap in those audiences. this is what happened to rainfall games and what I believe is happening to the 3ds VC and eshop.)
They need to get on board with the digital world. embrace zero scarcity, look at how valve and other companies make money hand over fist by REDUCING the cost on their digital offerings. Embrace online connectivity, in a real way;why the hell can’t all my nintendo devices talk to each other? Why would I ever consider buying something digital two or 3 times?
they can do it. the technology is here. the real will, beyond lipservice and token efforts, is not.