StreetPass by proxy: Nintendo Zone locations to act as 3DS data relays

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/07/dsxl.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/18/streetpass-by-proxy-nintendo-zone-locations-to-act-as-3ds-data/)Own a Nintendo 3DS? You're probably all too familiar with the frustrations of the device's StreetPass (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/psa-3ds-firmware-update-goes-live-upgrades-camera/) feature -- in the United States, crossing paths with another 3DS in the wild just isn't all that likely. It's one of the disadvantages of living in a less densly populated country, but Nintendo is delivering a hotfix: sometime in the next few weeks Nintendo Zone locations at Best Buy, Starbucks, various AT&T hotspots (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/09/att-and-boingo-unite-on-free-but-not-really-airport-wifi/), malls and other locations will begin saving and relaying 3DS StreetPass data, allowing gamers to interact by proxy. Once a system nabs one of these timeshifted StreetPasses, its own data will be uploaded to the Nintendo Zone hotspot to be shared with the next user, creating a chain of delayed passive interaction. Convoluted? A little, but how else are you going to complete your Puzzle Swap (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/12/nintendo-3ds-update-new-streetpass-games/) collection?

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/18/streetpass-by-proxy-nintendo-zone-locations-to-act-as-3ds-data/