Nintendo Launch New Paid StreetPass DLC Games

By Jorge Ba-oh 18.06.2013 7

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Nintendo have launched a new 3DS system update for StreetPass and Mii Plaza to integrate new paid-DLC StreetPass mini-games.

Those wanting to embrace more StreetPass functionality on the handheld can now purchase four new titles - StreetPass Squad, StreetPass Mansion, StreetPass Battle and StreetPass Garden. In addition to these four titles, priced at £4.49 (€4.99 in Europe), the update incorporates the usual improvements to system stability and back-up.

Ironically the update did come with its fair share of problems, with users in Europe reporting download bugs and random system crashing post-update which Nintendo are addressing at time of writing.

What do you think of the new paid-StreetPass DLC apps?

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 18.06.2013#1

I'm getting crashing.

As fun as the Mii Plaza games are, I simply cannot justify the price point..

Especially when that price point is multiplied depending on how many 3DS' you have in your household. With the 3DS of all things, the lack of an account system is ridiculous.

What kind of family console makes you pay for content multiple times within the same household? Ridiculous Nintendo.

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Sonic_13 is offline. Sonic_13 18.06.2013#2

The article doesn't mention it, but they are also available in a bundle for £13.49/€14.99.

When I first heard the news, that Streetpass Quest was getting expansions, I had to look up what it was since it's called Find Mii in North America. I hope it comes out soon, once the bugs are worked out.


SuperLink said:
Especially when that price point is multiplied depending on how many 3DS' you have in your household. With the 3DS of all things, the lack of an account system is ridiculous.

What kind of family console makes you pay for content multiple times within the same household?

Are all the 3DS's yours (as in only you play them)? Otherwise wouldn't an account system not matter if they belonged to different people anyway?

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 18.06.2013#3

Sonic_13 said:
Are all the 3DS's yours (as in only you play them)? Otherwise wouldn't an account system not matter if they belonged to different people anyway?

No, what makes you think that? Other people in the household have 3DS', and if I buy some content on it they shouldn't have to buy it too.

Nintendo, as a family-oriented company, is extremely hypocritical if they don't want to entertain the possibility that households might have more than one system but might not want to repurchase DLC they've already bought. It's a very ironically anti-family practice :/.

If my sibling downloads something on their 3DS, or we both wanna download something, why should we both have to buy one? You only have to pay for one copy of a physical game for the family.

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Sonic_13 is offline. Sonic_13 18.06.2013#4

SuperLink said:

Nintendo, as a family-oriented company, is extremely hypocritical if they don't want to entertain the possibility that households might have more than one system but might not want to repurchase DLC they've already bought. It's a very ironically anti-family practice :/.
I understand what you are saying, though I don't think it makes them hypocritical in anyway.

SuperLink said:

If my sibling downloads something on their 3DS, or we both wanna download something, why should we both have to buy one? You only have to pay for one copy of a physical game for the family.
Unless it somehow limited play to only one of the downloaded versions at a time, it would be like getting two games for the price of one since multiple people could play it at the same time, which isn't the case with physical versions.

In the case of only getting one download you could just share the system just like you would with a home console or physical version of the game.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 18.06.2013#5

Sonic_13 said:
Unless it somehow limited play to only one of the downloaded versions at a time, it would be like getting two games for the price of one since multiple people could play it at the same time, which isn't the case with physical versions.

In the case of only getting one download you could just share the system just like you would with a home console or physical version of the game.


Not really, Nintendo emphasise the family aspect of their systems, they specifically advertise the 3DS as something that multiple family members have their own of, not something that is shared amongst a family.

Nintendo should be plenty aware that this is happening and that people are irritated by this, it really contrasts what they're advertising their systems as, and there really isn't a defense for this seeing as Nintendo advertise "one Wii U one Wii U game per entire household" but when it comes to the 3DS it's "wanna buy digital content? buy one each!!" and it's a HUGE turnoff for 3DS digital content in general.

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LeeTSanders is offline. LeeTSanders 19.06.2013#6

"Bunny'o'Death" as it's being called.

hopefully a update comes soon.


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Aramillio (guest) 19.06.2013#7

The difference is that the 3DS is a personal console, not a family console, and thusly you've bought one for each person in your household. the Wii/WiiU are home consoles. If you havent noticed, most of the cartridges only have one save slot.

Like what was said earlier. share a system if you want to only have one account and have all your mates playing your games. 

and no, Nintendo is not a "Family-oriented" company. They are a money oriented company who's game catalog is geared to being family friendly. 

people don't expect a grocery store to give an apple to each of their kids because they purchased one for themselves. Why is there an expectation to give away something to an entire family who consumes personal portable game systems?

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