News / Pretendo Network: You can now StreetPass your 3DS friends from anywhere in the world!
Have you had trouble finding anyone to #StreetPass for Happy Home Showcase in New Leaf?
If you have, the team at @pretendo have just made it easier! With the latest version of Nimbus (which allows you to connect to the network), you're now able to StreetPass people online from anywhere in the world!
However, it's not that simple. Due to the buggy implementation of StreetPass for some games, you'll only be able to StreetPass people you've friended on your console (well that's 0 for me). It makes use of a feature called StreetPass Relay which was used at Nintendo Zones which allowed you to upload your data and download others.
I think I'll just stick to real StreetPasses for now though (I got 3 in the last year). Anyone reading from the South West or West Midlands?
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 20
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
Biskit's birthday
Tuesday
Canberra's birthday
Wednesday
Leonardo's birthday
Thursday
Ike's birthday
Friday
Gayle's birthday
Saturday
Fishing Tourney [Let's Go To The City and New Leaf]
Pekoe's birthday
Sunday
Fishing Tourney [Wild World]
Olaf's birthday
Sasha's birthday
Just want to end this post with a thank you to everyone supporting this account. This post is currently being scheduled a few weeks in advance (today's the 25th of April), but right now, I may possibly be preparing for GCSE exams since they start this week for me on Thursday. Seriously, thank you.
News / StreetPass: Modders have gotten StreetPass to go online!
If you're a #Nintendo3DS owner, you might be pleased to hear that modders have made an online version of #StreetPass called NetPass, which allows you to StreetPass users on your 3DS.
It's great if you're struggling to find people, although I have thankfully had some StreetPasses with 3 people in the last year, 2 of which gave me Animal Crossing New Leaf data!
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 16
Sorry that I missed posting last week, I think I was a bit unorganized 😥. Pretty empty week unfortunately so just listen to a bunch of villager birthdays 😂.
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Online services for the Wii U and 3DS has shut down
The time is up for online services for the #WiiU and #3DS consoles.
It is now April 9th at 1am BST, which means online services for both consoles are no longer available. This means you will be no longer able to splat anymore squids, challenge anyone to a Mario Kart race or even try to show off your bowling skills on official Nintendo servers on the #NintendoWiiU or #Nintendo3DS consoles.
To continue playing online services on both consoles, you will need to mod your consoles. Guides to do that are available on https://wiiu.hacks.guide and https://3ds.hacks.guide. After that, install @pretendo and follow the brilliant guides for installation for Wii U or 3DS. They cover everything you need to know about modding your console and getting Pretendo set up (I've helped add some commits to the Pretendo guide to make it easier to get started).
News / Events: April Fools Day is happening on Monday
Ready to get pranked?
Whether you're running into Blanka on the final days of Tortimer Island online or you're visiting Tortimer at the plaza, April Fools Day is happening on Monday!
Might go and experience it myself for the first time as well as exploring the last days on the island.
News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Contribute SpotPass data now!
If you're familiar with the #WiiU and #3DS, you may know that SpotPass is one of the key components of the online services (particularly back when both consoles were still actively supported).
SpotPass will cease to exist once Nintendo Network shuts down and revival services such as @pretendo will need SpotPass data for some online services to function properly. Right now, data for SpotPass can be insufficient in places and in order to make sure it still works properly, they need your dumps.
If you have a unmodded/modded Wii U console or a modded 2DS/3DS console, please visit https://spotpassarchive.github.io/ to learn how to dump your data now. It's quick and easy to do and it won't take long. I did it personally myself last night
News / Sales: Animal Crossing New Horizons is discounted to £33.29 in Europe!
Just to let you all know, Nintendo has another sale going on in Europe. If you'd like to pick up New Horizons for the first time, it'll be discounted to £33.29 until April 7th!
I could be wrong but it looks like one of the first times that the Happy Home Paradise DLC is being discounted too, being reduced to £15.74.