September 28th is Nintendo UK’s “National StreetPass Day”

Nintendo fans will want to make sure their Nintendo 3DS consoles are fully charged on September 28th. To celebrate everything StreetPass, including the four additional StreetPass games from a recent update and StreetPass Relay functionality, Nintendo UK are holding the first ever National StreetPass Day.

Nintendo UK has declared September 28th to be its first ever National StreetPass Day. At Waterloo Station, London, and Manchester Piccadilly Station the company will host events where 3DS users can receive new StreetPass hits, win prizes through competitions, take photos with Nintendo characters, and participate in multiplayer challenges.

All of the events will begin at 9 AM. Yo can find an overview of the different StreetPass Day activities below.

Real life StreetPass games

If you love StreetPass games, you’ll be delighted when Nintendo bring StreetPass games to life with real Puzzle Swap panels. Using artwork from recent Nintendo games, fans will be able to add their own puzzle pieces to a series of large Puzzle Swap panels at each event, simply by playing Nintendo 3DS games.

Competitions

To win prizes such as exclusive StreetPass bags – you can take part in competitions in Mario Kart 7 and Luigis Mansion 2 or a challenge to find the person with the most Mii characters in their StreetPass Mii Plaza.

Luigi and Pokémon meet and greet

Love Luigi? A Luigi costume character will be available at the London Waterloo Station, location for meet and greet as well as photograph opportunities. Or maybe you are more of a Pokémon fan? Oshawott, Tepig & Snivy will be at the Manchester Piccadilly StreetPass event.

Those who can’t attend are encouraged to take part by throwing their own StreetPass events or visiting the Nintendo Zone and The Cloud hotspots. Nintendo will also set up StreetPass Day stands at Eurogamer Expo 2013, Earls Court, London. At the convention, visitors can receive a free Mario hat by showing their entry wristband or badge. Additionally, the Cycle Show NEC Birmingham will host Mario Kart 7 multiplayer races and 3DS demos.

Source: Nintendo PR