This claim of walking through New York City today and not finding one StreetPass makes me sad

♫Those were the days♫

“Spent a whole day in NYC and not one StreetPass received 😭 (Nintendo Store included),” is such a simple Reddit title, but it speaks volumes.Spotted by Nintendo Life, thisReddit post from itsmefizzy [who also sports the image credit]says all it needs to say in one image and a quick title.

Remember StreetPass? When you’d go to a convention, spend 30 minutes walking around, then unload all of your hits to clear out room for more? Yeah, it was a pretty glorious time. Not only does this story subject claim that they spent the whole day in NYC, but itsmefizzy notes that they “hit up a few games stores and the Nintendo Store” (as noted in the title) and came up with nothing. And had StreetPass on in the airport with a layover just in case. I just have to say: I love theYokai Watch3DS lid.

This whole situation kind of makes me want to bring StreetPass back. On my next trip I’m tempted to bring my 3DS and see if I get even one StreetPass hit, hoping to connect to someone else who feels the same as me or itsmefizzy. It’s a long shot given how out of favor the 3DS is these days, but I still play it regularly, and there’s a heap of eShop games that will likely never come to Switch for a variety of reasons: either the studio is closed or the games simply aren’t worth the effort.

Long live the 3DS. You knowI’m not going to miss any opportunity to celebrate it!