Today, 31 August, Audie the peppy wolf villager’s birthday, I went to the Nintendo Live event. Here are some interesting things that happened.
StreetPass stats:
6 Miis when heading to the convention centre+2 encounters before even getting close+4 (or was it 5?) encounters just outside the doors of the convention centre+17 encounters inside the building throughout the day=29 Miis in the plaza in total!!!
Miis with the awesome gold badge* BEFORE the event: 1
Miis with the awesome gold badge AFTER the event: 9 (counting the first one)
*This is the awesome gold badge I mean:
Puzzle Swap panels completed before the event: Mario and Bowser, Super Mario Galaxy 2, The Legend of Zelda
Puzzle Swap panels completed after the event (minus the already existing ones): Kirby, New SUPER MARIO BROS. Wii, Star Fox 64 3D, Mario Kart 7 (FREAKING FINALLY!!!), Fire Emblem: Awakening (DOUBLE FINALLY!!!), Dr Kawashima’s Devilish Brain Training
Play Coins before the event: 300
Play Coins after the event: 260 (though this is subject to change)
Real-life stats:
4 people seen at the event with devices that WEREN’T mobile phones
2 people with their Nintendo Switch consoles
2 people with their DS/2DS/3DS consoles
1 livestreamer
1 beautiful speech made by Charles Martinet
80-90% of people actively using their mobile phones
5-7 noob kids playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the first time
2 consoles on which Axel the elephant was the initial jock villager
2 consoles on which Stinky the cat was the initial jock villager
0 consoles with either Mac the jock dog or Sylvia the sisterly kangaroo
1 console with Reneigh the horse as initial sisterly
3-4 INCREDIBLY long lines just for the Nintendo Store
1 Popplio Community Day in Pokémon Go occurring during the event from 2pm-5pm
1 really cute Sasha cosplayer, complete with sea bass plushie
1 guy who saluted me and told me I was doing great by StreetPass Mii Plaza and “reviving” it somehow
2 other people who forgot to bring their DS/2DS/3DS consoles to the event today
2 male ACNH players, adults, one in really good Link cosplay (Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom, something like that) and one wearing casual clothes, who were playing the game at the same table the kids were sitting at
0 purchases made by me
3-4 people bypassed in Pokémon X
1 Popplio plushie brought to the event because of Pokémon Go’s community day
1 half-baked plan to go back tomorrow (1 September) in order to find more Miis via StreetPass
…equals a hell of a fun day!!!
