Category Archives: SPLI Events

What You Missed: Tomodachi Life Ice Cream Social!

July 21, 2014 gluxbox

StreetPass Long Island’s latest event was this past Sunday, 7/20/14! We hosted a “Tomodachi Life Ice Cream Social” to celebrate the awesome new 3DS game. Lots of new SPLI members came out to socialize, and we had so much fun meeting everyone and adding new Mii’s to our islands! Of course, it wouldn’t be a Tomodachi Life event without enjoying a few mini games, so we asked a few Quirky Questions to the group, and hosted a “Name that Videgame Tune” game where members were able to win official Nintendo swag, courtesy of NoA Rep Derek Z! Everyone left with free goodies and a stomach full of ice cream – what better way to end the weekend??

See below for photos from the event. If you weren’t able to make it, don’t worry because we have another event planned for next Sunday (7/27) so visit our Facebook Group to get all of the info!

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SPLI Events

What You Missed: SPLI “Tiki Cup” Go Kart Race!

Gallery June 29, 2014 gluxbox

Mario Kart 8 fans came out to Tiki Action Park in Centereach, NY on 6/22 for a hilarious cosplay go kart event! StreetPass Long Island showcased some awesome cosplay; we had Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Shy Guy, and even Bullet Bill racing in go-karts for some Live Action Mario Kart! It was a blast and we took lots of photos so please take a look!

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Conventions, SPLI Events

What You Missed: SPLI at Eternal Con!

June 29, 2014 gluxbox

On June 14th and 15th, Long Island Comic Con was held at The Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY. Known as Eternal Con, this new convention (only in it’s second year) featured many big name vendors and celebrities for pop culture fans to enjoy! StreetPass Long Island wanted to be a part of this amazing local event opportunity, so we hosted an encore presentation of the popular Pokémon X&Y: Competitive Trainer Seminar, which we originally performed at PAX East back in April.

If you weren’t able to attend the event (you should definitely try to go next year!) we have great news! There was a great videographer at the panel who posted the entire panel on YouTube!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Eternal Con this year, we really appreciate your support! We hope you enjoyed the panel, and we plan to go even bigger at Eternal Con next year!

Official Nintendo Events, SPLI Events

What You Missed: Smash Fest @ Best Buy!

June 17, 2014 gluxbox 1 Comment

Last week was AWESOME for StreetPass Long Island members! We were treated to not one, but TWO Smash Bros. demo events at Best Buy in Valley Stream. Long Island’s NoA rep Derek was hosting the event, which allowed Long Islanders to be some of the first to get their hands on the new Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS versions!

The response from fans was HUGE, and the line was so long it wrapped around the store! Kudos to everyone who braved the heat on this crazy line!

Everyone was psyched to see Mega Man’s final smash! SPLI Co-Founder Jeff W. was so excited that he wore his Mega Man helmet to the event!

The first event was held on Wednesday, June 11th in the afternoon/evening. The response was huge, and we were all thankful that there was a second demo event on Saturday, June 14th! The Saturday event was even BIGGER, and the CROSSFIRE Smash Tournaments Team (#TeamXFIRE) even brought in their staff to do live commentary of each round!

Long Island Smasher Samantha M. aka PeachyHime from the E3 Super Smash Bros. Invitational was on the scene to challenge the masses!

SPLI was so psyched to be able to take part in this Long Island event! We hope that NoA and Derek will be able to host more official local events like this in the future!

Official Nintendo Events, SPLI Events

SMASH DEMOS ANNOUNCED!!!

June 5, 2014 gluxbox

Awesome news for all you Smash Bros. fans out there! Nintendo has officially announced several demo events for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. games!

splismashfest Smashers can demo the new Smash Bros. games at Nintendo World Store in NYC, but if you’re a Long Islander, you’ll be happy to know that there are separate events just for us! Visit the Best Buy in Valley Stream for Nintendo Smash Fest and be the first to play these awesome new games. NoA’s most awesome rep Derek will be hosting the events, so come out and say hi!

Be sure to bring your A-game though, because world-class players from CROSSFIRE Smash Tournaments are going to be there too! Everyone wants to get their hands on this game and we are expecting a big crowd! The 3DS version is due out this summer, so get ready to get SMASHED with SPLI!

Want to join SPLI at Smash Fest at Best Buy? Check out our event pages on Facebook for all of the details. There are two events:

Weds June 11th 4pm – 9pm at Best Buy in Valley Stream (Green Acres Mall)

Sat June 14th 12pm – 5pm at Best Buy in Valley Stream (Green Acres Mall)

RSVP and invite your friends! Help spread the word about these SMASHING events. Who will be your main???

SPLI Events

SPLI “Tiki Cup” Go-Kart Race!

May 24, 2014 gluxbox

WHEN: Sunday 6/22/14 6 PM

WHERE: Tiki Action Park in Centereach, NY

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/580355802083104/

StreetPass Long Island is hosting the first ever “Tiki Cup” Go-Kart Race at Tiki Action Park to celebrate the launch of Mario Kart 8 for Wii U! Race in real go-karts and compete to be the best Go-Kart racer in SPLI! Dress in cosplay and help us recreate a REAL Mario Kart race… without the blue shells of course!

http://www.tikiactionpark.com/

Tiki Action Park offers a discounted rate for groups, so join us for a Grand Prix of go-kart races. Each race is $4.25 (so $17 total for the Grand Prix), and you can also enjoy the other cool features of Tiki Action Park for a discount as well.

Traveling from NYC? Take the LIRR to Smithtown Station. Then take a short walk around the corner to catch the S58 bus and go straight down NYS25/Middle Country Road. Tiki Action Park is located directly behind a Burger King. http://www.sct-bus.org/schedules/s58.pdf

Rain date 6/29.

SPLI Events

What You Missed: MK8 Test Drive Weekend!

May 19, 2014 gluxbox

If you missed the Mario Kart 8: Test Drive Weekend, which was held this past weekend (5/17 – 5/18) at participating GameStop locations, then you are probably regretting it now! StreetPass Long Island members were treated to hours of demo gameplay of the newest installment of the Mario Kart series in Levittown and North Babylon, as well as fun photo ops and cosplaying!

NoA Rep Derek and his awesome MK8 Display at GameStop Levittown!

NoA’s Long Island rep Derek was on hand all weekend to get us all hyped up for the new game! He answered all of our questions about the game, staged a photo-op area complete with a [small scale] replica Mario Kart and backdrop, and he had multiple controller setups available so that we could enjoy some multi-player racing!

Here are some photos from the event to give you a taste of all of the fun we had! Big thanks to everyone who came out this past weekend. We can’t wait until May 30th! SPLI is eager to host lots of online MK8 tournaments when June rolls in, so stay tuned!

SPLI Events

What You Missed: Mario Golf Mini Golf Tournament!

May 12, 2014 gluxbox

On Friday, 5/9/14, SPLI members were treated to a really fun event – the Mario Golf Mini Golf Tournament! The event kicked off earlier in the week, when SPLI issued a challenge to members via an online Mario Golf Private Tournament, dubbed the “SPLI May Tourney.” SPLI staff announced that the winner of the online private tournament would have a chance to win a free t-shirt!

The lucky winner of the SPLI May Tourney was Chris C! His impressive score of -14 was posted on the group page, and Chris was reminded that by winning the online tournament, he was entitled to a free t-shirt if he attended the Mario Golf Mini Golf meetup. Of course he came to claim his prize!

SPLI members split up into groups of 4 to play the Mini Golf Mountain course at Heartland Golf Park in Edgewood, NY. The competition was tight, with most players putting at par or better! The weather held out and we were able to golf through all 18 holes.

The winners of the Mario Golf Mini Golf Tournament were Chris C. (3rd place), Johnathan L. (2nd place) and Dan D. (1st place). Congratulations to all of the winners!

Editor’s Note – this makes Chris the winner of the online golf tournament AND a medalist in real life mini golf. Way to go, Chris!! Readers might remember that Dan was also the winner of our Pokemon X&Y Tournament back in February, making Dan the SPLI Pokemon and Mini Golf Champion! We plan to post a new Hall of Fame page here on the SPLI website to celebrate these winners and all future winners of SPLI competitions, so check back soon for that!

Another important detail to mention about the Mario Golf Mini Golf Tournament is that this was SPLI’s first meetup to include an Official Nintendo Representative! The NoA Long Island Rep, Derek, came to cheer us on and he took this awesome group photo for us! Everyone was so excited when Derek started handing out all kinds of cool Nintendo giveaways, and we learned more details about awesome Nintendo demo events that are coming up soon! Thanks for joining us Derek!

To keep up with the golfing spirit, a new private online tournament challenge is now issued to all SPLI members! The next private tournament is a SPEED challenge of 9 holes. Don’t let all of the coins and powerups distract you, but get the best score you can! This tournament ends at 8:30pm on 5/25/14. Good luck!

SPLI Events

Mario Kart 8 Demo Days on LI

April 25, 2014 gluxbox

Great news for all of you Mario Kart fans! If you are impatiently awaiting the May 30th release of the latest Mario Kart 8 game for Nintendo Wii U, here’s some good news! There are going to be 2 local MK8 Demo Events at GameStop store locations on Long Island!

May 17 – GameStop in Levittown

May 18 – GameStop in North Babylon

If you want to be the first of your friends to try out Mario Kart 8, you won’t want to miss this event! There’s an event for each county on Long Island to make it more convenient for YOU!

When we have more information regarding the actual times of the Demos, we will post an update. Stay tuned and start your engines!

For more info visit our event pages on Facebook by clicking here!