August marks the first anniversary of StreetPass Long Island, and we decided to throw a huge event to celebrate! Since Pokemon is wildly popular in our group, and the new Pokemon X&Y games are due out this October, we thought it might be fun to host a Pokemon Generation 5 Send-Off Party for our First Anniversary. The party included a PVGC Doubles Tournament, a Cosplay Contest, a Plushie Contest, as well as Trivia and Funfest Missions! There was pizza, cookies, cake and prizes for all who attended!
Over 30 people came to play Pokemon, get StreetPasses and enjoy the party with us!A Gaming Lounge was set up for casual Funfest Missions.Matt and Ana, Leaders of the Pokemon DS NYC Meet Up Group, expertly ran the Tournament, which was also broadcasted live on an HD TV during the event.The entire Tournament was streamed live by Clash Tournaments!The Clash Tournaments staff also provided live commentary for each match!StreetPass Princeton came out to Long Island to enjoy the festivities! Thanks for joining us!StreetPass Princeton also generously provided a customized cake for the party! It was delicious, and quite a big hit with the hungry Tournament participants!Members of StreetPass NYC came to hang out as well!StreetPass Leaders Jordan & Debbie showing off some Pikachu cosplay!StreetPass Long Island Co-Founder Jeff provided the delicious pizza! Thanks Jeff!Of course a little Pokemon TGC was going on at the event as well!Pokemon Cosplayers!Some of the plushies pictured here were the big winners of the Pokemon Plushie Contest!The Grand Prize winner of the Tournament was Rick G. (pictured here in the center, wearing a black hat) He is now a Pokemon Champion in StreetPass NYC, StreetPass Long Island and the Pokemon DS NYC Meet Up Group! Who would like to challenge Rick now??We hope everyone enjoyed our First Anniversary Party! We had an awesome time thanks to all of the great friends who came to share this day with us! We hope to see you all at the next event!
If you weren’t able to make it to our First Anniversary Party (what a shame!) please visit Clash Tournaments on Twitch TV to watch a recording of the live stream! We hope you enjoy it!
This event recap originally appeared on The Glux Blog.
On August 15th, Mayor Neko was very excited. It was time for the Obon Festival!
A special WIFI Meet Up Event was organized by StreetPass Long Island to invite American players to visit the Japanese town of Wasabi, so that they could partake in the unique festivities of this Japan-exclusive holiday!
Mayor Gluxie of Jubilife City came by to find out the details of this event [in English].
Isabelle was more than happy to explain what the Obon Festival was all about!
Isabelle was handing out free gifts. There were two options that were handed out, either the Eggplant Cow or the Cucumber Horse.
She must have seen me giving her a weird look, so she explained that it’s more of a “kids thing” to play with an Eggplant Cow…
Mayor Neko opened the gates of Wasabi to visitors. At first we had a bit of a connection issue, due to so many people trying to enter the town at once!
Isabelle and Mayor Neko kept their spirits up despite the disconnection frustrations by dancing together at the Town Plaza!
Here’s a shot of the Face-Cutout Standee that was provided by Isabelle for the Obon Festival. You can see an Eggplant Cow and Cucumber Horse!
Ultimately visitors were only able to enter one at a time, to ensure we wouldn’t get more disconnects. Sorry for the confusion!
Wasabi was even visited by royalty! Even a King needs an Eggplant Cow!
Guests enjoyed posing in the Face-Cutout Standee. It was so cute!
For future Japanese events, it seems likely that the “one at a time” rule will have to be used, only to keep things a little more regulated. Everyone is just too excited and tries to enter the town at the same time, causing the internet to derp and disconnections happen continuously. We will be sure to post this as a warning for all future Japanese events. (And there are plenty of them, so if you missed this event, be sure to “like” StreetPass Long Island so you can stay informed of all ACNL JP Events!)
At our upcoming First Anniversary/Pokemon Gen 5 Send-Off Party, StreetPass Long Island is going to be hosting Funfest Missions for Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 throughout the day. Our goal is to obtain one of the hardest achievements in the game, having 30 People in one Funfest Mission! With over 50 people RSVP’ing yes to our event, we are finally going to get this Medal! All we have to do is coordinate a little bit. Just follow these simple instructions, brought to you by some jolly good blokes in the UK who pulled off this feat back in May:
…there is a Medal system in the game which essentially [is] a list of tasks to complete within the game. There are however, 2 problem medals which are to have 30 people in one Funfest Mission (These are minigames, you can learn more about them here: http://www.serebii.net/black2white2/fun … sion.shtml) and to earn 1,000 points in a Funfest mission. These are both impossible without a decent amount of people to play with.
What you’ll need:
1. One of the following: A Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL, 3DS or 3DS XL.
2. A copy of either Pokémon Black 2 or White 2.
3. Have the C-Gear turned on.
4. The “Find Lost Items!” Funfest mission. To unlock this you will need to have completed the “Collect Berries!” Funfest mission.
5. Preferably have Level 3 of the “Find Lost Items!” Mission unlocked. You can do this my completing Level 1 and 2.
6. Have access to Driftveil City (The city with the 5th badge that is next to the Pokémon World Tournament.)
How to play in the event:
1. Go to Driftveil City and take one step onto the Driftveil Drawbridge (From the Driftveil side, not the Nimbasa City side).
2. On the C-Gear, select “Wireless” and then “Extralink”.
3. Talk to the “Entree” (The thing in the middle) and then select “Accept a Funfest Mission”.
4. Choose “Find Lost Items!” and select “Level 3” (Move the D-Pad right with the mission hilighted to do this). If the mission isn’t there, select “Collect Berries!” and play through that, this should unlock it. Then you should complete “Level 1” and “Level 2”. (Don’t worry if you are having trouble, this method will explain how to do VERY well).
5. When the mission starts (On any level) make your way across the Driftveil Drawbridge and collect all of the items you see (These are the shiny things) and head east to Route 5.
6. Collect the items on Route 5 and don’t bother with the ones in the grass, time is too precious for backtracking or random battles.
7. Enter Nimbasa City and make your way along the top collecting items as you go and then down and right into the Ferris Wheel area.
8. Make your way around the Ferris Wheel area collecting items as you go.
9. Exit the Ferris Wheel area and make your way South into Join Avenue.
10. Make your way through Join Avenue onto Route 4 collecting items as you go.
11. Collect items on Route 4 whilst making your way south. DO NOT LET THE TRAINER SEE YOU, this will waste precious time. To avoid the trainer that battles you every time that you are on Route 4, stay on the left most side.
12. Enter Castelia City and collect the items surrounding the fountain.
13. Take the right most path and collect the items until you get to the next screen.
14. Finally, make your way left and collect the items you see here. This is the point at which the time should run out.
If we all follow these guidelines, it should be easy to get the 30 Person Funfest Medal! We’ll see you at Empire Gaming in Farmingdale, NY on August 18th! Registration for the PVGC Doubles Tournament will start at 11AM, with the Tournament starting at 12PM. But the Funfest Missions will be going on all day!
In addition, we also plan to play some other multiplayer games, such as Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Luigi’s Mansion 2, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Tetris Axis, and others! Got any suggestions? Or will we be too busy funfesting??
StreetPass Long Island’s First Anniversary/Pokemon Gen. 5 Send-Off Party is in less than a week! That means it’s finally time to reveal all the prizes for the events that will be happening during the party. Throughout the event, we will be hosting Pokedex 3D Pro Trivia Contests on a big screen! Here are just SOME of the prizes that you can win if you know enough about Pokemon!
Pokedex 3D Pro Trivia Prizes Include:
Pokemon Stickers
Pokemon Black and White Happy Meal Toys from McDonald’s
Pokemon Sweatbands
Pokemon Wristbands
Pokemon X&Y Posters
SPLI’s Pokedex 3D Pro Trivia Rules:
Each Round of Trivia will have a different prize set.
Each Round of Trivia will consist of 10 questions, one (1) prize will be awarded per question.
You may only win one (1) prize per Trivia Round.
Open to all guests – You do NOT need to be entered in the PVGC Tournament to participate.
StreetPass Long Island’s First Anniversary/Pokemon Gen. 5 Send-Off Party is in less than a week! That means it’s finally time to reveal all the prizes for the events that will be happening during the party. Here is the GRAND PRIZE for the Winner of SPLI’s PVGC DOUBLES TOURNAMENT!
Tournament Grand Prize Pack Includes:
Pokemon X&Y Poster
Pokemon Black & White 2 Vinyl Wall Decal Set
Pokemon TCG: Collector’s Album Box – Black and White Emerging Powers
Pokemon TCG: Legends of Justice Box
Pokemon TCG: Victini Deluxe Tin with Figurine
Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSiver DS Accessories Kit
Large Mew Plush Toy
Axew Figurine
Pokemon Water Bottle
SPLI’s PVGC Tournament Rules
Tournament will be Doubles Format.
Tournament will use Swiss Pairings.
Entrants must be officially Registered with SPLI. Registration begins at 11 AM.
Round One of the Tournament will start at 12 PM.
Entrants must be present for all rounds of the Tournament to be eligible to win a prize.
Tournament will follow standard PVGC Ruleset, available on the Official Pokemon Website: PVGC Rules
StreetPass Long Island’s First Anniversary/Pokemon Gen. 5 Send-Off Party is in less than a week! That means it’s finally time to reveal all the prizes for the events that will be happening during the party. In our PVGC Rules Tournament, even the Runner Up gets a Prize Pack!
Tournament Runner Up Prize Pack Includes:
Pokemon X&Y Poster
Squirtle Plush Doll
Charmander Plush Doll
Charmander Action Figure
Pokeball Tin
SPLI’s PVGC Tournament Rules
Tournament will be Doubles Format.
Tournament will use Swiss Pairings.
Entrants must be officially Registered with SPLI. Registration begins at 11 AM.
Round One of the Tournament will start at 12 PM.
Entrants must be present for all rounds of the Tournament to be eligible to win a prize.
Tournament will follow standard PVGC Ruleset, available on the Official Pokemon Website: PVGC Rules
StreetPass Long Island’s First Anniversary/Pokemon Gen. 5 Send-Off Party is in less than a week! That means it’s finally time to reveal all the prizes for the events that will be happening during the party. Now it’s time for the Plushie Contest!
Plushie Contest Prize Pack Includes:
Pokemon X&Y Poster
Chimchar DS Character Stylus
Elekid Plush Doll
Mew Plush Poke-doll
Two (2) Pokeball Keychains
Dialga TCG Card Case
Pokemon Water Bottle
Plushie Contest Rules
You must own the plushie.
You are in charge of your plushie; SPLI is not responsible for lost, stolen or mixed up stuffed animals!
Your plushie must be registered (we’ll have forms) to be entered in the contest.
Plushie Contest will take place near the END of the party. You must be in attendance to win a prize!
NO LIMIT TO NUMBER OF ENTRIES!!! Bring ’em all!!
Entries are not required to be officially licensed. They can also be hand-made.
StreetPass Long Island’s First Anniversary/Pokemon Gen. 5 Send-Off Party is in less than a week! That means it’s finally time to reveal all the prizes for the events that will be happening during the party. We’re going to start with the Cosplay Contest!
Cosplay Contest Prize Pack Includes:
Pokemon X&Y Poster
Shaymin Sky Forme DS Character Stylus
Meowth Plush Doll
Clefairy Plush Doll
Two (2) Pokeball Keychains
Darkrai TCG Card Case
Pokemon Water Bottle
Cosplay Contest Rules
Cosplay must be POKEMON themed to be eligible.
Cosplay must not be deemed offensive.
Cosplay teams are permitted (but will have to share the prize).
Cosplay entrants must be registered with SPLI at the event. Forms will be available.
Cosplay entrants must be present during the Contest voting period in order to win. The Contest voting period will take place near the end of the PVGC Tournament.
You are allowed to enter more than one Contest or Tournament at the event.
Think you have the coolest, rarest, MOST AWESOME Pokemon Plushie on Long Island? Do you have an officially licensed Japanese Pokedoll? How about a rare, shiny-colored plushie? Something from Gen 1 that NOBODY has seen in 15 years?? Bring your coolest/rarest Pokemon Plushie to our event for a chance to win some AWESOME PRIZES. (Yes we are prepared to reward you just for having a cool plushie.) See you on August 18th!
RULES:
-You must own the plushie.
-You are in charge of your plushie; SPLI is not responsible for lost, stolen or mixed up stuffed animals!
-Your plushie must be registered (we’ll have forms) to be entered in the contest.
-Plushie Contest will take place near the END of the party. You must be in attendance to win a prize!
-NO LIMIT TO NUMBER OF ENTRIES!!! Bring ’em all!!
-Entries are not required to be officially licensed. They can also be hand-made.
This event recap originally appeared on The Glux Blog.
OK, OK I know it’s August. But last week it was July, and in the Japanese ACNL town of Wasabi, Mayor Neko was busy hosting a Christmas in July Party!
To make the town as festive as possible despite the heat wave, Mayor Neko went to work decorating Wasabi the old fashioned way. First she assembled her Santa suit, complete with Santa beard and boots! Then Mayor Neko spent an afternoon placing custom snow pattern tiles all over the town, to fake the appearance of snow. It was still obviously summer, but much more festive looking!
For those who want to copy this snow pattern, you can find the QR code for the pattern here!
Mayor Neko recruited Mayor JDubz to help with the wrapping of presents and dropping them all over the Gate area for the guests of the party! Many of the gifts were either festive themed or Nintendo themed!
In addition to the presents and the snow, a custom designed photo cutout standee was set up to be a Santa Photo-Op! Here are the QR codes if you want to have Santa in your town…
Finally the time had come, and lots of friends came by to celebrate! Thanks to everyone who joined in and participated! Below you will find a photolog of the guests and fun stuff we did. 🙂
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