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One of the new features Nintendo is advertising for the 3DS is Street Pass, a program that automatically transfers data from one user's system to another. Some games such as Street Fighter IV have made use of this through battles with passers-by, but the system itself has some built-in games, including Street Pass Puzzle. Its object is to collect and trade a series of puzzle pieces which are used to assemble pictures of Nintendo characters. Once a picture is completed, you can view a 3D model of the image that you can rotate and zoom. Destructoid's Dale North from Japan has already unlocked the Samus puzzle and uploaded a video of the game in action. No surprise it's the model of Samus from Metroid: Other M! Check it out! Thanks for the Samus love, Dale!

One other thing we noticed in the video was that there are hats of Nintendo characters, such as Kirby, Mario, and Star Fox. These hats are unlocked through the AR cards. No word yet on whether you can get a Samus helmet for your Mii's, but it's possible it can be unlocked by playing the Mii Plaza games. We'll let you know as soon as its presence or absence is confirmed.

Until next time...
Captain Commando