TL;DR
- ThunderPass is a modern reimagining of StreetPass from the Nintendo 3DS, for Android-based gaming consoles.
- Users can create gamer profiles and then passively share them with other nearby gamers over Bluetooth.
- While the idea sounds cool, there are some concerns about privacy and security with the vibe-coded app.
Everybody’s got a favorite era in gaming, and we are just suckers for nostalgia that targets these memories. If you were a big 3DS player, chances are you might remember StreetPass, Nintendo’s proximity-based system for sharing Miis and other game data. Now as we turn more and more to Android-based consoles for emulating classics like the 3DS, one dev has cooked up a modern Android-based alternative that hopes to help you relive some of those StreetPass memories.
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