At Gamescom 2026 in Cologne, I brought my Nintendo 3DS to see if StreetPass still works. The results were a nostalgic surprise.
Author: Yvonne van Geloven
I am Yvonne van Geloven, 62 years old, and I live in the Netherlands with my husband and daughter. Growing up, there was no Game Boy or other kind of video game at hand, so my first experiences in gaming started much later in life. My first steps in gaming were in playing Animal Crossing Wild World together with my (then) 7-year-old daughter and the rest is history!
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