StreetPass NYC Demos Wii U and Nintendo 3DS Video Games at Kid Comic Con 2013 on May 11th

NEW YORK - May 9, 2013 - PRLog -- StreetPass NYC, a popular grassroots Nintendo 3DS fan club in New York City, invites all parents and kids to the Bronx Community College (181st Street and University Avenue Bronx, NY) on May 11th to demo Wii U and Nintendo 3DS video games in their booth in Kids Comic Con 2013 (Colston Hall) from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

The theme of StreetPass NYC's booth at their first year of Kids Comic Con is titled "Video Games: Educators of both Parents and Children". Kids will be exposed to extremely fun games that teaches various practical real world skills such as hand eye coordination (Nintendo Land), grammar structure (Scribblenaughts Unlimited), problem solving (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon), social skills (Nintendogs + Cats) and staying physically active (Just Dance 4). StreetPass NYC will also exhibit games from fun kid's franchises such as Skylanders Giants, Lego City Undercover, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity and Adventure Time: Hay Ice King, Why Did You Steel Our Garbage!?

The booth will also play host to a variety of contests for both parents and kids to enjoy in such as:

New Super Mario Bros U "Boost Rush" Challenge -- (Sign Ups from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Contest from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM) We challenge all Gamer Parents and Gamer Kids to try to survive Boost Rush mode together! Up to five people try to rush through levels that scroll at increasing speeds as you collect coins, and aim for the fastest possible completion time. The more coins you collect, the faster the level scrolls, enabling you to reach the goal even faster! One parent (or gamer) will be on the Wii U GamePad to assist the other players on reaching the fastest time possible. The team with the fastest time will win a very cool Mario Prize!

Skylanders Giants Figurine Raffle -- (Contest from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM) Come to check out our booth and demo any Wii U or Nintendo 3DS game to get a free raffle ticket. Between 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM if parents and kids come to demo Activision's Skylanders Giants for Wii U, you will earn three raffle tickets per demo time! Starting promptly at 3:00 PM, we will start raffling away cool Skylander's game figurines and accessories!

"Battle of the Brains" Brain Age Competition -- (Contest from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) Groups of two or more will battle each other out to see who has the smartest brain. Gamers will download the Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo DS/3DS) Calculations X 30 multiplayer game (FREE) and try to solve 30 simple calculations with rapid fire speed. The gamer with the lowest brain age score will win an awesome prize!

Art Academy Drawing Contest --  (Contest from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM) All budding artist are welcome to our booth during contest time to express their artistic skills in Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone for Nintendo 3DS! Kids can draw anything that comes to their mind, though Super Heroes, New York iconography and Nintendo Video Game characters will be a huge plus for the judges! StreetPass NYC staff will be judging artistic talent, creativity, use of color, line and shape. The winner(s) will be announced at 4:00 PM and will be rewarded prize(s) at our booth. All drawings will be featured on the StreetPass NYC Blog, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr and Pinterest with name credits given.

"We are super excited to not only educated children but also parents in the fun and education that is to be had with Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software products", says Jordan White, Founder and Event Organizer of StreetPass NYC. "Nintendo has a long history of engaging with and making content for children of all ages and we would like to continue that proud tradition. We also would like to use this opportunity to teach parents the educational value of video game software and inform them about the ESRB Rating System so they can shop for appropriate video game software more efficiently."

"Kids Comic Con’s primary goal is to promote reading, creativity, and exploration in kids’ lives,” Alex Simmons, Kids Comic Con Creator and Founder, added. “Now more than ever it is imperative that young people embrace a continuous flow of positive ideas, skills, and outlets for their thinking as well as self-esteem. This year we've found even more people who share these ideas and goals so come share the day and the magic.”"

More information about Kids Comic Con 2013 can be found at: http://kidscomiccon.com/

StreetPass NYC is a subset of the much larger, global-wide grassroots StreetPass Network of meetings popping up all over the globe from America to Japan and South Africa. For more information, please visit http://www.streetpassnetwork.com

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