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StreetPass update adds birthday collecting, VIP Miis and more

StreetPass collecters should take advantage of an optional update.

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It's International StreetPass Week, so now's the time to break out the 3DS and go hunting.

Don't leave your home network without first checking out a new optional update, though. Kotaku reports the update prompt is available from the leftmost icon in your StreetPass Mii Plaza.

The update enables a number of options, including the ability to skip conversations with Miis - although you'll have to pay for that little upgrade.

You'll also be able to hide StreetPass games you don't use, save your favourite Miis as VIPs, and collect birthdays, for those who want yet another category to compulsively hoard.

As previously detailed there are also a couple of new games.

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