Because Nintendo's Zone locator refuses to work for me with ip geolocation disabled, I have to wander around random places in Charlottesville and look for the "The Nintendo Zone service is available here." notice on my 3DS. The following is therefore a list of all places in Charlottesville I've found with Nintendo Zone. At some point I need to try hitting the fast food ones from the drive-thru.
- McDonald's
- Verified streetpassable from outside the building:
- Pantops (limited non-handicapped parking right outside the front doors, was able to get streetpasses from those spots without leaving my car)
- Barracks (may take a bit, but it'll happen. They have outside seating, make use of it)
- Shoppers' World (streetpassable from parking lot, without leaving car)
- Verified, but streetpassed from inside because I was eating there:
- Burger King
- Has Zone, haven't successfully streetpassed:
- Barracks (couldn't streetpass from outside the building. 3DS was going back and forth between saying StreetPass and Internet. I'll head back when they're at peak around lunchtime so I can blend into the crowd and not end up buying anything)
- Haven't verified:
- Fashion Square Mall
- You'll have to go in to get this one.
- It takes eons to happen, so sit down at a table outside Sbarro and get tortured by all the food smells until dat green LED flashes.
- Also, even though Red Robin is open later than the rest of the mall, the Zone is off when the mall is closed, or so it seems.
Places we have that I've heard have Nintendo Zone, but that I haven't verified:
- Best Buy (I bought my 3DS there, but survey says it's a slim chance I'll go back there anytime soon)
- Barnes & Noble (I need to go there anyway because I have a gift card to spend on manga)
- The AT&T store on Emmet St. near Arby's and CookOut (based on the fact that a valid Nintendo Zone SSID is "attwifi")
- Starbucks (Pantops, corner, where else? The kiosks don't count (the only one I know of is in Fashion Square Mall anyway), and the cafe inside Barnes and Noble isn't actually a Starbucks)
- I haven't hit up downtown for streetpasses yet, but there might be a Zone down there somewhere, worth a stroll up and down the mall to check
The next steps to take after verifying everything:
- Get a laptop
- Make a list of all the MAC addresses of the Nintendo Zone access points around here
- Set up HomePass using said list
- Far off in the future: get a Raspberry Pi and set up SpillPass-Pi so I can HomePass on demand easily with a dedicated device
