Puzzle Swap
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Puzzle Swap is one of the games featured on StreetPass Mii Plaza. It has been available since the Nintendo 3DS's first launch in 2011.
History[edit]
On April 21, 2012, an update was pushed that opened a puzzle for Mario Tennis Open and Fire Emblem Awakening.
As of August 2012, several more puzzles have been released into the public to coincide with the release of other games, such as Kirby's 20th Anniversary and New Super Mario Bros. 2. The same month, a McDonald's Puzzle was given to Nintendo 3DS owners who visited a McDonald's in Japan for a limited time; it is the first puzzle that is not related to a Nintendo game. There was also a puzzle released in Japan called ANAでDS that was released at three airports in Japan.
On December 18, 2013, Satoru Iwata announced a puzzle for Monster Hunter 4, making it the first third-party puzzle for Puzzle Swap.
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Gameplay[edit]
Puzzle Swap features various different puzzles, known as panels, that the player can complete. Players are given one piece to start off with, and more can be obtained by tagging people via StreetPass. After StreetPassing with someone, the player is then entitled to take a puzzle piece from them (and vice versa) to add to their collection. If another player does not have any new pieces, the player gets nothing. Players can also spend two Play Coins to buy a random piece that adds to one of their incomplete puzzles. Sometimes they are given a duplicate piece, which becomes increasingly likely as the puzzle is filled in, and also results in the player getting nothing. Once a puzzle is completed, the player can view a three-dimensional image of the puzzle.
While the initial puzzles consist of 15 pieces, the December 2011 update included several puzzles with either 24 or 40 pieces and the ability to receive new puzzles through SpotPass. Additionally, the four center-most pieces in the 24-piece puzzles and the eight center-most pieces in the 40-piece puzzles are pink. These pink pieces cannot be purchased with Play Coins, and can only be obtained by StreetPassing other people who have obtained them. If a new user starts playing Puzzle Swap after this update, they can receive a pink puzzle piece as their first piece.
List of puzzles[edit]
These are all the puzzles in Puzzle Swap, sorted by release order.
| No. | Puzzle no. | Release date | Regions released | Pieces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metroid: Other M | Pre-installed | Internationally | 15 |
| 2 | Mario and Bowser | Pre-installed | Internationally | 15 |
| 3 | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Pre-installed | Internationally | 15 |
| 4 | The Legend of Zelda | Pre-installed | Internationally | 15 |
| 5 | Kirby's Dream Land | Pre-installed | Internationally | 15 |
| 6 | Pikmin | Pre-installed | Internationally | 15 |
| 7 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Pre-installed | Internationally | 15 |
| 8 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D | 2011 SpotPass Update: December | Internationally | 24 |
| 9 | Star Fox 64 3D | 2011 SpotPass Update: December | Internationally | 24 |
| 10 | Super Mario 3D Land | 2011 SpotPass Update: December | Internationally | 40 |
| 11 | Mario Kart 7 | 2011 SpotPass Update: December | Internationally | 40 |
| 12 | Rhythm Heaven Fever | 2011 SpotPass Update: December | Internationally | 24 |
| 13 | Donkey Kong Country Returns | 2011 SpotPass Update: December | Internationally | 24 |
| 14 | Pilotwings Resort | 2011 SpotPass Update: December | Internationally | 24 |
| 15 | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 2012 SpotPass Update: February | Internationally | 40 |
| 16 | Fire Emblem Awakening | SpotPass Updates: April 2012, January & April 2013 | Japan, America, & Europe | 40 |
| 17 | Mario Tennis Open | 2012 SpotPass Update: April | Internationally | 40 |
| 18 | Kirby's 20th Aniversary | 2012 SpotPass Update: July | Internationally | 40 |
| 19 | Brain Age: Concentration Training | SpotPass Update: July 2012 & February 2013 | Japan, America, & Korea | 24 |
| 20 | All Nippon Airways | 2012 SpotPass Event: July-September | Japan | 15 |
| 21 | マックでDS ビッグマック | 2012 SpotPass Event: August-September | Japan | 15 |
| 22 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 2012 SpotPass Update: August | Internationally | 40 |
| 23 | Kirby's Return to Dream Land | 2012 SpotPass Update: November | Internationally | 40 |
| 24 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | SpotPass Update: November 2012 & May 2013 | Internationally | 40 |
| 25 | Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon | 2013 SpotPass Update: March | Internationally | 40 |
| 26 | Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger | 2013 SpotPass Update: May & June | Internationally | 40 |
| 27 |  Nintendo Starlets /  Heroines
|
2013 SpotPass Update: June & July | Internationally | 40 |
| 28 | Xenoblade Chronicles | 2013 SpotPass Update: June & July | Internationally | 40 |
| 29 | New SUPER MARIO BROS. U + New SUPER LUIGI U | 2013 SpotPass Update: June & July | Japan, America, & Europe | 40 |
| 30 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | 2013 SpotPass Update: June & July | Internationally | 40 |
| 31 | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team | 2013 SpotPass Update: July | Internationally | 40 |
| 32 | Chibi-Robo! Photo Finder | SpotPass Update: August 2013 & January 2014 | Japan & America | 40 |
| 33 | だるめしスポーツ店 | 2013 SpotPass Update: September | Japan | 24 |
| 34 | Pokémon X and Pokémon Y | 2013 SpotPass Update: October | Internationally | 40 |
| 35 | MONSTER HUNTER | SpotPass Update: December 2013 & January 2015 | Internationally | 40 |
| 36 | Kirby: Triple Deluxe | SpotPass Update: December 2013 & May 2014 | Internationally | 40 |
| 37 | SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD | 2014 SpotPass Update: February | Japan, America, & Europe | 40 |
| 38 | YOSHI'S New ISLAND | 2014 SpotPass Update: March, July & December | Internationally | 40 |
| 39 | Rusty's Real Deal Baseball | 2014 SpotPass Update: April | America | 24 |
| 40 | 달구네 스포츠 야구편 | 2014 SpotPass Update: May | Korea | 24 |
| 41 | Nintendo Pocket Football Club | 2014 SpotPass Update: June | Japan & Europe | 15 |
| 42 | Mega Man | 2014 SpotPass Update: July & August | Japan, America, & Europe | 40 |
| 43 | Kirby Fighters Deluxe/Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe | SpotPass Update: July, August, November 2014 & February 2015 | Internationally | 24 |
| 44 | Daigasso! Band Brothers P | 2014 SpotPass Update: August | Japan | 40 |
| 45 | FANTASY LIFE | 2014 SpotPass Update: October | America & Europe | 40 |
| 46 | PIKMIN Short Movies 3D: The Night Juicer | 2014 SpotPass Update: November | Japan, America, & Europe | 15 |
| 47 | PIKMIN Short Movies 3D: Treasure In a Bottle | 2014 SpotPass Update: November | Japan, America, & Europe | 15 |
| 48 | PIKMIN Short Movies 3D: Occupational Hazards | 2014 SpotPass Update: November | Japan, America, & Europe | 15 |
| 49 | Sonic Boom | 2014 SpotPass Update: November & December | Japan, America, & Europe | 40 |
| 50 | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | 2014 SpotPass Update: November & December | Japan, America & Europe | 40 |
| 51 | ULTIMATE NES REMIX | SpotPass Update: November 2014 & August 2015 | Japan, America & Europe | 40 |
| 52 | Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U | SpotPass Update: December 2014, February & August 2015 | Internationally | 40 |
| 53 | MONSTER HUNTER | 2015 SpotPass Update: March & April | Internationally | 40 |
| 54 | Tomodachi Life Friendship Fiesta | 2015 SpotPass Update: July | Europe | 24 |
| 55 | Mario & Happy | 2015 SpotPass Update: September | America | 24 |
| 56 | Picross 3D: Round 2 | 2015 SpotPass Update: September | Japan, Europe | 15 |
| 57 | YO-KAI WATCH | 2015 SpotPass Update: October & November | America, Europe & Korea | 40 |
| 58 | Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam | 2015 SpotPass Update: November & December | Japan, America, & Europe | 15 |
| 59 | Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer | 2015 SpotPass Update: November & December | Japan, America & Europe | 40 |
| 60 | FINAL FANTASY EXPLORERS | 2016 SpotPass Update: March | America & Europe | 40 |
| 61 | Kirby: Planet Robobot | 2016 SpotPass Update: April | Internationally | 15 |
| 62 | Culdcept Revolt | 2016 SpotPass Update: July | Japan, America, Europe | 15 |
| 63 | METROID PRIME FEDERATION FORCE | 2016 SpotPass Update: August | Japan, America & Europe | 15 |
