SpotPass (Japanese:いつの間に通信Anytime Communication) is a content-delivery feature of theNintendo 3DS console. When the console is in sleep mode and SpotPass is enabled, the console will automatically connect to the internet (if a connection is available) and download new content for 3DS software and game titles which employ the functionality. The reception of new content via SpotPass is indicated with a shining blue light on the console's top right corner.

InFire Emblem Awakening, SpotPass is employed to deliver unique characters, items,paralogue chapters and other facilities. Data obtained through SpotPass transmission is collected by checking the game's Bonus Box, from which the player can manually choose to load each set of content into a save file.

Fire Emblem Awakening,Fire Emblem Fates, andFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia all use it to alert the player of new DLC.

Bonus Teams delivered via SpotPass

The key attraction ofAwakening's employment of SpotPass is its delivery of characters from pastFire Emblem series games. Once the SpotPass download has been confirmed, these past characters can be summoned on theworld map, leading a team of ten generic enemies. When approached on the map, the player can buy items from these characters, pay a sum ofgold torecruit the unit into their party, or can challenge the character's team to askirmish where the reward for winning is for the character to join the player's party. SpotPass characters are consideredbonus units, along with the DLC characters andAvatars encountered throughStreetPass, and a player can have 20 bonus units in their party at a time; should they attempt to recruit a twenty-first, they will be prompted to dismiss one of their current bonus units.^[1] A SpotPass team can be re-summoned to the world map at any time through the Bonus Box. Up to ten SpotPass teams can exist on the world map at a time.

In most downloadable content chapters, the SpotPass characters are also used as enemies and neutral units; before all the sets were distributed, this was used as a means of pre-determining which characters were going to be made available through SpotPass. In total, there are 120 available SpotPass characters. For the most part this space is allocated as 10 characters per game, with three exceptions:

• Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light andMystery of the Emblem are not themselves represented in favour oftheirremakes being represented instead
• Genealogy of the Holy War is represented by twenty characters for ten per generation
• The remaining 10 characters are a team of "others", comprised of antagonists from across the series.

Release dates

Character set		ReleaseJP	ReleaseUS	ReleaseEU
	Shadow Dragon	May 2nd, 2012	February 28th, 2013	May 16th, 2013
	Gaiden (JP)	June 28th, 2012	March 7th, 2013	May 23rd, 2013
	Mystery of the Emblem (JP)	September 6th, 2012	March 14th, 2013	May 29th, 2013
	Genealogy of the Holy War: G1 (JP)	April 19th, 2012	March 21st, 2013	June 6th, 2013
	Genealogy of the Holy War: G2 (JP)	May 31st, 2012	March 28th, 2013	June 13th, 2013
	Thracia 776 (JP)	June 14th, 2012	April 4th, 2013	June 20th, 2013
	Binding Blade (JP)	May 17th, 2012	April 11th, 2013	June 27th, 2013
	Fire Emblem	July 12th, 2012	January 31st, 2013	April 19th, 2013
	Sacred Stones	July 26th, 2012	February 7th, 2013	April 25th, 2013
	Path of Radiance	August 9th, 2012	February 14th, 2013	May 2nd, 2013
	Radiant Dawn	August 23rd, 2012	February 21st, 2013	May 8th, 2013
	Other	September 20th, 2012	April 18th, 2013	July 18th, 2013

Shadow Dragon

Gaiden

Mystery of the Emblem

Genealogy of the Holy War: G1

Genealogy of the Holy War: G2

Thracia 776

Binding Blade

Fire Emblem

Sacred Stones

Path of Radiance

Radiant Dawn

Other

Bonus Items delivered via SpotPass

A small number of items are also delivered through SpotPass, obtained by checking the game's Download Box. Only one of each item can be obtained per game save through SpotPass, but it is possible to obtain duplicates fromInfinite Regalia.

Item		Type	ReleaseJP	ReleaseUS	ReleaseEU
	Tyrfing	Sword	April 26th, 2012	February 7th, 2013	April 25th, 2013
	Luna	Lance	May 10th, 2012	February 21st, 2013	May 8th, 2013
	Vengeance	Axe	May 24th, 2012	March 7th, 2013	May 23rd, 2013
	Astra	Bow	June 7th, 2012	March 21st, 2013	June 6th, 2013
	Mjölnir	Tome	June 21st, 2012	April 4th, 2013	June 20th, 2013
	Mystletainn	Sword	July 5th, 2012	April 18th, 2013	July 4th, 2013
	Gáe Bolg	Lance	July 19th, 2012	May 2nd, 2013	July 25th, 2013
	Armads	Axe	August 2nd, 2012	May 16th, 2013	August 1st, 2013
	Nidhogg	Bow	August 16th, 2012	May 30th, 2013	August 8th, 2013
	Forseti	Tome	August 30th, 2012	June 13th, 2013	August 14th, 2013
	Double Bow	Bow	September 13th, 2012	June 27th, 2013	August 22nd, 2013
	Book of Naga	Tome	September 27th, 2012	July 11th, 2013	August 29th, 2013

Bonus Maps delivered via SpotPass

Newparalogue chapters are also activated via SpotPass, accessible only after completing Chapter 25 of the main story. Like the downloadable chapters, they contain new units to be recruited; unlike the downloadable content chapters, these are relevant (though not critical) to the main story ofAwakening, and the new units are normal units in that they cansupport with and marry the game'sRobin.

Bonus Challengers delivered via SpotPass

Main article:Double Duel

New opponent teams for theDouble Duel multiplayer mode can be obtained through SpotPass.

Trivia

• TheEldigan bonus unit available in theInfinite RegaliaDLC episode actually functions more like a SpotPass bonus unit, considering that his existence requires no extra DLC data (he appears as an enemy inRogues & Redeemers without needingInfinite Regalia as well) and his portrait is identical in style to SpotPass portraits. It is possible he was a spare bonus unit originally programmed into the game but left out of theGenealogy or Other sets, and was later made accessible throughInfinite Regalia.

Etymology and other languages

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References

See also

• Downloadable content inFire Emblem Awakening
• StreetPass