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Nintendo's Miis Help Solve Crime

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by Phil Kollar on July 26, 2011 at 12:40 AM

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You may think of the Mii character creation system as a cute but superfluous addition to Nintendo's Wii system to help it appeal to a wider audience. Not so fast, though. Your Mii could help save your system from burglary.

Fox 30 in Jacksonville, Florida, brings us this true crime report on a Wii stolen from one Meg Witherspoon along with a 19-inch television. Police were able to track the television to a pawn shop via the serial number, but they had no such serial number to go off to help find the Wii, which had been pawned at a different location. Cold case, right?

Not quite! Police discovered a Wii sold to a nearby pawn shop around the same time as the television and were able to identify it as Witherspoon's by looking at the Miis on the system. Witherspoon's family and friends had created a whole army of virtual characters that looked like them, confirming it as their console.

I look forward to seeing the CSI or Law & Order episodes sure to spin off from this story.

[via Kotaku]

Filed under: News, Wii, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, crime, Gamer Culture, Mii

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by Kamen Rider AE86 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 12:57 AM

Nice but I'm still not going to buy a Wii.
by sickdoghats Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 01:06 AM

Oh Billy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJR8ZNAnRoM
by John Carboni Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 01:06 AM

That's so cool haha piddly nintendo features ftw!
by Coolagoon Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 01:23 AM

...and I could have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling miis.
by SuperKingC77 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 01:28 AM

i can just imagine this happening to me police officer-"Ok, so your mii list consisted of yourself, Mr.T, Batman, Chuck Norris, Dr. Zoidberg, Jackie Chan, Jesus, and what would appear to be a man with a d**k where his face should be?" me-"yea, sounds about right"
by ThisFreakinGuy Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 01:43 AM

Hahaha... someone stealing a Wii?
by awadog Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 01:47 AM

That's incredible. I've really been tossing around the idea of getting a Wii this holiday season. I know there has been a recent price drop on the Wii, but, I was wondering if there has been any word of the Wii seeing another price drop in the near future. I thought this could be a possibility because its life cycle is coming to an end and the WiiU is just on the horizon. Also, I apologize that this post is not completely related to this article and would like to say that I find this story very interesting and a bit reassuring because of my recent interest in the Wii.(and the fact that I live in an apartment complex with many sketchy individuals.)
by Marina Saturday Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 01:51 AM

the thief was taking the goods- a Wii and a 19-inch TV -___-
by Dusknight6 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 02:40 AM

Lol
by Nick Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 03:15 AM

That is amazing! Good for them that they got their Wii back.
by Masterassassin Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 04:28 AM

The Miis were useful for once lol!
by XelaSalog Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 04:34 AM

So maybe I should stop making my Miis look like freakish dwarves? In case it gets stolen?
by Cloud33113 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 05:28 AM

Well my mii's look like a army of little people with no real faces and me,paul SR, Paul JR, Alice cooper, chuck norris, alvin, ext
by XxRaz0rBlad3xX Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 05:51 AM

That's great, but still, the Wii is not for the hardcore gamer, like me. I'm sticking with my Xbox 360 until the next Xbox comes out, of course. lol
by Drake Fisher Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 06:17 AM

the jacksonville police cared that much about finding a wii. wow
by 7idledays Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 06:31 AM

They also matched the semen that was all over the crime scene to the perp.
by leahkitty Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 07:10 AM

lol wow thats really funny but im happy she got her things back ^^
by atlaw01 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 07:36 AM

Cool. But I'd rather get my Wii stolen anyway. Terrible, terrible graphics. It's a GameCube with a fancy controller... Hell, it isn't even fancy anymore. That's why I have an Xbox 360 and a PS3 that work way better with better graphics. AND they can play online. So Halo ftw and Call of Duty ftw.
by Rengeki55 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 07:54 AM

AMmusing