Thomas Game Docs | Japan Police used this Mii to try to catch a criminal @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded November 2019 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
Back in 2009, Nintendo's Miis were EVERYWHERE. And that included "wanted" posters in Japan. Check out the story of how Japan police tried to catch a criminal using a Mii. ...or did they?
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NOTE: Parts of this story may have been dramatised/expanded upon for narrative effect. This video is not a substitute for original research.
MUSIC
Layton Brothers: Mystery Room OST
SOURCES
- game.item-get.com/wiitips/20091635 Original Source (afaik) / recreated mii
- nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0902/05/news030.html Journalist who contacted police
- gizmodo.jp/2009/02/mii_1.html “the police station that Nintendo likes a little too much”.
- kotaku.com/mii-sought-in-hit-and-run-5143962 Owen Good - Who’s mii was it?
CREDITS
"Rain, Car Interior, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
Back in 2009, Nintendo's Miis were EVERYWHERE. And that included "wanted" posters in Japan. Check out the story of how Japan police tried to catch a criminal using a Mii. ...or did they?
Follow me on Twitter! - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
NOTE: Parts of this story may have been dramatised/expanded upon for narrative effect. This video is not a substitute for original research.
MUSIC
Layton Brothers: Mystery Room OST
SOURCES
- game.item-get.com/wiitips/20091635 Original Source (afaik) / recreated mii
- nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0902/05/news030.html Journalist who contacted police
- gizmodo.jp/2009/02/mii_1.html “the police station that Nintendo likes a little too much”.
- kotaku.com/mii-sought-in-hit-and-run-5143962 Owen Good - Who’s mii was it?
CREDITS
"Rain, Car Interior, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
