Mii character used in police investigation
Philip Wong | Feb 10, 2009
(Credit: Kotaku.com)
The tech-crazed Japanese have done it again, except this time round, they have managed to utilize the Nintendo Wii as a crime-fighting tool. According to a report on Kotaku.com, the Japanese police are using a Mii character to illustrate the suspect involved in a hit-and-run road accident.
Could this be a cost-cutting measure to counter the current economic downturn or the handiwork of a Nintendo Wii fan police constable? Nobody really knows, but the above hilarious police notice sure looks authentic in our opinion.
Via Kotaku.com
Talkback
LipWorks says...
That sounds like a really bad idea... many people will fit that sketch... But I can nearly imagine how that victim in the crash accident was bedridden and the police brought a Nintendo Wii to cheer him up, and bang this thug's sketch was born!
Feb 11, 2009 10:26
That sounds like a really bad idea... many people will fit that sketch... But I can nearly imagine how that victim in the crash accident was bedridden and the police brought a Nintendo Wii to cheer him up, and bang this thug's sketch was born!
Feb 11, 2009 10:26
isaac976 says...
you would be surpise how detail that Mii Character can get , actually wii could just create another platform for police so it will incorporate more details such as scars, tattoo, body detail.
but anyway .. GREAT ingenuity Tokyo police ! keep it up
Feb 12, 2009 15:10
you would be surpise how detail that Mii Character can get , actually wii could just create another platform for police so it will incorporate more details such as scars, tattoo, body detail.
but anyway .. GREAT ingenuity Tokyo police ! keep it up
Feb 12, 2009 15:10
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Devlin
You've got to give credit to whoever came up with this because as preposterous as it is it will surely get the public's attention. And really, that's what posters like these are all about. Now the Mii actually looking like the culprit? That's a different story altogether, but if they did get it close enough I'm sure someone will recognize him.
Feb 10, 2009 19:22