@Sinnbox:

You kind of already did.

Mikaze

@onidavin:

I don't know. I mean, is putting one's life and the lives of others at unnecessary risk really bad enough to warrant a stern talking to?

It just seems so harsh!

Mikaze

Alot of American Cops are stuck on a power high. but you do run across a few cool ones. but lets not turn this into a good cop/bad cop thread.

Sinnbox

So Wii can heal the injured, bring gaming to the masses (including the elderly), and solve crimes, next up, it will bring peace in the mideast

Avinash_Tyagi

I could easily imagine this Wii having less than half that number of Miis at the time it was recovered... with these additional Miis (which will be the ones used for identifying the original owner, of course) "magically" appearing while the Wii was kept safely within the confines of the West Yorkshire police dept. break room.

floorcat

@Sintariot: You don't get to complain about the police if you drive drunk, which is so recklessly selfish it blows my mind.

And I'm a German, so don't go spouting any blah blah American blah blah crap.

onidavin

Damn, now I feel like watching Hot Fuzz...

InsidiousTuna (XBL and PSN)

European cops are pretty cool compared to American pigs. I failed a breathalizer in Germany they took my keys and said come back tomorrow and in Amsterdam I was sleeping in my car and was awoken by cops knocking on my window. He asked if I'd been drinking. I said no and he said, "OK. Have a nice day!" No speaches like American pigs always want to give you and high professionalism.

Sintariot

That cop's from the Shire!!!!

Emulated

What an awful website. Loaded with spyware, and they call the wii "an interactive computer sports game, usually played through the TV,in which players devise their own named characters." I had to type that by hand since it doesn`t allow copy-pasting.

GUY_JIN

At this point its just returning stolen property, but kudos for the effort. Most stolen stuff doesn't get returned because theres no real distinguishing marks or serial numbers.

Or if the cops just can't be arsed.

cactaur

Hot damn here I thought all Police men knew to do was eat Doughnuts and not solve crime cases like in the movies, turns out they play games too.

Ok now to be serious that is some seriously clever shit. Good job Officers.

GUNDAM-RX-78-2

Looks like that guy is inputing the cordiantes for the local donut shop into his hand held GPS unit.

Sinnbox

I eagerly await an episode of "Crime Drama Here" involving a homicide victim's Mii collection being used to find the killer.

Mikaze

I wonder how many calls they're going to get hit by from people desperately trying in vain to name the other 12 Miis and collect themselves a free console. : p

NinjaBurg3r

Congrats Mr. Gerstmann, I love the haircut. Wait...shit.

Fadakar

Anyone here a rat?

manok

@Mikaze: oops

Sinnbox

@youlikeyams: Good! No point in them being 'in the community' if that means they're gonna hang out at Greggs.

Teeif

@Sinnbox: You'll never catch a British police officer at a donut shot, because they're all stuck inside in the office. They're never out on the beat. :(

Youlikeyams

@Sinnbox: More likely a cream cake in Yorkshire

Mitch10

Uh... Miis can be deleted. Easily. People should just take damn well note of their serial numbers.

Demaar

They should have a Bounty Channel on Wii menu, like Cowboy Beebop, with Wanted Miis for search.

MajorWedgie

couldn't they just get in touch with Nintendo and find out who registered it? I mean chances are pretty high that it is registered for the warranty.

captcaveman

Yay! I live in West Yorkshire!

Maleficence

@Demaar: Right, but these ones weren't deleted, so what's your point?

And come on, who really takes note of the serial number of all their possessions? I took a note of the frame number of my bike (not that I seriously expect any prospect of getting it back if it's stolen) but that spends a chunk of time each week locked somewhere outside in public view with a flimsy chain, you know? It also costs somewhat over twice what a Wii does. I don't think I've got notes of the serial number of any other electronics I own...

quen

I bet they made their own Mii's on the channel too, I would have. I also bet they played a game or two, I would have.

sadkermit

I could imagine a Mii on a milk carton, as opposed to an actual personactual person, and the friend code instead of the phone number. :P

KenogaBrave

@Fadakar: HAHA. Nice call on the GertsMan look-a-like.

Benjo

I don't know what the UK laws are, but I'm pretty sure that in America if you returned the stolen Wii you wouldn't get any form of compensation; you'd have to track down the guy you got it from and sue them. So I doubt there's going to be a ton of people checking their Miis/serial numbers.

eelmonger

I live in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (UK) and let me tell you - our police force is rated one of the worst in the country. Check out the league tables - you can find them via Google, I'm sure. Perhaps instead of stumbling across stolen Wii's, the police could spend more time on serious cases. How about the one where a college student was mowed down by a gang of asian teens a few years back because he was white? But maybe that wouldn't be PC, would it. You know, West Yorkshire Police - it's only racist if a white person commits the offence, isn't it?

locky_uk_2000