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Kid fakes own kidnap for Nintendo money
7:45 AM on 08.01.2008, Jim Sterling 34 comments

Kid fakes own kidnap for Nintendo money photo
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A young man known only by his surname of Yang was charged by police Shangqiu, China, for conspiring to fake his own abduction. Yang worked with two men, Zhou and Pan, who pretended to be his kidnappers and extorted 10,000 yuan ($1,400) from the youth's parents. They were caught when withdrawing the cash from an ATM.

Yang admitted to his own kidnap, claiming he did it because his parents "had refused to buy him a Nintendo computer." I'm going to assume he means a Wii and not a Famicom, because that really would be tightfisted of the parents. 

Piracy has gotten so bad in China that people are now stealing themselves. When will the madness end?


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CALkulon's Avatar
CALkulon at 08/01/2008 08:15
@Triox
yaHtzee. You will not disgrace his name with incorrect spellings!

I think as revenge this kid's parents should sell him as a slave, and buy a car with the money.
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The Young Scot at 08/01/2008 08:23
Man, that sure was a Nintendon't!

HAH!
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MaximusPaynicus at 08/01/2008 08:31
@The Young Scot
*SMACK!* ...no.
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catfishmaw at 08/01/2008 08:31
Where do people get these ideas? Wouldn't it be easier just got get a job and then quit after a week, once you'd earned enough for a Wii?

Wait - isn't this China? I thought that only a few consoles had been released over there due to piracy scares.
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catfishmaw at 08/01/2008 08:43
Yes - perhaps the kid means this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_iQue - because Nintendo hate China and don't release anything there. Most of the more popular games are about being a Chinese government official, like this one, apparently: http://zonaeuropa.com/200708.brief.htm#001
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Holyetheline at 08/01/2008 08:54
The madness never ends...
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falinter at 08/01/2008 09:01
I would have donated mine to the poor kid.
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Noah at 08/01/2008 09:14
...and right before the 2008 Games...so shameful...
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exodus1925 at 08/01/2008 09:37
I'm going to just roll my eyes over this one, instead of facepalm.
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NihonTiger90 at 08/01/2008 09:39
The kid obviously wanted a Vii.
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The-Excel at 08/01/2008 09:43
I would sooner fake a bank robbery than my own abduction. Heck, I would even fake my own death if possible for all of the cool benefits that would afford me, such as the ability to haunt everyone I knew in mortal life.
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dephect at 08/01/2008 09:49
He was so close... never admit... NEVER ADMIT!

Doesnt anyone watch 48?!
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king3vbo at 08/01/2008 10:51
A Nintendo computer?
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GohanGVO at 08/01/2008 12:15
Nincompoop.

(See what I did thar.)
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Necros at 08/01/2008 12:46
So I assume a Nintendo computer is like a Mac, but with tons of functionality removed, right?
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DGX Goggles at 08/01/2008 16:41
It'll end when the people of China gain the common sense ability.
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nintendoll at 08/02/2008 06:40
@NihonTiger

I'm assuming the Vii is to Wii as the Treamcast was to Dreamcast. Bwahahaha.
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Infinitestrike at 08/03/2008 13:03
Now that is desperate. What if the so called "kidnappers" took the money for themselves?
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revjake at 08/03/2008 23:14
Did he get jail time or death?
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