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Wanted: Have you see this Mii? photo

It's the kind of thing that could only happen in Japan. A Kanagawa man is currently wanted on suspicion of a hit and run and posters featuring his likeness have been issued by police. However, rather than your typical artist's rendition of the villain, he has instead been represented by one of Nintendo's Mii characters.

Quite why police are using a Mii instead of the typical drawing, I don't know. However, the only plausible explanation is that the suspect was, indeed, a real-life Mii. So, if you spot any suspicious looking Miis in or around the Kanagawa area, be sure to let local authorities know.


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Diverse's Avatar
Diverse at 02/02/2009 09:55
I grinned like a motherfucker.
Clance's Avatar
Clance at 02/02/2009 09:56


Problem solved.
Crunshii's Avatar
Crunshii at 02/02/2009 10:08
looooooooooooooooooooooooool
Corak's Avatar
Corak at 02/02/2009 10:22
This was a great article to start my day, LOL indeed.
Barcode's Avatar
Barcode at 02/02/2009 10:26
Wow....
Just wow!
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 02/02/2009 11:20
So we are looking for someone with red marker pen on his cheeks...right....
Pangloss's Avatar
Pangloss at 02/02/2009 11:52
Yet another addition to my big old "Japan Is Weird" filing cabinet.
GunSlap's Avatar
GunSlap at 02/02/2009 12:13
You can fit all those files into 1 cabinet?
Logo's Avatar
Logo at 02/02/2009 12:14
It's nice to know as a redhead that I now am virtually immune to Japan's police forces mwahahahahaha.
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Seta Soujiro at 02/02/2009 13:09
is this for real???? xD
Timstuff's Avatar
Timstuff at 02/02/2009 13:43
ZOMG, it was Gaius Baltar from Battlestar Galactica! :o
jorge's Avatar
jorge at 02/03/2009 03:13
I bet he has already gotten a new haircut and sex change from the Mii Channel.
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Capm Trevo at 02/03/2009 04:24
I have him on my friends list!!!
uoodS JW's Avatar
uoodS JW at 02/03/2009 10:06
I remember seeing something on TV about how the human brain may actually store faces as caricatures e.g. sketches of Prince Charles and George W. Bush may look quite similar, and not be instantly recognised as either but we easily know which of the two a more stylised cartoon is meant to be.

So who knows, perhaps Miis would be more effective in catching baddies, they can't be much worse than photo-fits and e-fits.
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