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Arthands

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
8,039
news.cts.com.tw

動森「警察來訊」...打開一看笑噴:朋友Switch弄丟了 - 華視新聞網

任天堂Switch的遊戲「集合啦!動物森友會」相當熱門,沒想到Switch遺失,居然能透過「動森」找回。近日鄭先生的Switch遊戲機不慎遺失,被路人撿到、送到警察局報案,台北市大安分局和平東路派出所...

The story goes that the Taiwanese player brought his Switch to the ATM to withdraw some cash. While he was taking the money, he put his Switch on top of the ATM and forgot about it. His Switch was picked up by a stranger, who send it to the police. Fortunately the Switch has a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, so the police send a message in the game to his AC friend, with the address and numbers of the police station, and tell his AC friend to contact the owner and get his Switch back. It worked, and the owner was notified by the friend who managed to get his Switch back successfully.

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Piccoro

Member
Nov 20, 2017
7,095
If he didn't have AC, they wouldn't have a way of contacting his friends...
On a games console, in the year of 2020.
 

Z-Beat

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
31,845
I wish they'd sent it in the form of a ransom note. Imagine opening your mail in Animal Crossing and it says "We have your friend."
 

DXB-KNIGHT

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,188
See if Nintendo had Cloud support for Animal Crossing he would've bought another Switch, transfered his Animal Crossing save and remotely wiped his old Switch to be lost forever.
 

R0987

Avenger
Jan 20, 2018
2,832
With how easy the back of the switch smudges you would think they could track the owner using fingerprints.
 

justiceiro

Banned
Oct 30, 2017
6,664
Isn't sending personal information through these messages against Nintendo tos? He will get banned.