Police use Wii to create wanted poster
How closely does your Mii resemble the real you?
I ask only because it seems that police in Japan decided to dispense with the services of a sketch artist--who knows, perhaps he was too temperamental--and used a Wii to create their own impression of a man they wanted to question.
The Mii feature on Nintendo's Wii video game console allows you to create your own avatarish persona on games such as Wii Sports. So the wise policemen in the Kanegawa prefecture apparently decided they could swiftly create a Mii of a man who may have been involved in a hit-and-run road accident.
There is no word whether the residents of Kanegawa are rushing around their neighborhoods, brandishing this supposed likeness of a young man with long brown hair, glasses, and Heidi Klum's cheekbones. And there is no word that this avatar has been re-created on many thousands of Kanegawa Wiis and is trouncing untold numbers of Roger Federer look-alikes.
But it's lovely to think that such frivolous games are now being used in the serious cause of truth and justice on the Miin Streets of Kanegawa.
Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. 
A drawing from a sketch artist is likely to be a little more accurate, but that of course requires a skilled sketch artist whereas this can be done by pretty much anyone.
Plus, a Mii on a poster would be more likely to catch my eye versus a police sketch that I would most likely ignore.
Weird? Well, perhaps. But definitely in a good way....
Chris
OR maybe better yet, have Mii police capture the the criminal's Mii and call the case closed. Then, then have the victim have a Mii and hold a complete trial.
MikeY's Mii posting this (and he doesn't know it !!!)
Thats about the difference between the knick off Mii and the real sketch artist!
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