An Animal Crossing player was reunited with their lost Switch after the local police department sent an in-game letter to one of their friends.
Random: Taiwanese Animal Crossing player received in-game mail from local police department from his friend's lost Switch console.https://t.co/YPvOCGQi6Z pic.twitter.com/JC0KPHNAWf
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Mr Zheng left his Switch behind when he went to a local ATM when he placed his belongings on the top of the machine. Passersby found the console and took it to the local police station in Taipei to report it, but the police officer wasn’t sure how to return it to its original owner. They weren’t familiar with the game, but when they consulted with other colleagues, they learned that they could send a letter to a friend of the owner through Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
In-game letters are how players communicate with other players, and the letter will appear in their letter box in their copy of the game as soon as the player logs in. The letter from the police officer read: “Hello. This is the police station at East Helping Rd, Daan branch, Taipei City. The Switch has been parted from its owner and was turned in. We do not have other means to contact the owner, so please help us and reach out on our behalf so they can recover it.”
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now for the Nintendo Switch.
