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House or apartment complex?

Dodged a bullet. That could have been your quattro.

Originally Posted by entrement

House or apartment complex?

House. No signs of break in.

Sounds like your roommate orchestrated it. He let some one in or he took it him self. How new was your wii u ?

This is almost definitely not a random thief, as there was no reason for them to only take the Wii U. Sad to say, but I'd look at people you know or neighbors or the like. Was your place broken into? Or do you live somewhere crazy where you leave your doors unlocked? Might have been some punk ass teenagers (probably not, but I just love saying that).

Edit: completely wrong thread, my apologies.

I'd be careful and keep an eye out from now on. The robber took NBA2K14 so he/she now knows you have a PS4 and may be back. Hopefully not, though.

Sounds like an Inside Job

man that sucks and also losing your ID and Miiverse access shit

they don't have a charger cord for the gamepad

Go check your local pawnshops and gamestops. Not all gamestops but some are in an area where there is a law that forces them to hold all traded in items for a set period of days in case it was stolen.

They'll bring it back.

Originally Posted by Gleethor

House. No signs of break in.

So one of your roomates or roomate's friends took your stuff. You need to have a talk with someone.

Originally Posted by -MD-

On the bright side, the robber will have some games worth playing.

Dayum son.

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Originally Posted by MThanded

So one of your roomates or roomate's friends took your stuff. You need to have a talk with someone.

Yeah, definitely somebody living with him. Or a drunk friend that was brought over.

First of all I hope you get your stuff back / this gets resolved in such a way that it's replaced at minimal cost.

Secondly, I sincerely hope the thief thought he was stealing a PS4, given that only the console and NBA 2K14 were gone. "Hmm, don't recognise this console...MUST BE A PS4!!!! JACKPOT!!!!".

Bummer, I had my 360 stollen like 3-4 years ago from my old house, they took my 360, all the cables, controllers, and all my empty game cases funnily enough, I keep all my disks in a cd binder and they didn't take that luckily. I filed a police report and made the trip to all the game stops in the area but never got anything back. I think it was an acquaintance or a neighbor since I had a hide-a-key and there was no sign of a break in, suffice it to say I never used the hide-a-key method again, and I bought an alarm system for my house.

Best of luck to you OP, getting robbed fucking sucks, it made me feel super weird, like violated in a way I never would've thought.

Sorry to hear that OP. Good luck.

A friend of mine had his Wii U stolen as well - and asked me to help him contact tech support in North America via Skype. If you have the serial number (and a document from your local police department stating the theft, your personal info etc...), Nintendo can recover your ID and digital purchases...

... the only caveat: they must be the same SKU. If you had a Basic and bought a Deluxe to replace it, no dice. And vice-versa.

I don't know if this caveat has changed, as it's been months since I called, but that's it.

That really fucking sucks, dude. I'm sorry to hear it. Are you planning to buy another soon? You might want to wait a bit first to see if you can locate yours.

Originally Posted by Zeer0id

bummer, man

I had three GBAs stolen from me, it definitely bites.

Weird, I had a GBA stolen from me, too. I was at summer camp and I guess one of the farm kids (we called them the children of the corn) outside of the camp apparently broke in and stole it, along with a bunch of games. I think it was like a year or two after I got it. Pretty big bummer.

OP surely doesn't live in the UK, where robbers are reported to break into random people's houses to ditch Wii U's. Unsollicited.
/true story

Sorry OP, that sucks for you.

I suppose that's one advantage of digital games. They can't be stolen.

Really sorry to hear about that OP... Sounds like you've taken all the necessary steps, so good on you for that.

Hope it all gets sorted one way or the other.

Definitely one of the odd roommate's friends, if not the roommate himself. Lay down some new ground rules for the house if you guys don't just kick the guy out outright.

Also look through your other stuff now. I'd wager whoever it was (if they'd been over before the incident) took something smaller before to test the waters.

The only gaming thing I've ever had stolen from me was my black DS Lite during an exchange of property after a breakup. I gave her back her electric keyboard and she was to give me back my DS, slammed the door in my face and called the cops on me instead. Told them it was her DS and I was being a nuisance, so I let it go. Sucks.

Hopefully Nintendo gets you straight.

Did they take all hookups as well or jut the console body itself?

Originally Posted by kitsuneyo

I suppose that's one advantage of digital games. They can't be stolen.

Except the company you bought them from.

You said they changed your Miiverse account details. Don't they need your email address or original password to do that?

I dont know why people think a police report will recover your games. It doesnt. Unfortunately they are gone.

Originally Posted by baphomet 666

I dont know why people think a police report will recover your games. It doesnt. Unfortunately they are gone.

The police report won't. Nintendo will. ha ha. Did you even bother to read OP and my post?

Originally Posted by Gleethor

It is quite strange. I live with 4 other people, 3 of whom are my best friends and the 4th guy is the outlier. He always has different people over and that would be my guess as to what happened. The Wii u plus like one game and a controller would easily fit into a purse or a smallish bag, and I don't think he would knowingly let one of his "friends" take it but he's not the most observant guy. And yes I mentioned this theory to the police and other roommates, we're discussing whether or not to try to kick him out but there isn't exactly a whole lot of evidence.

Will you confront him if it turned out he had a hand in this? Will it be a bloodbath?

Being robbed blows. Hope insurance covers your losses and you aren't too freaked out.
Nowadays if I go anywhere for more a night or more I'll bring with me my most expensive tech and hide the less important stuff around the house.

Originally Posted by Jiguryo

The police report won't. Nintendo will. ha ha. Did you even bother to read OP and my post?

Of course i did. My 3ds was stolen, nintendo were given a police report, and they said sorry that wasn't policy.

Originally Posted by baphomet 666

I dont know why people think a police report will recover your games. It doesnt. Unfortunately they are gone.

the police report itself does not facilitate the recovery on its own, but it is what Nintendo will accept in order to recover a victim's game collection.

Originally Posted by polyh3dron

the police report itself does not facilitate the recovery on its own, but it is what Nintendo will accept in order to recover a victim's game collection.

That isnt true. Otherwise i would still have the hundreds of dollars worth of games on my 3ds.

Man talk about good luck! I mean you just so happened to bring your PS4 instead. Sounds like a blessing in disguise

Love my WiiU and PS4

Good thing you weren't home the last thing we need is more killing over gaming consoles

Lucky for you, there's plenty of Wii Us sitting on store shelves to replace it with!

Maybe he just really wanted to play 3D world and $299 was still to high.

Originally Posted by baphomet 666

That isnt true. Otherwise i would still have the hundreds of dollars worth of games on my 3ds.

try again, it may not be "policy" but they may be willing to give your games to you. unless there is something funny about your situation.

Originally Posted by baphomet 666

Of course i did. My 3ds was stolen, nintendo were given a police report, and they said sorry that wasn't policy.

That's a shame - but as it is distinctly different to what was told me by Nintendo's own tech support via phone, I had to contest it. One thing, though: their policies for portable and consoles *might* be different.

Originally Posted by CottonBaller

Man talk about good luck! I mean you just so happened to bring your PS4 instead. Sounds like a blessing in disguise

Love my WiiU and PS4

I mean i would prefer not to be robbed at all.

I wonder if it was stolen to order, I had that happen to me once. Considering nothing else was touch it sure sounds like it..

I got up one morning and my downstairs window had been forced open and 2 things had been taken and nothing more. My Epiphone (Cherry Burst) Les Paul and Fender (Vintage yellow) Telecaster was all that was taken, not even my wallet (which was very near them) was taken which had quite a bit of cash in it.

Was gutted, the telecaster was the 1st proper guitar I ever bought - I miss her :(.

Originally Posted by Gleethor

The TV, sound system, Wiimotes, PS3, PS3 controllers and several piles of games were left alone and only the Wii U, necessary cords, gamepad, pro controller and 2k14 for PS4 were taken. Really strange. I filed a police report yesterday (got a copy as well since I'll apparently be needing it in the future) and gave them the serial #. I've been keeping an eye on craigslist as well to see if it turns up.

Wii U is the best console confirmed according to burglars.

On a serious note though. I hope you get your stuff back OP!

NEVER agree to room with anyone who has friends you don't know that they can bring over. My friend was house sitting my best friends and invited a bunch of freaks to the house. Later his house got hardcore broken into.

That sucks dude. This is why I'm glad I no longer have roommates, it would have to be an obvious break in for anything to be stolen. It is really iffy having anything really valuable with roommates unless you've been friends for a while.

Hopefully something turns up.