Time to find out. Go Nintendo reader PsyduckWarrior owned a Game Boy Advance and a Wii. Or, he did, until jinda44 a house fire took away the bulk of his and his family’s material possessions.

Along with losing the house, their stuff and even their pets, he also lost a treasure trove of Nintendo swag, like every Nintendo console (including a Virtual Boy) and around 250 games. His e19 mum lost a Wii and a DS as well. You can see the remains of the Wii above, while the GBA below betdog fared slightly better, in that it doesn’t look like something that belongs in a Fallout 3 commercial.

Sucks the world is down one VIrtual Boy, but there’s a silver lining in this storm cloud of a family tragedy: because the family didn’t have insurance, Nintendo sent out new, replacement consoles in the form of a GBA and a Wii.

GoNintendo ‘End of day’ thoughts – Nintendo customer service at its best: Family suffers house fire, Nintendo steps in to replace lost Nintendo items [GoNintendo]