15-year-old twins find family Nintendo hidden in their little sister’s backpack after dad does nothing, secretly reclaim it to play Tomodachi Life and Persona 5: ‘We haven’t told anyone’

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Celeste Mello • Writer and Editor
Jul 19, 2026 7:45 AM EDT

A teenage girl and her twin sister pooled their money to buy Tomodachi Life and Rhythm Heaven Groove to play on the family Nintendo console. One of them bought Persona 5 herself. They agreed to share the console, alternating access, four days each during eight days. Everything sounded good until the little sister wanted to play too…

The 10-year-old sister also wanted to play one of those games, but the twins refused to hand over the game they had bought. And of course, what do you think the little sister did? He went to their father. The results were: both twins surrendered the Nintendo but kept the games, so they got grounded. What the father was ignoring is the fact that the younger sister had previously taken money and collectible figures from them and never returned them, so it's reasonable that her sisters didn't want to lend her their games.

Eventually, the twins got the console back and followed their schedule. Their younger sister used the family Xbox for a week, hoping to annoy them. Later, she requested the Nintendo again. They allowed her to use the console while keeping the games they purchased. But then the Nintendo disappeared for a week. 

The younger sister admitted hiding it and confidently announced that their father supported her. When the twins complained, he finally told her to return it. She led everyone to the hiding spot, but the console was not there. She cried, blamed her sisters, and left their father to handle the problem. But it was all a scene. The twins searched their sister's room in secret while she was away and found it hidden inside her backpack. Now, instead of announcing their discovery, they are keeping it secret until the little sister confesses.

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  • AITA for finding the family Nintendo my little sister hid and not telling anyone?

    So some weeks prior to this my twin sister and I (F15 both) bought two games and we paid both half and half, we bought Tomodachi Life, Rythm heaven groove and I bought by myself Persona 5.
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  • When the games arrived we made a deal so we both kept the Nintendo for a 8 days (4days each), my little sister (F10) got mad because she also wanted to play Tomodachi Life, and went with my father
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  • to take the Nintendo and Tomodachi away from us so she could play. We did gave her the Nintendo but we kept Tomodachi,
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  • she got angry because she didn't wanted to play the Demo and we both got grounded.
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  • (The reason we didn't let her have the games we bought is because she had stole money, some collection figures my twin and I have and my parents didn't
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  • really minded, she haven't gave them back either and also hid them so we were a bit resented.)
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  • After that they gave us the Nintendo back and my little sister played with the family Xbox for a week to spite us, but we didn't minded and kept the Nintendo so we could play the games we have bought
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  • (rythm heaven groove had just came out), we each kept the Nintendo for some time with no trouble, but one day my little sister wanted the Nintendo back, se we
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  • gave it to her but kept the games that we bought, since she had been trying to steal the games from us.
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  • She played and all but then my little sister hid the Nintendo for about a week and my father knew, but didn't said anything. I asked for the Nintendo back and my sister very confident said that she hid it and that
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  • my dad was on her side. I told my father and he agreed that it was time for my sister to give it back, she started crying and reluctantly guided us to the "hiding
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  • spot" it wasn't there so she cried again and started yelling that it was our fault, so we left my father to talk with her.
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  • Nothing happened, my dad did nothing, so meanwhile my little sister was playing on the living room and my father at work my twin sister and I went to look for it through her room, since we thought that maybe my little sister broke it and that's
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  • why she didn't wanted to give it back. We found it hidden on her toys inside a backpack, it was alright. We haven't told anyone and we are planning to not do so until my little sister confesses or takes accountability.
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  • My twin sister and I plan on exchanging the Nintendo to play the games we bought until my little sister decides to take accountability.
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  • Noldea Rex sounds like the little sister is on her way to living in your parents basement forever.
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  • fatboyonsofa NTA - And your sister will never learn to share if dad keeps spoiling her. Hopefully, you and your sisters can work something out before the Switch ends up broken.
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  • Maleficent_Smile8796 Omg i cried laughing at this post. Reminds me of gaming days with my brothers. Im the baby though and i had all the systems, so they would have to get my permission to play. They would rent games and not let me play them, so i would take my system ...lol
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  • Mandiezie1 NTA bc this is teenage/sibling life but I think your dad is TA bc he's bring a spoiled child in your sister as it sounds he gives into her wants rather than making her wait her turn
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