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This is something you don’t see every day. Pet fish plays video games in Japan I was able to log in to the Nintendo Switch store, change my owner avatar, set up a Pay Pal account, and receive a credit card statement.
And everything was transmitted apparently, in real time, over the Internet.
The fish in question belongs to a YouTuber known as Mutekimaru, whose channel is popular among the gaming community due to videos featuring groups of tetras “playing” video games.
Mutekimaru has already installed sophisticated motion tracking software in aquariums, allowing fish to For a Nintendo Switch remote.
But the technology, and Fish’s apparent mastery of it, took an unexpected turn earlier this month, while Mutikimaru was live streaming a Pokémon game.
Mutekimaru was coming out of a break when the game crashed due to a system error and the console returned to the home screen.
But the fish that were swimming, as fish tend to do, seemed to continue to control the remote control of their tank.
Over the next seven hours, the fish reportedly managed to change the name of its owner’s Switch account before twice logging into the Nintendo Store, where users can purchase games and other downloadable content.
They were also able to “verify” the legal terms and conditions, download a new avatar, and even set up a PayPal account from the Switch – emailing the owner in the process, and video of the live stream appears to be showing. .
But things didn’t end there. The fish was also seen adding 500 yen ($4) to Mutekimaru Switch’s credit card account during the live stream – exposing his credit card details in the process, YouTube revealed in an accompanying video about the episode.
By this time, thousands of comments were pouring in as viewers watched the inadvertent broadcast of the channel takeover, the event went viral on Twitter, where thousands of Japanese users shared their fun.
Mutekimaru later said that he contacted Nintendo to explain what happened and request a 500 yen refund.
Nintendo declined to comment to CNN, citing customer confidentiality.
