{"id":17533,"date":"2023-01-17T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=17533"},"modified":"2023-01-17T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:44:47","slug":"20230117-17533","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230117-17533\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Play Pok\u00e9mon Violet\u2026 And do some shopping on the eShop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Mutekimaru Channel, a YouTube channel known for its <strong>Fish Play Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> live stream series, has been drawing attention after a strange mishap involving the fish spending money on the Nintendo eShop.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">Youtube\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u306b\u3066<br><br>\u30da\u30c3\u30c8\u306e\u9b5a\u304c\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u3092\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4<br>\u2193<br>\u30a8\u30e9\u30fc\u3067\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u304c\u5f37\u5236\u7d42\u4e86<br>\u2193<br>\u30db\u30fc\u30e0\u753b\u9762\u306b\u623b\u3055\u308c\u308b<br>\u2193<br>\u304a\u3082\u3080\u308d\u306be\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\u3078<br>\u2193<br>\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u60c5\u5831\u516c\u958b\u2190\u30a4\u30de\u30b3\u30b3<br><br>\u25bc\u914d\u4fe1\u5148<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6bZgYFWOuW\">https:\/\/t.co\/6bZgYFWOuW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PojCx6ej5l\">pic.twitter.com\/PojCx6ej5l<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3080\u3066\u304d\u307e\u308b\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306d\u308b -Mutekimaru Channel- (@Mutekimaru_ch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mutekimaru_ch\/status\/1614546148513177600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>Live on YouTube<br><br>My pet fish play Pok\u00e9mon<br>\u2193<br>An error occurs forcing the game to close<br>\u2193<br>Returned to the home menu<br>\u2193<br>The fish suddenly access the eShop<br>\u2193<br>They reveal my credit card information \u2190 We are here<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mutekimaru Channel uses hardware like the Game Boy Player and the Nintendo Switch, along with a USB camera, a program made by Mutekimaru, and circuit board to control <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> through the movement of swimming fish. The backdrop of the fish tank is sheets of paper with various directions and A and B inputs displayed on them that reflect those inputs in the game when a fish swims by. So far, the fish have played for 20,000 hours and entered the Hall of Fame in 6 <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s these pet fish that found themselves using a credit card on the Nintendo eShop during a <em>Pok\u00e9mon Violet<\/em> live stream on January 15 (JST). Due to an abrupt error while playing, the game was forced to close and the fish found themselves in control on the Switch\u2019s home menu. They quickly made their way to the My Page settings and changed the user nickname from \u201cMutekimaru\u201d to \u201cRowawawa\u00a5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, they started poking around with the Friend Suggestions feature to search for friends and showing what games Mutekimaru had been playing during their free time by showing their profile. Nothing was off limits for the fish as they did whatever they pleased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, the fish suddenly opened the eShop and disclosed the credit card information on file despite the stream being live on YouTube. Ultimately, they ended up using the credit card to add 500 yen (roughly $3.88) to the eShop balance, acting as if they were taking conscious actions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u914d\u4fe1\u3067\u30da\u30c3\u30c8\u306e\u9b5a\u306b\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u60c5\u5831\u3092\u516c\u958b\u3055\u308c\u3001\u6319\u53e5\u306e\u679c\u3066\u306b\u6c7a\u6e08\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3063\u305f\u4ef6\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pkh2u0SRWdQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But their human-like behavior didn\u2019t stop there. They went to the <em>Minecraft<\/em> page on the eShop and looked at some screenshots of the game before looking at the related titles and visiting the <em>Minecraft Dungeons<\/em> page as well. It was as if they were trying to decide what game to buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, they went to the Nintendo Switch Online page and exchanged some login bonus points for icon elements. Now seemingly done with their shopping, the fish returned to the home screen and proceeded to put the Switch into sleep mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an aside, the Mutekimaru Channel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Ze5Eg7Q11k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> in December that Fish Play Pok\u00e9mon will come to an end after the ongoing <em>Pok\u00e9mon Violet<\/em> playthrough. After that, the channel will continue on with a different format. We\u2019re looking forward to seeing these fish perform their final challenge with their <em>Pok\u00e9mon Violet <\/em>Let\u2019s Play.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230117-233828\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-01-17 11:27<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mutekimaru Channel, a YouTube channel known for its Fish Play Pok\u00e9mon live stream series, has been drawing attention after a strange mishap involving the fish spending money on the Nintendo eShop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":17536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-17533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fish Play Pok\u00e9mon Violet\u2026 And do some shopping on the eShop - 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