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Fish Spends Owner's Money, Reveals Credit Card Info On YouTube Stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkh2u0SRWdQ
By Ben Hooper
Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A Japanese YouTuber created a custom setup to allow his pet fish to
play Pokémon on his Nintendo Switch, but a mal- function led to the fish spending money at the eShop and reveal- ing its owner's credit card infor- mation on live stream.
YouTuber Mutekimaru, aka Maurice, runs a channel on the video sharing site where his fish plays various games in
the Pokémon fran- chise.
The betta
fish controls the game by swim- ming to different areas of its tank,
which have been outfitted with sen- sors that simulate pushing the but- tons on Maurice's Nintendo Switch.
Maurice set up the system to live stream the fish playing Pokémon Violet, the latest entry in the series, but a malfunction during game
play led to the Nintendo Switch returning to its home screen.
From the home screen, the fish's movements caused the Nintendo eShop to open and the pet spent $4 of its owner's money to buy points. The fish also revealed Maurice's credit card information on the live stream.
The fish
also managed to
download an
app to play Nintendo 64 games, spent reward currency on a new avatar, requested a con- firmation email from PayPal and changed Maurice's account name from "Mutekimaru" to "ROWAWAWAWA ."
The fish was final- ly able to power off the Switch con- sole before Maurice discov- ered what had been happening on the live stream.
Maurice said he reached out to Nintendo to explain the unusu- al incident and the company refund- ed the money spent by the aquatic gamer.
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