An unfortunate YouTuber has had their credit card details revealed during a streaming session ofPokemon Scarlet and Violetby their own fish. The YouTuber often livestreams games being played by their fish, and hadn’t expected such a misfortune during theirPokemon Scarlet and Violetstream.
With so many streamers to choose from playing recent releases and cult classics, there’s been more of a drive recently for streamers to have a personal gimmick, whether it be using aGuitar Herocontroller to beatDark Souls, dressing as the character of the game being played, or even usingbrain activation commands to playElden Ring. So the concept of fish streamingPokemondoesn’t seem as far-fetched as it may have done just a few years ago. Fish committing fraud against their owner, however, is still quite unexpected.
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That is exactly what happened to Japanese YouTuber Mutekimaru, who regularly streamsPokemon gamesas played by his fish. In fact, it was Mutekimaru’s fish that found a glitch inPokemon Sapphirenearly 18 years after release. Mutekimaru’sfish beatPokemon Sapphirein the same year as finding the glitch. Needless to say the YouTuber is quite experienced in this kind of stream, and so left the fish to continue playingPokemonunattended for a while.
A glitch in thePokemontitle caused the game to crash out to the Switch’s home screen, however, and from there the fish accessed the eShop to accidentally commit the crime. On the way to accessing the eShop, the fish also changed Mutekimaru’s profile name to what can be translated as “RowawawaYen.” Upon entering the eShop, the viewers tried to warn the streamer by spamming messages such as “stop!” and “that’s dangerous!” Regretfully, Mutekimaru wasn’t able to see these messages, and the fish went on to reveal the streamer’s bank details to the audience. While glitches have been common, this one was quite serious and was not as funny as aPokemon Scarlet and Violetglitch that causes kingambit to spin out of control, which seems to be more in-line with typical glitches for the game.
The fish charged 500 yen to the account, downloaded the N64 emulator, and used up some coins to purchase aNintendo Switch Sportscosmetic. Mutekimaru was able to be refunded by Nintendo after explaining the situation which must have sounded somewhat fishy. While Nintendo games are usually very high quality, and are known for solid gameplay, there have been more bugs recently as Nintendo are also aware of aFire Emblem Engagerelay trials bug. Hopefully future output from Nintendo will at least be fish-proof.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetare available on Nintendo Switch.
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