
Gaming YouTuber in Japan claims pet fish took over Nintendo Switch, went on shopping spree
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A group of motion-captured pet fish allegedly took control of a Nintendo Switch after the Pokémon game the fish were connected to had crashed during a livestream in Japan.
On Monday, Jan. 16, the Mutekimaru Channel livestreamed a Pokémon gaming session with three fish swimming in a motion camera fish tank, which is said to be connected to a keyboard overlay and red laser pointer overlay that follows each fish’s movement. The motion capture system is reportedly hooked up to a Nintendo Switch – allowing the fish to "play." Cortney Moore is an associate lifestyle writer on the Lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
"I created a controller with my own electronic circuits and used opencv (python) to recognize the movement of the fish," Mutekimaru Channel wrote to Fox News Digital in a translated email. "The microcontroller board is arduino."