I sometimes do stuff: Now with more cats!

Nathan (He/Him) / 26 (Aug 16th) / Amateur Voice Actor / Just a fellow who likes to look at funny stuff and cats /

[doomgamer3000]

My OC Nate/Volt the Lynx art dump. It's been a hot minute, so here's a bunch of stuff.

[yellowvixen]

transfem enby tails sketch request for @l4byr1nthz1 !!

[yellowvixen]

girls <3

[doomgamer3000]

Are you still doing the book of nod reading?

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I think I'm a little late answering this question, but I might be continuing my reading of the Book of Nod. New and improved.

[ratartistaradiadeetz]

[pajulammas]

Art Fight attack for @pastelsketches64

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[nebulasteps]

Attack for @quilzbees!!

[yellowvixen]

cleaned up one of these doodles c:

[thisurlwasnttakenbutnowitis]

“There is a copy of the NES game Golf in the firmware of every Switch system”

Me: Oh haha, what a weird thing, probably some remnant from the debugging process -

“Since that was a game that Satoru Iwata programmed himself, this could have been intended as a way of saying that Iwata is spiritually a part of every Switch and is watching over and protecting every system.”

Me:

[thisurlwasnttakenbutnowitis]

Oh my God, so hackers have found out the way to enable you to play the game. You know how?

On July 11th*, the date of Iwata’s passing, doing Iwata’s “directly to you” motion with the Joy-Cons on the home screen will play a sound clip of Iwata and launch the game.

(* Before you try this yourself, note that simply changing the date on your system will not work, as this runs off the Switch’s internal internet-synced clock, meaning that changing the date manually will only work if the system has never been connected to the internet)

I… I can’t…

[lunarhalo24]

It goes even further than that.

Firstly, opening the game like this person is in the video is only possible with a brand new unit on system version 1.0.0 that has never been connected to the Internet. Because of this, opening it is pretty hard to replicate, unless if you have a completely brand new Switch. So, even if the system’s internal date is on July 11, it still won’t open if the system version is up to date.

The thing is, it’s not supposed to be opened.

The hidden Golf game has been described as an omamori, which, in Japanese culture, is a charm usually bought at shrines that offers spiritual protection and good luck if you keep it close to you. Sometimes they’re made of cloth, and look like a tiny bag, which can contain a written prayer. People often tie them to something like a purse or a backpack, so that it’s always with them. Here are a bunch of different ones:

Omamori are not supposed to be opened, as doing so is said to remove its blessing.

Seeing as the hidden Golf game on the Switch is so difficult to run under normal circumstances, it’s probably not supposed to be opened in the first place. It’s likely meant to represent an omamori in Iwata’s honor. Its very fitting, because of how portable the Switch is, since people are likely to take it with them like they would with an omamori strapped to a purse or backpack.

[thisurlwasnttakenbutnowitis]

Hey, everyone. Since we’re now in July and this post is still making the rounds, I’m sure there are people who are going to want to try to activate the Golf game on their Switch on the 11th. So I wanted to provide an update to this:

All of the files of Golf in the Switch system were removed in an update back in late December.

As @lunarhalo24 helpfully pointed out, this inclusion of Golf in the Switch system was meant to be an omamori, a blessing from Iwata. And there’s another important cultural thing about omamori to note here:

An omamori’s blessing is only good until the end of the year, after which it expires and the omamori is traditionally disposed of in a sacred fire. So the files being deleted at the end of last year seems as though it was symbolic of the blessing’s time expiring.

So yes, there is now almost no way to actually access it. Because it was never meant to be accessed.

[diversegaminglists]

Reblogging because this is a really interesting way of combining tradition and technology in someone’s memory and as a good luck charm.

You can read more about the different kinds of omamori here.

[lilac-chimera]

Just realized I never posted my Sonicsona here.

This is Lavender the cat!

Art fight link

[zlatewzlate]

I really need to read the idw comics

trying something new yet again, I’m exhausted but I’m glad how it turned out

[slushbox-owo]

HELLO :D here is a knuckles from sonic the hedgehog fanart please credit me if repost

[slushbox-owo]

Charmy bee fan ? Well then here is a reference sheet of him so you could as an example for fanart .

🌼🐝 credit me if repost 🐝🌻

[slushbox-owo]

I made my offical oc for this account at the moment im a bit tired to make a profile but if you guys would Like to make me one then the hashtags will be called #jaredofanart

So i will be able to look at or send it to me in message and for trade back ill reblog you post 2 and make a fanart for you plus free oc . But thats only if you want to . Hope you Like him.

[doomgamer3000]

I've been inspired by @yellowvixen to actually post my Sonic OC that I've been working on.

This is Nate the Lynx, or Volt as he's known later. Started out as a simple 'lol what if I did my little sona as a Sonic character' and here we are now with me drafting up an entire fan fiction including tragic backstory and everything.

[yellowvixen]

this is for a dtiys by @beanbagstab over on instagram! it was too cute not to take part, even if it did take me a little while to finish it ^^;

[400terahertz-deactivated2025021]

[ID: a drawing of amy rose from sonic the hedgehog. she is wearing a light pink strapped dress with sakura flowers on the hem. the dress is slitted at the side, with a red ribbon tied through it, matching another one around her waist. she is wearing pink and white trainers with red shoelaces and a heart on the side. the bracelets on her wrist resemble large pearls instead of rings and are their usual gold colour. she is wearing a red headband with a white flower and she has two piercings in her left ear, a gold stud and a red ring. she is standing, with her left leg kicked up behind her. her right hand is outstretched and in it she holds a soft whip ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. she is doing a thumbs up with her left hand. she has a happy expression, smiling at the viewer with her tongue stuck out to the side. the background is a light pink-purple gradient, with a light blue box containing sakura flowers that fade to the left behind amy. /end ID]

[amyrosa]

I decided to do a lil gift art for @yellowvixen bc we both had fennec fox ocs☆

[yellowvixen]

Omggg they both look so good!!! Thank u so much 💕💕💕