Using Hilbert Curves to 100% Zelda

Today's random link for the Zelda geeks on my flist: Using Hilbert Curves to 100% Zelda.

I had been wondering how to handle tracking down the last few collectibles. My normal approach is to either keep a log of where I find items or to take a printout from a FAQ/walkthrough and tick off items as and when I find them - either way I can easily work out what I'm missing by comparing against my found list - but I hadn't done that for Breath of the Wild. Not that I think it would have helped as there's a ludicrous 900 Korok Seeds to track down and those are absolutely everywhere. Shrines are a bit easier, though every time I think I've found the last shrine (based on hitting a round number or a given set of heart containers) I discover another one somewhere - I think the total is 120. And what I hadn't realised until I read the linked post is that discovering landmarks also counts to that 100% and there's a fair number of those as well.

Today's discovery is that fake Amiibos are a thing

I spotted a Smash Bros Mario Amiibo for a non-insane price in the local second-hand games shop so I picked it up and got home only to discover that the 3DS refused to read it, claiming error code 037-0523 (which at time of posting didn't appear anywhere on Google). The WiiU gave a different error - 168-0409 - which according to Nintendo translates as "it's broken", and the Switch just stated that it wasn't an Amiibo.

So back to the shop with it for a refund, where they looked rather puzzled for a bit before remembering some email from head office - apparently there's a few fake Amiibos circulating and they think this is one of them. It did look a bit tatty with some scuff marks on the paint but I'd just assumed that was wear and tear.

The weird thing is that it did have a NFC tag in it, just not one with the necessary Amiibo coding. I mean, if someone's going to go to the trouble of making a fake Amiibo then why would they bother putting a non-Amiibo NFC tag in it? What's the point?