Back in the day after a while of playing The Sims I started organizing my free time like in the game e.g. “I’m going to take a shit now and then I’ll study a bit” etc… I stopped playing soon after, not sure if it was because of that, it was funny though.
After the emulation debacle I’ve promised myself I wouldn’t spend money with Nintendo anymore. As you say, a shame, because I was considering getting Botw but…