SINtendo SNAPshot

Barry was always a bit of a loner, which in effect meant he spent much of his life alone... even before a global pandemic pushed him into true isolation. Yet Barry was never a bad guy, just shy and quiet, with an interest in all things photography.

The pandemic gave perfect opportunities to be alone and explore the hobby of photography, but one day when Barry was checking out a photography forum online, he came across something very unusual. It was an older thread of discussion, and had been locked for supposedly being an unsafe discussion. But the discussion seemed to be about a new photo app that couldn't be found on the App Store.

What catches Barry most by surprise is that people are replying to the original post linking the app making strange claims about people being trapped. They seem very angry in the old posts, saying they can't get their wife, their sister back. Yet the original poster simply had replied that all they had to do was throw away the snapshot and everyone would be fine. It's not long after the frantic seeming discussion turned a bit oddly violent, mention of destroying the snapshot, of brutalizing, beating, drowning, electrocuting... that the topic was locked and the link to this mysterious photo app removed from the forum.

But Barry has never heard of SINtendo before, simply thinking it a funny name for an app company. And SINtendo SNAPshot is truly a unique photo app... one which takes pictures in a way no other app has ever taken pictures.

So Barry never even suspects the snapshot he takes of a young attractive jogger would be anything but a neat candid shot. He's simply interested in trying the app out on something moving to check the features. Unfortunately the app seems to shock him a bit on the thumb each time he uses it, and Barry hardly notices that the jogger has completely stopped moving, frozen in place like a doll.

Somehow SNAPshot captures the subject of the photo... and leaves them merely an empty shell. Being a good guy, he wants to help, but how? Maya, the jogger can communicate with him through his phone, a tiny animated trapped girl who's more than a little pissed off at whatever this freak did to her. Yet when he realizes the only way to maybe set things right is to destroy the snapshot, just as the person had said on that forum... will Maya be in for more than a girl can handle?

Destroying a SINtendo SNAPshot means damaging the body, the empty shell, but nothing happens, no bruises, nothing at all... except to the tiny captured Maya on the phone. A loner like Barry has obvious needs like any guy... so just where will various seemingly cruel and aggressive attempts to destroy Maya's full-size body take him? Will his genuine desire to help turn both of their desires into something new, something which ultimately gives Barry more than photography ever did?

SINtendo September leaves you with a snapshot to remember it by... and this is one photo no one will forget.