Zelda Tears of The Kingdom is already available for illegal download, 10 days before its release!
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom, one of the most anticipated games of the year, is already available for illegal download a few days before its release. A big blow for Nintendo and for the fans.
Like us, you’re probably chomping at the bit to get your hands on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom. After many postponements, the wait is about to end as the new episode of Nintendo’s cult saga will land on Switch from May 12, 2023.
Only, we will have to be extremely vigilant during the 12 days that separate us from the exit. Indeed, we have just learned that Nintendo’s hit is now already available for illegal download… This Monday, May 1, 2023, images and videos showing the beginning of the adventure began to be widely shared on social media and private Discord channels.
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The next Zelda is already available in a pirated version…
On his Twitter account, the user @Geekoul has just shared a video in which we can see a player run a hacked version of the game on a Switch emulator on PC. If it’s not a fake, that means the entire game might be widely shared on illegal ROM sites. Enough to cause much greater harm to the game than all the leaks that have occurred so far…
Remember in February 2023, a Discord user had share the entire Zelda: TOTK Collector’s Edition art book. A disaster for Nintendo and for fans since the book revealed many sketches and images of key characters, weapons and areas to explore. In the process, the Japanese manufacturer asked Discord to reveal the identity of the alleged authors of the leak.
But beware, that’s not all. In addition to the supposed release of a pirated version, we also have evidence that physical copies of the game are already in the wild. Indeed, several images of the game’s cover and cartridge were shared on the Mercari e-commerce site. Better still, it is specified on the product sheet that this game has already found a buyer for 300 dollarsjust that.
