Nintendo is one of the companies that most protects its properties from piracy. However, even with strong measures most of the time, the Japanese giant seems to be far from winning this fight. In recent years, it has become a pattern for its main games to leak to Switch emulators well before the scheduled date — and the same has just happened with the new Nintendo Switch. Zelda.
That's right, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomscheduled to arrive on Nintendo Switch on September 26, had its ROM leaked last Friday (13), according to the channel Nintendo Prime — which confirmed the leak.
In video, the Nintendo Prime stated that he checked a link he had recently received and confirmed that it was the “ROM of Echoes of Wisdom“. The YouTuber, who did not share any of the leaked images of the game, stated that he is not distributing the ROM, as it is “illegal and you can end your career doing so”. He also states that the new Zelda can now be played on emulators.
Nintendo rushes to “put out the fire”
Nintendo is certainly already aware that several scenes from The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom are circulating on social media — and, of course, bringing spoilers to all fans of the franchise around the world.
However, the Japanese giant has already stepped in and is issuing a barrage of takedown notices for videos showing Princess Zelda's first solo adventure about 10 days before the game is officially released.
This is not the first time this has happened.
It is worth remembering that the leak of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is nothing new for Nintendo. The latest game in the saga, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomwas pirated over 1 million times before its May 2023 premiere.
Tears of the Kindgom was pirated over a million times before it even arrived on the Switch in 2023.Source: Nintendo
As reported by journalist Stephen Totilo, Nintendo justified in a lawsuit against the creators of Yuzu, a famous Switch emulator recently closed, that the software does not “prevent a user from obtaining and playing illegal copies of virtually any game made for the Switch, all without paying a cent to Nintendo or any of the hundreds of other developers and publishers who make and sell games on the Switch.”
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