Xianshi@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agoMario & Luigi: Brothership ROM leaked onlinenintendoeverything.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkMario & Luigi: Brothership ROM leaked onlinenintendoeverything.comXianshi@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarePastaguini [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·1 day agoHas Nintendo ever had the entire rom of a major game leak before it was released?
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoNot quite the same but there was a working GBA emulator before the console released.
minus-squareFortifiedAttack [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 day agoHappened with Tears of the Kingdom too iirc.
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours agoSkyward Sword too, going back to the Wii era. That was probably just someone at a games store dumping the disc when it was shipped to them before they could legally sell it though.
minus-square007Ace@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours agoAnd Metroid dread. I finished that one the weekend before it came out. Then bought the collectors tin.
minus-squareriseuppikmin [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 day agoIn case this was asked in earnest, yes- it happens all the time. Nintendo releases have been notoriously leaky for about 3 years now
Has Nintendo ever had the entire rom of a major game leak before it was released?
Not quite the same but there was a working GBA emulator before the console released.
Happened with Tears of the Kingdom too iirc.
And Echoes of Wisdom too.
Skyward Sword too, going back to the Wii era. That was probably just someone at a games store dumping the disc when it was shipped to them before they could legally sell it though.
And Metroid dread. I finished that one the weekend before it came out. Then bought the collectors tin.
In case this was asked in earnest, yes- it happens all the time. Nintendo releases have been notoriously leaky for about 3 years now