Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has reportedly leaked, 10 days before release
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has reportedly leaked, ten days ahead of its official release date.
On Monday, images and videos appearing to show the opening section of the game began being widely shared across social media sites and private discord channels.
Unsurprisingly, those looking to avoid story and gameplay spoilers before the title’s May 11 release date may wish to tread carefully on social media for the next two weeks.
Of particular concern to Nintendo will be that some of the shared media – which VGC will not link to here – claims to show the highly-anticipated Nintendo Switch sequel running via a PC emulator.
If true, this could see the entire game widely shared on illegal ROM sites, causing far more havoc for Tears of the Kingdom’s long-kept secrecy than if just a few fans had obtained retail copies.
Separately, at least one physical retail copy of the game appeared to have been sold on an auction site this weekend.
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It’s not the first time a first-party Nintendo Switch game has leaked in this manner. Previously, Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl made it into public hands nearly two weeks before their releases.
In February, with the new Zelda still some three months away from release, someone posted images on Discord and Reddit claiming to show unreleased artwork from an upcoming book. Nintendo later applied for a subpoena to force Discord to reveal who leaked the images.
Nintendo published the final pre-release trailer for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom last month, which is viewable above.
Coinciding with the trailer’s release, the game’s official website was updated with some
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