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Nintendo games have the tendency to get leaked days, if not weeks, ahead from the proper release date, and as usual, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is no exception, more so given the anticipation of the sequel to the highly acclaimed Breath of the Wild, released 6 years ago.

The game seems to have been dumped today, May 1st, and shared online already in the familiar NSP and XCI formats, with many already playing it through Ryujinx and Yuzu, though how good compatibility is there with the title is not known yet, but some have cited good performance compared to Switch, which seems to still share the same shuggy gameplay and performance drops that its predecessor had as well in real hardware.

As usual, remember that we don't allow sharing links to ROM sites of any kind, so please avoid posting them.

 

[Dothackjhe]

FYI
XCI Size is 16.33 GB ((17,536,620,544 bytes)
NSP Size is 15.9 GB (17,150,647,554 bytes)

Nobody in the scene seems to bother converting any XCI file to NSP nowadays given that they can be installed directly as is with just the right homebrew (e.g., DBI, Tinleaf, etc.).

 

[Zinnwell]

I want to play it so bad, my friend borrowed my Switch and he's playing the game right now.

I tried emulating via Ryujinx and the game runs at 20fps with weird glitched graphics. Yuzu doesn`t even boot the game.

Is there a secret way to play the game at 60fps with emulators?

 

[MrVtR]

DO WHAT YOU WANT CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE
YOU ARE A PIRATE

 

[Andalitez]

I want to play it so bad, my friend borrowed my Switch and he's playing the game right now.

I tried emulating via Ryujinx and the game runs at 20fps with weird glitched graphics. Yuzu doesn`t even boot the game.

Is there a secret way to play the game at 60fps with emulators?

Your friend should get their own switch then you won't have to bother with emulators

 

[Hayato213]

Nobody in the scene seems to bother converting any XCI file to NSP nowadays given that they can be installed directly as is with just the right homebrew (e.g., DBI, Tinleaf, etc.).

Well that is true, you save some space using NSP.

 

[chrisrlink]

This game is one of the major Nintendo releases. I hope it lives up to the hype. But then again, at least in my case, Nintendo has never let me down through my 32yrs old gaming life.

shall i show you to the buggy mess (still is about 1/2 a year later called Gen 9? even though it isn't first party gf works close enough to nintendo that they practically are first party

 

[Xzi]

Playstation and Xbox first party games are also $70

Playstation and Xbox aren't two generations behind in terms of both hardware and software. Actual next-gen AAA games take exponentially more time and manpower to develop, regardless of resulting quality. At the least they're also expected to include both a performance and quality mode, 60 and 30 FPS respectively, whereas even first-party Switch games can dip into the 20s or teens.

It's also not an every-studio type of thing, Elden Ring launched at $60, as will Armored Core 6, so people should rightfully set a high bar for the $70 price point.

 

[Noctosphere]

shall i show you to the buggy mess (still is about 1/2 a year later called Gen 9? even though it isn't first party gf works close enough to nintendo that they practically are first party

They can be called first party since nintendo owns majority of Game Freak parts, meaning they own the company

 

[Hayato213]

Playstation and Xbox aren't two generations behind in terms of both hardware and software. Actual next-gen AAA games take exponentially more time and manpower to develop, regardless of resulting quality. At the least they're also expected to include both a performance and quality mode, 60 and 30 FPS respectively, whereas even first-party Switch games can dip into the 20s or teens.

It's also not an every-studio type of thing, Elden Ring launched at $60, so will Armored Core 6, so people should rightfully set a high bar for the $70 price point.

That doesn't really matter too much if people is willing to pay for it, that why you don't see first party Nintendo games at like full price.

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shall i show you to the buggy mess (still is about 1/2 a year later called Gen 9? even though it isn't first party gf works close enough to nintendo that they practically are first party

Pokemon is first party.

 

[Xzi]

That doesn't really matter too much if people is willing to pay for it

True, the vast majority of Nintendo's fanbase will always be willing to pay the Nintax, performance be damned. Tunes will eventually change, however, when emulators are good enough to get a locked 60 FPS at 1440p or even 4K, and with mods to boot. At this rate, that will all be doable before Ninty decides to finally release the Switch successor.

 

[x65943]

Playstation and Xbox aren't two generations behind in terms of both hardware and software. Actual next-gen AAA games take exponentially more time and manpower to develop, regardless of resulting quality. At the least they're also expected to include both a performance and quality mode, 60 and 30 FPS respectively, whereas even first-party Switch games can dip into the 20s or teens.

It's also not an every-studio type of thing, Elden Ring launched at $60, as will Armored Core 6, so people should rightfully set a high bar for the $70 price point.

every day I'm shocked at people who don't understand inflation

 

[Hayato213]

every day I'm shocked at people who don't understand inflation

Inflation does play a role that I can agree.

 

[Solipund]

I know its pretty forbidden to ask for websites but the one I've been going to is ad hell everytime I go to it now and I literally cannot proceed with it. Anyone else having those issues too?

 

[x65943]

Inflation does play a role that I can agree.

At $70 Zelda TOTK is actually cheaper than BOTW in 2017

We are paying the equivalent of $56.54 in 2017 dollars

 

[Xzi]

every day I'm shocked at people who don't understand inflation

Right...it costs everyone a certain amount more to operate than it used to, but it costs Xbox and Playstation a lot more on top of that than it costs Nintendo thanks to next-gen hardware. I doubt their staff size has changed much at all from the Wii U days outside perhaps marketing and lawyers.

Inflation has also been a thing forever while games remained $60, because it remains a good-sized profit margin regardless. Funny enough it's generally the companies who could most easily absorb that slight loss in profit that are choosing not to.

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

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Nintendo games have the tendency to get leaked days, if not weeks, ahead from the proper release date, and as usual, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is no exception, more so given the anticipation of the sequel to the highly acclaimed Breath of the Wild, released 6 years ago.

The game seems to have been dumped today, May 1st, and shared online already in the familiar NSP and XCI formats, with many already playing it through Ryujinx and Yuzu, though how good compatibility is there with the title is not known yet, but some have cited good performance compared to Switch, which seems to still share the same shuggy gameplay and performance drops that its predecessor had as well in real hardware.

As usual, remember that we don't allow sharing links to ROM sites of any kind, so please avoid posting them.

HOW THE FUCK

 

[Noctosphere]

Right...it costs everyone a certain amount more to operate than it used to, but it costs Xbox and Playstation a lot more on top of that than it costs Nintendo thanks to next-gen hardware. I doubt their staff size has changed much at all from the Wii U days outside perhaps marketing and lawyers.

They sure have looooot of lawyer

 

[cherryduck]

Anyone on a private tracker knows it's leaked, I've got it on right now.

Yeah the first link was a troll but I've been playing the real thing for the last few hours now.

 

[Chrisssj2]

every day I'm shocked at people who don't understand inflation

Yeah whats not to understand of theft of the wealth of the people...

 

[Solipund]

Yeah the first link was a troll but I've been playing the real thing for the last few hours now.

LOL i literally got that one too, Am sad. Wasted 16gb of pure rural internet data on ganon twerking