When do you think Zelda TOTK will leak?

[impeeza]

It's April 30th and TOTK officially launches in 12 days, we are now in imminent leaking territory. The truth is due to a plethora of hacked switches out there and the ease of dumping carts, the leak is a matter of when not if.

So what is your bet?

Who will leak the game and when?

Personally I think the game will leak 4-5 days before official launch - a bit after the carts start ending up in store inventory. Likely an employee of the store will be the culprit (but we will probably never know)

Share your thoughts below and don't forget to vote

 

[Viri]

What switch would you use to dump it

Best case scenario

Buy old switch on eBay with cash
Dump game with hacked switch
Then steps as above

I'd dump the game from my hacked Switch, and put the file on a burner phone.

 

[Xzi]

There are copies out there already, just nobody choosing to dump theirs yet.

 

[SonyUSA]

It's April 30th and TOTK officially launches in 12 days, we are now in imminent leaking territory. The truth is due to a plethora of hacked switches out there and the ease of dumping carts, the leak is a matter of when not if.

So what is your bet?

Who will leak the game and when?

Personally I think the game will leak 4-5 days before official launch - a bit after the carts start ending up in store inventory. Likely an employee of the store will be the culprit (but we will probably never know)

Share your thoughts below and don't forget to vote

Monday shipment from 2 day shipping embargo

 

[hippy dave]

What switch would you use to dump it

Best case scenario

Buy old switch on eBay with cash
Dump game with hacked switch
Then steps as above

The dumping software is open source homebrew and wouldn't save any identifying features of the Switch when dumping from cart (I believe identifying info can be removed when dumping digital games too). But yeah why not go full paranoia for this hypothetical.

I voted for a week early, seems to be the popular choice.

 

[Tomato123]

The dumping software is open source homebrew and wouldn't save any identifying features of the Switch when dumping from cart (I believe identifying info can be removed when dumping digital games too). But yeah why not go full paranoia for this hypothetical.

I voted for a week early, seems to be the popular choice.

About 1 week early is the most common time period for big releases like this. I think the reason was that it's when retailers actually get the shipments with the games and it only takes 1 to break the street date.

 

[x65943]

Kinda shocked 1/5 are saying it won't leak, when was the last time a Nintendo game did not leak?

 

[Noctosphere]

Kinda shocked 1/5 are saying it won't leak, when was the last time a Nintendo game did not leak?

they must be newcomer who know nothing about nintendont

 

[6adget]

About 30 years ago I worked at toys r us. during Christmas. God that was a shitty job. The guys that worked on the loading dock would take a game or two and drop them between the trailer and the dock. during their lunch break they would get them and toss them in their car. everything was on tape. After that they shipped all video games in rolling cages with a security band like what tractor trailers are required to have in the US. It stopped the missing games issue right away. I'm sure they have better methods now days, but I still wouldn't be surprised to see it in the wild any day now.

 

[Noctosphere]

About 30 years ago I worked at toys r us. during Christmas. God that was a shitty job. The guys that worked on the loading dock would take a game or two and drop them between the trailer and the dock. during their lunch break they would get them and toss them in their car. everything was on tape. After that they shipped all video games in rolling cages with a security band like what tractor trailers are required to have in the US. It stopped the missing games issue right away. I'm sure they have better methods now days, but I still wouldn't be surprised to see it in the wild any day now.

it is already in the wild...
...just need someone who has it to dump the rom and upload it...

 

[BigOnYa]

What scares me is, there will be a day one patch, that has to be online to activate, kinda like Disney Speedstorm. Bad news for us pirates!

 

[Noctosphere]

What scares me is, there will be a day one patch, that has to be online to activate, kinda like Disney Speedstorm. Bad news for us pirates!

as mentionned before, if it's the cartridge dump, then it would probably not require any patch to work
People who dont have internet (over half of the world) would be stuck, having a game they paid for but cant play with

 

[6adget]

it is already in the wild...
...just need someone who has it to dump the rom and upload it...

I meant "out in the world" as in, it's been dumped and ready to download it. I'm sure that's what you thought I meant too. Just like I'm sure you really didn't mean ROM.

 

[Noctosphere]

I meant "out in the world" as in, it's been dumped and ready to download it. I'm sure that's what you thought I meant too. Just like I'm sure you really didn't mean ROM.

...?

 

[Tomato123]

I meant "out in the world" as in, it's been dumped and ready to download it. I'm sure that's what you thought I meant too. Just like I'm sure you really didn't mean ROM.

Someone outside of Nintendo and not under NDA has it. But it's only based on pictures and auctions on a website where multiple copies have showed up and almost immediately sold. So could be fake/scams but who knows.

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

If I had the game early, sure, I will leak it but not tell anyone that it was me. I'd go under an anonymous account and post it, with a new e-mail address that is not Proton Mail.

I'd leak it but only credit myself as a blocky calico from the streets. Most people wouldn't know what that means, but if you know me, you;d know.

 

[Noctosphere]

I'd leak it but only credit myself as a blocky calico from the streets. Most people wouldn't know what that means, but if you know me, you;d know.

Personally, I wouldn't "leak" it myself
I would dump it but I would do like you all said, go through fake email, vpn, etc, to actually give it to someone else who has a bit of credibility in rom leaking
This person probably has less chance to be caught by law

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

Fair, fair. But I could also just do it from a library while wearing a disguise.. And in a library a fewwww towns over.

 

[impeeza]

as mentionned before, if it's the cartridge dump, then it would probably not require any patch to work
People who dont have internet (over half of the world) would be stuck, having a game they paid for but cant play with

that will give a Shit to big N, do you remember the first Wii batch, comes with out Firmware and hundred of child couldn't play on Christmas because internet get down on some areas...

 

[StrayGuitarist]

It's either gonna be the 4th, 5th, or it won't leak at all. Ninty has been absolutely blasting people left and right recently, so to the people that got their hands on it, it might just be too risky.