Xianshi@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 22 days agoMario & Luigi: Brothership ROM leaked onlinenintendoeverything.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down13
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkMario & Luigi: Brothership ROM leaked onlinenintendoeverything.comXianshi@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarePastaguini [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·22 days agoHas Nintendo ever had the entire rom of a major game leak before it was released?
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 days agoNot quite the same but there was a working GBA emulator before the console released.
minus-squareriseuppikmin [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·22 days agoIn case this was asked in earnest, yes- it happens all the time. Nintendo releases have been notoriously leaky for about 3 years now
minus-squareFortifiedAttack [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·22 days agoHappened with Tears of the Kingdom too iirc.
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 days 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-up7·22 days agoAnd Metroid dread. I finished that one the weekend before it came out. Then bought the collectors tin.
minus-squarebutter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoOne of the gen 9 pokemon games. I think violet? I was out with my wife’s family coordinating with my brother by text trying to get it downloaded.
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.
In case this was asked in earnest, yes- it happens all the time. Nintendo releases have been notoriously leaky for about 3 years now
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.
One of the gen 9 pokemon games. I think violet?
I was out with my wife’s family coordinating with my brother by text trying to get it downloaded.