Nintendo’s next big release,The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom,has leaked online, causing frustration from both fans and Nintendo due to potential spoilers.Echoes of Wisdomis due to launch on September 26, and will continue the top-down, colorful-and-cute style of 2013’s Switch release,A Link Between Worlds.
A leaked ROM ofZelda: Echoes of Wisdomcame to light over the weekend, as spotted by Redditor43eyes(viaIGN). According to the user,a video of someone playing the unreleased game appeared on 4Chan, but quickly made its way to YouTubebefore it was copyright-claimed by Nintendo. While the gameplay may not be available via YouTube anymore, it’s worth any eager fans wishing to avoid spoilers being wary across social media due to the chances of reposts. Nintendo is doing its best to take down any spoilers before more eyes are laid on the footage.
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Echoes of Wisdomisn’t the only Nintendo game to fall victim to leaks, but it is the most recent.This new leak has surfaced just a mere two weeks before the title is set to launchon September 26. While it may not hurt the game’s sales, it is almost certainly a blow to the development team - and fans who may have seen spoilers by mistake. Admittedly, a very small portion of the game was shown off - but it’s still an unwelcome surprise, considering how closeEchoes of Wisdomis to releasing.
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This ROM was being shared across several private networks, as those sharing the gameplay footage managed to get their hands on the content thanks to the use of emulators. Given thatone of the key flaws the Nintendo Switch has is the ability to easily emulate the system using a PC, Nintendo now must send out takedown notifications as quickly as possible. Hopefully, this is an issue that will be resolved with theSwitch’s successor console, given how prevalent it’s been on the current line-up of Switch consoles.
For now, it seems as though nothing major or substantial was leaked other than a few seconds of someone running around in-game. Even so, for those hoping to avoid spoilers forThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, it may be best to avoid social media at all costs before release.
