Is Nintendo requesting deletion of Switch emu etc. in response to the fact that 'Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom' play movie before release has been circulated?



A play movie of '

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ', which will be released worldwide on May 12, 2023 (Friday), has been circulating before its release. Nintendo has taken measures to remove these, but perhaps because they thought that was not enough, a DMCA takedown (request for deletion) was made to GitHub regarding the repositories of Nintendo Switch emulation tools and console unlocking tools. I understand.

Nintendo, ticked by Zelda leaks, does a DMCA run on Switch emulation tools | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/05/nintendo-files-dmca-takedowns-on-switch-emulation-tools-just-before-tears-debut/



``The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'' will

be announced at E3 in 2019 as a sequel to ``The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' released in 2017, and will be released on Friday, May 12, 2023.

However, it was reported that it was possible to play even before it was released, and even a play movie was uploaded to YouTube.

According to Wccf tech, an IT news site, leaks began circulating at the end of April, and some people were playing at 60 FPS.

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Out in the Wild and People Are Already Playing it on PC
https://wccftech.com/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-pc/



Nintendo is taking a stance to delete these play movies, but in addition, `` Lockpick '' to dump keys from Switch to GitHub as `` providing access to avoidance software that infringes intellectual property rights '' I found that I made a request to delete the repository of multiple tools such as.



In response to this move, the development of the Nintendo Switch emulator 'Skyline Emulator' was announced to be discontinued. According to the news site XDA, developer Mark said on Discord, ``I believed it was perfectly legal to dump keys from my Nintendo Switch until I received this deletion request.'' .

Nintendo Switch Emulator Skyline ceases development, citing potential legal issues
https://www.xda-developers.com/skyline-emulator-ceases-development/



Also, Lockpick's repository has been deleted.



Simon Aarons, a programmer and Lockpick maintainer, has questioned whether the deletion request was really made by Nintendo.



'The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom' will be released on Friday, May 12, 2023. Enjoy the weekend.

The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom TVCM Story - YouTube


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