
The new community, however, had managed to survive for years without trouble prior to the Tears of the Kingdom mess. “It was only a matter of when.” The reason Reddit gave for the ban was that r/newyuzupiracy served “the same objective as a previously banned or quarantined subreddit,” seemingly a reference to the original r/yuzupiracy board. “We were expecting it to happen,” user ENOVA-Absolute posted on the 128bitbay subreddit earlier this week. Links for mods were also exchanged, as well as save file editors.Ī screenshot of r/newyuzupiracy from May 1.Ī screenshot shows the front page of r/newyuzupiracy on May 1 when Tears of the Kingdom leaked. Once illicit copies of Tears of the Kingdom began circulating, users of the r/newyuzupiracy subreddit shared download links as well as tips for avoiding bugs and fixing emulator settings to get the best possible performance out of the game. Read More: Reddit’s CEO Is Just Making Everything Worse The 22 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch The 15 Best Games For Sony's PlayStation 5 Yuzu is software that lets users legally emulate Switch games they own on PC, but many players simply opt to use illegally downloaded copies instead. However, on June 13, three years after it was originally created, Reddit banned the forum after it blew up in the wake of the massive pre-release leak of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.Īs first reported by PC Gamer, the subreddit doubled in size last month, going from over 37,000 members in early May to over 69,000 after Tears of the Kingdom leaked early and pirated copies of the game subsequently began to proliferate online.

The Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit r/newyuzupiracy managed to fly under the radar for years. Mario takes a hammer to the Yuzu Pirates subreddit.
