These have been turbulent and dark days for Nintendo fans eager for the official release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The new game in the saga for the Switch portable console that unfortunately leaked ahead of time.
A chronology of the events that led multiple streamers, influencers and spoilers to publish new Zelda content weeks before the official arrival of the title has been more or less determined. In some cases, the digital files extracted from the physical game have even been found.
Such dynamics have put Nintendo on high alert by implementing a series of blocks and bans almost immediately as soon as any user has the idea of sharing title content in advance on any social network.
There are some platforms that are more flexible than others, but in general both YouTube and Twitch have been merciless and strict when it comes to detecting that content out of time from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is being broadcast.
The detail that now began to be documented cases of bans and suspensions of user accounts that were not actually doing anything wrong.
Fan of The Legend of Zelda is banned from Twitch for reacting to a legal video of Tears of the Kingdom
the colleagues of Metro We have just shared a strange story where a Twitch user, a community dedicated to streaming and reactions to game sessions, ended up being banned from the platform for reacting to a video of the new Zelda game.
The detail here that the girl, named Alanah Pearce, but better known as Charalanahzardhe hadn’t actually gotten the game in advance, but was instead reacting to a video of a sneak peek that Nintendo had authorized.
It just so happens that a couple of weeks ago the SkillUp YouTube channel had exclusive early access to The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom game. So they put together a nearly half-hour video where the channel’s drivers shared several minutes of their gaming session.
That video was precisely the one that Pearce took as the basis to create his streaming session on his Twitch channel, reacting to the game session on the YouTube channel that had been previously authorized by Nintendo.
But even so, the girl was banned under the argument of having spread a “pre-approved Zelda gameplay”. Pearce’s channel has already been reinstated, but Nintendo’s move was perhaps a bit serious.
The game will be officially released on May 12, 2023.
