The upcoming Nintendo Switch game, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, has leaked online ahead of its release on October 20.
An unofficial copy of the game is making its rounds online. So far, videos haven’t appeared on streaming platforms like YouTube and Twitch but it’s only a matter of time.
As always, we can expect Nintendo to send their lawyers on every video that pops up online to take them offline. But, it wouldn’t surprise us if you’ll find a couple of videos the next time you open your favourite social media platform.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder has leaked
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This is the nth time that a piracy leak has affected a Nintendo game this year alone. In the lead up to the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in May, certain individuals had spread the game’s official art book on Discord. It didn’t take long for Nintendo’s lawyers to file a DMCA to find the perpetrator. Months later, the entire game was leaked and pirated as a ROM file.
Nintendo has a no non-sense approach against piracy and hacking. It isn’t afraid to pursue legal action. In doing so, it has, more often than not, walked away with millions in the process. A more recent legal case saw the company send a certain Gary Bowser (totally not related to Mario’s antagonist) to jail.
While Super Mario Bros. Wonder isn’t as significant as Tears of the Kingdom in terms of impact, it’s still a big deal as it’s one of the last big games that will come to the Nintendo Switch before it’s presumably replaced late next year. It’s also part of a massive slate of upcoming Mario games, including a remake of Super Mario RPG and a standalone title with Princess Peach in a lead role. Finally, it’s the first traditional side-scrolling Mario game in over a decade.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s success could encourage Nintendo to go back to Mario’s bread and butter, which may not be impossible as it wasn’t too long ago that The Super Mario Bros. Movie made over a billion at the global box office.
Speaking of Mario, the new voice of the Italian plumber has officially been revealed. Kevin Afghani will step into the massive red boots left behind by Charles Martinet after stepping down this year to become a Mario ambassador.
