How Pirated Versions of ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ Leaked Weeks Before its Release

How Pirated Versions of ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ Leaked Weeks Before its Release

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A big title game leaking more than a few days before its official release date is something that even people in the Nintendo Switch hacking and piracy scenes take note of. But this may be one of the biggest leaks yet: pirates have dumped the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Ultimate around two weeks before it's scheduled to hit stores.

The news highlights Nintendo’s continued problem with piracy. But the specifics of how Smash was released show the internal conflicts within the piracy community, with different groups pushing to be the first to release a game and trying to dictate when a dump should happen.