{"id":12686,"date":"2022-05-18T10:13:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12686"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:15:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:15:24","slug":"20220518-12686","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220518-12686\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cartridge spotted in second-hand store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220517-202766\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-17 15:59<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>The Japanese second-hand store chain Hard-Off has found a <strong>fake <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em> cartridge<\/strong> at one of their stores. The cartridge was purchased by the Aeon Town Mito South Hard-Off location and reported by their Twitter account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E6%B0%B4%E6%88%B8%E5%8D%97%E5%BA%97?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30cf\u30fc\u30c9\u30aa\u30d5\u30a4\u30aa\u30f3\u30bf\u30a6\u30f3\u6c34\u6238\u5357\u5e97<\/a>\u3000\u3067\u3059\ud83d\ude07<br>\ud83d\ude35\u3054\u6ce8\u610f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\ud83d\ude35<br>\u4e2d\u53e4\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\u3067\u300c\u8d77\u52d5\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093\u300d\u306a\u3069\u3068\u3044\u3046\u30b8\u30e3\u30f3\u30af\u30bd\u30d5\u30c8\u3092\u898b\u3064\u3051\u3066\u3082\u8868\u3068\u88cf\u306e\u756a\u53f7\u304c\u9055\u3046\u3082\u306e\u306f\u507d\u7269\u3067\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u7d76\u5bfe\u306b\u52d5\u4f5c\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093\u2757\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%81%AE%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30bc\u30eb\u30c0\u306e\u4f1d\u8aac<\/a>\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30d6\u30ec\u30b9\u30aa\u30d6\u30b6\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9<\/a>\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E5%81%BD%E7%89%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u507d\u7269<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJJVNWu23t\">pic.twitter.com\/XJJVNWu23t<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6c34\u6238\u3068\u65e5\u7acb\u3068\u7b51\u897f\u306e\u30cf\u30fc\u30c9\u30aa\u30d5\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@mito_hitachi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mito_hitachi\/status\/1526098025118302213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweet explains that if the numbers on the front and back of the cartridge don\u2019t match, players should be concerned that it\u2019s a fake. Legitimate Nintendo Switch games will have matching numbers between the middle section of the sequence on the front and the left section of the sequence on the back. The pattern is a little different for development kits, but for the most part, you should see a similar string of characters on the front and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for what numbers you\u2019ll see printed on Nintendo Switch cartridges, it will vary depending on the game. For example, the back of <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em> cartridges appear to start with \u201cAAAAA.\u201d However, if you look at the back of the fake cartridge in the tweet above, it says \u201cKYOTO.\u201d Games will typically have a seemingly meaningless sequence like \u201cA001W,\u201d so seeing \u201cKYOTO,\u201d the city in Japan where Nintendo is based, is a red flag.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-380x143.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-150x56.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-696x261.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-1068x401.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220517-202766-001-1120x420.jpg 1120w\" \/><figcaption>A legitimate copy of <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We\u2019ve seen dummy Nintendo Switches and packaging for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielOlimac\/status\/1511349604339666960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">non-existent games<\/a> that look somewhat convincing, but it\u2019s rare to see a fake cartridge that\u2019s this elaborate. Twitter user @taka5874 retweeted the report saying that Nintendo Switch ROMs are difficult to fake and that the cartridge Hard-Off received is likely a mock-up with no ROM inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident points out the risk involved with buying used games. If you want to be extra safe, it\u2019s probably best to buy new or the digital version of a game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese second-hand store chain Hard-Off has found a fake The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cartridge at one of their stores. 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