{"id":19222,"date":"2023-05-30T17:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=19222"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:14:46","slug":"20230530-19222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230530-19222\/","title":{"rendered":"Tears of the Kingdom fans infiltrated warehouse to get copies before the release\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two Japanese youths reportedly started working as delivery workers for a subcontractor of Amazon a month before the release of <strong>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/strong> as part of a strategy to steal and play the game before the release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released two and a half weeks ago on May 12. The latest title of the Zelda series and sequel to Breath of the Wild was one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year. Excitement over the game grew day by day as the release date approached and did not cease even after the game was finally out, as it sold over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/whatsnew\/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-sells-over-10-million-worldwide-in-first-three-days-becoming-the-fastest-selling-game-in-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 million copies<\/a> within the first three days after it was released.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans no doubt all shared the sentiment of wanting to buy and play the game as soon as possible, with working adults in Japan taking paid leave to play the game in such numbers that #\u30bc\u30eb\u30c0\u4f11\u6687 (Zelda holiday) started trending on Twitter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, among all the excitement leading up to the release of Tears of the Kingdom, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/bunshun.jp\/articles\/-\/63182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> individuals in Japan who went to the lengths of committing employee theft just to get their hands on a copy before everyone else.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-001-1-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two culprits, 21 and 24 y\/o allegedly applied and started working part-time for a delivery subcontractor of Amazon just a month before the release of the game, used the opportunity to steal copies of the game and then took a Zelda holiday of their own, leaving their employer unable to reach them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The part-time delivery workers were meant to assist with the particularly large volume of deliveries due to the release of the new game but were nowhere to be seen at the crucial moment. The employer called the 21 y\/o part-timer&#8217;s mother, only to be told that he is currently playing \u201ca game,\u201d which later turned out to be Tears of the Kingdom. At that point, the game was not yet available since it was before the release date. The culprit reportedly confessed to the theft and confirmed that the act was premeditated, stating that he had wanted to \u201cget his hands on the game even one second faster.\u201d The other culprit (24 y\/o) also confessed to stealing the game and other Zelda related products, such as the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, in order to resell them for profit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"539\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2.jpg 958w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230530-19222-002-2-746x420.jpg 746w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bunshun Online\u2019s report, both employees were made to reimburse the damages and terminated from their workplace, but apparently this is not at all an isolated case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An insider from one of Amazon\u2019s delivery subcontractors commented to Bunshun Online that employee theft happens often as there are many part-time delivery workers coming in and out, making it difficult to detect and hold the culprit accountable. Apparently similar cases of employee theft had occurred with other major titles such as Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two fans went as far as to start working as delivery workers in order to steal copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before its release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":19224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-19222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-zelda"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tears of the Kingdom fans infiltrated warehouse to get copies before the release\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two fans went as far as to start working as delivery workers in order to steal copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before its release.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230530-19222\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tears of the Kingdom fans infiltrated warehouse to get copies before the release\u00a0 - 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