The Great Zelda Heist of E3 2016
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
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At E3 2016, one 17 year old planned to do the impossible: steal the code from Nintendo's brand new Zelda game, Breath of the Wild. How did he fare? Find out in the Great Zelda heist of E3 2016!
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Dude in 2016: I'm gonna hack the WiiU and stole the data of the game thanks to my hacking skills and support of followers
Dude in 2004: LMAO man, just run away with the CD
Dude in 1992: lol stole the cart
Dude in 1922: *I HAVE THE BREAD*
800 bc I just stole a knife out of a dude's chest named cesar
Meanwhile, in Ancient Egypt: I’m just gonna take this cat god statue, thanks...
Now that's thug life lol
That's where they realized they stole Link, and not Zelda...
aw darn.
But they stole the game Zelda.
@@user-md3is4dq2d r/woooosh
⃠
Whoooooooooosh
r/whoooooooooooosssshhhhh it left the damn galaxy
Ironic they stole the MGS 3 disk when the games story is about stealing a disc.
Bruh
Boi
Bruh
Bruh
Bruh
"17 year old hacker"
>already has the knowledge to hack into public systems and extract the data externally
Me at 17 - *fails geometry*
“To hack into public systems and extract data externally” or “go into settings and connect to WiFi, then fail to run someone else’s software on the right files”
@@Luuncho he already had done it before it just wasnt the same method for the demo nintendo had.
RoyalGaming nonetheless he didn’t write the software himself he’s more the equivalent of someone using a cheat engine for gtav than an actual hacker
It is above the normal level of a 17 year old
its above average for anyone. being 17 has no bearing for knowledge. a 17 year old with two weeks of hacking experience knows more than a 30 year old with no hacking experience. and most people have no hacking experience anyway.
And we would’ve gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling kids
And your dumb dog too
Jacob Hoggan you are one of the meddling kids
nova nova lol I am wayyy to old to even think about calling myself a kid
Jacob Hoggan hA bOomEr
@@sillygoose2878 figalig
Me and the boys stealing the BOTW demo
Late on the meme dude
@@Acytarst thing is you're never late to a meme no matter how old. its a meme
@@NonsensicalSpudz I mean it's dead
@@Acytarst yeah lol
Stealing the new Avengers game demo
"Zelda fans hadn't gotten news for 2 years." "Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was delayed to next year. Bummer."
_cries in Pikmin_
Bro I wish pikmin got another game, the last one we got was hey pikmin
*cries in F-Zero and Punch Out.
Fuzzy Cucumbers well it's supposed to be in development
_cries in earthbound_
**cries to sleep in Kid Icarus**
"At E3 2004, when I was two years old"
Just like that I became a grand pappy
jXson God I feel old.
I was 1 in 2004
@@santicheeks1106 no one was born after 9/11
I was just about to be born around that time. Was born at end if 2004
@@NoNoseProduction what
If only somebody did that back at SpaceWorld 99 with EarthBound 64
The 1997 space world beta of Pokemon gold and silver could've been dumped sooner, too.
@@cullbear55 that actually came out, earthbound 64 didn't
@@cullbear55 beta gold and silver were leaked
@@Meme-pg5tw read my comment more carefully.
@@cullbear55 oh im dumb
Congratulations, you have been blessed by the TH-cam algorithm!
Haha, our holy Susan has blessed me!
TOMOTFUN SO TRUE
totally true!. congrats! im happy it was worth it
Yuuuuup.
666th like
This TH-camr: I'm so grateful for 10k!
TH-cam algorithm: I'm about to start this man's whole career
a month later he's at 104k, comment holds true and it's absolute fucking bonkers
Köokaburra the Kingfisher he has only gained 10,000 more subs since your comment but either way, it is amazing how much this video was responsible for the channel growth
Garbage channel
@@ralphtaylor7448 excuse me what?
@@ralphtaylor7448 ya talkin' mad s*** for someone in yeetin' distance!
17 year old: Does a video game heist.
Me at 20: Codes "Hello World!"
Meme Dealer same!
@@kingbowser4542 Why are you on youtube
@@kingbowser4542 Jesus Christ, I forget the generation of "give your kid a tablet to parent them for you" is actually growing up now
@@kingbowser4542 use youtube kids dumbass im reporting you for being a minor
@Plumjet09 That's it, I'm deleting my comments.
BOTW hacker: I am gonna hack that Wii U, and do lot's of stuff in my PC and copy the game data.
MGS3 stealer: Hold my DVD.
Hold your fucking mouth filthy weeb
Keep thy mouth close nintendrone gamer
Ceedee
MGS3 Hacker then buys a usb instead.
"so how did you develop such good time management skills?"
"my plans to steal botw were ruined because i decided to be 15 minutes late to the demo. since then i've never been late to anything"
>"Greatest Heist of E3 2016"
>Fails
>"Sorry for the anticlimax"
*Visible Confusion*
Ikr 2019 clickbait bullshit, this is shit that is fed daily by themtube
cow moo dont you think we would have known it happened if he actually stole it lmaoo
I remember when this happened. Everyone was so excited wondering if it was gonna leak. If my memory serves me right, you forgot to mention that the "wrong files" that they obtained were promotion art work/images of the game that hadn't been seem before. Either way really cool and video and I'm glad i was able to finally see the whole story, instead of it being pieced together while it's happening.
That’s more people in the line/que than actual Wii U owners lmao.
its queue
CosmicPinkk
I forgot how stupid that word’s spelling is. Lol. Maybe it should be *Qew* instead?
It's french.
Kæðr Qew looks kinda dumb though, not gonna lie
Were there 13 million people in line?
Not to brag, but I actually have access to the entire Zelda: Breath of the Wild game. It's amazing. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
For me the the game is very confusing
Jason 4 President sucks for you. Botw is the greatest open world game of all time
@@xTeeMan yeah it does because if i knew what to do the game would be more fun 2 me. Botw was the first zelda game i played btw.
Jason 4 President The thing about botw is that you can do whatever you want really. The best part of the game is just exploring. Explore the world and what you’re supposed to do becomes more clear. But if you’re really confused, check your quest list, and if necessary, look up guides for help.
The object of the game is to pick a lot of flowers and hit goblins on their heads with a wooden stick. When it breaks you have to find a new stick. Sometimes there are people to talk to
Can we quickly appreciate that he made a video about a game heist without ever using the word "hacker"?
Thanks Tom, "hacker" sounds so silly and it's overused elsewhere.
You can hack trees
MrZsc Hack trees and steal their DNA 🧬
*facepalm*
“I am gonna hack into the mainframe and overcome the firewall”
@@mariobros2169 I cringed reading this
"I'm not in"
*Mission failed theme.mp3*
We can't all be as good as Nicholas Cage at stealing treasures.
Captain Joey national treasure is a great movie
Such a good documentary
Connor Krohn hol up
* L O O K I N G C O O L J O K E R*
“I’m gonna steal the Declaration of Independence!”
I remember watching Etika talking about this on stream as it was happening the first day. Apparently, one of his viewer snitched to Nintendo.
I dont remeber that stream. Is there an archive of it?
I remember that. I thought the snitch was a lair making an attempt to make a joke
R.i.p. Etika😢
@@DeathFlame500 Unfortunately, no one has reuploaded it yet, but in case you're looking for it, it was called something "Nintendo E3 2016 reaction"
@@stormbreak7003 There were a lot of people thinking this was unethical, I thought it was one of them. Etika thought it was Keemstar.
Who would win?
Guy with advanced programming skills
OR
one lenghy line
Probably the guy with advance programming skills
one lenghy line
the guy defeated by coming 15 late and lenghly line defeat him. because e3 limit the people who come to breath of the wild booth. so who come early than that hacker guy might the only who might have the chance to enter.
The "OR" would win
Lengthy line
14:27 As someone who was 11 at that time, that hit pretty hard. Watching such a well made video made by someone much younger than me leaves me feeling both very old but also very impressed. Great job!
Ends video with "Thanks for 10K subs"
Me: *looks at sub count*, oh, probably wasn't recent then.
*looks at date* Today? What. Congrats dude!
Must be crazy to double your subs in just one day
The algorithm has blessed him on this day.
22k now
That's exactly what i thought😂
@@jbap7777 26K
We need to find these guys so they can steal us some Area 51 aliens
We gotta hack into Area 51 and delete the guards.
Using only the power of Wii U hacking toolkits we will free the aliens.
Oh frick
Yes
Not funny
@STAR CHICKEN u should have said r/woosh
Stealing the mgs3 dvd should have been a dlc mission for mgs3
or a secret joke level
"Back in 2004-" "oh I remember 2004, I was 10" "-when I was 2" "WAIT WHAT"
I was 13... and that was my exact same reaction. XD
Exactly my reaction
I did not exist
crazy how there are people of different ages right?
Lol I was 3, but my favourtite DS game was shown at E3 2004 - Super Mario 64 DS :>
How didn't they lock up the Wii Us?
This certainly is a weird case.
Then again, there wasn't one on the Wii Us.
Heh heh...
They did afterwards. A journalist friend of mine told me that they locked it on the next events.
@Eric Sparrow re-think my statement. this time thinking about the cover over the wii u's.
Pun
Having been to E3 2017. They have upped security ALOT lol
Hol up a minute.
So you’re saying he actually managed to get TCP Gecko running on the system, and it’s very likely that if the booth didn’t fill up, he could have gotten the game code???
Yes, it worked on other CAT-R units, so it should have succeeded in theory.
@@MrPikachuTheMadman The laptop wasn't in the booth most likely, someone else most likely had the laptop outside the booth waiting for the data.
yeah seems like that was the ONLY thing that stopped him lol
Those darn kids
2016: stealing a game demo from E3
2019: freeing the aliens from area 51
CARD CAPTORS
And both failed.
“I’ve been watching youtube my whole life”. Heh, never considered someone saying that, now i feel old (32). I’ve discovered your channel 3 days ago, already a big fan of your content.
I just found your channel yesterday and started binging it. Thank you far making good content.
Thank you for watching it! :)
Same
So dud a lot of people. It seems youtube just pushed his vuds into reccommended heavily.
Same! Lol
Same
“2004, when I was 2 years old...”
YOU’RE VIDEO ARE THIS HIGH QUALITY AND YOU’RE MY AGE?!?!?
2002 gang.
I was 3 in 2004 hahah
I think i'm the only from 2003 here huh
2002 kids rise up
Pfft I was two in 2017 you fools
Nintendo: just gonna scroll through my TH-cam feed.
TH-cam:
14:25 And once again, the internet has made me realize the fact that I'm old...
I’ve always wanted to know more about this! Thanks for making a vid on it 🙏
Thank _you_ for watching it!
Lol look at this nerd.
666 likes
KatanaClan That’s my Buddy, I linked him the vid cause we’re both nerds lol
@KatanaClan We know each other, it was a joke.
*I remember when Gamexplain made a video on this. Thanks for explaining it*
You mean GAMEEXPLAINing it?
@@Furternator *hAhAhAh so funny*
How do you do that highlight text thingy
@@williamsmith4956 Asterisks around the end and the start of the message
Furternator well you beat me to it
The ending of this made me smile, your humble beginnings and all. Congratulations on coming so far. You had thanked your 10k subscribers in this video, and today you’re only 10k away from 200k.
You’re well researched and well spoken and you deserve it.
Thomas, you're videos are amazing... A true pearl on YT. ♥️
Only the realest bois remember when etika was flipping his shit about this on stream while it was happening, R.I.P. my man
Is there an archive i dont remeber this D"::
Unfortunately it was never archived as far as I know, I’ve been looking for one for years
@@AlphaTheKoolKid17 so you were looking for an archive before he died
@Dank Master yes
I remember which is why I clicked on this video.
As a WiiU owner I felt ripped when thay held back the release to bring it out at the same time as the Switch!
Yeah the Wii U game-pad functionality were gonna be wild
It’s exactly why I bought a Wii u at launch, for the new Zelda
Same here, I originally bought a Wii U specifically for "Zelda 2015"
@@jamnmikefx Same, it's disappointing to know that Nintendo hyped up the Wii U second screen with BotW just to take the functionality away and release it on another superior console anyway.
Were you around when twilight princesse was released? I've never waited longer for a video game to come out
You says thanks for 10k subscribers honestly made me cry a bit. Youve come so far :)❤
I like that ending! I was like "this sounded familiar and i miss it..." and it turned out to be Maya's Theme from Ace Attorney or something like that. Anyway, that was great!
I was watching Etika's live stream when he followed the hacker's Twitter. The hype was real - it was great!
Rest in Peace, you greatest of the JoyconBoyz...
I miss etika
WE miss etika
We all miss Etika
@User bruh
@Goomba dude you broke the chain
"Just reached 10k"
Almost at 20k bud, let me help you get there.
At 20k Let's get him to 30k now
At 30k time for 40k!
@@katiec3225 wait 30k that quick?
Did I just time travel?
@@Who-ru6hj and now its 40k. Wild
40k now 😃
annnnnd now one of them’s in prison for possession of over 1000 cp images
fun.
What are cp images?
You're amazing man!! Great videos, editing, everything!! You presented such a great story, buildup, right amout of exposition.
TGD: We're they successfull?
*I don't need sleep. I need answers.*
This channel is gonna hit 100k by the end of August if you keep up this quality. Another great video!
Maybe even by the end of July with the rate things are going
This genuinely got my heart racing. The thought of stealing code directly from under Nintendo's nose is kind of exhilarating. Not something I could ever even dream of doing, as I completely lack any sort of programming skills, but exciting nonetheless.
thomas has wonderful docs, really dig you man!
born in 2002 and make a greater content than ppl double your age
Abdullah Alghamdi you mean 2012 right because he said he was 2 in 2014
@@bowl3037 bruh, he said 2004 not 14, but he was born on 02
No he’s definitely 7 my dad works at nintendo
@Connor Klose He's totally 7, bro
Wow i'm only 1 year younger than epic hacker man and i'm not nearly as epic gamer 1337 smart as him.
BooMan Idk if using someone else’s software to steal shit is smart I’m sure you’re fine
Thanks for all the videos! You should add more
You are, truly, one of the most reliably insightful and enjoyable channels on TH-cam.
To hear your excitement about hitting 10,000 subscribers is touching.
I wish you all the best.
Never knew this was a thing. So glad I found your channel.
time to start binging your videos lol
Haha, thank you so much!
I read that as bing ing
The reason why you never knew about this was because literally everyone at the time knew they wouldn't succeed.
I remember when Etika was talking about this during his E3 livestream, those were some good times.
Gyarados422 😢
@@kokaboba A Nintendo streamer that took his life last month.
No bitch niggas. Live on joycon boyz.
4:26 "however, the following year uwu of that changed"
Fantastic video, and a great channel! Loving going through all your videos!
Literally a week ago when I subscribed, you were at like 6,000 subs. Congrats man, keep rocking :)
Awesome video. Slightly reminds me of the internet historian in a way. Also congrats on now almost 20k subs.
I'm happy to have been one of your first viewers! I knew this channel had great potential!
Thanks for sticking with me all this time!
3 weeks later and you're closing up on 100k! Love the video by the way!
Dude, how can you only have 20000 subscribers
This Chanel diserves much more subscribers
Keep up with the great work! 👍
You're videos are so good! Seriously, you really need more subscribers.
Keep up the good work, you are one of the more unique TH-camrs out there, when I first saw you, you had 10K subscribers, and I thought "This guy deserves more subscribers", and you still do, but I'm happy that you are growing greatly! Here's to you having 100K before Q4!
ever since this got blessed by the algorithm i havent stopped watching your videos since!
Why have I never heard of this channel before? You make rwally good and informative content and deserve way more subscribers.
So I'll do my part and subscribe.. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! That means a lot!
Congrats on literally
getting 9K subs in 1 day!
I love this channel and I hope
it one day gets 10 million
subs like it deserves.
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You were born 2002?! Holy hell you're young and I feel old af. That seems like yesterday!
Right? And yet, people born in 2002 are all going to be legal adults this year!
To make you feel even older, I'll tell you I didn't exist that year
“Queue, oh that’s ‘line’ for US viewers.”
Bro, you know queue is like the most common term for multiplayer games ever right?
It made me pause and rewatch that part. Like dude, why the shade?
Yet, one day I might learn how to correctly say it, lol.
TheDeepPix3l I didn’t know what queue was
DastardlyDude98 not all of us, this guy just added some unnecessary insult
@@Oribaaa Yes, you're right. That wasn't cool.
And this is why we cant have nice things
(Eshop demos)
They still exist. I have at least a couple.
@@MasterZebulin Yeah, Splatoon 2, Arms...
Let's go, kirby star allies, Mega man 11...
David Newbon there's a bunch of demos on the eshop
please continue create videos like that and you will get up to 100k in no time! Good luck on your journey^^
You're verified, you should do a shout out!
omg is this you befor famos
Dude, idk how you only have 40k subs, just found you and your videos are incredible, your voice is so nice, i could hear it 24/7. your videoediting is so smooth and good. your videoideas are the best. i have never thought of those kinds of videos. like the wii and mii videos. you are like a treasure in the dephts of youtube. and dont get too much stress or something. just do what you want. (sorry for my bad english, im a stupid german) good luck
“Are you sure this going to release next year?”
Meanwhile on screen Horse casually walking sideways
WAIT 10K SUBS? THIS WAS 2DAYS AGO AND UR AT 40K NOW OMG IM SO PROUD OF YOU YOUR CROWNING SO FASTT 😩😭
>>i was 2 years old in 2004
jesus i was 2 years out of high school.
Randy void I was almost into middle school and I feel old when i read that 😂
I was 5 in '04.
@@MacaqueStinx bruuuh
@@randyvoid155 Maaaan, I'm 20 now. Ain't no problem.
I was one tf
Amazing video! And love the message at the end. With content this good you will get way more subscribers than that! Keep it up man :)
"2004, when i was two years old" dear god i'm old.
Didn’t the hacker get in contact with Etika on stream?
Oh, I didn't hear about that! I'll definitely look into that in a minute - sounds interesting
He did. It was while etika was streaming
RIP
Amazing as per usual
Haha, thanks for always being here!
I actually was expecting the kid to fail, glad he did.
"Thanks for the 10k subs" Me 3 months later stumbling across this: Hmmmmmmm
Wow had you not divulged being born in 2002 (wow) I’d never have known. Stellar editing and presentation. Thanks mate.
edit: -some nobody born in 1990
This sounds like it would be a pretty sweet movie
you about to blow up my guy, keep it up
(blow up in a good way)
Watched in 2020, congratulations on reaching over 10,000 subscribers!
People Have Been Stealing Demos Since The 90's Like With Sonic 2 Simon Wai Demo
also you should make a videos on prototypes
@@f7cjo773 It's just a phase.
IS THAT TURNABOUT SISTERS AS THE END SONG ?!?! I LOVE ACE ATTORNEY!
Me too!
Great video, and the AA piano cover at the end is sublime. 👌
When you said you were two at E4 2004 I instantly felt old 😆 I thought you were older.
Congratulations for producing so much quality content at such young age! Most of the videos I have been watching lately about videogames are yours.
wow never knew about this i really wish your channel becomes big :)
TH-cam algorithm has been good on you. Thanks to that I'm here.
Congrats on going from 10k subs to over 100k subs in a few months!
i was at the time (2004) 24/25. i am a gamer for life. and i enjoy your investigative, educational and interesting videos. i just watched this, and it did not disappoint. we are (have been) truly in an information age.
i couldnt help remembering during the video, specifically around the part of the '17 year old would be heister' about video games/tech/E³ when i was 17. playstation was about a year old( in the US) when i turned 17. N64 was *maybe* just out about the time i turned 17. FF7 was still at least 6 months out (i wanna say. all this is my best recollection) ill leave it there. thx for nostalgia trips.
keep doing what you do!
Probably the one reason someone would steal a Wii U.
It hAs ZelDA WIi U!
I tried to hunt one down, so I could play BoTW, but I lucked out and managed to get my hands on a Switch instead.
Reached 10000 subs two days later has 47000 subs wow congratulations good job
Ahh memories. I was at E3 2004. I actually played the MGS3 demo and thought it was really good.
Someone once nicked an experimental 3 screen laptop by Razor from a con once
Sources say that was Linus.