The Great Zelda Heist of E3 2016

[@thedeadninja4710]

If only somebody did that back at SpaceWorld 99 with EarthBound 64

[@cullbear55]

The 1997 space world beta of Pokemon gold and silver could've been dumped sooner, too.

[@ianilus4783]

@@cullbear55 that actually came out, earthbound 64 didn't

[@Meme-pg5tw]

@@cullbear55 beta gold and silver were leaked

[@cullbear55]

@@Meme-pg5tw read my comment more carefully.

[@Meme-pg5tw]

@@cullbear55 oh im dumb

[@RENZEENO]

Ironic they stole the MGS 3 disk when the games story is about stealing a disc.

[@nockradqkdak7992]

Bruh

[@rag3ac334]

Boi

[@aceywasty]

Bruh

[@stinkynacho2362]

Bruh

[@scanbbb]

Bruh

[@plainblocks2]

That's where they realized they stole Link, and not Zelda...

[@insertcoolnamehere937]

aw darn.

[@user-md3is4dq2d]

But they stole the game Zelda.

[@mustafasaqib1688]

@@user-md3is4dq2d r/woooosh

[@frenchwaffl]

⃠ Whoooooooooosh

[@ThatOneGuy___]

r/whoooooooooooosssshhhhh it left the damn galaxy

[@klayman2]

"17 year old hacker" >already has the knowledge to hack into public systems and extract the data externally Me at 17 - *fails geometry*

[@Luuncho]

“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”

[@klayman2]

@@Luuncho he already had done it before it just wasnt the same method for the demo nintendo had.

[@Luuncho]

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

[@verbaldiarrhea3999]

It is above the normal level of a 17 year old

[@jjt171]

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.

[@jngeorge]

"At E3 2004, when I was two years old" Just like that I became a grand pappy

[@CommanderWiggins]

jXson God I feel old.

[@santicheeks1106]

I was 1 in 2004

[@NoNoseProduction]

@@santicheeks1106 no one was born after 9/11

[@90sNath]

I was just about to be born around that time. Was born at end if 2004

[@santicheeks1106]

@@NoNoseProduction what

[@blackwing3032]

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

[@CardboardSliver]

Dude in 1992: lol stole the cart

[@Kippuin]

Dude in 1922: *I HAVE THE BREAD*

[@eeenriquegabrielnegro8167]

800 bc I just stole a knife out of a dude's chest named cesar

[@thejay8963]

Meanwhile, in Ancient Egypt: I’m just gonna take this cat god statue, thanks...

[@OMGitsKITTYSMITTY]

Now that's thug life lol

[@strangepoyo1201]

Me and the boys stealing the BOTW demo

[@Acytarst]

Late on the meme dude

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

@@Acytarst thing is you're never late to a meme no matter how old. its a meme

[@Acytarst]

@@NonsensicalSpudz I mean it's dead

[@strangepoyo1201]

@@Acytarst yeah lol

[@ender01o66]

Stealing the new Avengers game demo

[@gotetheraccoon]

Congratulations, you have been blessed by the KZbin algorithm!

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Haha, our holy Susan has blessed me!

[@benavas6610]

TOMOTFUN SO TRUE

[@devtekve1396]

totally true!. congrats! im happy it was worth it

[@smoldream2908]

Yuuuuup.

[@aac617]

666th like

[@DJBaphomet]

"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_

[@fuzzycucumbers5476]

Bro I wish pikmin got another game, the last one we got was hey pikmin

[@karrotakun3581]

*cries in F-Zero and Punch Out.

[@Naito9874]

Fuzzy Cucumbers well it's supposed to be in development

[@captainbensooftheoil4391]

_cries in earthbound_

[@nosferatu2613]

**cries to sleep in Kid Icarus**

[@EMR64]

17 year old: Does a video game heist. Me at 20: Codes "Hello World!"

[@sabersquid2523]

Meme Dealer same!

[@pv4842]

@@kingbowser4542 Why are you on youtube

[@pv4842]

@@kingbowser4542 Jesus Christ, I forget the generation of "give your kid a tablet to parent them for you" is actually growing up now

[@hydrog.]

@@kingbowser4542 use youtube kids dumbass im reporting you for being a minor

[@kingbowser4542]

@Plumjet09 That's it, I'm deleting my comments.

[@louis250994]

I remember watching Etika talking about this on stream as it was happening the first day. Apparently, one of his viewer snitched to Nintendo.

[@DeathFlame500]

I dont remeber that stream. Is there an archive of it?

[@stormbreak7003]

I remember that. I thought the snitch was a lair making an attempt to make a joke

[@MorsBieg]

R.i.p. Etika😢

[@louis250994]

@@DeathFlame500 Unfortunately, no one has reuploaded it yet, but in case you're looking for it, it was called something "Nintendo E3 2016 reaction"

[@louis250994]

@@stormbreak7003 There were a lot of people thinking this was unethical, I thought it was one of them. Etika thought it was Keemstar.

[@Mandalor10]

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.

[@jason4president74]

For me the the game is very confusing

[@jason4president74]

@Isaac Tillman 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.

[@bowsercake3336]

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.

[@StephenAnderson98403]

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

[@acrylex4663]

Wow really!

[@JTman620]

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.

[@Zachism]

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???

[@JustPingo]

Yes, it worked on other CAT-R units, so it should have succeeded in theory.

[@BrandonGiesing]

@@MrPikachuTheMadman The laptop wasn't in the booth most likely, someone else most likely had the laptop outside the booth waiting for the data.

[@burp2019]

yeah seems like that was the ONLY thing that stopped him lol

[@burgernthemomrailer]

Those darn kids

[@bobbillans6715]

We can't all be as good as Nicholas Cage at stealing treasures.

[@kiaghezel-ayagh9099]

Captain Joey national treasure is a great movie

[@ConnorKrohnicles]

Such a good documentary

[@reillymcwriting]

Connor Krohn hol up

[@engineergaming1537]

* L O O K I N G C O O L J O K E R*

[@kylecampbell565]

“I’m gonna steal the Declaration of Independence!”

[@jerryc5716]

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!

[@Kapin05]

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.

[@MsZsc]

You can hack trees

[@dreary.3714]

MrZsc Hack trees and steal their DNA 🧬

[@joenahyay8367]

*facepalm*

[@mariobros2169]

“I am gonna hack into the mainframe and overcome the firewall”

[@stephanosgrapsas8632]

@@mariobros2169 I cringed reading this

[@kross_draws]

“2004, when I was 2 years old...” YOU’RE VIDEO ARE THIS HIGH QUALITY AND YOU’RE MY AGE?!?!?

[@foggy_EQ]

2002 gang.

[@NovaDraconis]

I was 3 in 2004 hahah

[@LauritzenLucas]

I think i'm the only from 2003 here huh

[@chickpea]

2002 kids rise up

[@beezcheese]

Pfft I was two in 2017 you fools

[@GuilhermeVass]

Who would win? Guy with advanced programming skills OR one lenghy line

[@megaball-ps8tq]

Probably the guy with advance programming skills

[@14bqdonk]

one lenghy line

[@14bqdonk]

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.

[@ShadowSneak.]

The "OR" would win

[@energydragon1147]

Lengthy line

[@FMHikari]

"I'm not in" *Mission failed theme.mp3*

[@Scie]

I just found your channel yesterday and started binging it. Thank you far making good content.

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thank you for watching it! :)

[@gerald1696]

Same

[@RetroBret]

So dud a lot of people. It seems youtube just pushed his vuds into reccommended heavily.

[@amyalcorn2032]

Same! Lol

[@jacknation1141]

Same

[@rgkong8783]

*I remember when Gamexplain made a video on this. Thanks for explaining it*

[@Furternator]

You mean GAMEEXPLAINing it?

[@hazelbagels024]

@@Furternator *hAhAhAh so funny*

[@williamsmith4956]

How do you do that highlight text thingy

[@ssjluxray7435]

@@williamsmith4956 Asterisks around the end and the start of the message

[@eyeccantseeyouu]

Furternator well you beat me to it

[@memengineer5714]

Stealing the mgs3 dvd should have been a dlc mission for mgs3

[@burp2019]

or a secret joke level

[@renevp2]

“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.

[@DropOfMidnightOfficial]

2016: stealing a game demo from E3 2019: freeing the aliens from area 51

[@TheDeathOfLucifer]

CARD CAPTORS

[@floatingf8783]

And both failed.

[@trevorrandom]

As a WiiU owner I felt ripped when thay held back the release to bring it out at the same time as the Switch!

[@MadOrange644]

Yeah the Wii U game-pad functionality were gonna be wild

[@jamnmikefx]

It’s exactly why I bought a Wii u at launch, for the new Zelda

[@alexmanley-ryan8740]

Same here, I originally bought a Wii U specifically for "Zelda 2015"

[@MadOrange644]

@@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.

[@niahoad]

Were you around when twilight princesse was released? I've never waited longer for a video game to come out

[@HoshPak]

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...

[@lm630]

I miss etika

[@nino6616]

WE miss etika

[@pv4842]

We all miss Etika

[@Serph..]

@User bruh

[@ericshun3164]

@Goomba dude you broke the chain

[@Real_Amphy]

"Just reached 10k" Almost at 20k bud, let me help you get there.

[@Who-ru6hj]

At 20k Let's get him to 30k now

[@katiec3225]

At 30k time for 40k!

[@Who-ru6hj]

@@katiec3225 wait 30k that quick? Did I just time travel?

[@ThomasMorales]

@@Who-ru6hj and now its 40k. Wild

[@kostasspirou1010]

40k now 😃

[@mrarmeros]

Nintendo: just gonna scroll through my KZbin feed. KZbin:

[@justadoggo_]

annnnnd now one of them’s in prison for possession of over 1000 cp images fun.

[@screane5739]

What are cp images?

[@sargeraslol07]

born in 2002 and make a greater content than ppl double your age

[@bowl3037]

Abdullah Alghamdi you mean 2012 right because he said he was 2 in 2014

[@robertdamcool1406]

@@bowl3037 bruh, he said 2004 not 14, but he was born on 02

[@uncomfortablyclose8481]

No he’s definitely 7 my dad works at nintendo

[@MacaqueStinx]

@Connor Klose He's totally 7, bro

[@Boooo]

Wow i'm only 1 year younger than epic hacker man and i'm not nearly as epic gamer 1337 smart as him.

[@Luuncho]

BooMan Idk if using someone else’s software to steal shit is smart I’m sure you’re fine

[@legacyhyper8131]

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!

[@HangulMaster]

"2004, when i was two years old" dear god i'm old.

[@TheDeepPix3l]

“Queue, oh that’s ‘line’ for US viewers.” Bro, you know queue is like the most common term for multiplayer games ever right?

[@MLPMDog]

It made me pause and rewatch that part. Like dude, why the shade?

[@Akaiyro]

Yet, one day I might learn how to correctly say it, lol.

[@White_Recluse]

TheDeepPix3l I didn’t know what queue was

[@Oribaaa]

DastardlyDude98 not all of us, this guy just added some unnecessary insult

[@Akaiyro]

@@Oribaaa Yes, you're right. That wasn't cool.

[@jacknation1141]

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. -

[@NapnCat]

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

[@BobTheMartin]

"Thanks for the 10k subs" Me 3 months later stumbling across this: Hmmmmmmm

[@CheatFreak47]

Fun Fact, the guy that tried to do this later got arrested for possession of CP among other charges related to criminal hacking.

[@floatingf8783]

What was his name?

[@kross_draws]

Didn’t the hacker get in contact with Etika on stream?

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Oh, I didn't hear about that! I'll definitely look into that in a minute - sounds interesting

[@therighteously8454]

He did. It was while etika was streaming

[@crazycrazykhajiit8167]

RIP

[@chilifoxx]

I’m over here thinking you’re like 23 and then i find out you’re only 3 months older than me. damn

[@OriginalCatfish42]

You were born 2002?! Holy hell you're young and I feel old af. That seems like yesterday!

[@NaraKwonPoD]

Right? And yet, people born in 2002 are all going to be legal adults this year!

[@forhisneutralspecialhewiel2295]

To make you feel even older, I'll tell you I didn't exist that year

[@NormalLunk]

Probably the one reason someone would steal a Wii U. It hAs ZelDA WIi U!

[@Geno2733]

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.

[@splashor6361]

We gonna talk about Turnabout Sisters theme at the end? Soap approves.

[@idoshanintendo]

The entire video became 10 times better when you started playing turnabout sisters on the piano

[@megaball-ps8tq]

Lmao

[@shelelle]

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.

[@grundlehunter69]

Damn, this guy is just as old as me, and he's making it on KZbin. Congrats man! It's all uphill from here, KZbin's algorithm has gifted you.

[@FrijolesyQueso]

People Have Been Stealing Demos Since The 90's Like With Sonic 2 Simon Wai Demo also you should make a videos on prototypes

[@spyrelle3970]

@@f7cjo773 It's just a phase.

[@alex.s5300]

Dude, how can you only have 20000 subscribers This Chanel diserves much more subscribers Keep up with the great work! 👍

[@helpmeget1millionsubscribe983]

KZbin algorithm has been good on you. Thanks to that I'm here.

[@Maniac536]

Ahh memories. I was at E3 2004. I actually played the MGS3 demo and thought it was really good.

[@Nedoxu]

2:25 now hold on, you say "which is not much" ... you realize Breath of the Wild is a Wii U game, right?

[@jdj5959]

Im probably one of like 10 people that bought BOTW for the Wii U over a year after the release of the Switch

[@Maxawa0851]

@@jdj5959 saem

[@ilovecairns5181]

Sans Undertale How is that name NOT taken!?

[@Maxawa0851]

@@ilovecairns5181 lol

[@Canalbiruta]

And as matter of fact was leaked a weak earlier on the wii u

[@samanthashelly8093]

Literally a week ago when I subscribed, you were at like 6,000 subs. Congrats man, keep rocking :)

[@DJIronChef]

RIP Etika. I remember this because of him

[@smdb2304]

Dawn of the first day: 24 hours remain.

[@nothing5819]

There was also a stolen sonic 2 prototype from a toy fair in New York in 1992

[@lukauwu2744]

Never knew this was a thing. So glad I found your channel. time to start binging your videos lol

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Haha, thank you so much!

[@brainfreezer-dt4gp]

I read that as bing ing

[@diegomedina9637]

The reason why you never knew about this was because literally everyone at the time knew they wouldn't succeed.

[@ophi7016]

Me and the boys at 2AM lookin for BOTW demos

[@Vandius24]

As a diehard Metal Gear Solid fan, I never knew about the great MGS3 Demo heist! Amazing history! Thanks for telling us about it.

[@Lutgerion]

14:25 "Back at E3 2004, when I was 2 years old" - Stop making me feel old when I'm only 9 years older!

[@zapunknown]

Reached 10000 subs two days later has 47000 subs wow congratulations good job

[@funnyperson4027]

“Back when I was 2 years old” you’re 17?

[@Banjoisawesome]

Gonna miss hearing Reggie's voice on Directs.

[@gnose_antics]

Yup :(

[@TayoEXE]

"Back in 2004, when I was 2 years old." ... How is it that you are somehow 8 years younger than me?

[@baileybenins1971]

WAIT 10K SUBS? THIS WAS 2DAYS AGO AND UR AT 40K NOW OMG IM SO PROUD OF YOU YOUR CROWNING SO FASTT 😩😭

[@anti_honey]

As an American, I know what a queue is!

[@evilpimp4371]

We use the word queue all the time in the U.S , this kid is an idiot.

[@Chlocean]

"So, I'm gonna skip the intro and get right into the story" *Immediately launches into intro*

[@austinshea]

You are, truly, one of the most reliably insightful and enjoyable channels on KZbin. To hear your excitement about hitting 10,000 subscribers is touching. I wish you all the best.

[@jotakux7489]

They should’ve tried stealing the HD Zelda instead.

[@ocsanik502]

to think of what might've happened if they managed to steal the games data

[@veronicaaragon8610]

2016 seems so far away now.... and it's only been 4 years

[@jeffyp2483]

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!

[@MayW15663]

6:00 is where the actual video begins

[@handle.setUsername]

Botw demo was actually dumped but it's the switch In-store kiosk version looking inside the demo build it's small compared to the actual game size. Couldn't find anything unused stuff but there still a image of link doing Naruto pose. If you try to get out beyond starting area the infinitly load. The game would work on a real switch if it is modded. Note: there is a time limit build in once it up game would crash cause it's not a kiosk switch with In-store-demo installed. Oh another thing the demo had gold lynel for some reason in arena.

[@DeskoDev]

Welcome to the Randomly Recommended by KZbin Playlist, Population: 253 videos and less than 80 viewers

[@AJ-dx6bn]

Little that kid know, Nintendo has anticipation for this

[@Wakwise]

This channel is totally gonna explode, and it really does deserve it

[@Howl14]

you about to blow up my guy, keep it up (blow up in a good way)

[@RaulDukeKnife]

"However" count: 37

[@nitrophysics2021]

lol, watching this in 2021 that queue @6:55 legitimately causes me anxiety just looking at it. So many people so close together . . .

[@mr.markstar]

6:47 “Look at this queue! Oh, that’s uh, ‘line’ for US viewers..” Me, an American viewer who calls lines ‘queues’: *I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you*

[@bwcore8-bit24]

"Technically whenever I'd hear someone say..." And we're they successful? Me: *SKIPS TO THE ENDING OF THIS VIDEO*

[@NeekoNoel]

Now, who could have done this? *joker gets added into smash* W A I T

[@19martincito73]

The Phantom Theives sent the calling card

[@ShadowLinkxMaster]

I can’t even imagine how _big_ this story would’ve gotten had the heist been successful. And could’ve potentially derailed the development of Breath of the Wild.

[@leekspin1562]

It was the Phantom Thieves learning about one of their new opponents in Smash, of course!

[@MatejGames]

Actually honestly, i feel bad for 17 year old. He has put so much work into it with a total failure. BTW nice videos keep it goin' ;)

[@JustPingo]

Don't feel too bad for them. It was stressful but they knew it had little chances to work.

[@theob1455]

As frowned upon as they are by Nintendo. I salute them

[@danyaSurf]

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

[@Wasdye]

>"I just reached 10k subs" Congrats! You're quadruple that now!

[@brianramsay7056]

Seems like a lot of people just discovered you yesterday, like myself. I wonder how that happened?

[@superwhizz114]

@@ThisMansNameIsKirby Titties

[@volsavious2319]

Algorithm

[@brianramsay7056]

Haha, Mr Bunn said ass. Bwahaha

[@theriffwriter2194]

When I was a teenager (and obviously a juvenile delinquent) my best friend and I had a bright idea that, instead of just sneaking a camcorder into a movie theater like most bootleggers, we would steal the film reel of The Phantom Menace and get rich because we'd be the only ones offering crystal clear vhs/dvd copies at the time. Back then it could be as long as 3 years after a theatrical run before a home release. We even went as far as bribing the projectionist to let us in the room. Needless to say our master plan got scrapped when we discovered how expensive it would be to convert film to video back then😂

[@Shadow__X]

i love how links feet "adjust" to fit the ground instead of him just having fixed animtions

[@ophi7016]

8:03 **shows Wii U playing MK8 Deluxe* Didn’t know TCP Gecko could do that

[@shibu5175]

You reached 10k subscribers this recently? Well. If you think that's a shocker then damn I wish I could see the look on your face when you reached 150k not too long ago. Major props man. Keep it up.

[@MythikosOntos]

"At E3 2004 when I was two years old" Wait what never before have I seen an actual quality content creator that's younger than me Oh god is this what feeling old is like?

[@MrPine656]

"...Just reached 10K subscribers a couple of days ago..." *81K subscribers*

[@clashgaming2073]

Now 99K

[@ultramarin0924]

What? You're only 2 years older than me but making these great videos? Respect, man!

[@DoktahDoktah]

Snake. We're dropping you into E3. Your objective is to extract the GOAT Link.

[@StarsideNews]

well i mean Breath of the wild did get leaked anyway

[@FEDJULINAK]

I feel cheated, it’s called the biggest Zelda heist, not biggest Zelda heist attempt.