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Zelda Tears of the Kingdom now boasts 4k 60fps visuals, but not with Nintendo

Updated: May 15, 2023 4:50 pm
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom now boasts 4k 60fps visuals, but not with Nintendo

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom emulator on PC now boasts impressive 4k visuals and 60 frames per second (FPS). That is the standard for PC games but is impressive for Nintendo Switch since the hardware for Nintendo is normally limited.

A Reddit thread sprung up detailing what players could get, but the morality of whether or not players should download it seemed to not concern players.

Before we go into this, we want to remind everyone that downloading copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that are not sanctioned by Nintendo is illegal. We do not encourage this and are providing this information to you for education and news purposes.

Zelda 4k 60 fps on PC

In a thread on Reddit, a Redditor pointed out a tweet that had a downloadable version of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom available. The version has 4k graphics and 30 frames per second, and is available on PC. This caused a huge stir of people debating legality and morality.

One commenter stated that it would be a good idea for multiple people to use this because that would encourage Nintendo to stop making underpowered consoles. An important thing we want to point out is that you must understand a company before trying to do something illegal for those misguided and uninformed reasons.

To make a long story short, Nintendo hasn’t tried to compete with Sony or any competitor since before Reggie joined the company. They’re trying to make a console that will be innovative for how games are played and experienced, not trying to port every Call of Duty release.

During the console wars, Sega really hurt Nintendo by labeling them the console ‘for kids’ which Nintendo ended up spinning their branding to being a console ‘for everyone.’

Nintendo isn’t trying to show great graphics or high-tech experiences, they’re trying to provide players with games. This was detailed in Console Wars by Blake J Harris and Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo by Reggie Fils-Aimé.

More commenters sprang up saying that it is in their right to emulate since there’s no PC version, but we all know it’s wrong. Nintendo offers what they offer and the majority of the comments seem to feel more entitled to deserving a copy on PC and not to spread it for everyone to find out.


Jorge Aguilar is the Gaming Editor for WePC. He is interested in the video game industry and its history.

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