While this might sound like the average thing you’d stumble across on NexusMods, modding games actually became illegal in Japan in 2019.
In these ultimate save files, the modder would alter the abilities to suit the buyer, and also make rare items much easier to obtain. Copies of the game with this “ultimate” Breath of the Wild save were going for 3500 yen ($31 USD) before the authorities intervened. Related: Scalpers Are Listing Switch OLED Pre-Orders For As Much As £800Īccording to the Broadcasting System of Niigata, the Chinese national admits to illegally falsifying and selling data from Breath of the Wild, and has made 10 million yen (about $90,700 USD) from similar acts since December 2019. However, the act of tampering with the game’s files for profit is in violation of Japan’s Unfair Competition Prevention Law, a breach which the individual has admitted to following his arrest two days ago.
The 27-year old was reportedly selling a version of the popular game with the “ultimate save data”, as he would tailor the in-game stats, abilities and items to suit the purchaser's demands. According to local Japanese news, a man has been arrested in Tokyo for selling modified copies of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
