{"id":133696,"date":"2023-05-12T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149320"},"modified":"2023-05-12T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T09:15:00","slug":"random-sea-of-thieves-twitter-account-wont-shed-any-tears-if-you-play-zelda-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/12\/random-sea-of-thieves-twitter-account-wont-shed-any-tears-if-you-play-zelda-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Sea Of Thieves&#8217; Twitter Account &#8216;Won&#8217;t Shed Any Tears&#8217; If You Play Zelda Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0edfe48afe190\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0edfe48afe190\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Zelda\/Sea of Thieves\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0edfe48afe190\/zeldasea-of-thieves.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA0Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"504\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0edfe48afe190\/zeldasea-of-thieves.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Zelda\/Sea of Thieves\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> is finally out in the (Breath of the) wild, we think it&#8217;s probably safe to say that a large percentage of the Nintendo community &#8211; and indeed the gaming community as a whole &#8211; is probably playing it today.<\/p>\n<p>Other developers and publishers know this too, of course, and rather than bury their heads in the sand and ignore such a momentous occasion, the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-one\/sea_of_thieves\" class=\"external\">Sea of Thieves<\/a> Twitter account has decided to lean into it in the best way.<\/p>\n<p>Posted early on May 12th, 2023 (the release date of Tears of the Kingdom, in case you didn&#8217;t know), the tweet expressly states that Sea of Thieves &#8216;won&#8217;t shed any tears&#8217; (aha!) if you decide to play Zelda instead. Granted, the tweet doesn&#8217;t mention Tears of the Kingdom by name, but the reference here is obvious.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/seaofthieves\/statuses\/1656917180355604480 @ 2023-05-13T12:52:50+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We won&#8217;t shed any tears if you&#8217;re too busy in another kingdom for a sail today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CbMauRvyDP\">pic.twitter.com\/CbMauRvyDP<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Sea of Thieves (@SeaOfThieves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeaOfThieves\/status\/1656917180355604480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty nice gesture, all told; we all know other games are likely going to suffer over the coming days as we venture back into the land of Hyrule, but approaching it with a healthy dose of humour is probably the best way to go about it.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re betting on other official Twitter accounts (you know, those golden tick ones) tweeting out their support and congratulations over the coming hours, so we&#8217;ll be sure to update this article with any further gestures.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, here comes PlayStation and Xbox&#8217;s Larry Hyrb with their own nods to Nintendo&#8217;s latest release:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/playstation\/statuses\/1657023572144173056 @ 2023-05-13T17:16:48+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have fun up there, Hylians! \u2601\ufe0f<\/span>\u2014 PlayStation (@PlayStation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayStation\/status\/1657023572144173056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/majornelson\/statuses\/1656877235750699008 @ 2023-05-14T00:09:05+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetruebowser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thetruebowser<\/a> and the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nintendo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nintendo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NintendoAmerica<\/a> teams on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TearsOfTheKingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TearsOfTheKingdom<\/a> launching. I look forward to the mystery and challenges that await in Hyrule.<\/span>\u2014 Larry Hryb \ud83d\udcab\u2728 (@majornelson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/majornelson\/status\/1656877235750699008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/advertising\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-products article-products-list\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item\" data-product-id=\"23112\">\n<div class=\"image\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendolife.com\/p\/23112\/149320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/products\/23112\/100x100.png?v=8c5aa71b37cfd6cfc321e007051a21ed\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [Download Code - UK\/EU]\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>What do you make of this comment from the Sea of Thieves&#8217; Twitter account? Let us know in the comments down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is finally out in the (Breath of the) wild, we think it&#8217;s probably safe to say that a large percentage of the Nintendo community &#8211; and indeed the gaming community as a whole &#8211; is probably playing it today. Other developers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}