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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is getting (partial) blame for the UK's record inflation

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been cited as a notable source of monetary inflation in the UK.

Inflation figures published by the UK's Office for National Statistics today confirmed that rates would stay high, and while several factors far beyond my tiny mind have contributed to that, one of those is thought to be the new Zelda game. BBC economics editor Faisal Islam tweeted this morning citing HSBC, who suggest that "strength in computer games prices might have been partly due to a release of - aptly titled - 'Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'."

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