Nintendo says Metroid Dread has a game-ending bug and will fix it

[lemonfresh]

https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/nintendo-patch-fix-metroid-dread-bug-game-breaking/

 

[shoptroll]

Better patch in that Metroid 5 title drop while they're at it

 

[mazi]

seems pretty easy to avoid, good to see a patch coming soon.
patch the credits too while you're at it.

 

[dkeane]

Good to know about this since I'm nearing the end.

 

[Yoshi]

That's actually a very minor issue, I think I can live with that .

 

[FormatCompatible]

Thankfully I didn't encounter the bug but it's good that they are working on patch to fix. Would suck to get so close to the ending and have a bug prevent you from finishing it.

 

[Dopply]

Is this the same bug you were running into, @bellydrum?

 

[TheDok]

Less interested in the bug fix and more intriqued by the fact they're open to patching the game period. Interesting possibilities now.

 

[julian]

Any spoilers in learning what the bug is?
Edit: decided to read it. So any marker on any door destroyed? Or a specific one?

 

[Jarmusch]

didnt other m had something similar or am i imagining things

 

[FormatCompatible]

Any spoilers in learning what the bug is?

On the OP link to Nintendo Enthusiast there's a version with and without spoilers, here's the version without:

Nintendo has elaborated without spoilers on where the risk of the game-ending Metroid Dread bug occurs: “Near the end of the game, if the player destroys a door while a map marker for that specific door is displayed on the map, the game will forcibly close and the following message will appear: ‘The software was closed because an error occurred.'”

 

[julian]

On the OP link to Nintendo Enthusiast there's a version with and without spoilers, here's the version without:

Thanks. I’d decided to read it and edited. But does that mean this bug is only about applying a marker to a specific door near the end?

 

[Whelt]

I think it just means remove your map markers from any doors before doing the ending sequence and you'll be fine.

 

[Donnie]

didnt other m had something similar or am i imagining things

Other M actually had something much worse lol the bug locked you inside a room if you backtracked back a room after a boss or a cutscene iirc, something to that effect where the game hadn't considered you would do such a thing. The actual awful part was that because of the Wii's patch size limitations, you could only get your save fixed by mailing it to Nintendo on a sd card.

 

[bellydrum]

Is this the same bug you were running into, @bellydrum?

Yes it sure was! And the only way I got past it was by deleting the marker on the door, too.

 

[FormatCompatible]

Thanks. I’d decided to read it and edited. But does that mean this bug is only about applying a marker to a specific door near the end?

From what I understand yeah that's what the issue is. Personally I did apply a few markers on that area while going for 100% and didn't encounter any bugs so I don't think the entire area is the issue but just that particular door. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.

 

[Jarmusch]

Other M actually had something much worse lol the bug locked you inside a room if you backtracked back a room after a boss or a cutscene iirc, something to that effect where the game hadn't considered you would do such a thing. The actual awful part was that because of the Wii's patch size limitations, you could only get your save fixed by mailing it to Nintendo on a sd card.

thats...amazing

 

[Pokemaniac]

Other M actually had something much worse lol the bug locked you inside a room if you backtracked back a room after a boss or a cutscene iirc, something to that effect where the game hadn't considered you would do such a thing. The actual awful part was that because of the Wii's patch size limitations, you could only get your save fixed by mailing it to Nintendo on a sd card.

The Wii didn't have patch size limitations, it just didn't support patches period. WiiWare updates just redownloaded the whole game.

They could have released a channel to fix the save data like they later did for Skyward Sword, but for some reason they never did it.

 

[Ecliptor]

Now that will break your sequence.

 

[Donnie]

The Wii didn't have patch size limitations, it just didn't support patches period. WiiWare updates just redownloaded the whole game.

They could have released a channel to fix the save data like they later did for Skyward Sword, but for some reason they never did it.

Ah interesting, thanks for the clarification! It's been awhile I had actually passed that part of the game already when bugbwas reported on, so I was just really thankful it didn't happen to me.

 

[Mazzle]

When I read "game-ending" I first thought of a hardlock, like Other M had and not "it closes the app"

 

[CyandraZ]

When I read "game-ending" I first thought of a hardlock, like Other M had and not "it closes the app"

First thing that came to mind was Skyward Sword's Lanayru Mine soft-lock.

 

[Mazzle]

First thing that came to mind was Skyward Sword's Lanayru Mine soft-lock.

Ot the Cannon Room under Kakariko in TP

 

[SlightlyMadGames]

I've luckily not used Markers on the Map in Metroid Dread