This player can soft-lock your save, destroying all your hard work and making you restart the entire game with a blank slate; if you don't take the proper precautions. Don't let this happen to you.

-Tips to be safe around this player:-

1. Backup your save! Copy it to a USB. Do this now, before you get a chance to see them. If you see them and you lose connection in a match with them, it's already too late.
   
   
2. Spot them first. They're an octoling carrying the unreleased Hydra Splatling. Any other octoling (and perhaps Hydra user) could do the same, so don't ignore them if they don't match that description perfectly.
   
   
3. If you spot them, do NOT leave the room! Keep playing until they're no longer in the match. This stops your plaza from trying to load them, which is what destroys your save. Alternatively, you could back out of that room and immediately join another Turf War, but do not return to Booyah Base.
   
   
4. If you are too late, all hope is not lost. But. You'll be waiting until the next Splatfest. I personally do not know this for sure, but presumably loading up the game during Splatfest will wipe the player out of Booyah Base for you, thus freeing your save from the soft-lock.
   
   
5. If you see this player, please take down their name and report it. The closest info we have so far is that "the name started with a k and had numbers in it".
   
   
6. If you want to help spread the word, go write a post on Miiverse about it. Write it in drawing form, so it can spread around as graffiti as well as people seeing you.

Copied from https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/3mxf3f/warning_for_splatoon_players_a_player_has_been/


Twitter: https://twitter.com/splatoon_ebooks/status/648993498167836672

Squidboards thread: http://squidboards.com/threads/just-met-a-hacker-online-who-used-octoling-and-hydra-splatling.8588/

 

[Hells Malice]

So what do you even lose in Splatoon? I thought it was just a multiplayer game.

 

[Captain_N]

I hope whoever is responsible gets his ass kicked. Do we know who the people are behind this?

not only do i want him banned i want his wii u bricked. beyond repair.

 

[Deleted User]

Maybe this is a reason to start playing Splatoon again!

 

[Bladexdsl]

once again nintendo fails in online security

 

[FAST6191]

once again nintendo fails in online security

Wouldn't that mean they first had to succeed?

Anyway I will join others in remembering the CK stuff from Phantasy Star Online as we await a writeup of the failures that led to this.

 

[AutumnWolf]

D:

 

[DjoeN]

Ah well his name is all over the interwebs
KXXXXB (fill in the XX ) but there are a few more then just him.

Tip:
Wel i was 9th on the ranglist i lost with 5-1, but i climbed to 6th place in FIFA
(Note: i don't play FIFA)

 

[roastable]

Next thing you know, people are going to be falling into comas, .hack style.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

So what do you even lose in Splatoon? I thought it was just a multiplayer game.

It has a single player campaign with an unlock system, plus you would also lose your online play stats

 

[ferofax]

So the bad side of hacking is here to bite yo asses off and ruin people's saves because reasons.

Remind me again why we can't have nice things.

EDIT: STOP BRINGING YOUR HACKS ONLINE. Keep that shit offline, please.

Player has know about this for a long time, so I have aswell. :-P

Edit:
Why doesn't Splatoon have a proper error handler for this crap?

Let me hazard a guess - it didn't need one YET because nobody was supposed to be walking around as an Octoling?

Also... why do I get this nagging feeling you actually know WHO that person is. She still bringing this shit online and wrecking people's saves? Are you in on this, my good sir?

EDIT: Sorry for the double-post. Please merge. Thanks.

 

[gudenau]

Let me hazard a guess - it didn't need one YET because nobody was supposed to be walking around as an Octoling?

Also... why do I get this nagging feeling you actually know WHO that person is. She still bringing this shit online and wrecking people's saves? Are you in on this, my good sir?

EDIT: Sorry for the double-post. Please merge. Thanks.

I do not know the current one, the one I know is using the client side version. You should always have propper error handling, even when the save data is "secure", because there will always be a way to edit this stuff. (In before Splatton hax for homebrew)

 

[HaloEffect17]

If we are lucky maybe they will "accidentally" get hit by a bus.

I would confront this person and hit them with a bowling ball like a boss.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

A new Splatfest was just announced, so anyone who's saves are currently 6 feet under can see redemption soon

 

[BlackYoshi485]

Um, this isn't very surprising considering that everybody is playing it and the Wii U hacking thing...
@Vipera i love your avatar

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Um, this isn't very surprising considering that everybody is playing it and the Wii U hacking thing...
@Vipera i love your avatar

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Um, this isn't very surprising considering that everybody is playing it and the Wii U hacking thing...
@Vipera i love your avatar

 

[TheSockNaster]

This player can soft-lock your save, destroying all your hard work and making you restart the entire game with a blank slate; if you don't take the proper precautions. Don't let this happen to you.

-Tips to be safe around this player:-

1. Backup your save! Copy it to a USB. Do this now, before you get a chance to see them. If you see them and you lose connection in a match with them, it's already too late.
   
   
2. Spot them first. They're an octoling carrying the unreleased Hydra Splatling. Any other octoling (and perhaps Hydra user) could do the same, so don't ignore them if they don't match that description perfectly.
   
   
3. If you spot them, do NOT leave the room! Keep playing until they're no longer in the match. This stops your plaza from trying to load them, which is what destroys your save. Alternatively, you could back out of that room and immediately join another Turf War, but do not return to Booyah Base.
   
   
4. If you are too late, all hope is not lost. But. You'll be waiting until the next Splatfest. I personally do not know this for sure, but presumably loading up the game during Splatfest will wipe the player out of Booyah Base for you, thus freeing your save from the soft-lock.
   
   
5. If you see this player, please take down their name and report it. The closest info we have so far is that "the name started with a k and had numbers in it".
   
   
6. If you want to help spread the word, go write a post on Miiverse about it. Write it in drawing form, so it can spread around as graffiti as well as people seeing you.

Copied from https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/3mxf3f/warning_for_splatoon_players_a_player_has_been/


Twitter: https://twitter.com/splatoon_ebooks/status/648993498167836672

Squidboards thread: http://squidboards.com/threads/just-met-a-hacker-online-who-used-octoling-and-hydra-splatling.8588/

Whoever is doing this has most likely made a CFW. Since Splatoon Runs 5.3.2 I am guessing this guys is on that. This guy is the closest to a CFW with full modding control.

 

[HaloEffect17]

So what do you even lose in Splatoon? I thought it was just a multiplayer game.

Splatoon has a point ranking system that most people tend to want to protect. Kind of like Mario Kart 8 and its VR points. Not to mention unlockables such as gear and weapons.

 

[VinsCool]

Whoever is doing this has most likely made a CFW. Since Splatoon Runs 5.3.2 I am guessing this guys is on that. This guy is the closest to a CFW with full modding control.

no CFW, Spoofing

 

[TheSockNaster]

no CFW, Spoofing

No I don't mean he bypassed a update. I mean the fact he was able to soft-lock any ones save data. Although spoofing could've been done in the process.

 

[Myria]

What I worry about is that someone like this out there could use a security exploit in some online game like Splatoon or SSB4 and another in the Wii U/3DS to brick your console, not just your game save file.

This is already possible in SSB4 3DS in theory, but the people with the technical knowledge to do it aren't destructive that way.

 

[VinsCool]

No I don't mean he bypassed a update. I mean the fact he was able to soft-lock any ones save data. Although spoofing could've been done in the process.

it does because he used unreleased content, which is not intended to be accessible yet, so the game goes nut and crashes.