Skyward Sword: Game-breaking bug

[Tom Bombadildo]

Why does that surprise you? You have to do unnecessary, out of the way, what seems to be pointless things in a specific order which no one would do on purpose in order to crash the game.

Did you even read the thread?

DON'T DO THIS NEXT PART! IF YOU DO, BETTER PLAY THE SONG OF TIME!!!!
Before doing the other two parts of the quest, speak with GOLO THE GORON.
At this point, the next two quests will no longer occur, making it impossible to continue.

That's all you have to do. If you speak to him first and not last, your game is broke.

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

EDIT: And not only that, but you have to speak to him before you speak to him the time you quoted.

 

[prowler]

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

Waaat.
You can do these in any order (or not thanks to the bug), it doesn't mean they're stupid if they do one thing first instead of something else. Points for trying to call anyone who encountered this bug stupid though

 

[AaronUzumaki]

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

Waaat.
You can do these in any order (or not thanks to the bug), it doesn't mean they're stupid if they do one thing first instead of something else. Points for trying to call anyone who encountered this bug stupid though

I think he's trying to say that you talk to the guy before getting the option to do these quests, which then require you to traverse across a large map and, after starting the quests, the player would have no logical reason at any point to want to run all the way back to the guy to talk to him during the quests.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

Waaat.
You can do these in any order (or not thanks to the bug), it doesn't mean they're stupid if they do one thing first instead of something else. Points for trying to call anyone who encountered this bug stupid though

AaronUzumaki 'd me, but he's right. That is what I was saying.

 

[Awdofgum]

Thanks for the heads up! I'm not that far yet, but at least I know not to do the Thunder Dragon quest until the end.

 

[spotanjo3]

Easy...

The alphabetic order:

1) Faron
2) Eldin
3) Lanyaru.

I felt like it made perfect sense to go in that order anyway.

Thanks to someone else from gonintendo.com

 

[Deleted-236924]

Easy...

The alphabetic order:

1) Faron
2) Eldin
3) Lanyaru.

I felt like it made perfect sense to go in that order anyway.

Thanks to someone else from gonintendo.com

It would be in alphabetic order if you did Eldin --> Faron --> Lanaryu

 

[spotanjo3]

Oops.. Sorry about that.

 

[purechaos996]

I went to Lanayru first since I went to what ever was closer after talking to the whale, glad I didnt have this problem and I just beat the game today!

 

[BORTZ]

Wow, i posted this to warn people about the bug so they dont get trapped. Not to flame N.

 

[Gahars]

It's unfortunate that while games these days are increasing in game-play quality, quality of game testing has gone down. The ability to patch games is just making it worse because it means that company become mores lenient when a game is not quite stable.

I wouldn't say that the quality of play testing has necessarily gone down; I think the issue is that games have become so large that it is impossible to find every bug.

That's (normally) not a big issue now because there are online infrastructures in place so that companies can fix these mistakes as soon as they are discovered. However, Nintendo doesn't have that, so these normally manageable issues are much more serious.

With the Wii U, Nintendo is going to devote a lot of work into setting up a functional and user friendly online infrastructure or face the possibility of these unforeseen bugs getting worse.

 

[CollosalPokemon]

I was inclined (at that part of skyward sword) to go to the Thunder dragon first, but for whatever reason (or more likely dumb luck) I redecided to go to the Forest place first. I don't know why, maybe it was my intuition.
Good find though, will help those who haven't finished yet to not trigger the bug.

 

[nl255]

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

Waaat.
You can do these in any order (or not thanks to the bug), it doesn't mean they're stupid if they do one thing first instead of something else. Points for trying to call anyone who encountered this bug stupid though

I think he's trying to say that you talk to the guy before getting the option to do these quests, which then require you to traverse across a large map and, after starting the quests, the player would have no logical reason at any point to want to run all the way back to the guy to talk to him during the quests.

Actually, there is a logical reason. First you talk to the guy to get the quest. After doing so you realize you need to stock up on supplies so you warp out of the dungeon (most Zeldas have a way to warp to the exit of a dungeon quickly). After stocking up on potions and crap you re-enter the dungeon and start with the first person you see who triggers the bug.

 

[The Milkman]

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

Waaat.
You can do these in any order (or not thanks to the bug), it doesn't mean they're stupid if they do one thing first instead of something else. Points for trying to call anyone who encountered this bug stupid though

I think he's trying to say that you talk to the guy before getting the option to do these quests, which then require you to traverse across a large map and, after starting the quests, the player would have no logical reason at any point to want to run all the way back to the guy to talk to him during the quests.

Actually, there is a logical reason. First you talk to the guy to get the quest. After doing so you realize you need to stock up on supplies so you warp out of the dungeon (most Zeldas have a way to warp to the exit of a dungeon quickly). After stocking up on potions and crap you re-enter the dungeon and start with the first person you see who triggers the bug.

You do realize that still wouldnt give you a reason to talk to him right?

 

[Deleted-236924]

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

Waaat.
You can do these in any order (or not thanks to the bug), it doesn't mean they're stupid if they do one thing first instead of something else. Points for trying to call anyone who encountered this bug stupid though

I think he's trying to say that you talk to the guy before getting the option to do these quests, which then require you to traverse across a large map and, after starting the quests, the player would have no logical reason at any point to want to run all the way back to the guy to talk to him during the quests.

Actually, there is a logical reason. First you talk to the guy to get the quest. After doing so you realize you need to stock up on supplies so you warp out of the dungeon (most Zeldas have a way to warp to the exit of a dungeon quickly). After stocking up on potions and crap you re-enter the dungeon and start with the first person you see who triggers the bug.

You do realize that still wouldnt give you a reason to talk to him right?

You do realize that we do not need a specific reason for doing anything in a videogame?
Was there ever any reason for anyone to try and press select while changing screens in Link's Awakening?

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Do you even know where he is? The beginning of the mine, across the god damn map. No one in there right mind would ever go there while doing these quests and if they did than they deserve a stupidity medal.

Waaat.
You can do these in any order (or not thanks to the bug), it doesn't mean they're stupid if they do one thing first instead of something else. Points for trying to call anyone who encountered this bug stupid though

I think he's trying to say that you talk to the guy before getting the option to do these quests, which then require you to traverse across a large map and, after starting the quests, the player would have no logical reason at any point to want to run all the way back to the guy to talk to him during the quests.

Actually, there is a logical reason. First you talk to the guy to get the quest. After doing so you realize you need to stock up on supplies so you warp out of the dungeon (most Zeldas have a way to warp to the exit of a dungeon quickly). After stocking up on potions and crap you re-enter the dungeon and start with the first person you see who triggers the bug.

You do realize that as soon as you start the Thunder Dragon dungeon there is a warp point RIGHT THERE. Meaning no one in there right mind WOULD WARP TO THE VERY START OF THE MAP. So you sir, are just a bit wrong a lot. Even if you didn't warp there, why in the flying hell would you warp ACROSS THE MAP when there are various, closer warp points you could freely use? Your logic is flawed and anyone who would do this is either bad at the game or simply stupid.

EDIT: You seem to think the guy we're talking about is in a dungeon. No, he is in the beginning of the area you enter in order to get to the dungeon. Again I will say, only an idiot would warp to the area where the Goron is to trigger this glitch.

 

[Clarky]

still suprised me that the game leaked about 2 weeks before its release and nobody found the bug then? still gives people excuses to bitch

Why does that surprise you? You have to do unnecessary, out of the way, what seems to be pointless things in a specific order which no one would do on purpose in order to crash the game. I agree that there will be people who will start bitching about how Nintendo is bad at everything they do (speaking of which, where's Guild?) but you can't help that, everyone is a little biased against something (especially in the gaming world).

just does is all, seeing how many puzzles and people managing to complete the game before release date you might have thought someone could have stumpled on the bug is all. I agree on the fact you do have to go out your way to find it but when you see games like say Skyrim which seems to be a whole bundle of small bugs and glitches this one on Skyward Sword doesn't seem all too bad

 

[Qtis]

-snip-

You do realize that as soon as you start the Thunder Dragon dungeon there is a warp point RIGHT THERE. Meaning no one in there right mind WOULD WARP TO THE VERY START OF THE MAP. So you sir, are just a bit wrong a lot. Even if you didn't warp there, why in the flying hell would you warp ACROSS THE MAP when there are various, closer warp points you could freely use? Your logic is flawed and anyone who would do this is either bad at the game or simply stupid.

EDIT: You seem to think the guy we're talking about is in a dungeon. No, he is in the beginning of the area you enter in order to get to the dungeon. Again I will say, only an idiot would warp to the area where the Goron is to trigger this glitch.

There are quite a few Zelda games in where I've been stuck at a certain spot (especially when I was young). This doesn't mean that I wouldn't go back to another place to see if there is some help somewhere. This would mean that I'm an idiot since if I didn't know what to do next. Not reading walkthroughs could affect the gameplay for some (especially if people want to see what happens after some event is triggered). Thus saying only an idiot would trigger the bug is a bit naive, when it honestly is possible by accident. Also especially younger people may have no idea what the next part of the game is and just roam around. Every Zelda player =/= very knowledgable, all knowing regarding to Zelda -person.

I don't see the problem with Nintendo releasing a buggy game, I see the problem in that they have no means of patching it (apparently). In comparison, Bethesda is notorious for releasing a game with a buggy engine (Fallout 3, New Vegas, Oblivion, Skyrim, you name it), but they have a remote possibility of making a fix (though sometimes this possibility isn't used). Thus not having a 100% perfect game at launch isn't as big a problem as it is for Nintendo.

EDIT: Also being bad at a game is in no way an excuse for causing someone to lose all progress they've made so far.. Imagine all the newcomers to any multiplayer game in existence. :I

 

[fst312]

Easy...

The alphabetic order:

1) Faron
2) Eldin
3) Lanyaru.

I felt like it made perfect sense to go in that order anyway.

Thanks to someone else from gonintendo.com

It would be in alphabetic order if you did Eldin --> Faron --> Lanaryu

not up to this point of the game yet but i'm going to follow this solution just to avoid this bug.

EDIT
how far into to the game is this bug i only finished the first dungeon yeah i'm taking my time with this game,also i don't always find have time to play.

 

[prowler]

You do realize that as soon as you start the Thunder Dragon dungeon there is a warp point RIGHT THERE. Meaning no one in there right mind WOULD WARP TO THE VERY START OF THE MAP. So you sir, are just a bit wrong a lot. Even if you didn't warp there, why in the flying hell would you warp ACROSS THE MAP when there are various, closer warp points you could freely use? Your logic is flawed and anyone who would do this is either bad at the game or simply stupid.

EDIT: You seem to think the guy we're talking about is in a dungeon. No, he is in the beginning of the area you enter in order to get to the dungeon. Again I will say, only an idiot would warp to the area where the Goron is to trigger this glitch.

So going back to retrace your steps and to see if you've missed anything is idiotic? The fuck you saying

Edit: On the first dungeon/area I wanted to see if I missed anything - which I did - so I went to the start and back to the dungeon again, does this make me an idiot?