Last week, Nintendo issued a notice on its support website stating how it had been made aware of an error "near the end" of Metroid Dread that forced the software and game to close.
It said it was working on a fix to prevent this from happening, and it's now officially arrived. This minor patch bumps the game up to Version 1.0.1. Several other issues have also been fixed to improve the experience, but Nintendo doesn't go into further detail.
Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo's support page:
Ver. 1.0.1 (Released October 20, 2021)
General Fixes
- Fixed an issue where, if a map marker is placed on a specific door on the map screen (the door destroyed with the beam obtained at the end of the game), destroying that door at the end of the game would cause the game to forcefully quit with the message "The software was closed because an error occurred”.
- Fixed several other issues to improve overall gameplay experience.
If you haven't tried out Metroid Dread yet, what are you waiting for? You can learn more about it in our Nintendo Life review - where we awarded the game an outstanding 10 out of 10 stars.
Have you downloaded this update for Metroid Dread yet? Notice anything else? Leave a comment down below.
[source en-americas-support.nintendo.com]
Comments 62
glad to see they did this
wait a sec, the steps to perform the game crashing glitch is something i did in my playthrough, and it didn't crash my game.
that's really weird, i guess i got lucky?
What about Metroid Bread, the cooking game where you have to hunt down ingredient monsters and use them to create good meals. If you make it good enough, Ridley will eat your food instead of your parents
@PBandSmelly I prefer Metroid Bed, the game all about finding the perfect mattress for sleeping, killing sleep paralysis demons along the way.
@HotGoomba Boi, are you baiting for likes by leaving random comments on each article on here?
@russell-marlow Actually, the comments are not 100% random since they are always related to the topic of the article, they just have really shoddy humor. And no I don't plan to stop anytime soon.
btw I deleted the first comment because it was really unfunny lol
Also I don't bait for likes, I do this for...
wait why do I do this?
I'm gonna do a little dance.
'Fixed several other issues to improve overall gameplay experience.' I always enjoy these vague descriptions.
@HotGoomba
Gotta find the missing sleep number remotes in crevices so you can fix Kraids hunched posture
Curious to see if they fixed the sporadic performance issues recently discussed by Digital Foundry. Personally, I haven't encountered any in my play time.
@JazzyPone me neither on 3rd run ive finish the game
@HotGoomba Just take my like <3
@PBandSmelly
Boxart for Metroid Bread just leaked:
@HotGoomba Well, you sort of prove my point.
In any case, I hope these patches don't affect the sequence breaks in the game that many players have discovered.
@russell-marlow To be fair, wasn't trying to disprove it either lol
@HotGoomba I enjoy reading your comments, keep'em coming.👌🏾
The game should have been titled Metroid Dead, since all of the metroids are already dead.
Really hoping that the vague "fixed several other issues to improve overall gameplay experience" doesn't mean they've patched sequence breaks.
There have been tricks found such as clipping beam fire through walls to break blocks, or bomb-jumping to gain extra height in water.
Finished it tonight. Absolutely not a single issue other than very very slight lag on occasion with Power Bombs or if lots was on screen at once. Extremely polished.
@nessisonett Yeah I only had a couple of framerate issues in a few certain areas. It seems to be due to background loading, though, since the areas that were laggy didn't really make sense for them to lag. Overall, though, I found it to be incredibly polished.
@westman98 Samus 'bout to serve french EMMI breakfast.
@nessisonett I had zero issues, until this bug. I struggled hard to beat the final boss (like an hour trying) and then got the glitch. I was... Incensed is an understatement. I somehow beat it in one shot after and it was absolutely worth it, but wow. What a roller coaster ride of emotions that whole scene was
I was somewhat shocked when I popped in my Dread cartridge for the first time and the game booted up without an update! It was too good to be true…
Ah well, life is too short to worry and better a patch than a seriously flawed game.
@cowntsikin Not all of them though. Remember in the Chozo language the name Metroid refers to ultimate warrior whereas the word dread means to fear. Combined and the title means an ultimate warrior that should be fear. This ultimate warrior that should be fear is Samus Aran since she now had Metroid DNA and the X parasites are the main prey that Metroid fed on so the title make sense. Metroid Dread = the X should fear Samus.
They should make the loading times when transporting between zones faster
For the Record: I liked Metroid Before it was cool to like Metroid
@Arkay x2
@cowntsikin ammm there is one left....🙊
Game ran flawlessly for me. Good to hear they were prompt with fixing this issue for those who ran into it regardless.
Hey guys, maybe a little of topic but I guess what's left for me with this game is to know: does mercury steam has DLC planned for this one?
Man this game is awesome but, geez, the boss fights are difficult!
@EriXz not sure
@Gamer83 if it's code-based improvements there would be no reason to list them. if I told my visual artists everything I had to code everytime I had to fix something, nothing would get fixed. it's ongoing improvements
@PBandSmelly I'm waiting for Metroid; Bacon. Carbs don't agree with me.
zdr sounds so dope with a dac
@saryo We should just force them to publish their git commit messages
@JazzyPone It was around the end of the game. Nintendo doesn't want to say where because it will spoil something.
well, the outstanding 10/10 was definitely an overreaction... the game is superb, but not that good
That ending tho
@Mommar @PBandSmelly @HotGoomba should pair that up with Soupa Metroid
I'm waiting for a sale. 25% off I'll consider, half price I'll buy. Given I spent well over 100hrs on hollow Knight, it's hard to justify this for 10-20hrs. My kids are unlikely to play it, no multiplayer or other modes.
Got plenty to play ... Shin Megami 5 coming soon.
My game crashed and I didn't have any markers on the map so I don't know what that's on about.
When is the patch coming that fixes the bland environmental design?
Ahh sorry Metroid Dread, that was very very harsh… I still love you 🖤
I am trying to defeat the last boss since last Sunday without success. Very hard to beat him.
@Arkay me too. Keep them coming
Does the patch add credits for the pizza delivery man?
Hopefully things like the pseudo wave beam didn't get patched out. I have no way of telling, because I can't do cool stuff like the speedrunners.
I'm playing with the patch right now. Since downloading the patch, it erases the elevator cutscenes and replaces it with 30 seconds of black screen 😒
Makes me a little sad about my physical copy, suppose I just like to assume with nintendo 1st party titles they'll be quite free from bugs, the game breaking ones at least and this bug sounds kinda severe
@sketchturner whoooaatttt??? I am not going to update until they fix it then
@BoostPower Yeah I'm really curious to know if other people are experiencing this as well. It's pretty annoying. At first I thought my game crashed.
@saryo
Don't doubt that, but knowing a couple of issues that were fixed would be cool.
@Doktor-Mandrake Physical or digital copies makes no difference, the patch is stored in the system's storage.
More improvements to an already close to perfect 2D action game is always welcome. Maybe I will get this game for Christmas possibly.
How about Metroid: Read The new Nintendo game that let's you read about the events of each game in the series. At certain points you get to choose Samus' actions that may lead to the end of the novelization or get you to the thrilling conclusion. You haven't really experienced Metroid until you have experienced it in text form!
@HotGoomba Sleep tight. Don't let the metroids blight.
@Doktor-Mandrake Physical games get patched, too. Just check for updates in the game settings in the home menu.
@cowntsikin I think it’s apropos. They are revered by the mawkin and were feared by the rest of the chozo and the galaxy. This game is about the legacy of the metroids. Now, after this game we might get some weird title, like “X: Another Samus Aran Adventure Thingy”.
Just completed the game and now I know what door it refers too. Damn, If the game froze for me at that part I would be really mad.
@sketchturner
Nothing that serious, but I've noticed the occasional brief audio cut-out during the elevator screens that I don't think was there before
So it's basically a stability patch.
@Dethmunk
That was an embarrassing rant over a benign comment.
@daichi42 late reply but I meant more just in terms of preservation sake, so I'd always have to download that update to be able to finish the game
More of a nit pick then anything I mainly play pc but like switch for it feeling like a more traditional console with prioperity hardware like the game cards opposed to just generic blue rays or dvds
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