
Club Nintendo members had some exciting emails this week, as they included Mewtwo codes for the latest Super Smash Bros. titles on Wii U and 3DS. Unfortunately some players experienced a downside, triggering a glitch in the Wii U version that blocked access to online play. In multiple cases players seemed to corrupt their save data by beating the 10-Man Smash mode with Mewtwo, which the game apparently picked up as an attempt to cheat and blocked access to online play.
Nintendo has now issued a notification in Japan to confirm that it is working on a fix for the issue - hat tip to Nintendo Everything for an additional translation. This acknowledges that the issue can also occur on the Nintendo 3DS version, advising players that in some cases the bug can be triggered by a host of modes when played with Mewtwo or those that have accessed the DLC. The case appears to be that the game is falsely detecting the Mewtwo data as an attempted hack, as was deduced yesterday.
Multiple modes are effected, unfortunately, with the following being what we know from the initial details yesterday and Nintendo's update today.
Wii U
- Classic
- All-Star
- Stadium
- Trophy Rush
Nintendo 3DS
- Classic
- All-Star
- Stadium
- Trophy Rush
- Smash Run
Nintendo may just be covering its back in advising players to avoid practically every mode that contributes to GSP rankings, but that seems like the sensible option.
It seems wise to try and avoid these modes (with all characters) in both versions until a patch is issued, which hopefully isn't far away. Standard offline Smash mode is unaffected, as is Smash Tour on Wii U, so it seems standard matches and online brawls are the sensible options to avoid any risk of being locked out of online play.
Have you been affected by this issue? Let us know in the comments below.
With thanks to Kazuo Yokoyama for the heads up.
[source nintendo.co.jp]
Comments 53
I've already cleared classic and all star with mewtwo ;_;
I understand that DLC can be hard to integrate, but I expected better from Nintendo. How did they miss something like this in testing? Did they not expect the most hardcore players to have already cleared everything by now, I am not even that hardcore of a smash player and I am most of the way there.
I always thought that the WiiU would get the worse end of the patching deal since stuff like this happens pratically all the time...but the 3ds got the worst of it this time. YIKES.
Surprised to see that Nintendo believes the 3DS to be more vulnerable. I played pretty much all those modes with Mewtwo (plus all other characters previously) on both versions with no glitch on 3DS and got online just fine, and haven't heard of anyone with the 3DS having the problem. Still guess it's better to be safe then sorry and pass on anymore single player for now. Don't want my 3DS version to be stuck offline like my Wii U.
OH no I already beat both Classic and All Star with Mewtwo on my 3DS (First things I did after getting him as I was at the out and downloaded him via a wifi hotspot so I could use him immediately on 3DS). I only very rarely go online but I still don't wanna be banned!
@ThomasBW84 I think that when it mentioned 3DS, it just meant Smash Run only since it isn't on Wii U while the other modes mentioned could cause the bug on both versions.
I've done Classic, Trophy Rush and Smash Run on my 3DS version using Mewtwo and never had a problem. This is strange.
@VortexTraveller It may still be okay, I think it may only happen if you had beaten the modes with all characters before using Mewtwo.
I would check by trying to connect online to see if it still works.
@yokokazuo Indeed, I believe you're right and have updated the article, thanks again!
I cleared Classic Mode on Wii U with Mewtwo, and Smash Run on 3DS, and everything still seems to be working fine for me.
I've beaten Classic mode on WiiU and 3DS with Mewtwo, Smash Run and All-Star mode. Was playing online last night, all seems good.
@yokokazuo I checked and I am not banned (While I have completed Classic with all characters I have not completed all the other modes with everyone yet. Thanks for the heads up. I'm still gonna try avoid using Mewtwo until the Update hits as a precaution (I still have some new Mii costumes on smash and The new Streetpass games to play with in the mean time).
I guess I'll just stick to online until it's fixed,I hardly ever touch the single player modes anyway.
This guinea pig been having smooth luck with both the Wii U and 3ds version with all those modes. I would be clueless on the 10 man smash part since I hardly play multi-man smash.
Ouch... QA is slacking on the job again. That sucks... I hope they have this fixed by the time the rest of us can get ahold of MewTwo later this month.
Wow. Good thing I didnt have time to try Mewtwo out online yesterday.
I just cleared classic with Mewtwo so it looks like local smash for now.
Well sushi I dodge the bullet since I beat everything except stadium on both versions
I find it funny that in every comment section on most of the news sites I frequent, no one has been banned. Only on GFAQs have I seen anyone claim to be banned and even then, it's GFAQs so they are just bandwagoning to troll. It has to be a pretty small percentage it affects.
Looks like I have to avoid online on both versions then. Played Classic on Wii U yesterday and Classic + All Star on 3DS today.
I did Classic and All-Star on the 3DS version yesterday followed by online sessions. Aside from a couple of disconnections, online was fine.
I'm still wondering about this...https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/12/super_smash_bros_players_encounter_wii_u_error_code_problem
I saw this right after I beat Smash Run as Mewtwo. Oh well, online never worked for me anyway.
Uh oh. Well this puts a wrench in my plans. I'd been hoping to give him a whirl in classic...
Thats what happens if DLC is integrated into a game that probably was never meant for DLC in the first place
As long as it does affect those who got Mewtwo "for free" its, in my opinion, not THAT big of a deal. It would be a bigger problem if people would be locked out of their purchased content.
But i sure hope that the fix will arrive rather quickly nevertheless.
IT,S TIME FOR SMASH!!
I still haven't gotten my download code yet... Here everybody is playing mewtwo and I'm over here like, "where's my code??????".
STILL waiting for my code
I've already cleared Classic on both, but that's okay. I don't go online often anyway.
@Captain_Gonru Yup, they must be finished by then.
They can hardly sell a product that pretty much in known to break your game
And i hope that the news about the fix spread even faster then the ones about Mewtwos addition, or else sales wont be all that pretty...
@Drac_Mazoku
LOL... Can I ask why? Lag? Internet issues? Irritable opponents?
On topic, I cleared Classic Mode(Smash U) with Mewtwo recently, and I didn't have any problems going online. Or maybe it's just because I haven't cleared Classic Mode with all characters... yet.
Lol, I won't play the game alltogether as long as this isn't solved. I assume that the patch they are making also restores the corrupted files?
Well, hopefully its a lesson for Nintendo when the other characters arrive!
"As long as it does affect those who got Mewtwo "for free" its, in my opinion, not THAT big of a deal"
That's just mean. We got it for free because we where so kind to buy both versions.
I've already done Classic, All-Star and Trophy Rush with Mewtwo. I haven't had any problems though.
Oh great now tell me I completed classic with mewtwo yesterday but only other modes I used were smash mode, photo studio! Am actually scared go back on it! I'd be gutted if this so called freebie has corrupted my save file 😱
Im lucky i guess,i did all-star and smash run as mewtwo,still have access to online,am i lucky?
Not the first time a DLC makes trouble and not the first time the company will try to fix it. At least Nintendo does something against it unlike Warner Bros.
Are we the Beta testers for the paid DLC?
Cleared classic and allstar on both system with mewtwo and I can connect online.
Did 10-Man Smash with the Puzzle Master on 3DS, no problems. Also had a look at Smash Run with him, but quit out.
online is too laggy for my taste.. I'll join online fun when they fix the online for smash 7
I'm still waiting for my DLC e-mail.....
@MrGuinea me(w) too, you're not alone.
I still wouldn't reccomend it just in case, but I tested doing 10-man smash with all characters on 3DS and I could still connect online.
I haven't been able to download it at ALL. I've rebooted my 3DS and Wii U, disconnected and reconnected the WiFi, and nothing seems to work. Anyone else have this problem?
I haven't used my codes yet, so I think I'll hold off bothering until this is fixed. Bit of a mess really, who would think you could get early access to a character and then not be able to use it properly?
Anyway, my brother's 3DS crashed when playing as Mewtwo in classic mode, so this is definitely an issue on both consoles.
Great. I've already done Classic, All Star, and Smash Run in the 3DS with him. Looks like their tight security is coming back to bite them.
Well, I already cleared Classic, All-Star, and Smash Run with multiple characters (that aren't Mewtwo) on the 3DS because the cartridge decided to wipe its data clean on Tuesday. Good thing I don't play online often.
@Nik-Davies Have you looked on the Nintendo Club Site. If you go there, log in, and the window at the top, that you can scroll left or right with arrows, if you scroll it right, you might find your codes there. I had been waiting for my email, and checked the site, and BOOM, there were my codes.
I have done classic and smash run and can still access online.
@Gridatttack It only shows important information about club nintendo and hi dsevan1 woth no other slides.
@Sikboy1029 I got impatient and contacted support and was able to get my codes within a day
@noctowl
They could try whatever sony was doing on ps3, works fine for me for every game I play online
I beated Classic Mode as Mewtwo before 1.0.7. Gets Online like I never did.
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