Back in February, Nintendo issued a patch for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey to fix a bug which had been known to essentially break players' save files. In an odd turn of events, this patch has actually brought with it a brand new issue, breaking one of the game's other features.
Originally, if Mario was lost from your party in the Nimble Woods area of the game, and you then went on to save your progress, the game would glitch out and Luigi would be unable to move beyond your current section. This has been resolved - Nintendo even managed to save the game files for those already affected - but it has now been discovered that the game's jukebox has stopped working correctly.
The jukebox allows players to enjoy a number of music tracks from the new game as well as original pieces from the DS release. Since the update, players have spotted that pressing 'play' on any of the original tracks now presents you with nothing but silence and, once you've done this, the other - originally working - tracks fail to load too. You can see it happening in this video below.
The issue can be resolved by simply exiting the jukebox and restarting it, but it's odd to see a new glitch enter the game as a result of an unrelated update. Still, at least this one doesn't ruin your entire save file.
[source gamingreinvented.com, via reddit.com]
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I would buy this game if they fixed the frame rate. It's completely lame that they cut the frame rate in half in some sort of extremely misguided attempt to improve the graphics. It would be an instant buy if it ran at 60 fps in 3D with all the classic gameplay intact!
I’d like... the inside story on this one.
Patch-fixing... a blessing and a curse to videogaming that even Nintendo can't escape.
@justin233
This update also failed to correct the "Bitties" typo when Bowser hits a Shop Block.
Broque Monsieur is supposed to say "Blitties", not "Bitties".
I got the original one on DS so these issues doesn't affect me but to those who got this newer one and fought these issues godspeed to ya.
Compared to the first bug, this seems relatively harmless IMO.
@iLikeUrAttitude Your giant image is more annoying than my joke.
@justin233 Not even that big whatever
@iLikeUrAttitude That's what she said.
[Happy Birthday, Michael Scott]
I would buy this game IF IT WAS NEW, but the original DS version works on the 3DS, so no point in this game except money grabbing
Yikes, this must be a disappointment to the fourteen people who bought this game...
I’m only joking, but of all the remakes the 3DS has received in recent months, this is the least compelling, seeing as I can play this exact same game on the same handheld with a game card I bought 10 years ago (for $10 cheaper). There were far better candidates for games they could have remade, like the original Paper Mario or The Thousand Year Door (and they could’ve included the option for stereoscopic 3D while they were at it).
@thesilverbrick I was thinking the exact same. Both Paper Mario 1&2 would have been far better candidates and probably would have sold better, even on the 3DS. Though I am enjoying the remake, you can tell corners were cut and I have to wonder what was even the point for this one
It's like the old programming joke/song goes. It's hard to even call it a joke, because it's so very true...
"99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs. Take one down, patch it around, 127 little bugs in the code."
@Shadowmoon522 @roadrunner343 Your comments are freakishly accurate.
The article's title almost convinced me that fixing one critical issue caused another one, but I knew better. This is Nintendo Life. 😁
Seems like a rush job just to get a few games onto the 3ds. Another example is Kirby, another non 3d game on a 3d machine.
Nintendo seem to have difficulty supporting two consoles at the same time.
There’s actually another glitch. If you fight a particular Twomp in Bowser’s castle in the moving belts over the lava area, after the victory screen the screen stays black with no sound instead of returning to the area. It happened twice to me.
Why isn't the Nintendo America President doing anything about this? It's his game.
I was really hesitant to buy this game because I do have the DS version. Now I feel much better about not getting it. I just can't help but think back to the good 'ol days when they sold games that were tested and complete and never needed "patches". This was before we had ways to download stuff like that, so I think they were much more careful about details and bugs within games.
That’s not good; hopefully this doesn’t spell for more errors like this in future installments or projects...
I hope that they fix this soon.This and Superstar Saga are my favourite Mario & Luigi games and The Thousand-year Door is my favourite Paper Mario game (and one of the best Nintendo-published games ever).
@Kainbrightside
I certainly don't! I would not have bought any Paper Mario remakes. I think that Mario & Luigi is the far superior series. I am severely disappointed about how overlooked and underrated M&L is, so when people dismiss this remake it makes the series' future look rather bleak.
@60frames-please
What? Superstar Saga DX has the same graphical level and style and that game runs at 60 fps. Who cares if BiSDX doesn't? Dream Team and Paper Jam ran at 30 fps and they look great!
@Bunkerneath @zool @Kiyata @thesilverbrick
Not to be THAT guy, but you guys seem ignorant of the good things this remake has to offer. By not supporting it, the whole series could be killed and we would never see a M&L game again.
I recommend that everyone report this issue to Nintendo until they fix it. Since this is so minor compared to the other one, it will be more likely to fly under the radar. We need the music player fixed!
@AlphadreamEmpire I’m not buying a remake of a game I already own and can play on the same system. I love the Mario and Luigi games, but I have zero desire to pay another $40 when I can easily just boot up the cartridge I already own. And besides, it’s pretty obvious that this game’s poor performance is largely due to being released on a dying platform. Nothing has sold well on 3DS in quite some time.
@AlphadreamEmpire I am more concerned that we will never see a new 3ds to play games like M&L on. This is where these games belong.
@thesilverbrick
Factually, it's correct that this game (and many other game)'s failure to perform well is due to the 3ds' declining status. However, in the case of this game specifically, that attitude that its not worth the purchase because the original can be played on the 3ds knocked it down an EXTRA peg. If everyone who didn't buy it for that reason were to purchase it, the game's numbers would have looked much, much healthier. SSDX did not have this problem. Personally, I think its worth rebuying. Its got that awesome new Bowser Jr story content, and updated and improved graphics and sound plus a few other things. Do you not care about any of that?
@zool
I would not mind seeing M&L continue on the Switch. It still counts as a handheld console. I hope that Nintendo never releases a dedicated 3ds successor, as that would defeat the purpose of the Switch entirely. If Nintendo kills the 3ds, they need to dedicate themselves to one hybrid platform.
@AlphadreamEmpire you will no doubt get your wish. Nintendo does not seem able to support two seperate consoles. So for all those gamers who like 3d games, you are quite happy that they don't get to play them again.
What a mess! Another update incoming?
@zool
Nobody I know actually cares about the 3D feature. Nintendo cannot win, because there is a crowd that complains about 3D being a gimmick, and an equally big other crowd who complains about the lack of said 3D in games.
@AlphadreamEmpire nobody I know actually cares about playing M&L 2d games on the Switch. Paper Mario maybe. There is also a crowd that complain about the Switch not a truly portable device.
And if Nintendo drop the 3d games, I hope Sony bring out an all new 3d portable, I'd buy it.
@zool
Mario & Luigi would be successful on the switch without a doubt. Paper Mario, not as much considering the last two games, unless it’s like the first two. Those people can just use it as a portable device so there is no reason for them to be complaining. Hybrid consoles are the future, not 3D consoles.
Your logic is misplaced. The 3d was the future a few years ago, so if that is being ditched for the Switch as a hybrid, as the new future then that leaves the 3ds as a gimmick rather than an innovation. So I guess the hydrid Switch will go the same way in a few years.
@zool
That's just the thing. The 3d WAS just a gimmick, and I believe this hybrid stuff with the Switch may end up like that as well. 3d was never meant to be the "future", just an enticement for people to buy the new DS system. You got your hopes up for nothing. The hybrid situation, however, is a more feasible "future" route.
The 'hybrid' idea will last a while and then be replaced. It acts as a home console and a bulky handheld well, but not great. The idea may be great but the result is just average in the world of gaming. The graphics on the TV are just OK and the console as a portable device handheld is bulky.
The mini Switch won't dock, so is not really a Switch and a Pro will have similar issues as the original.
A redesigned 3ds that takes a Switch card is still the ideal portable shape a d design.
While Microsoft see the Switch as another revenue stream they and Sony are not building their next consoles as hybrid ones, that is ot the future. The future is playing games from the cloud, where you can play and pause the game on one device and continue on another, and the portable ones will have foldable screens.
@zool You could be entirely right, we'll just have to wait and see. For now, i'm happy with the idea of the hybrid, though I do prefer dedicated handhelds.
@Pichuka97 The modern world has references to scripted events going on in it with modern media. The game points at something. That something won't be made obvious and I won't bother to explain.
@roadrunner343 Only when you don't know your principles. I swear that they either mess around (by purposely introducing these glitches) or they have some monkeys hired in these parts. NEWBIES!
Its been ages since this article was posted, but for anyone who finds this comment, this issue has since been fixed with another update to the game. I was browsing the eshop when I discovered the patch so I thought I would share it here.
@MrPokemon907 Are you saying that this remake has some sort of subliminal real world message in it? I find that really hard to believe! Although I would be interested to hear that theory you seem to have. This is the first time I've seen anyone try to link M&L to the real world.
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