Tag: Patch
Many Japanese players criticised the game's loading times among other issues
The Maker issue is a particularly egregious example of the game's flaws Earlier today, a blog post was uploaded to the Japanese site for Bokumono - short for Bokujō Monogatari, the Japanese name for the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons series. In the blog, producer Dai Take
News No More Heroes For Switch Has Been Updated To Version 1.1.1, Restores "Missing" Music Track
"The K-entertainment music is back"
No More Heroes made a surprise return last year, allowing Switch owners to take control of Travis Touchdown and his beam katana with their Joy-Con. If you've not got around to finishing this one just yet, now might be the time to return. According to Engine Software (the team that helped port the game across to...
News Pillars Of Eternity Will Get No More Patches On Switch, Despite Unresolved Issues
Publisher blames the hardware
In a statement on Twitter today, Versus Evil, the publisher of the Switch port of Pillars of Eternity, stated that the game would not receive any more patches, as they have "reached a limit on what we can do with our updates". " have exhausted the options left to us from the PC original in regards to the limitations of...
News The Outer Worlds On Switch Has Been Updated To Version 1.2
Visual changes and more...
Update (Thu 22nd Oct, 2020 01:30 BST): The long-awaited patch for The Outer Worlds is finally here. It bumps the game up to version 1.2 and includes a bunch of features, changes and fixes. Below are the full patch notes from the official game site: The next time you launch The Outer Worlds on your Nintendo Switch, you...
News Super Mario Bros. 35 Receives Its Very First Patch - Bugs And Other Issues Resolved
Download it now
Roughly a week after its release, Nintendo's battle royale game Super Mario Bros. 35 has now received its very first patch. Earlier this week, there were reports of hackers ruining the experience for others, but at this point we're unable to confirm if this latest update has resolved these issues. Apart from the described fixes,...
News New Hades Patch For Nintendo Switch Resolves "Rare" Save Data Load Issues
Available now
If you haven't played Hades yet, what are you waiting for? It's easily one of the best games we've played on Switch this year. In saying this, there have been issues hindering player progress. In the Switch version of the game, some users have encountered a "rare" issue when attempting to load save data. According to Supergiant, a...
"We're on top of all of that"
Last week, Ori and the Will of the Wisps got released on the Nintendo Switch, and while a lot of players have been enjoying the game, it's not been the best experience for everyone. For some players, the game appears to be randomly crashing, slowing down and freezing. One user over on the Nintendo Switch subreddit...
News A New Patch Is In The Works For The Switch Version Of The Outer Worlds
Virtuos investigating how to "further improve" performance
Following on from The Outer Worlds' big release on the Switch earlier this month, the game's publisher Private Division has revealed a patch is currently in the works, and that the team at Virtuos is investigating how to "further improve" the performance. Here's the full announcement from...
News The Next Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Patch Will Fix A Game-Breaking Glitch
Save your team
Did you pick up Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX when it was released last week? If so, you'll be pleased to hear Nintendo and The Pokémon Company will soon be releasing a patch for it that fixes a game-breaking bug. According to the official patch notes, there's a glitch that occurs in dungeons with a fixed party. Here's...
News Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training For Nintendo Switch Adds A New Memory Exercise
But it's restricted to a certain brain age
Update: Nintendo UK has now published a message about this update on Twitter. If you can't get a Brain Age score of 20, there's still a way to unlock the Working Memory Challenge. In addition to this, Brain Age players will be able to participate in the first World Brain Training Championship from 15th...
News Playtonic Releasing A "Little Patch" For Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair On 30th January
"no Beettalion were harmed"
One of the best platformers released last year was Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. Although the game launched in a perfectly playable state, the developer Playtonic has since been working on a "little" patch for it that includes multiple bug fixes and general changes. This update has already been released on Steam...
News The Latest Patch For Civilization VI On Switch Resolves Victory Crashes
Well, kind of...
Last week, you might recall an issue affecting the Switch version of Civilization VI, which resulted in the game crashing right before a victory. The development team was quick to provide an official response, explaining how you had to "declare war" against the crash-causing civilization before the end of your turn. Thankfully, you...
News Xenon Racer Returns For Another Lap With Version 1.04 Now Available
Troubled Switch port gets a performance-boosting patch
After stalling on the start line, it appears that the Switch version Xenon Racer, the futuristic racing game from 3DClouds, may have finally caught up with the pack. Responding to criticism of the game at launch, the studio vowed to address performance issues and had several patches in the works...
News The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Will Require a 3GB Install on Wii U
For all you physical buyers
Yesterday, it was announced that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild would amazingly be just 13GB on Wii U and 13.4GB on Switch. Considering that it's one of the most ambitious projects Nintendo's ever undertaken, that's quite impressive, and its relatively small size will no doubt entice many buyers into picking up a...
News Nintendo Issues Patch To Prevent Splatoon Players From Becoming Invisible
Update 2.10.0 available now to squash strange bug
Glitches are commonplace in modern games due to their size and complexity, and Splatoon has seen its fair share of bugs which have subsequently been busted by patches. However, it looks like the last patch introduced a glitch of its own. Players are discovering that in certain situations their...
News A New Patch for FreezeME is on the Way in North America
Expect it in the next couple days
A couple months ago, FreezeME hit the North American eShop, bringing some old fashioned 3D platforming action to the digital storefront. Though we thought it was a bit derivative of the games it was obviously inspired by, we nonetheless gave it a good recommendation, suggesting that fans of this genre should give it...
News Minecraft Update Version Number Three Has Gone Live
Brings it up to par with Xbox 360 version 33
Minecraft: Wii U Edition has been out for a couple months now, and many Nintendo gamers have since put in countless hours exploring its blocky environments. All the same, it's not a perfect version of the game, with many fans complaining about certain features that were absent from this release...
News The Temple of Yog Version 1.1 Update is Being Approved
Expected to go live sometime in mid-February
Temple of Yog has been out for a bit of time now, offering Wii U gamers a retro roguelike experience with a bizarre premise. We rather liked it in our review, and it seems that there's a plan for additional content that will hopefully take the game to new heights. While CHUDCHUD industries is hard at work...
News Eiji Aonuma's First Game Recieves A Fresh English Language Patch
It's time to revisit Another Treasure Island
Back in late 1996, with the Nintendo 64 fresh on Japanese store shelves and Super Mario 64 thrilling gamers, Nintendo pushed out a unique title on the aging Super Famicom called Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima, which translates as Marvelous: Another Treasure Island. Notable for being the design debut...
News Next Splatoon Patch Drops October 20th, Rapid Blaster Pro Arrives Tomorrow
No sign of any Octolings
Nintendo's squid shooter Splatoon will very soon be receiving even more content to help users stay fresh. Starting from tomorrow, a new weapon called the Rapid Blaster Pro will be available to purchase from Sheldon's Weapon Shop. This weapon will be released at the following times: 7 PM PT 10 PM ET 3 AM in the UK...
News Patched Version Of Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth Still Blighted By Bugs On New 3DS
Progress is being made on the Euro release, though
The Binding of Isaac certainly took its sweet time coming to a Nintendo platform, but now it's here, fans are finding that it's impacted by disappointing performance woes. At launch the 3DS version of the game was afflicted by bugs, but these were patched by an update shortly afterwards. However,...
News Siesta Fiesta Patch Goes Live in Europe
Fixes a medal saving issue we didn't know existed
We're big fans of Siesta Fiesta here at Nintendo Life, as it takes the classic Breakout formula and shakes it up with scrolling levels, power-ups and varied environments. At a budget price it's a reminder that enjoyable, great value games with a high level of polish are still possible. It clearly...
News Patch 1.01 For ZaciSa’s Last Stand On The Wii U Goes Live
Half-price to celebrate!
Wii U owners familiar with the 2D tower defence title ZaciSa’s Last Stand — released last month on the eShop — will be pleased to hear the latest patch adds extra meat to the game, bringing many improvements such as refined balance – helping ensure the experience remains challenging – and a plethora of new content...
News Sonic Lost World Gets Patched Up On Wii U
100 rings finally grants an extra life
It's fair to say that we didn't think all that much of Sonic Lost World when it arrived on the Wii U a short while ago. However, you have to give Sega credit for trying to improve things after release, as the company has released a patch which aims to fix some of the title's many problems. Here's the full list...
News The Wonderful 101 Update Now Available To Download
The Wonderful 101 ver.1.1.0
The Wonderful 101 smashed onto the scene earlier this year on Wii U and plenty of people have been enjoying the insane adventures of Wonder Red and his band of merry men and women. However, there were a few very minor niggles with the game that needed to be fixed and Nintendo has now released a patch to make the...
News Zen Studios Releases A Patch For Star Wars Pinball On 3DS
Those crashing issues should now be no more
Star Wars Pinball was released on Wii U and 3DS earlier this year but unfortunately the handheld version was liable to crash at certain points. Indeed, as we detailed in our review when you head over to the leaderboards the game simply stalls and throws you to the 3DS menu. It's fair to say we were a...
News Splinter Cell: Blacklist Receives A Fresh Patch
A few more issues are now fixed
Ubisoft released a patch for Splinter Cell: Blacklist last month that fixed a few small problems some players were encountering, including the timer issue the progress bar was having in the daily challenges and a couple of animation glitches. It has now followed up that update with a new one that will tweak the...
News Wii U Version of Splinter Cell: Blacklist Gets Patched Up
A few small problems have been fixed
Ubisoft has released a patch for the Wii U version of Splinter Cell: Blacklist, which will see a number of niggling issues fixed in a range of different modes. Most of the problems appear to be in the Spies vs Mercs multiplayer mode, but there are also a few in the co-op and single player campaign too. The...
News Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition Update Now Live in Europe
Fixes "a few bugs"
A new patch for Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition is now available to download from the Wii U eShop in Europe. Players won't need to do anything as the update will be applied automatically once you're connected to the internet. Matt Bozon, creative director at WayForward, made the announcement on his Twitter page, where...
News Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams May Get A Patch To Solve GamePad Audio Problems
Black Forest Games is aware of the issue
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams was finally released into the Wii U eShop last week in Europe, while North America is still waiting. Unfortunately, some of the people who downloaded the game have reported sound issues with the GamePad when taking the gameplay off the TV. Fortunately, the developer Black...
News Virtue's Last Reward Glitch Resolved in eShop Version, Maybe
When in doubt...
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is now available on the 3DS eShop in North America, offering another avenue to this well-received visual novel/puzzle adventure. Players of the original physical copy of the game, however, have been wondering whether the download version still contains one grief-bearing issue: a save-corrupting bug...
News Cloudberry Kingdom Will Have Online Leaderboards Soon
Pwnee Studios is working on a patch
Cloudberry Kingdom precipitated into the Wii U eShop a few days ago and has seen many a gamer rack up insanely high scores. However, those who did download it have found something missing - the promised online leaderboards are nowhere to be found. A few people got in touch with the developer Pwnee Studios about...
News Devil Survivor Overclocked Patch is Now Live in The European eShop
Ghostlight confirms game-breaking bugs are fixed
Back in March, Ghostlight released the much-anticipated Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked in Europe, more than 12 months after it launched in North America. However, what should have been a momentous occasion was hampered by the fact the game came cursed with game-breaking bugs that...
News Ghostlight Confirms Devil Survivor Overclocked Patch is Finished
Soon Europe will have the full experience
A little under a month ago, Ghostlight released the much-anticipated Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked in Europe. Unfortunately, however, the game was marred by game-breaking bugs that stops players in their tracks. Using the summon ability or being lied to by an auction seller causes the...
News First Toki Tori 2 Patch Submitted to Nintendo
Second, more substantial update still being hatched
Toki Tori 2 was on a number of Wii U eShop wishlists when it was pushed back from launch day to an early April release, and has delivered a substantial twist on the formula that gamers became accustomed to in the preceding Toki Tori releases. It's placed pretty well in the Wii U eShop charts in...
News Runner 2 Patch Now Available To Download
A few niggling issues fixed
BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien was released for the Wii U eShop around a month ago but unfortunately some gamers experienced a few problems with it - one of which involved the game freezing upon trying to exit the software. The developer Gaijin Games impressively got a patch made up and sent it...
News New Patch Released For Call of Duty: Black Ops II On Wii U
Patch 'em up, mate
For those who have been having problems with Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Wii U, you'll be pleased to know that Treyarch has released the latest update to fix a couple of issues with the popular first-person shooter title, details of which you can see outlined below. Changes specific to the Wii U version include: Feature...
News ZombiU Developer Announces A Patch Is On The Way
Fix announced in the game itself
Gamers who've been playing through ZombiU know all about the interesting messages the development team leave plastered and pasted to the walls and floors of various areas in the game environment. One such message appeared very recently revealing that a patch is on the way. There were previously a few murmuring...
News New Update Incoming For Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed
Will address Boost Challenge and Ninja Tag issues
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed is the only racing title currently available on Wii U, and it looks as though many people who picked up the game have found a few minor issues with it. The issues in question happen during non-race modes like Boost Challenge and Ninja Tag where, according to...
News Cave Story Fix is "Coming Soon"
Curly Story will be saved
If you haven't read our Cave Story review, then let us sum it up for you: we loved it. The eShop version of the indie game that started it all is fantastic, except for one issue. It turns out that some people are having problems with the Curly Story mode. Specifically, they can't get past the first couple of screens...
