Topic: Sakura Samurai Freezing Issue

[NWR_Neal]

Having trouble loading Nintendo's latest eShop game? We might have a solution.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/29177

So you bought Sakura Samurai despite my lukewarm review and it won't load? That sucks.

But seriously, I ran into the same issue when I was reviewing the game. I booted the game and it would just start with a black screen with "Loading..." spazzing out in the bottom right-hand corner of the system. It effectively froze my system, as the only way to restart is to hold the power button down and do a hard reset.

When I asked our Nintendo representatives about this issue, they had no idea. Fortunately, I was running out of SD card space at the same time, so I bought a new SD card, replacing the one that came with the system. After moving the files over to the new bigger SD card, Sakura Samurai worked fine.

I can't promise this will 100% solve the issue, but it worked for me. Afterwards, I was able to play the game to completion with no technical issues.

In conclusion, try getting a new SD card if Sakura Samurai isn't loading for you. 

[Ceric]

Why wasn't this in the Review?

*Points to recent RFN Discussions*

[NWR_Neal]

Why wasn't this in the Review?

*Points to recent RFN Discussions*

I thought it was an isolated issue with my SD card being faulty. I was wrong.

Also, once I transferred everything over to the new SD card, it worked fine.

[Ceric]

Why wasn't this in the Review?

*Points to recent RFN Discussions*

I thought it was an isolated issue with my SD card being faulty. I was wrong.

Also, once I transferred everything over to the new SD card, it worked fine.

You know on the technical side its probably using the SD Card as a place to unpack its files outside of memory for quicker access the decompressing them on the fly.

[MegaByte]

An aside, I ran out of SD card space too, but the programs I was using actually warned me about it rather than just locking up. I bought the fastest card they sell, but apparently speed is limited by the 3DS because nothing seems to load any faster.

[Ceric]

An aside, I ran out of SD card space too, but the programs I was using actually warned me about it rather than just locking up. I bought the fastest card they sell, but apparently speed is limited by the 3DS because nothing seems to load any faster.

I doubt Nintendo put in a reader that supports the upgraded speeds.

That reminded me of a funny thing I would do with Java in College where you can catch the Out of Memory Exception.  I would right something where I was suppose to be optimizing for memory space and just have it return a count of how many objects I made before it ran out of space.  Fun times.

[MegaByte]

It's not that you have to make a reader that supports new speeds (UHS specification excepted), it's more the inherent specs of the hardware or there's a bottleneck somewhere else in the system. A faster card on the Wii does make a discernible difference.

[Enner]

Time to buy a big 'ol card!
A 16 or 32 GB one should be fine, right?

[MegaByte]

Hopefully... the 3DS doesn't officially support over 32GB.

[Pajamas]

I've got a 8gb card in my 3DS and haven't had any issues. Possibly a glitch when used on smaller SD cards?

[Shaymin]

Hopefully... the 3DS doesn't officially support over 32GB.

Not yet, anyway. Surely a firmware update can correct that once SDXC is available.

Could it also be a speed issue with the card? I'm assuming the bundled SD isn't a Class 10...

[MegaByte]

Not yet, anyway. Surely a firmware update can correct that once SDXC is available.

We can hope, but there are compatibility and Microsoft licensing problems.

[NWR_Neal]

I've got a 8gb card in my 3DS and haven't had any issues. Possibly a glitch when used on smaller SD cards?

If it's not close to filled up, it shouldn't be an issue.

[Ceric]

Not yet, anyway. Surely a firmware update can correct that once SDXC is available.

We can hope, but there are compatibility and Microsoft licensing problems.

exFAT...  Come on...  Why can't we move on to a new better file system...

[Seacor]

The game developer just needs to patch the software.

[Seacor]

Updated version is now available - check "Your Downloads" (updates button is still broken)