Post by: MegaByte on October 17, 2006, 11:15:19 AM
Faulty game cards mean 70% of the levels are unreachable.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/12262
North American players of Bubble Bobble Revolution found a nasty surprise when playing through New Version mode of the game. Upon reaching level 30, the boss never appears, making the level unclearable. With no way around this unfortunate glitch, the remaining 70 levels cannot be accessed.
Codemasters customer support has confirmed the problem and issued the following statement:
We have been looking very hard into this issue with Nintendo and have now determined that all of the cartridges that have been shipped in North America are faulty. Needless to say we are extremely sorry that this situation has arisen and would like to apologise to you for this issue.
We have already started the process whereby a corrected version is to be manufactured and will ensure that all customers have their copies replaced. Unfortunately this will take 8-10 weeks (simply because of the time required to manufacture new carts). We will update you with what you will need to do to get a replacement game, as soon as this has been determined.
Those considering purchasing the game will probably want to wait until the fixed version is released. The problem does not affect game cards from other regions.
Post by: KDR_11k on October 17, 2006, 06:59:11 AM
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Post by: KnowsNothing on October 17, 2006, 10:46:50 AM
Woo! A new record!
Post by: WuTangTurtle on October 17, 2006, 11:01:17 AM
Oh and then there is NBA Live 03-07 that suffer from all the same problems but EA doesn't seem to care one bit.
Post by: NWR_Lindy on October 17, 2006, 11:20:45 AM
This had better have been introduced in manufacturing, otherwise this makes me cringe. This is going to cost Codemasters a LOT of money.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 17, 2006, 01:55:16 PM
Post by: Klapaucius on October 18, 2006, 12:12:03 AM
They not only fixed the bug, but they removed the blood from the game.
I'd rather have just kept the game with blood. If they'd told me they wanted to remove the blood... bah.
You think they'll do the same with Bubble Bobble? :P Remove the blood??
Post by: Kairon on October 18, 2006, 12:21:21 AM
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Just wanted to say... such an awesome name... you are cool...
uh... yeah... go llamas!
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 18, 2006, 12:40:01 AM
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Originally posted by: Klapaucius
Remind me of WWF No Mercy on the N64. A bug meant that no custom-wrestlers could be saved. They offered to replace the cart to fix the problem... so I sent them the cart and got a replacement.
They not only fixed the bug, but they removed the blood from the game.
I'd rather have just kept the game with blood. If they'd told me they wanted to remove the blood... bah.
You think they'll do the same with Bubble Bobble? :P Remove the blood??
Hmm I don't remember that bug, all I remember is how much I loved that game and how no other wrestling game has came close to the WWF/WCW (well except for that dumb Nitro one) games on N64.
Post by: Klapaucius on October 19, 2006, 12:54:31 PM
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Hmm I don't remember that bug, all I remember is how much I loved that game and how no other wrestling game has came close to the WWF/WCW (well except for that dumb Nitro one) games on N64.
I think maybe it was only in the PAL release.
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Just wanted to say... such an awesome name... you are cool...
Haha. O___O Thanks!!! ^___^;;
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Post by: Famicom on October 20, 2006, 09:15:47 AM
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Hmm I don't remember that bug, all I remember is how much I loved that game and how no other wrestling game has came close to the WWF/WCW (well except for that dumb Nitro one) games on N64.
OH I REMEMBER the bug alright. Had nothing to do with PAL. And I never got my game replaced either. Everytime I attempted to go through story mode with any CAWs, the game would totally wipe out everyone, and mid-story mode you'd have a default looking character. Not a total dealbreaker for me since I never played with any of the regular characters and therefore the unlockables meant nothing to me, but not being able to play story mode with my characters hurt....
Post by: UncleBob on October 21, 2006, 10:30:45 AM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on October 23, 2006, 12:58:33 AM
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This had better have been introduced in manufacturing, otherwise this makes me cringe. This is going to cost Codemasters a LOT of money.
Hey at least it'll be an extremely easy way for them to bail out on Nintendo once again!
"LACK OF SALES!"
But yeah this is pretty hilarious. I've had the Euro version since last year, got to the very last world only to discover you need to go back and collect keys, rolled eyes. You're not really missing much, the only reason to own the game is for the emulated original version. =)
