Nintendo has already offered an official solution. UPDATE: NOA offers save data repair service, announces plans for online save patching solution.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28582
UPDATE: Nintendo has updated their official website with details on how to repair a save file suffering from this serious glitch. NOA is offering two methods of repairing player's Skyward Sword save data. Currently, you may contact NOA at 1-800-255-3700 and arrange for them to receive and repair your save data. Nintendo is also planning to release a program "that will repair save data for those who have their Wii connected to the Internet." Presumably this program would be published via the Wii Shop Channel or a similar mechanism. (Special thanks to Bryan Szollosi for the news tip!)
ORIGINAL STORY: A game-breaking glitch has been discovered in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, to which Nintendo has offered an official solution.
The glitch can be encountered when players complete the Thunder Dragon first when obtaining the Song of the Hero. After completing some unspecified tasks, the game would prevent you from completing the Water and Fire Dragon quests, forcing players to restart the game or select a prior save point.
Players have contacted Nintendo regarding the glitch. The company's response details what causes it, as well as how to prevent it from happening. The full response is as follows:
"We have been made aware of the issue that results in being unable to progress in the Song of the Hero quest. If the game has been saved after completing the sequence of events, it will no longer be possible to proceed through the game on that save file. The only options at that point are to either start the game over or to use an earlier save file to continue.
The situation is caused by performing the following sequence of events during the Song of the Hero quest:
1. At the beginning of the quest, go to Lanayru Desert to retrieve the song of the Thunder Dragon.
2. In the Lanayru Mine, speak with Golo the Goron.
3. Complete the Thunder Dragon's event, and receive his song.
4. Before heading to the forest or volcano regions, speak with Golo in the mine again.
5. At this point, the forest and volcano events will no longer occur, making it impossible to continue.
Solutions:
• This issue WILL NOT OCCUR if the Fire and Water Dragon songs have already been collected before collecting the Thunder Dragon's song. Talking to Golo in the Lanayru Caves will also NOT trigger this issue.
• If the game has been saved after completing the sequence of events, it will no longer be possible to proceed through the game on that save file. The only options at that point are to either start the game over or to use an earlier save file to continue.
I wish I had a better answer, but I'm afraid there currently is no other fix available. I can assure, however, that we are documenting all feedback we receive on this issue. Thank you for your patience and support."
It is expected that further releases of Skyward Sword will revise the game so as to avoid this glitch.
Nintendo has already offered an official solution.
I have no idea in with part of the game this is?
Mid game SPOILER ALERT
Can some one help me plz cos I don't wanna get that same problem. I got the green fire for my sword and now am in the dessert ocean in front of the pirates base.
If only it were possible to let users download some kind of small file that would update the game to correct this bug that any half-way decent developer would have discovered and fixed before the game was released! But whatever would we call such a solution?
If only it were possible to let users download some kind of small file that would update the game to correct this bug that any half-way decent developer would have discovered and fixed before the game was released! But whatever would we call such a solution?
If only it were possible to let users download some kind of small file that would update the game to correct this bug that any half-way decent developer would have discovered and fixed before the game was released! But whatever would we call such a solution?
MAGIC!!!!!
If only it were possible to let users download some kind of small file that would update the game to correct this bug that any half-way decent developer would have discovered and fixed before the game was released! But whatever would we call such a solution?
MAGIC!!!!!
Witches! You must be burned at the stake!
No. Wizards!!
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I have no idea in with part of the game this is?
Mid game SPOILER ALERT
Can some one help me plz cos I don't wanna get that same problem. I got the green fire for my sword and now am in the dessert ocean in front of the pirates base.
You'll be coming to a part of the game where you have to go look for a song in the 3 regions you'll have already done. Just don't pick the desert area first, and you'll be fine.
"Blasphemy". Remember, Nintendo doesn't create games with bugs! Users create the bugs, such as they did in Other M when they clearly were too stupid to follow the simple progression Nintendo placed before them. Note that Nintendo's response never includes the phrase "we are sorry", or accept blame for this issue in any way. Instead, they state the way that users have been creating this bug by not playing the game exactly how Nintendo wanted them to, placing the fault on the players.
announces plans for online save patching solution.
Alright, now that Nintendo is offering an online patch and a SD card mail-in program for those without internet connections, now you can say that Nintendo is offering a solution to the problem.
