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Snoopy October 14th, 2013 9:14 AM

***IMPORTANT*** Game Breaking Glitch in Lumiose City
 
Hello everyone,

I'm writing this to inform you all that there is a game-breaking glitch that may cause you to restart the entire game. The glitch has to do with saving in certain parts of Lumiose City, which may cause your game to freeze entirely and not be accessible until restarted. That's the best I can explain the glitch as of now, but here are a few videos showing what occurs after saving in a few parts of Lumiose City.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzxQhXyLJQ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLv4IpZBulI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a70QhOI0TI

Hope that this thread can be stickied, so that it can be viewed by everyone visiting this section. Send in your e-mails to Nintendo so that this can hopefully be patched!


Edit: Don't know how accurate this is, but people are saying that the glitch is to occur if you save near a cab in Lumiose City, then shut your game off.

Edit: Some reports say that the glitch occur if you save outside of Lumiose City, meaning saving on the streets/sidewalks of the city, and not saving inside a building such as the lab or the Pokemon Center.

Mod Edit: ***NEW***
http://www.serebii.net/lumiosemap.jpg

This is from Serebii; According to them:

"12:26: Nintendo have issued a press release about the Lumiose City save bug, where the game can glitch out if you save in the boulevards of Lumiose City. They issued a map of where not to save, indicated by the blue gradient, and have stated that they are working on a fix and recommend saving in the buildings of Lumiose City if you have to save in the city at all"


EDIT: October 25, 2013; there is now an update available that will prevent your game for being damaged should you save in Lumiose City. Here's the link on how to go on about installing the new update: http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1061/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMzgyNzE4OTkyL3NpZC9zSTM1dkhEbA%3D%3D

Z25 October 14th, 2013 9:51 AM

Thanks for the heads up, I will make sure never to save there.

RYOUKI October 14th, 2013 9:54 AM

That's quite dangerous. But I'm going to ask: Did that person download the game? Because I've heard that those who download the game from the E-shop was the only one having problems.

jazneo October 14th, 2013 9:57 AM

i never had that problem i download pokemon x

Cyclone October 14th, 2013 10:19 AM

A reply about 4 minutes ago on one of the video links from Dylan Wilson

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan Wilson
Alright, so it just happened to me on X, and somehow I fixed it. What I did is start up the cartridge, and play around in mystery gift a lot. I tried all the options in it and put all 1s for the Get With Code option. Then I started up a second 3DS which was already registered as one of my friends. In the mean time, I rebooted a LOT. After all that, it just started working again. I'm going to break my secondary copy (Y) and see if I can narrow down what fixed it.

So it's fixable.

Mana October 14th, 2013 10:21 AM

The real question is, why are so many people saving in this exact same place? Glad it seems fixable though. No need to panic people.

Unless... SPOILERS?!

Cyclone October 14th, 2013 10:24 AM

Also, if this is only on the downloadable version, then Nintendo can patch it. Provided the cartridge version is not affected. in which case early buyers forever have a bugged game.

Shubshub October 14th, 2013 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycloneGU (Post 7881989)
Also, if this is only on the downloadable version, then Nintendo can patch it. Provided the cartridge version is not affected. in which case early buyers forever have a bugged game.

Actually Cartridges are Patchable as well
Both my Mario Kart 7 and Mario and Luigi Dream Team Bros Cartridges have the v1.1 Patch
Which I Downloaded from the eShop

Snoopy October 14th, 2013 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RYOUKI (Post 7881930)
That's quite dangerous. But I'm going to ask: Did that person download the game? Because I've heard that those who download the game from the E-shop was the only one having problems.

There are people with the cartridges that are having the same problem as well.

Juxapose October 14th, 2013 11:32 AM

Looks like I'll be waiting for the Z version. I feel bad for anyone who transferred their Black/white Pokemon to X and Y just to experience this.

Sabrewulf238 October 14th, 2013 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juxapose (Post 7882096)
Looks like I'll be waiting for the Z version. I feel bad for anyone who transferred their Black/white Pokemon to X and Y just to experience this.

You don't need to feel bad for anyone because transferring old pokemon won't be available until December. Good thing there will be time to fix this before anyone loses loads of their older pokemon.

Juxapose October 14th, 2013 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sabrewulf238 (Post 7882117)
You don't need to feel bad for anyone because transferring old pokemon won't be available until December.

I hope they fix this before then. Nintendo was not famous for speedy actions.

Spinosaurus October 14th, 2013 12:40 PM

From a youtube comment:
Quote:

A friend of mine who had this problem said to remove your SD card, then boot the 3DS and X/Y normally.
Also confirmed to be present with physical and digital copies of the game. Hope Game Freak fixes it ASAP, this is a serious problem.

Also, somehow Lumoise City manages to be worse.

Cyclone October 14th, 2013 12:50 PM

Has it been identified where in Lumiose City the problem occurs? I want to obviously avoid saving in those locations.

At least, if it's in the south, it affects a very small segment of game (one Gym completed). I'm playing leisurely as usual and am catching everything I see (including several variants of Flabébé, and still haven't even seen the SECOND Gym. Looks like they are indeed trying to make the Gym Leaders more powerful than in prior generations.

Frozthax October 14th, 2013 1:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycloneGU (Post 7882244)
Has it been identified where in Lumiose City the problem occurs? I want to obviously avoid saving in those locations.

At least, if it's in the south, it affects a very small segment of game (one Gym completed). I'm playing leisurely as usual and am catching everything I see (including several variants of Flabébé, and still haven't even seen the SECOND Gym. Looks like they are indeed trying to make the Gym Leaders more powerful than in prior generations.

in the town where you get your bike, go up the road once(you can go up and on top is a cave)
but when you went up once, just keep riding towards the screen
its a gym in the mountain..it took me a damn long time finding it.

Spinosaurus October 14th, 2013 2:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frozthax (Post 7882323)
in the town where you get your bike, go up the road once(you can go up and on top is a cave)
but when you went up once, just keep riding towards the screen
its a gym in the mountain..it took me a damn long time finding it.

I don't follow. Is the gym another place that can cause this glitch?

darkpokeball October 14th, 2013 4:51 PM

WHOA. I wasn't aware of this. I think I saved in Lumiose, but my save is fine...
Lesson learned, don't save in Lumiose.

TearsOfNightfall October 14th, 2013 7:27 PM

Like I posted in the glitches topic, this happened to me in my physical copy of Y. I went ahead and restarted since I luckily wasn't that far yet. The road I saved on was the first one when you arrive, just outside the lab and Pokemon center. I'm just going to avoid saving in that city at all from now on, though.

Aaron40 October 14th, 2013 10:45 PM

Maybe it only does it with some regions of the game because I have tested it, I have saved it everywhere in Lumiose City and It hasn't frozen once

Lavans October 15th, 2013 6:44 AM

Dang, that glitch sucks! And here I was thinking MissingNo made a return.
Thanks for the heads up!

Sheep October 15th, 2013 7:27 AM

I heard about this yesterday! My friend saved next to a cab in Lumiose and had to restart her game because it froze and she couldn't fix it. :( Glad I never saved in those bad spots, whew. Thanks for the heads up!

Cerberus87 October 15th, 2013 7:59 AM

Hope it's patchable. If it isn't, I hope they release a v1.1 and allow people to trade in their glitched copies. Rather disappointing to hear this considering they had a lot of time to betatest the game.

Not buying the game until they fix it.

TrainerNico October 15th, 2013 8:59 AM

I'm gonna save inside a Pokemon Center which is not in Luminiose O_O

Sceptile14 October 15th, 2013 9:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerberus87 (Post 7883554)
Hope it's patchable. If it isn't, I hope they release a v1.1 and allow people to trade in their glitched copies. Rather disappointing to hear this considering they had a lot of time to betatest the game.

Not buying the game until they fix it.

Don't you think that it is slightly unfair to say that you won't buy it because of this glitch? I can see how bad it is but now that you know about it, you can just avoid it. I really don't see how this can stop you from buying the game...

Ephemeral Euphoria October 15th, 2013 9:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sceptile14 (Post 7883633)
Don't you think that it is slightly unfair to say that you won't buy it because of this glitch? I can see how bad it is but now that you know about it, you can just avoid it. I really don't see how this can stop you from buying the game...

Why buy a game that will glitch out on you and will require a full restart after you transferred all your best Pokémon from your previous games though. Granted the transfers aren't working until December but personally it's not a risk I'm gonna even think of taking until this glitch is fixed.

Spinosaurus October 15th, 2013 9:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sceptile14 (Post 7883633)
Don't you think that it is slightly unfair to say that you won't buy it because of this glitch? I can see how bad it is but now that you know about it, you can just avoid it. I really don't see how this can stop you from buying the game...

Their money, their decision.

What's unfair here is that Game Freak shipped a game with as serious a bug as this. I'm actually amazed this skipped Q&A. I can see why anyone would avoid buying the game (as good as it is) from this.

Sceptile14 October 15th, 2013 9:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xulek (Post 7883645)
Why buy a game that will glitch out on you and will require a full restart after you transferred all your best Pokémon from your previous games though. Granted the transfers aren't working until December but personally it's not a risk I'm gonna even think of taking until this glitch is fixed.

Sure, when you don't know about it it becomes a serious problem, but now that you know about it you can just easily avoid it, by not saving in those spots. My point is something like this should not persuade you to not buy the game. Sure, it is a serious problem, that has to be fixed, but now that it has been found there is no need to worry about it.

Cerberus87 October 15th, 2013 9:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sceptile14 (Post 7883633)
Don't you think that it is slightly unfair to say that you won't buy it because of this glitch? I can see how bad it is but now that you know about it, you can just avoid it. I really don't see how this can stop you from buying the game...

I think you're underestimating how serious this bug is.

However, I'm speaking for me only. I was always going to wait a little while before buying the game, so I escaped the bug for now and I'll wait to see what happens. There have been revisions of Pokémon games for much less serious stuff than this, so I'm expecting a patch.

I'm also a bit OCD about bugs like this.

rainbow October 15th, 2013 10:04 AM

Just so you know, Nerd³ did a video on the bug :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a70QhOI0TI

Ephemeral Euphoria October 15th, 2013 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sceptile14 (Post 7883663)
Sure, when you don't know about it it becomes a serious problem, but now that you know about it you can just easily avoid it, by not saving in those spots. My point is something like this should not persuade you to not buy the game. Sure, it is a serious problem, that has to be fixed, but now that it has been found there is no need to worry about it.

Only thing that worries me about this is the possibility that this glitch may happen in other areas as well, yeah I can avoid saving in a particular town but what about one that may have the glitch without my knowledge.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire October 15th, 2013 8:10 PM

Thank you for saying this...I've saved in the city many times...but never by a cab...hope GF and Nintendo already know of this and are developing a patch...

Pendraflare October 15th, 2013 8:20 PM

From what I read, this glitch only happens if you save outside in certain spots, but you should be fine if you save inside a building.

I might have saved outside there once (or it might have been in Sycamore's lab, I don't remember) and nothing bad happened, though it might not have been that.

Snoopy October 16th, 2013 9:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Explorer Of Destiny (Post 7883700)
Just so you know, Nerd³ did a video on the bug :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a70QhOI0TI

Thanks! Adding to the OP.

CoffeeDrink October 16th, 2013 7:07 PM

Goodness, koffi~

I heard about this today. Thank goodness I was not a victim. Oh well, I've come back from worse though. It's good information to have just in case people think of saving by those taxis, koff~

Treecko October 16th, 2013 7:43 PM

I heard this was happening and I'm kind of glad I didn't buy the game on release. Maybe by the time I buy my game myself , they have it fixed and I can fixed copy.

Oh and Nintendo is apparently aware of the bug and is working on a patch that will fix it.

http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/10/16/pokemon-x-and-y-lumiose-city-bug-fix-to-solve-crash/?fb_action_ids=10151711675093616&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151711675093616%22%3A1426209574258718%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151711675093616%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

Addy October 16th, 2013 9:02 PM

I'm curious with the glitch. Is it in the north part of Lumoise? Cause I remember when you first get to that city in the south end, I saved once or twice. (Thankfully I don't save all that often because my 3DS is almost always in sleep mode xD) Or is it in the North end? I didn't hear about the glitch until I got to the north end of the city. I've avoided saving in the city for now by flying to other cities.

PkmnTrainerElio October 16th, 2013 11:56 PM

Oh good, now I have to have a dark cloud of worry over my head when I eventually play X... Hopefully Nintendo will fix it... Does anyone know if it happens on the Australian versions?

Lilikoi Juice October 17th, 2013 1:04 AM

I pretty much save only in the randomest of places so I think I should be ok. It's good to know though, I'll watch those videos just in case.

Cyclone October 17th, 2013 5:36 AM

You know what I think the problem is? Half the city being locked is causing problems for the save file. Has anyone dared to try saving there later in the game with the entire city unlocked?

This would at least explain the bug getting by QA people; additionally, they already knew where to go and probably didn't stay long knowing there wasn't much to do yet.

I've saved in the Pokémon Center there, but I'll be safe not to save outside. Even though I might be able to recover Torchic.

Also, the cave mentioned in an earlier post (city with Bicycle, second Gym) is Cyllage City. And this is annoying in and of itself; you must use Strength to create a shortcut to your gardens, and you must beat that Gym to create the shortcut, but you must top Lv.25 Pokémon to do it. At the time, I had a single Rock type (a fossil to boot) at Lv.29. I have now had to leave a lot of Pokémon behind in the name of leveling up those "already entitled" and with water moves. Wingull already faced the first trainer and ran into a Sturdy Pokémon and, thus, no OHKO only to then be OHKOed itself. That was infuriating with another Pokémon in the wings for the opponent.

abcde123456 October 17th, 2013 7:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycloneGU (Post 7886855)
You know what I think the problem is? Half the city being locked is causing problems for the save file. Has anyone dared to try saving there later in the game with the entire city unlocked?

I have since I was unaware of the glitch at the time. Thank God nothing happened :D Now I'm too scared to even set foot in Lumiose.

Cyclone October 17th, 2013 7:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abcde123456 (Post 7886960)
I have since I was unaware of the glitch at the time. Thank God nothing happened :D Now I'm too scared to even set foot in Lumiose.

No, walk about there all you want. Just don't mash the save button there.

Of course, if you aren't a boutique shopper or cafe visitor, you won't have a problem.

abcde123456 October 17th, 2013 7:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycloneGU (Post 7886996)
No, walk about there all you want. Just don't mash the save button there.

Of course, if you aren't a boutique shopper or cafe visitor, you won't have a problem.


I actually HAVE mashed the saved button there many times :O I've heard this glitch only affected the European and Japanese versions of the game, though.

TrainerNico October 17th, 2013 7:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycloneGU (Post 7886855)
You know what I think the problem is? Half the city being locked is causing problems for the save file. Has anyone dared to try saving there later in the game with the entire city unlocked?

That's most likely the problem, the first time I saved there was inside the Pokemon Center(North boulevard is still locked). And the second time I saved was outside, near Lysandre's cafe that is

Entermaid October 17th, 2013 8:52 AM

How about...I am not going to risk saving in Lumiose City whatsoever.
There could be more areas that trigger this glitch.

Rengoku October 18th, 2013 3:52 AM

Where NOT to save in Lumiose City!
 
http://www.serebii.net/lumiosemap.jpg

This is from Serebii; According to them:

"12:26: Nintendo have issued a press release about the Lumiose City save bug, where the game can glitch out if you save in the boulevards of Lumiose City. They issued a map of where not to save, indicated by the blue gradient, and have stated that they are working on a fix and recommend saving in the buildings of Lumiose City if you have to save in the city at all"

Aaron40 October 18th, 2013 4:06 AM

I have saved in that city heaps of times and it hasn't been freezing for me so i'm not sure why it freezes for other people

Murkrow October 18th, 2013 4:48 AM

note its the blue parts of the map where you should not save.

It might or might not happen to you, still its better to be safe than sorry until the official update is released

Varion Bluefire October 18th, 2013 5:51 AM

I've saved many times in this blue ring.
My friend did, and he had the eShop version, where i have the game cart, is it just eShoppers? :/

TwilightBlade October 18th, 2013 6:51 AM

Rilence, I merged this in the active thread about this glitch. Thanks for spreading awareness.

Cheezybiscuit23 October 18th, 2013 7:13 AM

Odd ive been saving and quiting there a lot and nothing seemed to happen Im on a cartridge and got worried when they started talking about a glitch Im still gonna take caution when but its really weird that it only happens on some games

Punishment October 18th, 2013 7:19 AM

I'm a tad worried about the integrity of my digital version now.

If a major glitch like this was missed what about the minor ones out there. The series has had a history of glitches but nothing game breaking like this.

Though I'm lucky that my game file didn't freeze since I did save multiple times in Lumiose City. As of now I'm experiencing a minor bug where my bottom screen flickers and makes a buzz sound when my character transitions from running shoes to skates upon exiting a building or getting up from a bench.

The Doctor October 18th, 2013 10:51 AM

Nintendo have announced that there will be a patch fixing this quite soon. It will also fix corrupted game saves so if yours is broken and you don't want to restart then you'll just have to wait it out.

metalhand October 18th, 2013 11:00 AM

Wow I'm very lucky, saved alot of time in Lumiose city and my game worked just fine.

The Doctor October 18th, 2013 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metalhand (Post 7888875)
Wow I'm very lucky, saved alot of time in Lumiose city and my game worked just fine.

See I think I done it a few times before I knew about it, but now I know about it I'm not taking the risk.

TLOEric October 18th, 2013 12:45 PM

Glad to hear they'll patch it and it'll fix the saves. I haven't had any troubles with it, but then again I knew about it before I bought and luckily could avoid the issue.

Snoopy October 20th, 2013 10:14 AM

Last night, I accidentally saved outside of a cafe in Lumiose City while trying to connect to the internet. Either I'm extremely lucky, or not all game cartridges are affected by this, because my game is still fine...

Sydian October 20th, 2013 10:17 AM

This will sound terrible of me, but I really don't like Lumiose City and I get lost even using a map, so this hasn't been a problem for me since I wanna leave that place as soon as I walk in, lol. :( They really did do a great job of making it just like a real city. I thought Castelia was difficult...NOPE.

Exeviant October 20th, 2013 11:41 AM

Didn't see this when I posted my forewarning earlier thanx for letting me know :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 7892128)
This will sound terrible of me, but I really don't like Lumiose City and I get lost even using a map, so this hasn't been a problem for me since I wanna leave that place as soon as I walk in, lol. :( They really did do a great job of making it just like a real city. I thought Castelia was difficult...NOPE.

I agree that place is absolutely dreadful especially when I have to pay a cab 1,000$ just to take me to a place when its right beside me and I'm to confused to find it D:

Snoopy October 20th, 2013 3:24 PM

It's easier to move around Lumiose City on a bike. You guys should try it.

ramibas299 October 20th, 2013 9:24 PM

I hate the camera view in Lumiose, honsetly...
If you make a new game, will you still be able to get the Torchic? (After receiving it already). I got a cartridge. I think it might only be for the version downloaded from the E-shop :O

Snoopy October 25th, 2013 8:40 AM

There's now an update available that will fix the glitch for Lumiose City. Here it is: http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1061/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMzgyNzE4OTkyL3NpZC9zSTM1dkhEbA%3D%3D

Will also add to the OP so everyone can see it.


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