![]() |
***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 |
Thanks for the heads up, I will make sure never to save there.
|
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.
|
i never had that problem i download pokemon x
|
A reply about 4 minutes ago on one of the video links from Dylan Wilson
Quote:
|
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?! |
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.
|
Quote:
Both my Mario Kart 7 and Mario and Luigi Dream Team Bros Cartridges have the v1.1 Patch Which I Downloaded from the eShop |
Quote:
|
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.
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
From a youtube comment:
Quote:
Also, somehow Lumoise City manages to be worse. |
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. |
Quote:
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. |
Quote:
|
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. |
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.
|
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
|
Dang, that glitch sucks! And here I was thinking MissingNo made a return.
Thanks for the heads up! |
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!
|
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. |
I'm gonna save inside a Pokemon Center which is not in Luminiose O_O
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
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. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
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. |
Just so you know, Nerd³ did a video on the bug :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a70QhOI0TI |
Quote:
|
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...
|
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. |
Quote:
|
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~ |
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 |
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.
|
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?
|
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.
|
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. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
Of course, if you aren't a boutique shopper or cafe visitor, you won't have a problem. |
Quote:
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. |
Quote:
|
How about...I am not going to risk saving in Lumiose City whatsoever.
There could be more areas that trigger this glitch. |
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" |
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
|
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 |
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? :/ |
Rilence, I merged this in the active thread about this glitch. Thanks for spreading awareness.
|
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
|
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. |
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.
|
Wow I'm very lucky, saved alot of time in Lumiose city and my game worked just fine.
|
Quote:
|
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.
|
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...
|
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.
|
Didn't see this when I posted my forewarning earlier thanx for letting me know :D
Quote:
|
It's easier to move around Lumiose City on a bike. You guys should try it.
|
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 |
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. |
| All times are GMT -8. The time now is 8:03 AM. |
![]()
© 2002 - 2018 The PokéCommunity™, pokecommunity.com.
Pokémon characters and images belong to The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo. This website is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK, The Pokémon Company or The Pokémon Company International. We just love Pokémon.
All forum styles, their images (unless noted otherwise) and site designs are © 2002 - 2016 The PokéCommunity / PokéCommunity.com.
PokéCommunity™ is a trademark of The PokéCommunity. All rights reserved. Sponsor advertisements do not imply our endorsement of that product or service. User generated content remains the property of its creator.
Acknowledgements
Use of PokéCommunity Assets
vB Optimise by DragonByte Technologies Ltd © 2023.