Metroid Glitch!!!

[James0x57]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/18/game-breaking-bug-found-in-metroid-other-m/


One of you with this game should fix this glitch! Unlocking doors isn't /that/ hard of a code!! Your name will likely appear on joystiq if you do! I'll spam their report-news email. Scout's honor!


hahaha god that would be awesome. I almost want to run out and buy this game just so I can do it! hahah XD

[dcx2]

OMFG!  In the business, this is what we call a Show Stopper.  This shouldn't have made it out of QA.

It reminds me of the Twilight Princess glitch where you can get locked in the Sky Cannon room forever.  Except that in TP, you weren't RIGHT AFTER A BOSS FIGHT!  OF COURSE you want to save right after a boss fight.

We should totally hack the bug to be fixed.  Imagine the irony if there was a Riivolution patch released by the Homebrew community that fixed the Nintendo's bug.  Once again, hackers doing more to improve the Wii than Nintendo themselves...

[James0x57]

Exactly my thoughts mate! It's a great opportunity. ^_^

[Y.S.]

Thanks for telling us the interesting issue, James :smileyface:

Okay, here's the code;

Code Select Expand

Open Sesame [Y.S.]
04CCCD88 00000000

This code unlocks the door in question.
Code's effect can be saved.

I can't say for sure if the code works for every version of MOM ATM, but at least it's working for me  :p

[James0x57]

That's awesome, Y.S.!! hahah so epic!

Can you possibly make a check to see if that boss has been beaten 3 times before unlocking it? (I realize that might be a more difficult thing to track down though!)

[Y.S.]

IIRC, you can't reach the unlockable door before you beat that boss 3 times,
meaning the check isn't really needed :)

[James0x57]

Oh cool, that works! :D
Would you mind putting it on the database so anyone who needs it can get it? =)
Also you should put a note under it saying something like "A solution to the game-ending glitch"

This is so cool ^_^

Well done man.

[James0x57]

Joystiq replied asking if there was a forum with users who could verify that it works.

Nobody's really said anything here or shown a video... Somebody make a video or something so Y.S.'s work can get onto Joystiq!!!


(wish I had the game!)

[James0x57]

..can anyone spare the time to make a video for Joystiq? It would be the first time a code hacker has gotten light on there as far as I can recall. (been reading for 4, 5, maybe 6 years and I'm certain I'd remember a code hacker getting a story)

I guess I could go rent it and point my webcam at my TV.. but it's like $10 to rent a freakin game..



edit: if you do make a video, might want to stick Y.S.'s code under an activator for the purpose of showing it work

[James0x57]

Does anyone have a save file for that location in the game? I cannot find one on google..

[James0x57]

Screw it!

*buys the game*

[hetoan2]

Does anyone have a save file for that location in the game? I cannot find one on google..

I cant get the glitch to happen to begin with D:

[Y.S.]

Found a glitched save;
http://www.mediafire.com/?v2wuhmejcuc226c

[James0x57]

How do you play the game (how do you safely update Wii to 4.3)?

[111]

What System Menu are you currently on, and what Boot2 version do you have?  You could probably just load the game through Gecko 1.9.3.1, and install the IOS version that it needs.

Alternatively, you could dump your FS onto an SD card or USB device, and run the game through a homebrew program called SNEEK.  SNEEK/UNEEK will basically direct all NAND calls to the SD card or USB device, and your real NAND will be left alone.  I currently have my "UNEEK NAND" at 4.3U (version 2).  If I didn't like it, I could just delete that particular FS off, and put a different one on.   ;D  Unfortunately, I believe that it is probably against the rules of this forum for me to tell you how/where to get it.   :-[

Also, if you have boot2v4, and BootMii as boot2, then I suppose that you could update the real NAND to 4.3, and then use a previous NAND backup to go back to the System Menu that you are currently on.  Of course, that requires that you back up your NAND with BootMii before updating to 4.3, and that you have BootMii as boot2.