Skyward Sword Game Breaking Bug

[Thomas83Lin]

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a marvelous gem. It's considered one of the best Nintendo Wii titles ever. There's just one little bug in the game that may stop you from completing it.

Reported first by Zelda Informer, the bug is activated if the player speaks to Golo the Goron in the Lanayru Mine after obtaining the song of the Thunder Dragon but before heading to the forest and volcano regions during the Song of the Hero quest. Those regions become inaccessible and the player cannot complete the game. Nintendo hasn't said whether or not it plans to release a fix, either by pressing new discs or allowing players to send in their save files.

The company provided a detailed report of the bug for you to follow so you won't be forced to start over:

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'm guessing we might see another version soon, Could be cool if this was fixable.


Source

[James0x57]

Awesome- I hope we can get a hold of a broken save file so we can fix it!!

[Thomas83Lin]

Awesome- I hope we can get a hold of a broken save file so we can fix it!!

Here is a download i found. Its not mine btw, haven't tried it yet

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FNYUXO17

edit: apparently the third save is the one glitched

[James0x57]

are one of the saves right before the glitch too? That would probably be a better position....

[Thomas83Lin]

It doesn't say. I got the save from gamefaqs

[dcx2]

Get a save that is just before step 4 and a save that is right after completing step 4.  Then use the SaveGame Manager to extract the unencrypted saves so you can view them in a hex editor.

[Bully@Wiiplaza]

yep, this download is useless for now since it´s decrypted. :P
Luckily there´s a copy save file option in-game. One profile with "before" bug and one "after" having triggered the bug.
We need to get the encrypted data by using Savegame Manager 1.0 or Savegame Manager GX and compare those two profiles.
Messing a bit around with hex editing until we got the right value(s) to change. Then we can either create a save fixer application or a gecko code that prevents the bug from occuring by finding the correct address. Another advantage is that the save file is quite little. Kudos to the WiiRd community if we can do this. :)

Sadly, I won´t be able to discover it first since I´m not at home until Saturday, damnit. ;D

[daijoda]

I get the impression that this game has been programmed in a way that expects the player to progress through the game in a perfectly linear fashion. e.g. to initiate a boss battle, it doesn't just check for the immediate conditions like if a boss key has been obtained, if the boss's door has been opened, etc. but it also checks for other things you've done within the dungeon that aren't pertinent to the boss battle itself.

[Thomas83Lin]

Game Breaking Bug Glitch Fix [Thomas83Lin]
00955D52 00000015
005A9AE2 00000015
*Only Activate if your experiencing this Glitch Seen Here*

Notes:
Just for Safety Load your glitched save, then save your game, then reset game without code.

should work on every region.  :D

you can test it, on that save i posted.
I'm going to make a full song of hero playthough before actually posting it though

[dcx2]

Hackers to the F'n rescue.  Cleaning up after yet another Nintendo glitch.  Are their QA guys asleep at the Wii?

[wiiztec]

Game Breaking Bug Glitch Fix [Thomas83Lin]
00955D52 00000015
005A9AE2 00000015
*Only Activate if your experiencing this Glitch Seen Here*

Notes:
Just for Safety Load your glitched save, then save your game, then reset game without code.

should work on every region.  :D

you can test it, on that save i posted.
I'm going to make a full song of hero playthough before actually posting it though

How did you search for that?

[Thomas83Lin]

Pretty much what my original intentions was, is exactly what Dcx2 summed up, the hardest part was playing all the way back to that point, luckily i got afew old saves, and 1 of them was only a dungeon before that song quest.  

[James0x57]

Excellent job man!!


If you can get a video of the glitch happening, the code being applied, then the glitch being fixed because of that, then I'll send it to my contact at Joystiq and hopefully get more than a passing mention this time!

[Thomas83Lin]

Well the Glitched saved is right there, Anyone could make the video, I only have a webcam on my labtop not sure how that would work out.lol

[James0x57]

Ahh true enough