SwSh Apparently there's a really bad crash bug

[Blockhead Pippi]

So I only just found this out on Twitter, but apparently Japanese players are experiencing some pretty horrendous crashes while playing. It's allegedly related to auto-saving and it wipes out data on the Switch's SD card.

I'm not sure about posting the Twitter thread about it (since there's swearing in it), but there is this streamed footage of it happening.

I figured this might be worth making a thread about as a cautionary warning and to discuss. I don't plan on getting Sword/Shield, but this is pretty concerning.

 

[TheElderKing]

I guess it’s something they’d fix soon, but yeah, it seems quite bad.

Thankfully I disabled auto save as soon as I could.

 

[Blockhead Pippi]

Thing is, I've also heard reports that it has also been occurring even with auto-save turned off. Definitely hope they fix it soon.

 

[TheElderKing]

Thing is, I've also heard reports that it has also been occurring even with auto-save turned off. Definitely hope they fix it soon.

Ah, got it. The tweets I read seem to imply it’s related to SD cards, so I’d personally be fine, but I really hope it’s something that they fix soon.

I also read that it might be related to certain SD cards/knockoffs version of certain ones, though I don’t think anything is certain at this point.

 

[Kit Chan]

Apparently this might be caused by autosaving.

 

[Kit Chan]

I heard it only affects eshop copies.
Given how much GameFreak thinks we're still in the 90s with their trees and boasting about free camera like it hasn't been an industry standard for well over a decade, I wouldn't put it past them if this is caused by some GB era anti piracy measure designed to corrupt rewritable memory they implemented while forgetting about modern technology like the eshop and micro SD. QA sure as hell forgot the eshop version when they let this through.

Has this happened to anyone with the game installed to Switch memory?

Edit: It's happening to physical copies as well
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/dwky10/some_players_are_reporting_that_a_crash_during/f7kh3z8/?context=1

Apparently it's only affecting SD cards formatted to exFAT, reformatting your SD card to FAT32 supposedly solves this.
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/dwky10/some_players_are_reporting_that_a_crash_during/f7kjkij/

 

[Matleo]

So I only just found this out on Twitter, but apparently Japanese players are experiencing some pretty horrendous crashes while playing. It's allegedly related to auto-saving and it wipes out data on the Switch's SD card.

I'm not sure about posting the Twitter thread about it (since there's swearing in it), but there is this streamed footage of it happening.

I figured this might be worth making a thread about as a cautionary warning and to discuss. I don't plan on getting Sword/Shield, but this is pretty concerning.

they did a failure not making a longer test run to eliminate glitches. Hope they create a downlodable fix patch after collecting the errors.

Gamefreak and Nintento run the pokemon company too fast wanting games faster insted to give them time limists...
If they would avoid Kanto G-max and put them later into usage... then more time for testing the games...

They wanted to avoid leaks and spoilers this gen but it would have been better to give games and test them more and longer time period.

 

[Shib]

Reading around it sounds like it's to do with the formatting of the SD card - apparently Smash had the same problem. Sounds more like a Nintendo problem than a Pokémon problem.


Seems safest bet is to turn off autosave as that seems to be where most people are reporting the big problems.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

I read it’s happening to people who had auto save off as well.

 

[DarkraiKnight]

Really? The game is already out. Has Galar not suffered enough?

Well, all I can say to this is: good luck digging your way out of the mess you've made for yourself, Game Freak. Better shape up soon, or you'll soon officially join EA in the hall of video game developer infamy.

Edit: Ok, so it wasn’t the their fault. My bad...

 

[Ivan the Dragon]

Looks like that gen 6 crash glitch has made it's way to Galar region

 

[Titania]

Yeesh, the Gen 6 Lumiose glitch scared me so badly, I still won't save my game inside Lumiose until the last time I played X.
Hope the patch comes sooner than later.

 

[Karamazov]

The games became sentient and are seeking revenge on everyone who made fun of them.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

The games became sentient and are seeking revenge on everyone who made fun of them.

Nice theory, but the games will have to cross oceans to get to me! You can’t get me Sword and Shield!

Hey... what was that noi—

 

[Shib]

View: https://twitter.com/SciresM/status/1195341413484883969?s=20



Again, it seems to be a Switch issue rather than a Pokémon issue.

 

[Joker901]

Just what the games needed in this moment...

 

[Dizzard]

I heard that it was because of bootleg sd cards?

I didn't have the sd card issues with Smash Bros Ultimate that people were talking about. Does that mean I'm safe?

Edit: If your game is downloaded to system memory instead of an sd card would that help?

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Sword and Shield got me but I managed to tame the Sword and Shield doggos!

Spoiler: Cute Tame Doggos to brighten your day!

View: https://twitter.com/SciresM/status/1195341413484883969?s=20



Again, it seems to be a Switch issue rather than a Pokémon issue.

Does this happen to other games? Any idea why does it happen to SwSh specifically, if it’s a Switch issue? I find the situation really unfortunate if it isn’t the fault of the game's code though. They already jabs enough negative PR and don’t need more thrown at GameFreak if it isn’t their fault.

I'm all for criticism if it’s GameFreak's fault, but if it isn’t it just promotes the narrative that people are just looking to attack them: and I really don’t like that. Criticism when it’s fair.

 

[BlueWaves]

And this is the reason why we have cloud saves. Seriously, GF why no cloud saves?!!

 

[Shib]

It's not "bootleg" ones, it's to do with the formatting. I think older/cheaper SD card are probably more likely to get it but can be sorted by putting the card into a computer and formatting it (which will wipe the card so needs backing up first)


It's has been noted to happen on Smash Bros but it's worth knowing that it seems to be more of an issue with digital copies of games which are saved on the SD card when they are saving data etc onto the console.