Nintendo has updated its Switch Online N64 app with a patch that fixes the game-breaking bug in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
SwitchOnline’s 15th and latestN64releasearrived on the serviceon May 20 but users quickly started reportinga major bugwhich was soft locking players during gameplay.
The bug resulted in Kirby 64’s underwater levels sometimes causing players to become stuck in a stun animation, which could only be solved by quitting the level.
Nintendoapologised for the issuelate last week and promised to fix it in an update, which has now been rolled out.
According to OatmealDome, who regularly provides extra datamined information on Nintendo’s updates, the new update is solely designed to fix the Kirby bug.
“Version 2.3.1 is out with the bug fix for Kirby 64,”they tweeted. “That’s about it.”
The Kirby 64 bug is the latest in a line of issues players have discovered with Switch Online’s emulated N64 ports. Most of these have been graphical issues, but at least one other bugcaused Paper Mario to crash.
The Paper Mario crash was eventually fixed two months after the game was added to the service, but graphical issues remain in Star Fox 64 and Yoshi’s Story.
Further reading
Switch Online’s Expansion Pack tier launched in October 2021 and was met with frustration from some players due toemulation issues and a lack of featuresincluding button mapping.
Since January, Nintendo has been releasing occasional updates which appear to be fixing some of these issues, most notably the graphical ones.
The Water Temple room inThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, for example, originallylooked nothing like it didon the original console, until subsequent patchesfixed the water transparencyandadded fog.
