The new ParentDish: helping raise kids of all ages
Add to: My AOL, MyYahoo, Google, Bloglines
Joystiq presents
Posts with tag glitch

DS Daily: Corruptions, bugs, and glitches

Recently, this blogger had the displeasure of losing all her data in Geometry Wars: Galaxies. One minute we were best buddies, inseparable and joined at the hip; in just an instant, however, the save data became corrupt and everything was lost. All unlocked galaxies and drone level-ups were gone, along with high scores and gold medals. Instead of starting over, Geometry Wars has remained untouched ever since.

Have you ever lost your data in a DS game? And if you haven't faced corruptions, have you played any games that had bugs or glitches that made you want to stop playing? Even better, have you experienced any funny glitches in your games?

Or, has your time on the DS managed to be bug and problem free? If so, we envy you!

More academic discussion of Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing is more interesting than we thought, it seems! Whereas we (read: I) found the improvements in Wild World a poor trade for NES games, and not enough to hold our interest after a year or so of Gamecube Crossing, academics are speaking out in appreciation of Nintendo's pointless-by-design communication game.

The latest essay on Henry Jenkins' blog, is an excerpt from a thesis by Kristina Drzaic, about "secrets" in Animal Crossing. The idea is that other games feature glitches that allow the player to redesign the game in small ways and alter the basic experience, whereas Animal Crossing features such "glitch-like" abilities as part of the natural design of the game, and allows even more customization than the engine was designed for. One example showed a player creating a narrative conflict between herself and Tom Nook just by trying and failing to buy some candy.

We were just wondering aloud why customizable content was so compelling! Good thing there are people smarter than us out there.

[Via GameSetWatch]

SNK fixing Card Fighters DS

Luckily for people hoping to get their New Game+ on in SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS, SNK is aware of the game-breaking bug. Unfortunately, they'll have to wait more than six weeks to get their hands on a repaired game.

SNK president Ben Herman released a statement on SNK Playmore's official message board stating that they have ordered new cartridges from Nintendo, which will take six weeks to receive. At that point, SNK will issue instructions for getting your game switched out for a corrected one. Be patient! Don't return the game to the store yet, because the replacement copy will have the same issue.

Anyone out there playing Card Fighters DS? We wonder how many people this issue affects. That's a nice way of saying we wonder how many people bought this game.

Testing out Let's YogaHomebrewThe DS Life
Features
Another Week in ... (30)
DS Daily (418)
DS Fanboy Lite (33)
DS Fanboy poll (39)
Friday video (61)
Game Night (135)
Metareview (45)
Promotional Consideration (46)
Show and Tell (51)
The DS Life (45)
What are you playing? (80)
Bits
Accessories (114)
Downloads (51)
Fan stuff (1374)
Features (253)
GBA (123)
Hacks (75)
Homebrew (184)
How-tos (64)
Imports (728)
Interviews (135)
Meta (107)
News (2791)
Nintendo Wi-Fi (173)
Reviews (171)
Sales (161)
Screens (732)
Video (555)
Rumors (158)

RESOURCES

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Powered by Blogsmith

Featured Galleries

Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat?
MySims Kingdom
Touch Darts
Awesome Nintendo papercraft
Dinosaur King
Anguna
Avalon Code
Hori DS Lite Charge Stand
Black Sigil

 

Most Commented On (14 days)

Recent Comments

Weblogs, Inc. Network

  • Autos
    • Autoblog
    • AutoblogGreen
    • Autoblog Spanish
    • Autoblog Chinese
    • Autoblog Simplified Chinese
  • Technology
    • Download Squad
    • Engadget
    • Engadget HD
    • Engadget Mobile
    • Engadget Chinese
    • Engadget Simplified Chinese
    • Engadget Japanese
    • Engadget Spanish
    • Switched
    • TUAW (Apple)
  • Lifestyle
    • AisleDash
    • DIY Life
    • Gadling
    • Green Daily
    • Luxist
    • ParentDish
    • Slashfood
    • Styledash
    • That's Fit
  • Gaming
    • Joystiq
    • DS Fanboy
    • Massively
    • Nintendo Wii Fanboy
    • PS3 Fanboy
    • PSP Fanboy
    • WoW Insider
    • Xbox 360 Fanboy
  • Entertainment
    • Cinematical
    • TV Squad
  • Finance
    • BloggingBuyouts
    • BloggingStocks
    • WalletPop
  • Also on AOL
    • African-American Culture
    • Autos
    • Games
    • Maps
    • Money
    • Movies
    • Music
    • News
    • Radio
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Travel

Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in:

PS3 Fanboy
  • Tales of Vesperia confirmed, then denied, as PS3 game
  • PS3 sales reach 9 million in fiscal 2008
  • Europe becomes biggest Sony territory
WOW Insider
  • M'uru nerfed
  • Dell's XPS line not cancelled after all
  • Awful Archimonde alterations in 2.4.2
Xbox 360 Fanboy
  • Dyack: 'Strong chance' of Eternal Darkness sequel
  • CliffyB: No party system in GOW2 would be "a pretty big f*ckup"
  • X3F Impressions - Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Nintendo Wii Fanboy
  • Namco Bandai financial report reveals Taiko no Tatsujin Wii
  • Inazuma Eleven headed to consoles, Wii likely
  • MySims Kingdom: The Home of Princess Butter
PSP Fanboy
  • PSP hardware sales rise, software sales stagnate
  • Finally, a trailer for Phantasy Star Portable
  • Secret Agent Clank goes deep undercover