As in the past many chronicles, pokemon scarlet When violet was Released in a messIt was riddled with bugs, crashes, clippings, popups, terrible framerates, and served no purpose. Many people tried to get their money backNintendo has been uncharacteristically silent on the matter, previously not acknowledging the seriousness of the problem. I have finally revealed that I am aware of everything.
Version 1.1.0is only 1 GB and is designed to not only introduce Season 1 of Ranked Battles in Battle Stadium, but also fix various bugs. Infuriatingly, instead of openly naming the above fixes (as you’d expect from most other publishers), Nintendo chose to identify only his one of the fixes.
Fixed an issue with the Victory Road Pass where music would not play correctly during combat with the Elite Four and Top Champions.
Phew! Because everyone knows how it felt. “Sure, my game keeps crashing into menus and half the time I’m fighting Pokemon half wedged in rocks, but at least the music plays a little bit right at the end.”
Beyond this, it just says “Other selected bug fixes have been made”. Considering the patch is only 1GB, it’s not a huge number.
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But, and very importantly, there’s a small paragraph at the end that finally tells us that Nintendo realizes the game’s state isn’t OK.
We recognize that players may encounter issues that affect game performance. Our goal is always to give our players a positive experience in our games, and we apologize for any inconvenience. We take player feedback seriously and are working to improve the game.
Again, infuriatingly vague, but at least pokemon scarlet When violet It’s a buggy hodgepodge. We’ve reached out to Nintendo to ask for more details on the bugs fixed this time around and the timeline for fixing the remaining bugs.
