Paper Mario rustles up a bug

Paper Mario rustles up a bug
Thursday September 20, 03:12 PM

By Nintendo’s own guilty admission English, Spanish and German gamers who bought Super Paper Mario last weekend may be in for a nasty surprise.



It’s due to a bug that arises in level 2-2 which causes the screen to freeze and, no doubt, anguished gamers to gnaw the buttons off their Remotes. Nintendo is sure that many gamers won’t even notice the problem. However they’ve issued the following guidelines in the event that they do. Pay attention at the back:

At the start of Chapter 2-2 you will come across a character called Mimi. She will tell you to go to the farthest room on the first floor to meet a character called Merlee. Enter that room and press the green switch. A trap will be triggered and a spiked ceiling will descend upon Mario. Before the ceiling reaches him, flip into 3D and jump on it to find a key.

If you pick up the key you won’t run into any problems. Use it to open the locked door to Mimi’s right. However, if you talk to Mimi without picking up the key the game will freeze. You will then have to turn off your Wii Console and start again from your last save point.

Got all that? The bug won’t damage the game disc or your Wii, and if you’re happy to follow the above guidelines the game plays out exactly as normal. However, if you handed over the best part of 40 squids in the mistaken belief you were buying a perfect and full-functioning piece of software entertainment Nintendo is planning some kind of replacement program. See the Super Paper Mario pages on Nintendo-europe.com for more information.

Sloppy, very sloppy!



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