Nintendo 64 app updated to Version 2.3.1 for Switch Online fixing Kirby 64 bug

May 31, 2022 ayman022 0 Comments

Nintendo has updated the Nintendo 64 app today for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members as promised, bringing the N64 app to Version 2.3.1. The update fixes the game-breaking bug found in the Nintendo Switch Online version of Kirby 64: the Crystal Shards. The bug was caused when Kirby is hit by certain damage sources in the water becoming stunned indefinitely. This then prevented players from progressing in the Nintendo 64 game. Nintendo told fans at the time that it apologises for the inconvenience.

Technical details!

The bug may have originated in N’s AOT recompiler for MIPS -> aarch64, since the only files updated were the AOT .nro and .pcb.

Interestingly, switchbrew says the NRO isn’t used, but those were the only files changed (not even the emulator main executable).

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