Brilliant Metroid Dread Has Received A New Patch, Available Now

The brilliant Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch has received a new patch update that makes a few little fixes.

From what I’ve experienced so far, Metroid Dread is a fantastic, well-developed game. However, even the best of games needs some extra love and care. This is why Metroid Dread has received patches since it launched last month.

On October 20^th, patch Ver. 1.0.1 was released. This patch made general fixes to:

• Fixed an issue where, if a map marker is placed on a specific door on the map screen (the door destroyed with the beam obtained at the end of the game), destroying that door at the end of the game would cause the game to forcefully quit with the message “The software was closed because an error occurred”.
• Fixed several other issues to improve the overall gameplay experience.

However, this week, Metroid Dread has received a second patch which is available right now. The patch fixes various stability and reported issues. The patch notes for Ver. 1.0.2 can be found below:

• Fixed an issue where retrying after a game over would cause the play time to be added only when retrying a specific boss fight.
• Fixed an issue where the game would force-quit if you hit an enemy frozen by an Ice Missile with the Shine Spark in a certain way.
• Fixed an issue that caused Samus to move strangely when jumping at certain times in the Morph Ball Launcher.
• Fixed an issue where the final boss would get stuck on a wall and not be able to move during a certain attack, making it impossible to progress in the game.
• Fixed an issue where Samus would get stuck in the wall when defeating the E.M.M.I. in Ferenia in a certain position.

In my review of Metroid Dread, I said it’s “one of the best action-adventure games that I’ve played in years.”

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