Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Keeps Crashing

[Afr0Blu3]

I just bought Dream Drop Distance brand new today, and it keeps crashing at seemingly random spots. In some cases, the 3DS will throw me out of the game and say an error forced the game to restart, in other instances, the whole thing freezes up and the only thing I can do is hold the power button in until the 3DS just plain turns off.

I highly doubt it's the console itself, as we also have Super Mario 3D Land, and that runs perfectly without any issues.

This is really frustrating! Kingdom Hearts is the main reason I bought a 3DS. Can anyone help?

 

[Gatx]

Update the 3DS maybe? If worse comes to worse you can just, you know, blow on the cartridge.

 

[Afr0Blu3]

Tried both. It gave me an error code this time!

Exception Type: VFP
PC 00292B08 LR 002928F0
SP 0FFFFD58 CPSR 68000010
R0 081AF7C0 R1 00000000
R2 0FFFFD64 R3 0FFFFD60
R4 081AF738 R5 081EED18
R6 081AF748 R7 081EED1C
R8 081EED28 R9 00000001
R10 00000000 R11 00000000
R12 0FFFFD5C

 

[Leemaster777]

Honestly, if the problem persists, I'd just return the game to wherever you bought it from. Most major retailers will simply allow you to exchange it for another copy if you bought it new.

If the problem persists with another copy, then it's your 3DS. Try looking the error code up on Nintendo's website. Although, in all likelyhood, you'll have to send it in for repairs if you're that desperate.

 

[Afr0Blu3]

Just found this "Shortly after its release, Square Enix acknowledged a software bug within the game that would potentially prevent the players' progress. In an effort to solve the issue, they advised gamers to contact them on the nature of the bug and how to avoid it. Nintendo later announced they would release a patch to Dream Drop Distance"

Goes quite a way to explaining it, and as mentioned, several people have also posted about similar bugs and problems online. How do you download a patch for a game on the 3DS though? New to the handheld. I guess search the eShop?

 

[Afr0Blu3]

I'm taking the game back to the store today. We'll see if they have any other copies.