I just got a 3DS XL, and a copy of Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask and I'm having a really annoying problem.
Let me start by saying I already have the newest firmware/system update installed. I also prefer playing with the 3D off.
My system likes to randomly freeze up completely about 1-3 times every few hours or play time. The music stops, the buttons and screen are useless including the home button and I need to reboot the whole system; Much like with my PS3 whenever I attempt to play one of my many fine AAA titles.
Since I have never experienced a cartridge-based console do that before, going all the way back to my NES, and only associate it with disk based games and their accompanying drawbacks it confuses the hell out of me.
I would love to assume its just an issue with the game, and not my new hardware because if its a common issue with ALL 3DS XLs then its gonna suck when I am playing Etrian Odyssey 4 in February. In PL games I already save constantly, but in EO I would be losing hours of progress at random every time I played it.
If its an issue with ALL the copies of PLatMM then it would mark the first time a game in that series has let me down in quality, or any level 5 game for that matter.
If its just MY copy of the hard/software that is the issue then I'm suppose I'm better off, I would just hope to replace the right one and that its not that common of an issue so that the replacement would work properly.
I don't have any other 3DS games to test, but I will try a DS game to see if that freezes too.
Is anyone else is having the same issue with the system or that game in particular?
Let me start by saying I already have the newest firmware/system update installed. I also prefer playing with the 3D off.
My system likes to randomly freeze up completely about 1-3 times every few hours or play time. The music stops, the buttons and screen are useless including the home button and I need to reboot the whole system; Much like with my PS3 whenever I attempt to play one of my many fine AAA titles.
Since I have never experienced a cartridge-based console do that before, going all the way back to my NES, and only associate it with disk based games and their accompanying drawbacks it confuses the hell out of me.
I would love to assume its just an issue with the game, and not my new hardware because if its a common issue with ALL 3DS XLs then its gonna suck when I am playing Etrian Odyssey 4 in February. In PL games I already save constantly, but in EO I would be losing hours of progress at random every time I played it.
If its an issue with ALL the copies of PLatMM then it would mark the first time a game in that series has let me down in quality, or any level 5 game for that matter.
If its just MY copy of the hard/software that is the issue then I'm suppose I'm better off, I would just hope to replace the right one and that its not that common of an issue so that the replacement would work properly.
I don't have any other 3DS games to test, but I will try a DS game to see if that freezes too.
Is anyone else is having the same issue with the system or that game in particular?