[DEBUNKED] Fake glitches

[Mick]

Wow this is dumb.

"The switch cannot handle talking to leif with wrapped presents in your inventory because of memory limitations?" Come on dude, this isn't a NES system. We have the memory to store a few item attributes. :')

So. If your switch game crashes, it will send you back to the home screen and tell you that there has been an error. At no point would a developer let you see a big black screen with a bunch of code on it, because code is very very scary to a whole lot of people that have never done anything with it.

Second, so what if it crashes the game? You start it back up, and go back to the last playable save state. Say that somehow talking to Leif did crash your game, alright, that's a glitch, you are now outside your house again and all is well.

Because it wouldn't corrupt your game save. Even if the game was saving right as it crashed I would be decently surprised if it corrupted the save file, and even more surprised if the game does not keep the previous version of said save file for backup purposes.

Same goes for digging up 4 bush types etc. It should work, if it doesn't, no harm done. I hope
this helps someone feel safe now. End rant. <3

 

[Khaelis]

Maybe change the topic title to something that shows the bug is declared to be fake now?

I really don't understand why people do these kind of things btw :/ What do they even get out of it?!

Might be a good call.

@toonafeesh

 

[toonafeesh]

Yeah let me change it! I'll update my first post too about these glitch scares

 

[sicklewillow]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1253198410401841153

Someone video the glitch is a lie! Please spread.

 

[FireNinja1]

I think someone mentioned earlier that people are using hacked systems to create these glitches. If that's the case, I don't doubt that they're true, but I think those glitches could be a consequence of using a hacked system.

 

[Khaelis]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1253198410401841153

Someone video the glitch is a lie! Please spread.

Cheers. Definitely debunked!

 

[Eirrinn]

Honestly I can tell believe that people make up glitches for clout.
Don’t people have anything else to do with their time?

 

[Khaelis]

Honestly I can tell believe that people make up glitches for clout.
Don’t people have anything else to do with their time?

In their defense, we're all stuck indoors for the next while. XD

Still inexcusable, though.

 

[Hay]

Ive been so busy playing R6 I forgot about this.. lol! Thanks for everyone to help debunk this! <3

 

[starlightsong]

I dug up tons of different kinds of bushes, saved and quit with them remaining in my inventory, TTed a day, and everything is fine. Do I need to do anything else, such as talking to Leif, to confirm that having multiple types of dug up bushes in your inventory won't somehow break your game?

God, I hate that people lie about stuff like this.... what do they even get out if it??

 

[Khaelis]

You know, I kinda just had this epiphany--if even the BUSH STARTS were causing this bug, wouldn't a lot more people be reporting it since you have to BUY them. Leif can definitely sell more than 3 varieties in a single visit!!

 

[starlightsong]

You know, I kinda just had this epiphany--if even the BUSH STARTS were causing this bug, wouldn't a lot more people be reporting it since you have to BUY them. Leif can definitely sell more than 3 varieties in a single visit!!

Oh yeah, that's true too... I had a bunch of azalea and hibiscus starts in my inventory--2 varieties of each, so 4 in total--that I bought right after the update came out, went to my gf's to buy holly starts and another friend's to buy tea olive starts, and I had all these stacks of way more than 3 different varieties in my inventory the whole time and nothing out of the ordinary happened! I gotta admit when I first heard of this glitch I believed it, but now I'm sure it's fake.

 

[sarvamentu]

Oh yeah, that's true too... I had a bunch of azalea and hibiscus starts in my inventory--2 varieties of each, so 4 in total--that I bought right after the update came out, went to my gf's to buy holly starts and another friend's to buy tea olive starts, and I had all these stacks of way more than 3 different varieties in my inventory the whole time and nothing out of the ordinary happened! I gotta admit when I first heard of this glitch I believed it, but now I'm sure it's fake.

there are more bush types being sold TODAY on OTHER ISLANDS?! God I can't hold in my excitement. Do you (or any time travelers) know if he is there daily and if so, if the bush types rotate each day?

 

[starlightsong]

there are more bush types being sold TODAY on OTHER ISLANDS?! God I can't hold in my excitement. Do you (or any time travelers) know if he is there daily and if so, if the bush types rotate each day?

it seems that only the azalea bushes are in bloom right now (unless there are new types i haven't encountered) but yeah, it was definitely the 23rd on both my island and my gf's when i bought my hibiscus/azaleas and then went to hers to buy holly starts!! sadly he hasn't been there daily during my tting though--it looks like even during the nature day event, he's just a random visitor who'll sometimes set up a pop-up shop in the plaza the same way as kicks does.

 

[sarvamentu]

it seems that only the azalea bushes are in bloom right now (unless there are new types i haven't encountered) but yeah, it was definitely the 23rd on both my island and my gf's when i bought my hibiscus/azaleas and then went to hers to buy holly starts!! sadly he hasn't been there daily during my tting though--it looks like even during the nature day event, he's just a random visitor who'll sometimes set up a pop-up shop in the plaza the same way as kicks does.

Thank you for your reply Kinda sad tbh that he will come sporadically.. but now I know for sure to visit islands of my friends to buy other bushes as well.

 

[Ekuisun]

Thanks to everyone testing out the fake glitches and sharing proof!

Also bumping this so more people see it and won't have to worry. ^^

 

[marzipanmermaid]

I was following this thread last night to build up the courage to get bushes from Leif today (he has my favorite ones) and now there’s a post in a FB group I mod for with this happening to someone else, with screenshots of her game and everything. Apparently it might be what kind of starts? The comments are messy and we had to close the post since it got ugly for OP, but I guess aside from her, it’s happened to a few other people since I’ve been hearing from different admins. So I don’t know what to believe and I’m sad because I was hyped to get this update.

They’re saying it just may be a rare glitch that happens randomly, but idk. This thread makes me wanna risk it because the bushes are so cute and y’all did the hard work of debunking.

 

[Khaelis]

I was following this thread last night to build up the courage to get bushes from Leif today (he has my favorite ones) and now there’s a post in a FB group I mod for with this happening to someone else, with screenshots of her game and everything. Apparently it might be what kind of starts? The comments are messy and we had to close the post since it got ugly for OP, but I guess aside from her, it’s happened to a few other people since I’ve been hearing from different admins. So I don’t know what to believe and I’m sad because I was hyped to get this update.

They’re saying it just may be a rare glitch that happens randomly, but idk. This thread makes me wanna risk it because the bushes are so cute and y’all did the hard work of debunking.

Is their Nintendo Switch modded?

 

[JKDOS]

Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say memory limitations cannot in any way cause a brick. It would crash the software in worst case scenario. I am only an entry level programmer, so I could be wrong.

 

[Khaelis]

Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say memory limitations cannot in any way cause a brick. It would crash the software in worst case scenario. I am only an entry level programmer, so I could be wrong.

Memory limitations/errors will only cause a brick if there's no way to turn off the system, which the Switch can do a forced-shutdown by holding the power button for 30 seconds. Once the system is turned off, the memory cache is cleared.

It's the one reason why I think this whole thing was a hoax to begin with, and so many users both on these forums and on twitter have debunked this. Any users experiencing this issue are either blatant liars, or are using modded hardware.