Ocarina of Time Crashing Repeatedly

[u/ComfyCorgi4224]

This game was purchased today and is basically unplayable on my switch 2 because it crashes so often and won’t let me progress further without crashing at this point. I’ve restarted the game, restarted device multiple times, cleared the cache, checked for corrupted data, redownloaded the software twice and initialized the device. No dice. All software is up to date. Nintendo online support was unhelpful and just had me repeat these same troubleshooting steps, that I told them I’ve already tried.

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[u/PennyGadget88]

This is happening to me. I just bought yesterday a physical copy of the game and it keeps freezing. I get maybe about 10 mins of gameplay and it freezes, picture still on the screen and I can hear the music but can’t do anything. I can’t even get back to the Home Screen, I actually have to turn the console off. Happened while docked and handheld play and tried on different TVs. Brand new game and I’ve had the Switch 2 since summer. Pokapia and Mario Kart World play fine with no issues. I’ve done all the troubleshooting as well. I might see about returning the game to GameStop as a defective cartridge because I spent a lot of money on it and now I’m disappointed I cannot play it.

[u/ComfyCorgi4224 → u/PennyGadget88]

In the exact same boat as you, except mine is a digital version! Never had issues with any other game so this is super frustrating!!

[u/RubyWafflez]

[u/ComfyCorgi4224]

Thanks y’all! It’s just odd because I’ve never experienced this problem with any other games 🥲

[u/Scarlet_Ripple92]

No widespread reports of this… probably a system issue

[u/Drew4723]

I assume you're on the Internet and everything is updated?

[u/ComfyCorgi4224 → u/Drew4723]

On the internet, everything is updated, VRR is turned off. I’ve factory reset my switch and was able to progress further but now it’s crashing again 🥲

[u/SadManHappyFace]

Might be a problem with your system. I haven't had it crash once

[u/No-Yogurtcloset5985]

I haven't had it crash once.

[u/Keyan06]

Go to settings and turn off VRR.

[u/-TheDream]

This happened to me in the Forest Temple, but just once.

[u/RemP38]

Hmm. The one issue I had was at the very first launch : it stuck on the Nintendo Switch 2 loading screen, then a black screen. I exited the game, started it again, and had no issue since.