This happened to me with game shark awhile ago too and I could not find another instance of this happening on the internet. It might have something to do with using a non playable character cheat meant for multiplayer to do a single player game or campaign. At least erasing your data fixes it and it's not like there's much to unlock in this game.
If you used Gameshark you could probably fix this by going into the Gameshark editor and disable "force Mario" or something like that. I've played around with Gameshark on an N64 emulator, and I know you can even play as master hhand by forcing him in different modes.
I guess by erasing all your data this reset itself.
He has a very good point SeattleGreen. Everyone has internet nowadays. It is more likely you are the one hiding behind your computer. First off, you can't even spell the word "you."
@blazegamer O !!!!! you didnt hear ????? any one named blazegamer is a pervert!!!!!! now you know.... also why would i ask a question if i already knew the answer ???? dumbass
@TheSeattlegreen You shouldn't have had to ask the question because you should have already known the answer. Shit, I thought even you would be able to put that together. DAMN, you're dumb. -_-
And you somehow found the audacity to call ME a "dumbass" despite the stupid shit you just typed. I may somehow be a pervert by some stretch of your imagination, but that doesn't matter because your credibility is dead, anyway.
@blazegamer WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE ANSWER U ASS LICKING MAGGOT ? I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN !!!!! WTF !!! WELL GUESS WHAT I DIDNT KNOW BEFORE AND SOMEONE TAUGHT ME.. YOUR ONE OF THOSE WORTHLESS HUMANS WHO CANT GET LAID AND SITS UP IN THE TREE BY YOUR GRANDMOTHERS WINDOW AND WACKS OFF TO HER UNDRESSING.... LISTEN UP BITCH..... IF U EVER WERE TO TALK LIKE THIS TO ME IN PERSON, YOU WOULD BE BLEEDING INSTEAD OF PISSING OUT YOUR D*CK... SO KEEP HIDING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER..
Dude, I have the same problem! I picked up my SSB game for the first time in years and, while multiplayer works fine, solo sets the default to Mario. I hate to delete all my data but at least it wouldn't be as bad as deleting melee or brawl data.
My copy has a bug too. Where when I play lots and lots of battles at a time, it breaks. I can't jump, drop down, run, walk off ledges, or roll. It applies to the CPU players too. Clearing all data fixes it though.
@daigokyugin nope, this is totally real, a long time ago i screwed up my copy of smash brothers using game sharks character modifier, i tried to make my self metal mario, but instead i got stuck with just plain mario with or without the game shark, man that sucked
He said in his copy, someone could have sold it when they messed it up and he bought it used so they kinda screwed him lol. I mean do the people at game stores really test used games really thoroughly if at all?
totally, whenever i melee or brawl with my best friend (hes a dude) we always play as zelda and link (me zelda him link of course lol) we beat everyone.
I got a workin one....well, I dunno if it works anymore, cuz years ago it gave me the blue screen of death every time I turned it on....so it used to work, but I havnt tried it in a LONG time cuz I gave up on it...hopfully I can play it again!
Dude, that's a rip-off! What if you worked hard to get all the characters and then that happend? And the only way to stop that from happening was deleting your data? That would suck so much!
read Don't laugh at this! Just do it Start thinking something you really really want cause this is astounding the person that sent this to me said their wish came true 10 mins after they read the mail so I thought what the heck You have just been visited by DrSuess's Cat in the Hat. He will grant you one wish Make your wish when the count down is over 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 MAKE A WISH Send this to 10 videos within the hour your wish will come true
chillat10 you noob, its just a stupid lie, your wish wouldnt come true, its just a stupid trick, dont hate me, hate the person who started al the prank/comments that try to scare people comments
Uh, if it forces you to have to play as a spicific character, you might have a cheat on. you dont have to erase all ur data just because of one little thing.
what you have to do is delete the main backup data, while, yes it will remove evrything that you gathered in the course of the game (stages, records, item switch) it lets you pick your own char
I had a similar situation happen to me. I used a metal mario gameshark code for vs. mode, and then the game choose mario every time for single player (not for vs mode), even without the gameshark. Just erase your single player mode data, and you should be able to select other characters.
Disclaimer: I accept no responsibility if this does not work on your particular copy of SSB64.
(sorry about this. please don't read this.) A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 with a chainsaw in his hand
sampsa777 you noob thats not true ive read this comment before and i didnt even post it to any other videos cause i knew and still know that they are fake and nothing happened. dont believe these comments they're just to scare kids. im a kid but after a while i noticed that those comments were not true so i will never believe them again
This is fake.Listen This is a emulator and what he does is he uses the character changer to make it when he picks fox it makes Mario come out.Its the same shit all those people used to get master hand.
The real solution for anyone reading this who experiences this problem is to wipe all of your progress entirely from the erase screen. That's what I did, and never had trouble since.
it happened to mine too when my Gameshark glitched and and completely erased itself. My Ganeshark became an empty shell. I just figured it erased some info off of my game in the process
weird, the same thing happens to me
MegaGamer313 2 days ago
Just a Character modifier code put on before you shot the video with Hypercam
Bloxxer42 4 weeks ago
@Bloxxer42 It's not fake idiot, this happens to me too.
bmcj199 1 week ago
Duh! Link wins!
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matrixener 3 months ago
Atleast you're getting Practice with mario.
HeroChao132 3 months ago
mine too, buti was forced to play samus -.-
FREAKWORLDx 5 months ago
dogg mine did the same thing, but then it stopped for some reason
jaysonsrosales 5 months ago
Player : - i choose fox
CPU : - f**k you you'll play with mario !!!!
kev1202lol 5 months ago 19
@kev1202lol hahaah
IIIDruxIII 3 months ago
This happened to me with game shark awhile ago too and I could not find another instance of this happening on the internet. It might have something to do with using a non playable character cheat meant for multiplayer to do a single player game or campaign. At least erasing your data fixes it and it's not like there's much to unlock in this game.
satan915 5 months ago
That's hi larry us
JayPCM 5 months ago
haha!!!
64SniperWolf 6 months ago
Where it all began. :)
RegularGamesPlayer 7 months ago
Ah so Fox was Mario the whole time, who would have thought.
demonman212 7 months ago
XD XD
Cooliestgirl14 7 months ago
just edit the video after the screen of select character
mena0101 8 months ago
If you used Gameshark you could probably fix this by going into the Gameshark editor and disable "force Mario" or something like that. I've played around with Gameshark on an N64 emulator, and I know you can even play as master hhand by forcing him in different modes.
I guess by erasing all your data this reset itself.
Scourgeandmephiles93 8 months ago
This game must love mario!
bonestorm99 10 months ago 4
No comment, wait a seconnndd
HabboBroadcastShows 11 months ago
He has a very good point SeattleGreen. Everyone has internet nowadays. It is more likely you are the one hiding behind your computer. First off, you can't even spell the word "you."
nowwhatdayisitagain 11 months ago
I remember going in the basement with my 3 cousins playing this all night on my Nintendo 64... We played Cruis'n World too
Good times....
brom59 1 year ago
can anyone please tell me how i can get luigi and the other guy fallon or something...THANKS
TheSeattlegreen 1 year ago
@TheSeattlegreen Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, qwhoa. QWHOA.
Who in the blue hell is Fallon?
You are not allowed to touch a SSB game ever again.
blazegamer 1 year ago
@blazegamer i ment captain falcon jackass.......besides i already figured it out, and i got him.. no thanks to your pervert ass.........
TheSeattlegreen 1 year ago
@TheSeattlegreen But, what you understand is that the fact that you didn't already know is the problem.
And I don't understand how anything I said makes me a pervert. Are you unaware of what that means?
blazegamer 1 year ago
@blazegamer O !!!!! you didnt hear ????? any one named blazegamer is a pervert!!!!!! now you know.... also why would i ask a question if i already knew the answer ???? dumbass
TheSeattlegreen 1 year ago
@TheSeattlegreen You shouldn't have had to ask the question because you should have already known the answer. Shit, I thought even you would be able to put that together. DAMN, you're dumb. -_-
And you somehow found the audacity to call ME a "dumbass" despite the stupid shit you just typed. I may somehow be a pervert by some stretch of your imagination, but that doesn't matter because your credibility is dead, anyway.
blazegamer 1 year ago
@blazegamer WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE ANSWER U ASS LICKING MAGGOT ? I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN !!!!! WTF !!! WELL GUESS WHAT I DIDNT KNOW BEFORE AND SOMEONE TAUGHT ME.. YOUR ONE OF THOSE WORTHLESS HUMANS WHO CANT GET LAID AND SITS UP IN THE TREE BY YOUR GRANDMOTHERS WINDOW AND WACKS OFF TO HER UNDRESSING.... LISTEN UP BITCH..... IF U EVER WERE TO TALK LIKE THIS TO ME IN PERSON, YOU WOULD BE BLEEDING INSTEAD OF PISSING OUT YOUR D*CK... SO KEEP HIDING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER..
TheSeattlegreen 1 year ago
@TheSeattlegreen Whoa, Mr. Capslock. Don't get your panties in a twist, there, junior.
First of all, I haven't even seen my grandmas in months, so that whole theory doesn't even make sense to begin with.
And don't assume everybody on the internet is some kid, or some fat dude with no life. I'm not scared of you, nor do I have any reason to be.
YOU'RE the one talkin' all the shit, so YOU'RE the one trying to show big e-balls while hiding behind a computer.
blazegamer 1 year ago
@blazegamer this is better than cable!!
shadowthingey 8 months ago
@shadowthingey You're welcome.
blazegamer 7 months ago
Es un emulador cuando elijes a fox rapidamente reproduces una sinta grabada k es la de mario y ya
LeoRamirez047 1 year ago
@backwoodsmods
It is.
Cubivore10 1 year ago
@backwoodsmods Yeah but if he wants only one game then he should get an emulator for the computer
powerlink123 1 year ago
@powerlink123 You can get as much games as you want for emulator,theres no limit.
deividas56 1 year ago
@backwoodsmods Wow you mean he should buy the N64 for a lot of money instead of buying it for wii X_X
powerlink123 1 year ago
I haven't played SSB64, but I've heard this happens when you shark.
bwburke94 1 year ago
@bwburke94 This happened to me, and I never sharked before that point. (Granted, I used it a hell of a lot AFTER, but that's another story, lol.)
Nekoyuki 1 year ago
Will your final score count for Fox or Mario ?
sbpn 1 year ago
Dude, I have the same problem! I picked up my SSB game for the first time in years and, while multiplayer works fine, solo sets the default to Mario. I hate to delete all my data but at least it wouldn't be as bad as deleting melee or brawl data.
cubefreak123 1 year ago
This isn't a bug -.- Maybe you forgot the GameShark on...
TheShockerBR 1 year ago
lol, this happened to me before. I had to get a new cartridge due to me not taking care of it afterwards XD
ShonicTH 1 year ago
weird bug, but.... it could have been edited so how can i be sure you did not edited this video?
MrDAFRESHBOY 1 year ago
i want to buy this game for the wii(in the virtual console) but i dunno if buy it or not!!!
what yu guys think!!??!
Mrgaful 1 year ago
@Mrgaful buy it. its a freaking awesome game.
louib716 1 year ago
My copy has a bug too. Where when I play lots and lots of battles at a time, it breaks. I can't jump, drop down, run, walk off ledges, or roll. It applies to the CPU players too. Clearing all data fixes it though.
TommyCD1 1 year ago
cheat
blackzero40 1 year ago
lol system gliches
5GKryanbut 1 year ago
OH NO!!! but fox is awesome...........u probably fixed it by now though
StealingUrSoul999 1 year ago
yo lo puedo hacer pedorro
dimmumetal1 2 years ago
Yep, yep, me too. That's what I get for trying to hack it with a GS lol.
IVScarecrowVI 2 years ago
I have the same issue after using a specific Gameshark code. I'm always stuck with Mario for single player.
BiasedVGBlog 2 years ago
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edited video and changed to mario...
daigokyugin 2 years ago
Why would anyone ever do that?
SwordChaser 2 years ago
@daigokyugin
its a glich that happends after you hack with Game Shark
jjbob4 2 years ago
@daigokyugin nope, this is totally real, a long time ago i screwed up my copy of smash brothers using game sharks character modifier, i tried to make my self metal mario, but instead i got stuck with just plain mario with or without the game shark, man that sucked
Gebora 2 years ago
XD owned
MagicalLeopleuridon 2 years ago
0:33 lol mario face gets smashed in!
marioanimater123 2 years ago
WTH
mooman55311 2 years ago
That's what you get for using GameShark
PKMNwww411 2 years ago 24
@PKMNwww411
He said in his copy, someone could have sold it when they messed it up and he bought it used so they kinda screwed him lol. I mean do the people at game stores really test used games really thoroughly if at all?
satan915 5 months ago
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i own whit ike from ssbb
dianepsis 2 years ago
Last Picture xD
Roflmao
TheDarkLupo 2 years ago
lol In ssbb i can own...ALLL with luigi, his side smash is killer, i call it Trachiatomi
PS3PRO84 2 years ago
lol
jamondo17 2 years ago
i can beat u all with link
brmthemaster 2 years ago
no u can't, not me anyways :D
yojasmagic 2 years ago
am pretty sure i can
brmthemaster 2 years ago
And I'm pretty sure 'ya can't!
yojasmagic 2 years ago
ok thats what u think =)
brmthemaster 2 years ago
i can beat you with kirby
megamegamanz 2 years ago
Dudes, I play the game on the CPU.
On the CPU you can play games online.
So why don't we test it? Could be fun =D
yojasmagic 2 years ago
sure on saturday ill comment on ur prof if im on
my usual name is luigiizthebest
megamegamanz 2 years ago
CPU = Central Processing Unit
mirabilis 2 years ago
I thought CPU means computer player
digetle11 2 years ago
You play the game on a central processing unit? I'm impressed.
Tommycopter 2 years ago
lol i hate kirby but i still own him hehe
brmthemaster 2 years ago
kirbycide FTW
megamegamanz 2 years ago
what??
brmthemaster 2 years ago
in melee there something called kirbycide do you know it?
megamegamanz 2 years ago 2
nope i only play the n64 smash bros but i haved played the melee and the brawl
brmthemaster 2 years ago
Yeah, you suck in someone and fall off an edge. You can do it in 64, just really hard to.
sarCAsum0 2 years ago
me too, and i can own everyone with zelda
princessZelda089 2 years ago
lol zelda and link hehe i guess we could make a good duo hehehe
brmthemaster 2 years ago
totally, whenever i melee or brawl with my best friend (hes a dude) we always play as zelda and link (me zelda him link of course lol) we beat everyone.
princessZelda089 2 years ago
i miss Super Smash Bros. 64 :(
SSBMStories 2 years ago
I got a workin one....well, I dunno if it works anymore, cuz years ago it gave me the blue screen of death every time I turned it on....so it used to work, but I havnt tried it in a LONG time cuz I gave up on it...hopfully I can play it again!
donaldlolwut 2 years ago
and i hate mario.
<.<
MsLBPLover1 2 years ago
Dude, that's a rip-off! What if you worked hard to get all the characters and then that happend? And the only way to stop that from happening was deleting your data? That would suck so much!
DarkArbiter626 2 years ago 2
did u know u can choose ur ally by going the cheats menu, choose story mode, then player 2, and choose charater
Victorx350 2 years ago
no es very hard es normal aweonao
archico11 2 years ago
And you have all the chacs 2!
That would suck.
LordGondana 2 years ago
THats pretty ownage.
LoSiNgIsPoWeR 2 years ago
and i thought i was the only one
JackieRabbit5 2 years ago
I gotta delete all my data??? damn it!
PolygonMario 2 years ago
My Smash Bros. game erases itself if I dont play it much. It sucks when that happens.
redneon06 3 years ago
what a reson to play it even more :D
sweeneytwilightgrl 2 years ago
This happened to me once, I got really scared and confused, thinking it was permanent... Turned out it was this.
Yakibomb 3 years ago
LOL, the same thing happened to me. I don't bother to fix it though, to lazy :)
GindorRae 3 years ago
dude it could easily been a cheat where you can play as a chracter even if you do pick another chracter but anyway
marioandsonic3339 3 years ago
I have the original N64 with a copy of this mofo. ^___^
Ronstefer 3 years ago 2
Mine does that too!
ShockPole 3 years ago
rather easy to see through really its a cut and paste
igidaba 3 years ago
one of the best old games!
furbivolador 3 years ago
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lol thats sad
UnKnoWnProj3ct2ed 3 years ago
hahahhaha stupid
laquevilla 3 years ago
is it for the nintdeo 64
punkridah91 3 years ago 3
yeah.. this is the first ever super smash bros. to ever come out in the series.
UnKnoWnProj3ct2ed 3 years ago 10
I hope they bring it back for the Virtual Console, it's such an awesome game! ^_^
I wish Nintendo would hurry up and convert it to be playable using Classic & GameCube Controllers.
ShadWolf1 3 years ago 2
and that's exactly what happened, but you would know by now, right?
sonicbros1100 2 years ago
That's an edit, duh.
Hyperstar96 3 years ago
lol nits like ben ten
pythonsxvenom 3 years ago
Holy crap my copy of SSB was like this too.
I can't find it so I can't try erasing the save data. Don't know why I never thought of doing that before to be honest.
PsychicKid 3 years ago
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chillay10 3 years ago
chillat10 you noob, its just a stupid lie, your wish wouldnt come true, its just a stupid trick, dont hate me, hate the person who started al the prank/comments that try to scare people comments
WariosWalkthroughs 3 years ago
hope ur good at mario
iluvluckystar 3 years ago 34
u get luigi by completing target smash with everyone
by getting the kid do clasic,put normal, three life,with no continues
Blankb109 3 years ago 2
The kid? LOL, Ness.
wakko1337 3 years ago 18
how did you get luigi and that kid?????
Areto4EvEr 3 years ago
wow it's not hard everyone knows that you fail.
To Get Luigi Beat The Target Smash With All 8 Normal Characters Not The Unlockables
To Get Ness Beat The Game On NoRMAL WITH 3 LIVES W/O CONTINUEING.
sneskegagama 3 years ago 4
lol you just used the cheat character select^.^
Biel98765 3 years ago
WHY NO AVAILABLE!?
FTWhore
nomickok 3 years ago
On my ssbm none of the sound effects would play
pieguy1029 3 years ago
ya when i borrowed this game from my friend this happened to me
lovestoospoog 3 years ago
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at .10 it says ness whos ness
14dorlan 3 years ago
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ness is an annoying little kid from earthbound who you can unlock on smash bros
he's not rely worth unlocking in my eyes
wiggaroo 3 years ago
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dickhead
Crashbolt17 3 years ago
i still say that they should remake this for the DS. This reminds me of Jump for the DS
Gabd3v 3 years ago
i agree
sneskegagama 3 years ago
Don't know why people marked you down for that comment... but I agree I wish they'd remake this for the DS
Reconite11 2 years ago
thanks.
besides these are just opinions anyway.
Gabd3v 2 years ago
FTW!
nobodiesland 3 years ago
This happened to me a few times,except one was good.
I acctidently chose Ness,and I came out as Pika.
Jayfeather113 3 years ago
Uh, if it forces you to have to play as a spicific character, you might have a cheat on. you dont have to erase all ur data just because of one little thing.
DACMiester 3 years ago
what you have to do is delete the main backup data, while, yes it will remove evrything that you gathered in the course of the game (stages, records, item switch) it lets you pick your own char
thebladeofchaos 3 years ago
I tried that, and it worked perfectly.
Junahu 3 years ago
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Lol, this could have been done with something as simple as:
Recording the character selection screen.
Select Char. A
Stop recording.
Exit back to character selection screen.
Select Char. B
Start record.
And then simple splicing of the clips.. Everyone makes such a big deal of this..
upsonkz 3 years ago
ive had that happen to me as well... cept it was on my actual n64 game :(
cartoonsmaker 3 years ago
sure dude sure!
619mark619 3 years ago
happened to me too, wtf.
masterquest91 3 years ago
it just happen!!!! i was playing my emulator and i picked fox and it F**** happen!
619mark619 3 years ago
it happened to me on my actual copy
masterquest91 3 years ago
DAMN!!! thats....
619mark619 3 years ago
Mine did that, and it also had screwed up music.
An alcohol swab solved that issue.
roetemeteor 3 years ago
lol that sucks
PresidentOfJelybeans 3 years ago
lol...that sucks but is also funny
viper999999999 3 years ago
Strange, probably it is the Character modifier code, but I believe you.
Blinkchao76 3 years ago
I had a similar situation happen to me. I used a metal mario gameshark code for vs. mode, and then the game choose mario every time for single player (not for vs mode), even without the gameshark. Just erase your single player mode data, and you should be able to select other characters.
Disclaimer: I accept no responsibility if this does not work on your particular copy of SSB64.
This method solved the problem on my game.
Hope it works(if you use it)!
SonicGust 3 years ago
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(sorry about this. please don't read this.) A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 with a chainsaw in his hand
sampsa777 3 years ago
sampsa777 you noob thats not true ive read this comment before and i didnt even post it to any other videos cause i knew and still know that they are fake and nothing happened. dont believe these comments they're just to scare kids. im a kid but after a while i noticed that those comments were not true so i will never believe them again
WariosWalkthroughs 3 years ago
why would u believe them in the first place
ZeroSkateboarder91 3 years ago
ummm that happpened to me in 2 player i wanted to be captin falcon
GilMullens 3 years ago
This is fake.Listen This is a emulator and what he does is he uses the character changer to make it when he picks fox it makes Mario come out.Its the same shit all those people used to get master hand.
schoolrumble 3 years ago
I know that I can't persuade you to stop being an idiot, but I can attest that this video is genuine.
And if you were to read just a few comments below your own, you would realise that this glitch doesn't just happen to me.
Junahu 3 years ago
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one im not and idiot and two you dick ive done this before....And explain how you record you n64 so well?????
schoolrumble 3 years ago
if he really wanted to fake it all he would have to do is edit together different clips. he wouldn't even need to go through all that trouble.
some1tookmyusername 3 years ago
so, i should record my TV and my genuine N64 doing this? i have a copy of SSb64 that does this... due to me using a gameshark too much... lol.
zerojett 3 years ago
could be true, but why would anyone want to do that?
Jago433 3 years ago
listen marklar this is genuine ive seen ive seen it happen myself, if you learned to read you could see other people have this problem to
TheRaiden86 3 years ago
strange
InsaneComedy 3 years ago
That is exactly what happens to my game.
VGZombie 3 years ago
lol that never happend to me
MarioMan0204 4 years ago
You must have been pretty mean to the game! :)
rayfan9876 4 years ago
Seems like you could just splice two clips together of Fox and Mario and make it look like this video, wouldn't be all that hard.
Arkarian49 4 years ago
owned by the cartridge
sora1220 4 years ago 4
It didn't happen to my game.
SuperDanny64 4 years ago
This happened to my game too.
Splimis 4 years ago
What the...
Staggger 4 years ago
The real solution for anyone reading this who experiences this problem is to wipe all of your progress entirely from the erase screen. That's what I did, and never had trouble since.
boldrin 4 years ago
That sounds like it would work. I'll try it then append it to the video description.
Junahu 4 years ago
Sounds good to me.
boldrin 4 years ago
it happened to mine too when my Gameshark glitched and and completely erased itself. My Ganeshark became an empty shell. I just figured it erased some info off of my game in the process
Piccolo621 4 years ago