UPDATE - Professor Layton - downloadable content broken? fixed!
Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 6:33am by David
[UPDATE] It seems like they fixed it. Nintendo posted what amounts more to an announcement of the new puzzle, rather than an explanation for why it didn’t work for everyone:
Hey everyone, we wanted to let you know that the first Professor Layton puzzle is now available for download. Every Sunday at 4 a.m. PST, a new puzzle will go live and be available for download. The next puzzle will be posted on Feb. 24!
Some of you may now be wondering, “why isn’t the next one on the 17th?”
The reason is because we decided to make the first puzzle available for you now! Huzzah!
Is it working for you yet?
Professor Layton and the Curious Village is definitely a great game, but it seems like many players are having a problem downloading the bonus weekly puzzle. In a posting from the Nintendo Tech Support Forums, Xenoguardian writes:
My DS is connected to my Nintendo WiFi connector, and the connection seems to be fine, but for some reason when it;s about 3/5 the way of downloading it cuts me off and sends me back to the menu without an error message or anything.
I’ve experienced this myself using a Linksys wireless router. Reading the forum further, it looks like it isn’t specific to any brand of hardware or Internet service provider. Despite this flaw, the game still fully deserves its score from my recent review.
An administrator on their Tech Forum has replied, saying:
Hello, and thank you for reporting this. We are looking into the situation and will post a reply here when we know more.
Thanks!
And of course Infendo will keep you updated. Anyone else out there unable to download the weekly puzzle? Anyone successfully get it?
February 14th, 2008 at 7:45 am
I haven’t been able to download the puzzle either, I’ve also been trying since Monday afternoon.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Oodly enough, I was able to download my first one the very same day I bought it, which was Sunday.
However, just curious to see when would it update, I’ve tried recently and have experienced that same issue everyone else’s having.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Yeah I’ve been having the problem I thought it was a software glitch specific to my game and was considering returning it but now I know its not just me, its an annoying hassle but doesnt really detract from an otherwise fantastic game
February 14th, 2008 at 11:36 am
A lot of people have successfully downloaded it… so I’m not sure about it. I can’t connect to wifi at my house, and I’m too lazy to get a wifi usb adapter.
February 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Meh I got the puzzle the first day it came out. It’s probably a server-side thing.
February 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I’ve been unable to get it to work, no matter how many times I try.
February 15th, 2008 at 8:15 am
scratch that, it’s working now. Way to make me a liar, Nintendo!
February 15th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Worked Sunday, stopped the rest of the week (Server overload??), started working last night. Got the Make 5 to 4 puzzle and boy, am I stumped!
February 17th, 2008 at 4:44 am
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