We bought the Swap Force starter pack shortly after Christmas 2013. I set up the game on the Wii, and upon the first booting up the game (in mid January 2014), the game downloaded an update.
However, the game freezes at random times during gameplay. I have not yet been able to determine the specific places/locations in the game where this happens (or which character(s) are being played at the time). I saw online the advice to disable the Wii internet connection (which I did), but the freezing still occurs, although it seems not to occur quite as often as before. So, unless there's been yet another update within the last 48 hours, it appears that the patch did not fix the issue.
Some further information about our setup:
- The Wii system is NOT currently connected to the internet.
- Prior to disconnecting from the internet, all updates for the Wii and for the Skylanders game were applied (to my knowledge).
- The portal in on a wooden table. There are no large metal objects nearby.
- The freezing occurs both during single-player and two-player.
- I don't know which characters trigger the freezing most often. The ones we have are:
- Wash Buckler, Blast Zone, Ninja Stealth Elf (all from the Starter Pack)
- Rubble Rouser
- Hoot Loop
- Rattle Shake
- Magna Charge
- The Wii appears to have hundreds (perhaps over a thousand) memory blocks free, but I will need to confirm. I saw a post stating that their game appears to stop freezing with at least 1,500 free blocks.
It is my hope that one of the Activision moderators sees this posts and can reply. I noticed that many of the other threads get them, and after trying all the other recommended fixes and still getting freezes, I'm hoping there are more troubleshooting options available. Like the other parents on this board, my kids love this game, but it is incredibly frustrating to them (and thus heartbreaking to me) to have the game crash repeatedly.