I heard of that not too long ago too, what was the first place you went to? I started in faron, then eldin and last lanayru, I heard that the glitch happens if you do lanayru first or something like that but when my cousin went through he went to lanayru first and nothing went wrong. If you started one already finish it and then go to the others. If you haven't try going to Faron or Lanayru and see if those work, if it does complete it then try Eldin.

Please report this to Nintendo by phone (1-800-255-3700) or by email (http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/webform.jsp), so they can investigate it.  Provide as much detail as possible as the cause of the glitch.  From what I have read, the events that trigger the glitch may still be unknown, but it is very real.  You are the first to bring up this issue on this forum.

Whether Nintendo will compensate you is up to them.  It only seems right that they would replace any copy of Skyward Sword that has a significant bug like this.

The same has happened to me, but so far only Hero Mode. The order I did this playthrough is the same as my Normal Mode: Eldin, Lanayru, Faron. I can't get the Faron sequence (or the third Imprisoned) to trigger. Since I'm playing Hero Mode, it took me a while to earn the Hylian Shield... I'm starting to think Boss Rush has a lot to do with this problem.

I've tried talking to NPCs, fighting specific bosses at Lanayru, and even rebooting the system, hoping I trigger something that'll allow me to proceed. As it stands I've invested 83 hours (Normal + Hero time) and I want to finish Hero Mode @ 100%. I've already sent in a help ticket...

Here's an idea, though; anyone out there just about to go see the dragons? If so, copy your save, and complete the song without doing the boss rush. If avoiding boss rush until the song's complete avoids the problem altogether, then it'll be a little easier for Nintendo to isolate the cause.

I feel the same way. I was 83 and a half hours in (Hero Mode carries over your Normal playthrough time) and ran into the exact same situation.

A copy of the game with the fixed code should make things work AOK. At worst, the save file itself is to blame and Nintendo can still fix that (as they did for Twilight Princess and the Cannon Room glitch).

It's just a matter of proving to Nintendo that this is a real and important problem that's happening to a good number of people.

Well, no in-game fix anyway. I'm glad that Nintendo was able to locate the cause of the glitch. Now we know how to avoid it and can hopefully get our copies replaced once they have a new version ready.

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