With Smash firmly in the hands of both North America and Europe, there are reports of a serious error that could lead to a bricked system. All of this evidence is anecdotal and gathered from the Smash Boards, a community dedicated to the franchise. The error code is code 160-0103 and appears to pop up when a player decides to exit an online match. The error pops up and says there’s a problem with the Wii U’s system memory.
According to the post on Smash Boards, attempting to delete the Update Data of the game seems to cause the problem, as save data and shared data are deleted easily. The poster says the problem was caused by quitting a match early due to lag and after logging in again, he was confronted with the error that no longer allows him to play. Other games work fine on the system, but Super Smash Bros. fails in any mode after experiencing the error.
I turn the game on, I go through all the menus fine. I start a local Multiplayer match make to screen selection and BAM! I’m hit with this error code it say there is a problem with the system memory.
So, I try some other games and they work fine. Then I try deleting my Smash Bros.’s data. The save data and Shared data are erased easily, but with I try deleting the Update Data I get a similar error about system memory.
Obviously something is amiss here as error codes shouldn’t keep you from playing the game. Perhaps a software update will fix this issue that’s been encountered by the online community, but until then, be careful with exiting matches once you’re inside.
