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Random: Splatoon Raiders’ Interactive Loading Screen Secret Can Crash The Game
Splatoon Raiders has an interactive boot-up loading screen in handheld mode that lets players swirl on-screen clouds, but it appears to contain a bug capable of crashing the game. The issue matters because it can abruptly close the software and force players to restart, although it is easily avoided.
Reports indicate that placing an entire hand across the touchscreen during this loading screen can trigger the crash, a problem Nintendo Life says it reproduced several times. Players instead see an error message stating that the software was closed; avoiding full-hand contact, or not touching the screen at all, prevents the problem. Nintendo has not announced a fix, though such faults are typically addressed through patches.
In short
- Full-hand touchscreen contact can crash Splatoon Raiders during boot-up.
- The crash closes the game and requires a restart.
- Avoiding the loading-screen touch interaction prevents the issue.
Explained simply
Splatoon Raiders is a new cooperative multiplayer shooter game from Nintendo in the long-running Splatoon series. In handheld mode on the Nintendo Switch, the game includes an interactive loading screen that lets players swirl on-screen clouds using the touchscreen while the game loads.
The interactive loading screen contains a technical fault that can cause the game to crash if a player places their entire hand across the touchscreen. When triggered, this results in an error message and forces the game to close, requiring players to restart it.
The problem is easily avoided by simply not using full-hand contact with the screen or by not touching it at all. Nintendo has not yet released a patch, though software updates typically address such technical issues once they are identified and reported.