Softlock

A softlock occurs when the game is put into a state where, though it has not crashed or ceased functioning, it has been put into a state from which there is no way to exit without resetting the console.

Known Softlocks

• Repeatedly bonking within a glitchy wall
• Getting stuck in some Black Room of Death
• Activating a death, star, sign text, or painting entrance cutscene at the same time as a specific type of star activation cutscene (mainly item box stars)
• Being grabbed by Heave-Ho or Chuckya while releasing its clone
• Being grabbed by Chuckya while in Time Stop
• Being thrown by a Heave-Ho while underwater
• Being grabbed by Chuckya the same frame he dies or being grabbed in midair and having Chuckya unload
• Collecting a star in vertical wind
• Activating a star in a PU
• Talking to Yoshi while your lives counter is stuck (i.e. while having 1000 coins on the Japanese version)
• Talking to Yoshi while falling off the roof
• Dying when Lakitu's textbox is triggered at the start of the game (this is exclusive to the Japanese 1.0 version).
• Activating certain text boxes while the camera is stuck