Spirit of the North - Version 1.3 patch notes

The Version 1.3 update for Spirit of the North is coming soon to Nintendo Switch, featuring the addition of a brand new Photomode. Check out the full patch notes below, and the update trailer above!

General:

New Feature - Photomode, press D-Pad Down on controller to enter Photomode and take awesome screenshots with ease!

New Feature - 3D Prompts UI, instead of 2D prompts on the bottom left of the screen we now have 3D prompts that show up on a usable object.
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Improvement - Wisp behavior, the Wisp is now much more helpful to the player by chirping near objectives and leading the way.
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Improvement - Spirit Dash Trail, spirit dash now leaves behind a trail.

Improvement - Fox Stamina : You can now run as long as you want without having to slow down.

Improvement - Music selected in each Chapter now appropriately fits the mood. Playlists offer more variety throughout the whole game.

Improvement - Checkboxes in the menu should now be easier to see.

Improvement - Player can no longer Jump when in the “Sick” state.
Improvement - Dying in Chapter 1, 2, and 6 now drops staff if you are holding one.

Improvement - Fox can no longer Sneeze while dying in Chapter 1.

Improvement - Xbox control images have been updated to better ones.

Improvement - Blueprint optimization overhaul, the game is overall much more optimized in terms of what is always loaded into memory.

Improvement - Change Music can no longer be trigger while in Spirit Form.

Improvement - Change music trigger won't change the music if the desired loop is already playing (won’t randomly turn it off and back on).

Fixed - Issue that caused all shaman icons to show up on Chapter 7 and 8 where there should be none on the chapter select screen.

Fixed - Japanese localization issues.
Fixed - Issue that caused Foxes mouth to be stuck open if the player was holding a Staff and entered Spirit Form.

Fixed - Releasing Spirit Bark while transitioning back to body from spirit form would cause player to get stuck "charged up". Spirit Bark is now automatically released when spirit form ends.

Chapter 3
Fixed - Removed L_thumbstick prompt at end of Chapter_03

Chapter 4
Improvement - Part 4 now loads much more efficiently, causing less stuttering.

Chapter 5
Fixed - Issue that caused music to stop playing at the start of the chapter.
Fixed - Part 5 ground pressure plate jump gate was broken.

Chapter 6
Improvement - Dramatic changes to the music in Chapter 6.
Fixed - Dashing at certain times could cause the Wisp to not progress through the level correctly.
Fixed - Wisp returned to fox during middle of chapter.

Chapter 7
Improvement - Shaman Spirits are less likely to get stuck while walking around.
Improvement - After healing spirit fox in Chapter 7 large stone gate opens, (players can no longer open it and go through without healing spirit fox).