Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game

This page details bugs of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game.

Get ready, as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game has a chalk full of bugs & glitches. No thanks to the fact that this game uses a now discontinued Flash Game engine.

To do: Theres way more glitches then the ones listed here. The Switch version has alot of Online glitches, and I mean ALOT of them.

Skip Snowy Toronto (first level)#

In the Snowy Toronto stage, fight your way to Hillcrest Park. Without killing the last enemy before you're allowed to move on, move over to the middle of the right side of the screen and hold up and right. You'll see your character slowly start to move off screen, after which you can dash blindly through the level with none of the enemies loaded. After the screen dips down and back up, hold up and right to make sure you enter the Subspace door at the end of the level. This is a great way to earn the Invulnerable trophy with very little effort.

Move during Roxie's/Todd's cutscene (Leo's Place)#

When you defeat the enemies by the stage and when "GO!" appears, stand on the box/drum before their cutscene plays. Your player will "Land" and go to the designated spot from the cutscene. This also effect Todd's cutscene as well. In some instances, the player character will still be in their idle pose, Running will fix this.

The Katayanagi "Quick Kill"#

• (Left Side) During World 5-3 "Dragon Den" before the final room against the twins, grab the weapon that Sammo has (A Metal stick with a little ball). Merge the statue and enter the room and keep moving and then start swinging (at the middle of the twins, as the swinging hitbox is rather large) when there about to do the "thumbs down" animation, attack them! they will fly to the left/right corner and then walk back to their designated spot. after "KPOW" appears, they will start laughing. Wait for the boss cutscene plays out and then just swing them again to defeat them. This only works (in theory) with 1 Player.
• (right side) alternatively, should you kill the twins at the right side, the K.O. background will play but they will still do the laughing animation (and the boss cutscene still plays out as well), hit them again and they will do their "Die" animations. While their boss theme overlapping the victory theme, this also applies to the Stage 5 ending cutscene, The game corrects the music at the level select.
• There is another method for this and it works well with 2 or more people. You cannot attack the twins while they are in their piano animation but the game does not remove their hitboxes and you can still grapple combo or judo throw them which starts the boss early and skips the thumbs down animation. It is possible to even kill the twins before their fighting banner and info appear which makes the game sped up until you finish the level and go to level select. It is better to grapple combo rather than judo throw as they can attack you earlier if you judo throw them.

Ghost Glitch#

This glitch was discovered recently, so there's not a lot of info on it. In order to perform the glitch, stand in the lower-left corner of the first screen of the Frozen Suburbs. Then, do the Noble Sacrifice Cheat Code (see above) and hold right before respawning. It will make you float above the level, unable to be hurt by enemies on the ground. However, you can't fight them yourself. You can escape by trying to walk up/down offscreen. Using the Noble Sacrifice while glitched like this will give you the ability to walk offscreen. It seems to be easier to pull off with a lower SPD stat. It is definitely possible to do this glitch as Ramona, Stills, and Wallace on the Complete Edition in World 1. Info on other characters/versions are currently unknown, however it is easiest to do so during and in-between levels 3 and 5.

Area Clear during the Game Over screen#

This glitch can happen at any stage, but you should be at your last life (specifically x0). Grab a weapon and then enter the boss arena (if there is any), fight the boss as normal until there defeated. when in Low enough health, throw your weapon at yourself to die. at the game over screen your player will do their Area Clear animation with the text to follow (but not animated). This is fixed if you either enter the map screen or quit the game. Demonstration

Cannot Enter the Katayanagi's Room#

This is a rare glitch, but sometimes your character may not enter the Katayanagi's room in World 5-3. Demonstration

Character specific glitches#

Wallace Audio Error#

When Wallace attacks an enemy from behind, it will play the "Heavy Hit" sound instead of the regular light hit sounds.

Kim can Move During the Bass Battle#

In World 3: Leo's Place, prior to the Bass Battle, If you summon Knives as the screen fades out, you’ll be able to move around in the Bass Battle area and kill Todd in there. If you press jump, the cutscene will advance to the alley. Demonstration

Online Specific Glitches#

These glitches only appear in the Nintendo Switch version of the game.

Invisible Player#

Sometimes either you or the people you play with will be invisible, entering a shop will fix this. (clip)