Super Smash Bros Ultimate on Switch - Black Screen after Title Screen

Every time I start Smash Ultimate, the intro cutscene plays, and the title screen appears.

After I press a button, the screen goes black, and doesn’t do anything afterwards.

I tried restarting the game, restarting the Switch, powering off the Switch then turning it on again.

Any ideas?

1 Answer

Turning on airplane mode solves the issue, as the black screen occurs when connecting to wifi that has a weak signal.

You can turn wifi back on after you've got the game going!

Solution pulled from here and here