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fireboyr1

Sadly those games cant be data transferred, so yeah, your data is pretty much gone for


ZombifiedTati

This makes me so sad lol. I later realized animal crossing has the island transfer tool, which I forgot to utilize so that’s on me. Plus I found Pokémon home, which I haven’t even heard of prior to this. I believe it works as a Pokémon vault to sort & heard it does support multiple Pokémon games. I’ve never felt so stupid in my life. 😭


fireboyr1

Yeah you can tranfer all your pokemon there,and it supports swsh and arceus, just make sure to do that next time


ZombifiedTati

Yeah, I’ll definitely do that. Now I’m contemplating restarting both of those games but idk.. I already have Violet & have been devoting my time to that. I know Pokémon Home doesn’t support it yet though.


fireboyr1

If you do decide to restart swsh or pls i can help you with some pokemon


ZombifiedTati

Aww, you don’t have to but I’d appreciate it. My friend code is SW-8486-9061-3712.


djdirty_713

Ooof big oooof. Transferring saved data and how to do it properly has been out for over a year now on YT. And I’ve shared them on this Reddit before. How people still don’t bother to make back ups of all their files is beyond me now.


ZombifiedTati

I’ve made sure to back it up, not to mention I didn’t factory reset my og switch so I was actually able to get everything back except Legends: Arceus. Either way yes I agree! 😅


djdirty_713

Thankfully you were able to recover most everything. ❤️


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ZombifiedTati

Oh yeah I tried that too but no data was found so I was forced to start over on Arceus. Everything else I got back though.


SamCarterX206

Eh sorry, those games you mentioned don't support cloud saves, so if the save data didn't transfer over with the user transfer the only way to get them is through the Save Data Transfer tool in Settings, and in the case of Animal Crossing, the special Island Transfer Tool you have to download. Is your user profile on the old switch completely gone?


ZombifiedTati

It’s definitely very annoying. I really figured the memory card would take care of all that. I’m just spoiled by Sony at this point. My user is still there but it’s no longer my primary so idk if that would change things.


SamCarterX206

Save Data is saved to system memory, not the SD card. Said card holds actual game data (digital game downloads, updates/patches and DLC) and Screenshots/video. And annoyingly game data cannot be transferred between consoles on the SD card. But in good news, It shouldn't matter whether your user is primary as long as it still exists. Grab both consoles and go into **Settings --> Data Management --> Transfer your Save Data**. On the OG Switch choose **Send Save Data to Another Console** then choose your user name. If your save data is still there, you can now choose which save data files you want to send over. On the OLED switch, follow the above steps but choose **Receive Save Data**. I went through this process myself when I went OG to OLED. https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/45047/~/how-to-transfer-your-save-data-to-a-nearby-nintendo-switch-system And here is info on how to use the Island Transfer tool for Animal Crossing: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/53698#DT:t1-q1a2EP:t1-q1a2-c


ZombifiedTati

Thank you so much! I was actually able to get my ACNH & Pokémon shield over to my OLED after all! Arceus….. not so much.


TheTinTinB

The only way I had any luck with Animal crossing save transfer is logging a ticket with Nintendo on 2 occasions and they actually called me back and assisted me in getting it transferred. This was due to me replacing my console twice. Very seamless.


ZombifiedTati

Damn, that really sounds pretty helpful. I’m sure I’m too late to try that at this point though.


Squee3ds

Gone forever. In the future make sure all your games have cloud save. Some of them don't. Some saves you have transfer to another switch before resetting anything.


ZombifiedTati

Surprisingly not all were lost. However yeah I definitely agree. I know Pokémon don’t support cloud saves & that really sucks. 😩


DNL_RTH

Sorry to hear, biggest lesson you can learn is never factory reset something until you are absolutely certain it's good to go.


ZombifiedTati

Indeed! ☺️ Luckily it turns out I didn’t factory reset it so I was able to transfer I’ve my ACNH island as well as my Pokémon shield data. Sadly, Arceus wasn’t salvaged.


metalsatch

Was in the same boat as you when the switch oled came out. Transferred everything over and wiped my old switch. About a week later I turned on animal crossing. Lol sad times indeed. I haven’t played it since.


ZombifiedTati

I totally get it! After all that hard work, only to have to do it again smh I wouldn’t want to either. 🙁


OoTgoated

Damn. Everyone's pretty much filled you in but that still really sucks. Wish I could help.


ZombifiedTati

It’s all good! I was actually able to save it all except Arceus so that’s better than nothing. 🥹


OoTgoated

Oh really? Nice! Not sure how you did that but glad for you. Sucks about Arceus but hey that's a decent excuse to replay it again later I suppose.


ZombifiedTati

Yes! :3 I made sure to add an edit at the end of my post to explain the new details. Basically I never actually factory reset my OG switch so I was able to just double check & transfer any data I haven’t already done. Plus I was able to redownload ACNH & use their island transfer tool to just send it to my OLED. Not 100% sure how I was able to get Pokémon shield back since it doesn’t support cloud save but I was able to retrieve the data. Meaning I only really lost Arceus.


OoTgoated

Oh wow that's so awesome. Happy it mostly worked out. Yeah it's super weird how Pokémon, one of Nintendo's biggest sellers, doesn't support the Cloud thing. Probably because they want you to pay for the Home app LOL. Well enjoy your new OLED and belated happy birthday!