Since the 4.0.0 System Update on the Nintendo Switch console, users now have the option to transfer an entire User Account and Save Data from one console to another, including to a Switch Lite, or the Switch OLED. Nintendo also released a new standard Switch unit with extended battery life, so quite a few Nintendo Switch players are taking the step to upgrade their system and transfer "their life". Here's how! Note: Use this option if you want to
make another Switch your main device and move all of your account and save data. For example, if you're planning to sell or give away your old Switch. Alternatively, you can also add your existing Nintendo Account to the new device and simply download games you already own and access the saves you need via Cloud Data (note: you need a Nintendo Online subscription for this feature
-- and make sure you sync your save data before loading it on a new machine). advertisement Data transferred is moved one user at a time, so you are able to choose which User Account you wish to remove from the source Switch, and transfer its contents to another console that does not have the User Account. If you're just moving data from one SD Card to another, check:
how to transfer data between Nintendo Switch microSD cards. Video Guide Before starting the transfer, you must make sure you have met the following precautions:
Do You Have An Animal Crossing Island Save?IMPORTANT: The process for transferring your Animal Crossing Island Save File (including island and resident data) is different than moving your Save Data to a new Switch! Before starting the User Transfer, download the Island Transfer Tool from the eShop first! See the step by step process for doing so here. advertisement Source Console
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Note this will entirely remove the User and Save Data from the Source Console. If there are no more existing users on the Source Console following the transfer, a placeholder account will be created. You can also do this repeatedly, and move accounts as many times as you wish - even onto a console that you moved an account off of. advertisement If you're keeping the old Switch, you can of course also re-add your old Nintendo Account login to the device, as Nintendo Switch accounts can be used on multiple units at the same time. Well, sort of. You can't play downloaded games on two consoles with the same login -- so keep that in mind. Also see: How to Change the Primary Nintendo Switch Up Next: How to Use One Account on Multiple Switch UnitsWas this guide helpful?In This Wiki GuideBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever Trailer Watch the exciting new teaser trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, ahead of its release in cinemas next month. Get a peek at what's to come in the upcoming MCU movie starring Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta, Danai Gurira, Dominique Thorne, Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Martin Freeman, and more.Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever arrives in theaters on November 11, 2022. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer Here's your look at the teaser trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the upcoming animated film from Universal Pictures and Nintendo. It stars Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, and Sebastian Maniscalco as Foreman Spike. The film is directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel. It is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri p.g.a. and by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. The film is co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and will be released worldwide by Universal Pictures.The Super Mario Bros. Movie releases on April 7, 2023 (United States) and April 28, 2023 (Japan). |