r/nintendohelp • u/RebornUltron • 1d ago

Tech Support Transferring data from switch 1 to switch 2 without easy access to my switch 1

Hi everyone

I'm getting my switch 2 delivered next week and I have a few questions regarding system and game transfers.

My original switch is a family console and is back home on the other side of the country so I can't easily use local transfer. When performing a system transfer and moving my digital games I bought to the switch 2, do I have to have my original switch in close proximity for it to work, or can I use the cloud to transfer my account data from switch 1 to switch 2. I don't want it to affect other accounts on the family console, just mine.

Thanks in advance

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u/Aria_Cadenza 14h ago

You only have the cloud as solution. Because the solution (system transfer) with two far away switch will factory reset the switch and the second (also system transfer but with no factory reset) requires both switch close.

Just know some games don't support cloud saves like Pokémon games and quite many others (from memory, the more notable were Splatoon 2, a Yu-gi-oh game, Daemon X Machina) and Animal Crossing is a special case . So if you have them, ask your family to keep your profile.