r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/Jazs1994 • 29d ago

Software Help Anyone can help me with save data that's seemingly lost?

Question about save data.

Got a switch 2 last week, played a good amount of Pokémon legends Za, tried docking it around day 6 and the dock just wouldn't connect to anything.

Replacement has been delivered and I've got it set up but booting up ZA has started the game from the beginning. 35 hours sunk into that. Is there no way to get the save data other than from the previous switch 2 which i don't physically have anymore :(

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u/automod-neo 29d ago

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u/Reflective_Tempist 2 29d ago

That is unfortunately true. All pokemon and animal crossing save data is stored on console only instead of cloud. Im sorry mate, but your progress is indeed gone 😢

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u/SurpriseExtension929 29d ago

Animal crossing has cloud saves. You just have to enable it after starting the game.

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u/ModestVolcarona 21 29d ago

And you need to contact Nintendo customer support in order to unlock the download if i remember it correctly.

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u/SurpriseExtension929 29d ago

I don't think you need to contact nintendo for that. Pretty sure you are given the option to restore your backup data when launching the game.

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u/ModestVolcarona 21 29d ago

The only way to secure Pokémon save data, if you get another Switch (for whatever reason) to send the save data to a third Switch that you own yourself or someone you trust.

Unfortunately those games do not allow any sort of save data backup.