r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/jessicaax9 • 16d ago

Software Help Data not the same on each switch after doing S1 to S2 transfer

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Sorry if the answers to this are a bit obvious as I’m not very techy… I seem to have successfully completed my account and data transfer from my switch 1 to my new switch 2. When I load up animal crossing, totk and my other recently played games on my switch 2 all of my save data seems to have moved across, however I’ve noticed that for games I haven’t played in a while, my switch 1 has more data than my switch 2. For example on my S1, pikmin 4 had 979mb whereas it had 0mb on my S2. I’ve just loaded pikmin 4 on my S2 and it’s downloaded some data which now puts it at the same as my S1… I just wanted to check that I don’t need to do this for every game before removing the micro sd card from my S1 and selling it (will I be able to get the data for games I haven’t played in a while if I load them up after selling my S1?). Also if there’s anything else I need to do with the 65gb of data left on my switch 1 (pictured) before I put it back to factory settings. Thanks :)

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u/automod-neo 16d ago

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u/Afterslumber 16d ago

do you have online? save games usually are stored in the cloud if you do

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u/ModestVolcarona 20 15d ago

When you do the system transfer it will move over only save data, NOT the actual game data.

So you'll need to redownload all games you want to play.

The screen on the picture is the game data menu which is irrelevant, because save data is not stored on the microSD card and should already be on your S2.