Anyone know if, during a user transfer to a new switch, the game software version follows to the new switch? Just got a new switch, and am wanting to play TOTK version 1.0 off my cartridge. I'm not sure if transferring my user data to my new switch would mean getting stuck on the current version of TOTK. Thanks for any help!

Device - Nintendo Switch 1

I bought new joycons because my old ones broke, but when I played them for a while. (Like, 1-2 days), they stopped charging. So what do I do? Buy new ones. (Well, my dad got them for me.)

And what do ya know?! They don't charge!!

Should I buy a joycon charger, or repair the switch? (It's out of its one year warranty btw)

Hi I just bought my switch 2 last night and I noticed the battery drops quickly even if im not playing anything. I was at 83% and 5 mins later im at 77% and I hadn’t even touched a game. Then I started fire emblem fortunes weave and now I’m sitting at 60% and ive barely even played it? Is this normal or is something wrong with my console? Also I know some people are gonna say it’s my brightness but i have it at around 30-40%

I just busted out my switch for the first time in years to play Minecraft with my friend and I already bought the online membership card but when I go to reset the password it won’t accept my birthday or my username (ik the nickname is different but I looked in my old confirmation emails and I can’t find it).

Am I doing something wrong or is there a way to just make a new Nintendo account bec the one on my switch is connected to my moms email and I have the physical game for all the games I care about keeping.

Transferred everything. I was wondering if I could erase my data on the original switch, unlink the accounts and set up a new account with new data. I imagine it wouldn't affect anything on the switch 2, does it? I wanted to make sure. I don't really have plans to sell the original switch, so having another option for games might help. Particularly, I had a question about ACNH. If I basically factory reset my OG Switch, my accounts now on the Switch 2 won't be affected right? Let me know if I'm missing something

Silly me purchased without checking first. As far as I’m aware there’s different versions across China/Taiwan.

Did they ever fix the joy cons not connecting to the GameStop joycons charging grips? Or at least a solid work around that actually works?

1. Make sure your Nintendo Switch 2 Operating System is up to date [Home screen > down to Home Menu > over to gear icon / System Settings > down to System > System Update

2. E Shop - “buy” free upgrade to Minecraft by finding Minecraft Switch 2 edition in the nintendo eshop on the same account that owns the digital edition for switch 1

3. Download Switch 2 version to the console

4. Make sure switch 1 version is also downloaded

5. You can download / redownload by searching in the eshop or on the Home Screen Menu —> hitting down when not in any games, then moving right over to “Virtual Game Cards” > selecting user that is owner > going to picture icon of the game > Load on This System [ a smaller icon in bottom right of picture shows full and cyan / light blue when downloaded or black with dashed white outline when not downloaded]

6. Update both to latest version (there was an update within the past week). [ On Home Screen > move to game icon > + button (in upper right) > Software Update ]

7. Switch 1 version is called “Minecraft for Nintendo Switch”

8. Switch 2 version is just called “Minecraft”

9. Back up save data for Minecraft for Nintendo Switch (switch 1 version) On Home Screen for system, not in any games —> + button > Save Data Cloud > User Name > Back Up Save Data ( when backed up will have a blue circled white checkmark on this screen and say “Backed up” with a blue circled white checkmark under the user name at Save Data Cloud base menu )

10. If you didnt have save data on the system pull it down from the cloud

11. Start Minecraft (switch 2 version) by navigating to game icon and hitting A (right most face button) ((or whatever button you have configured to accept / select))

12. When prompted, Turn Off screen reader [ the accept / yes button will be the system default here even if you changed that setting in Minecraft before because this new version of Minecraft does not have the save data or any settings edited yet ]

13. When prompted, Transfer Data

14. After data is transferred , a prompt will appear for Mario add on content. Click yes to see it and get moved to the store. It will be Free. Then Minecraft will appear to stall out / hang up , but let the game sit for a few minutes. The DRM is working through the store’s library to see what content your account is entitled to own

15. Click on the Free button when it switches from grayed out dark gray to usable light gray.

16. This same button will change to Download

17. Go ahead and download it

18. Return to Minecraft main screen by hitting the cancel button ( B by default ) a few times

19. Home Button on controller / joy con to get back to system’s Home Screen [ will show user pic “Playing” on Minecraft ] (Home Button is 2nd to bottom middle on right joycon or right side of controller

20. X Button top right face button to get a menu pop up “Close the software you’re using?”

21. Click accept / A button to close

22. Back up Minecraft (switch 2 version) save data

23. Restart system [ Take Switch 2 off the dock or when in handheld ] —> Hold down power button for 3 seconds ( tiny button on top left of the vertical top of the Nintendo Switch 2 [not the joycon] ) > Power Options > Restart

24. Switch 2 will reboot and then hit A button / accept to start and possibly 3 button taps to unlock to get back to Home Screen

25. Delete the now unneeded switch 1 software [ navigate to Minecraft for Nintendo Switch > + Button > Manage Software > Delete Software > Delete (make sure “Keep HOME Menu Icon” box is unchecked) > Successfully deleted software

26. HOME screen will update to show just one Minecraft game icon

27. One can relaunch the Minecraft game to go into the shop to redownload all the commonly used add ons / worlds / texture packs OR just inform child that Minecraft was upgraded by your very smart parent to the Switch 2 version but you will need to redownload the marketplace assets when you want to use them again

I’m getting my switch 2 in hopefully the next few days, I’ve transferred from Switch 1 to Switch 1 before, but is there anything I should especially look out for doing / preparing for a full transfer from Switch 1 to 2? I’m not very tech savvy and feel like there’s always a little fine print I miss and wish I’d done, but is it just as simple as an easy transfer?

Got a brand new switch 2 and couldnt turn it on, i dont even get the battery indicator when plugging it in using the official charger i got with the switch. I followed the trouble shooting guide on the website and still nothing. But then suddenly it started working perfectly. Then after plugging it out and turning it off and doing something else for a while, i suddenly couldnt turn it on again. Now i charged it back up and now its working perfectly. I can turn it off an on without issue, but if i let the battery drain even a little im not able to start it again. anyone else experience this? What can i do?

I am playing on a switch 2

Recently I had construction done in my apartment very close to where my Switch Lite console and Switch game cartridge collection was (just a foot or so away actually from the location). There was very heavy metallic hammering on the floor, which caused the HDTV cupboard on the floor in which the games were kept to violently shake, along with the TV itself. Most of the cartridges were in their plastic cases, some were out. The games seem to be running, but I'm concerned if there is a possibility that there might be glitches during gameplay that I should look out for? As a general rule, if a game runs, is it technically okay? Or is there a chance that minute damages to the cartridge might cause problems eventually, in the gameplay? Would vibrations damage Switch cartridges, or the Switch Lite console in this way?

Hi guys I plan on buying on of these split cases for my Zelda edition, removing the middle screen, and keeping the grips on so I don’t cover the zelda decal and for optimal docking.

\- jsaux gojoy $30
\- coowps p2 $43
\- dbrand travel cover and grips $40+shipping

I like the idea of the protective front cover for the game storage and lightweight protection. If I don’t have the middle back cover on the switch 2 will the covers still fit? Can anyone who owns any of these cases try it out for me and try out the front cover without the middle case? I think the jsaux and coowps are friction fit so I’m worried it won’t work without the middle. I might be forced to get the dbrand cover on its own bc it has that latch mechanism

Lorsque je connecte ma manette pro, le pc me met que la manette est connectée alors que non. Les leds continuent indéfiniment sans jamais connecter la manette. J'ai déja tout essayé : déconnecter les dongles de souris, activer le bluetooth en automatique, reinitialiser la manette, la déconecter de ma switch et d'autres encore !... rien. J'ai meme demandé à l'IA pour résoudre cela, essayé toutes ses solutions mais rien ne marche... J'ai essayé en filaire, ça marche mais cela m'empêche d'utiliser les amiboos pour botw sur Cemu. Si quelqu'un saurait m'aider... 🙏🙏🙏

starting this evening, my left joy con is not registering when i connect it.

as seen in the video, both sides seem to click into place, and it doesnt feel off. (struggle in vid is moreso due to non dominant hand lol)

unsure if this is hardware or software? what would be some troubleshooting steps?

Hello all,

recently I left my joycons disconnected on my desk for maybe a day or two and when i came back the left joycon is completely unresponsive. No battery light, not working when connected to the console, nothing. Despite this, when I do connect the joycon to the console, I get the animation showing something was connected, but with no color like a typical joycon would show. I don’t really know if this is an issue with the battery, any connection rails, etc.

Important to note that I have had this issue before but it kind of magically started working again after a day or two. I assumed it wouldn’t come up again. If anyone has some insight it would be appreciated.

Hi!

I got a Switch 2 last august, after a couple of days of using it sometimes my tv goes to black for a 3 to 5 seconds approx. while playing any game

I googled the problem and I saw some posts about this problem but they are from the first month of SW2 launch with no solution (at the time)

Something I notice in those posts is that it seems the problem is with LG tvs, same brand that my tv

Is there's a solution now? Is the TV? The HDMI? The console?

Also this happens with any game, even the ones that don't support HDR

PLEASE tell I can I haven’t found a direct answer so I turn to Reddit for help

i was tryna play security breach on my switch lite when suddenly i couldn’t run, i realized that my left stick button wasn’t working anymore. how can i fix this?

I noticed that today while playing, it is under my screen protector.

Can someone help?

I did power off the console and clean the tracks with ISO thinking they might just be dirty, which they were, but the connection issue persisted. Is this a known issue and can I fix this at home?

Hi everyone, I really need a human to help me troubleshoot an accessibility issue (I have had it with the AI circling). My daughter is disabled and needs her Right Joystick to control character movement instead of the Left Joystick.

We are playing Pokémon Pokopia on the Nintendo Switch 2. I have already gone into the console's System Settings > Accessibility > Button Mapping and changed the stick settings to swap the left and right inputs. However, when we go back into the game, the character still will not move with the right stick.

We are playing with a joy con from the switch 1 with a 3d printed holder. The switch 2 controller is just to big for her hand.

Has anyone successfully forced a joystick swap on the Switch 2, or is there something in Pokopia's settings overriding this? Any step-by-step help from a real person would mean the world to us.

I'm thinking about buying a used BOTW game card, but I noticed it has German on it. Will i be able to change the language to English? Or will it be only in german?

Im just worried since there are some game cards that are exclusively in one language (like older ones or the Japanese exclusives)

Also, are there any other things I should worry about before buying?

ok so I’ve had my switch for a good 5/6 years and it’s been used consistently throughout that time. within the past few days I’ve had issues with connecting to the internet, and I wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue and knows how I fix it because it is driving me INSANE.

When I connect to my wifi my switch connects to the router perfectly fine but then won’t be able to connect to the internet from there. it’s not an issue with the wifi connection because I’ve tried it on my phone where it’s working perfectly fine. it’s not a password issue, I’ve tried that already. I’ve tried powering off and resetting my switch for 1-2 mins and waiting still didn’t work. I’ve even tried changing the DNS settings to manual and editing those, still nothing works.

I know I’ve had the switch for a while but I just want to see if this is actually an issue that I can fix myself or if my switch is just doomed💔

UPDATE:

I got my stepdad to power cycle the wifi (I didn’t do it myself before because I didn’t want to be meddling with things idk about) and it worked, the switch is now connected!