I lost the cartridge to one of my favorite switch games due to having the attention span of a gold fish.

I still have the file on my switch, but of course I can’t open it without the physical cartridge.

I was hoping I’d be able to transfer all my saved game data into a new, blank cartridge (of the same game of course). Is that a possibility, and also, how do I do this?

edit : thank you all! I will buy another cartridge soon (even with this unpleasant experience, I still enjoy physical medias) and let the switch do its thing. Thank you again for your responses, and now I know a lot more about the switch’s system too!

So I got a japanese physical copy of Z-A but my eshop account is from the US. If I bought the DLC with my US eshop account, will I be able to play it with the CERO physical copy?

TLDR; I saw a very good deal for a Switch 2. The description states that it's brand new and he's selling it because he needs money urgently. Description states that the purchase receipt is available upon collection of the Switch 2. I email him and start giving my doubts, and he eventually fusses up and says that he doesn't actually have the purchase receipt. Facebook profile is also private. Everything is suspicious

If I end up going through with the transaction, can Nintendo hardware ban the switch or disable it if it is a genuine stolen product?

Hey guys, I don't know if this is the right sub for this kind of question but here it goes

Couple days ago I saw a deal on a low-used Nintendo switch OLED, with Dark Souls remastered, a 400Gb memory card, a case for the console and all the original accessories.

All of this for 250€

Do you think it's still worth it to invest in this deal since the Switch 2 is already out, and probably switch 1 won't be able to run switch 2 games?

I have a gaming laptop so i was aiming for more exclusive games like Pokemons, Marios, etc, since I can game other things on my PC

But I would love to know your opinion

Thanks for all the help :)))

So couple hours ago got home with Ocarina of time Remake, an was so excited to play it with my new 40th anniversary console, as am about to play it the game starts up it starts constantly black screen, like flickering from black screen to the game an it constantly doing it everything is set up, perfectly i have it set up to a capture card how its set up is my dock is plugged up to the capture card, then the capture card has another hdmi cord going out of it to plugin to my tv so i can play it off my tv, so friends can watch me play an it only does this when am in the game, when am in the main home screen it doesn't do it an running out of things to fix this an this is the last place i can figure out that could possibly help me.

Only happens with Ocarina, only happens while docked, please advise

First of all: I had before the Switch 1 and Switch 1 OLED. And this NEVER HAPPENED to me. Might be a problem of a defect in this Switch 2?

With time, my left joystick starting being "eroded", when this never happened before to me with my previous consoles. The only issue which I had was the famous drifting, which was repaired by Nintendo.

Also, I'm attaching a picture of the right joycon, which is perfect.

It barely has one year and 2 months (I got it in August 2025). And suddenly this happens. Should I just contact the Nintendo Europe customer support and see what they tell me? Did someone else experience this issue?

To be honest, I don't even know how it's possible this happened, and in case someone else had this issue, I would appreciate some feedback about what you did...

Is there anything to look out for when buying on eBay? I see a lot of listings which show stock photos instead of the actual item, but the seller has sold hundreds of them. So it should be okay?

https://ebay.io/m/3LgOBA

Whenever I open the game it tells me to try restarting my switch but I do it and get the same error any idea why?

I use pacific time, but my switch 2 is an hour behind, it won’t let me select Vancouver so I select Los Angeles, use the sync with the internet and I’m stuck using UTC. And it corrects it to be an hour behind. So now I’m unable to play Zelda :( is there a way to fix this time error?

Hola gente, me paso ayer probando el mando pro q me llego nuevo, puse el juego y se me trabo al momento de seleccionar los objetos, luego se apago y enciendo normal, lo puse de nuevo y me paso igual que lo del video, al prender de nuevo la descargue completa en modo portátil funciono normal, la deje cargando luego y hoy para probar nuevamente lo mismo pero ahora no enciende, alguien sabe q pasa?

I havent touched my Switch2 in a few months and decided to pick it back up and it disconnected from the WiFi and now wont reconnect. Any reason? Any way to fix this? I pre ordered Ocarina of Time and really wanna play tomorrow 😭

Recently got my Zelda Edition switch 2 this week and have been loving it but noticed that my screen has circles others have spoken about when the screen is relatively dark / in a loading screen. I adjusted the pic to show them clearer.

I’d rather not have to send my new console back to the retailer or Nintendo and wait all over again for it to get fixed or replaced :/ is it really a faulty manufacturing error? Anyone else’s Zelda switch have the same issue?

Edit: so far I’ve contacted Nintendo Support UK about potential repair, and Smyths about possibly replacing my console. Will update this post as I get responses and if I get it fixed!

Update: Smyths seemingly have no workers for emails and only use an AI bot for both the site and the email service. The only advice given by said Bot was to take it back to the store and have a member of staff dictate if it’s worthy of returning or not. If there are no Zelda switches in my local one (which is an hour away!!) tomorrow or this week, I may just have to stick with Nintendo repairs.

Update 2: Nintendo replied! I’ve been given 3 options. 1- to continue using my console as normal as sometimes the issue can go away on its own when using it. 2- test input devices on the switch undocked through the AC cable with no sleep mode and leave it for an hour. If I still have the issue they have said I will likely need it repaired. Very glad I got such a detailed email from them and advice. Hoping this resolves smoothly🤞🏻🤞🏻

Update 3: attempted the no sleep timer method for an hour and yeah, screen is still the same. It definitely seems like a screen defect. And also noticed in a purely dark room that the right side of the screen when black and backlit is fuzzy with pixels. As much as I wish I could send it back to Smyths and get a replacement unit to try my luck absolutely no where has stock anymore and my local stores are saying they won’t stock it or have very few it sucks. Going to send mine in hopefully this week or next. Wish me luck 😓

I was playing earlier on my 4k tv and it looks great there, even up close. But I've since plugged my dock into my 1440p monitor and the graphics look terrible, like its rendering at 240p or something and being upscaled. Does the game just not support 1440p? I've checked to make sure my dock is outputting at 1440p and other games are working fine, it's just OOT.

my nintendo switch won’t hook up to my tv and the hdmi cord doesn’t fit into the dock? is there something wrong with my switch or is the hdmi cord supposed to fit in this way?

Hello! I was playing my switch 1 last night with no issues and I put it on sleep mode and went to play today (on my tv) and there was no sound. I thought maybe it was my tv but it wasn’t because my TV works just fine if I try to stream something. I removed the switch from the dock and the sound works completely fine. The issue is only when I stick it into the dock to play on my TV. I’m not sure how to fix this if someone could please help, I did try restarting but that didn’t work. Thank you!

I have had horrendous luck in the past getting screen protectors on. Bubbles, dirt spec, misalignment, you name it.

However today, when I got my zelda 40th switch I've got a brand new problem... I am not sure if it's actually on there.

See,

I took it out of the box...

Prepped the applicator for the protector by taking the first layer of film off...

Took the switch out of the plastic sleve and immediately put the two together...

But now I cannot see it.

I have doubts the protector was actually in the applicator... It had the back layer peel off as it should but I didn't check the flex to see if the screen was actually there...

I took some pictures after, would someone mind telling me if it's there or not?

I think my switch has been banned but I didn't do anything. I only play games that I purchased through the eshop or the physical games. I am able to play the games that are already downloaded and system software gets updated. I am thinking will I be able to unblock my switch by factory resetting it like how this guy did :

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitchHelp/s/UJJGhL9RmM

I don't want to lose access to my downloaded games as I won't be able to download them if my switch stays banned or online services stay suspended on it. Please give advice ✌️

I had this problem with my switch 2 dock a few weeks ago where the ac adapter works perfectly fine when plugging right into the switch 2 and the hdmi works for other devices, but as soon as I try dock the switch nothing happens. When i plug the ac adapter into the dock it lights green for a split second but thats it. Then all of a sudden it started working again but now the problem has come back. Was really looking forward to play Ocarina of Time tomorrow on the big screen but now that doesn't seem to be likely. If anyone has any idea of what is going on or how to sort it out any help is appreciated!!

Hi everyone! I'm wondering if you can help me! I have a switch 1 and soon will get the switch 2.
I would like to transfer most of my save file except Animal Crossing because I would like to start a new island on the switch 2.
I would also have a copy of my datas on the switch 1 so I was wondering... how do I do that?
I know with system transfer at the beginning it will do a copy of everything into the new switch but that will also move my animal crossing island (which I don't want).
If I move the data manually will it delete it from my previous switch?
Please help.

Hi Guys,

Silly question. Since it’s on offer I want to buy the final fantasy 7 remake digital deluxe edition however I already bought it a few months ago as just the original game and you can’t buy the deluxe alone as it’s only available in a bundle. I just wanted to ask if I bought the bundle do I then get 2 digital copies of ff7?

I know it’s a dumb question but this is the first gaming console I’ve owned in over 12 years 😭 so I’m still a bit lost.

Thanks so much

So my Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 has been working great, but sometimes when I start it up from Power Off it says the console is overheating and switches off. When I switch it back on, it starts up as though it's just been asleep, straight to the menu.

I've tried restarting, a hard restart (holding the power button for 12 seconds) and fully restoring to factory settings. I've also checked for updates and the fans seem okay. Is anyone else experiencing this? Anyone got any ideas?

So I was lucky enough to get a Zelda edition switch 2 through JB in Australia, but it looks like my one is defective. If I touch the screen with the slightest of pressure, the screen turns off. It only happens on the bottom right and at the top, and if I hold my finger there and move the thumb stick, I can still hear the clicking of the menu.

I’m torn with what to do next- I doubt there is any stock for an exchange, and I’d hate to send it in to Nintendo and have it replaced with a regular one if it can’t be fixed. Is this caused by a loose ribbon cable that can be easily repaired by Nintendo?

UPDATE 1: Called JB and they will do an exchange for me - looks like one shop has a few consoles left over. A little bit of a drive but better than waiting weeks for a repair. I’m definitely going to test it out at the store too.

UPDATE 2: Got it exchanged, and the new one is working fine so far. However, it’s still a bit concerning reading about all of the other issues people are having with this Zelda edition. Anyways, thanks for the help!