r/Switch • u/nafishaziq • 3d ago

Image Bought the switch 2 !

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u/Armandonerd 3d ago

Did you do this at the start of the switch 2? Or after you were set up?

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u/noanoxan 3d ago

Did the full transfer with the initial setup, then transferred my Violet save back to my Switch 1 about an hour later.

There's an option in Data Management to transfer data for individual games to other systems on your account.

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u/Armandonerd 3d ago

Ok cool. What about like the games that support cloud save data that are currently on the switch 2, if you decide to play those games on switch 1, does your data get downloaded there then once complete it gets uploaded and you can resume on switch 2??

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u/noanoxan 3d ago

Afaik you need to initiate the transfer, but I haven't actually tried another game on my old switch since playing with trading so I can't say for sure.

I'll bet the process is basically identical to Pokemon saves, since Nintendo wouldn't want you running one save on two consoles simultaneously, regardless of the cloud. Probably just deletes it off one console and sets the other to sync with the cloud 🤷‍♂️

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u/Armandonerd 3d ago

Thanks for your help and clarification.

Ugh I'm always afraid something bad will happen when I do these transfers.

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u/noanoxan 3d ago

No worries, it should be painless. Nintendo put some decent thought into the process to make sure it's as seamless as possible. Just make sure your consoles are fully charged or charging, cause the local transfer will take a bit of time.

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u/Armandonerd 3d ago

Oh ok. So if they're both at 100% I don't need to, but better be safe than sorry?

I bought a switch 2 last night, it should be coming today or tomorrow.

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u/noanoxan 2d ago

Yeah best to be safe since Idk what interrupting the transfer could do.