How to transfer your original Switch data to a Switch 2

So, you got (or are soon getting) a Nintendo Switch 2. You're astir apt acceptable to propulsion your archetypal Switch into storage, but earlier that, you should transportation each of your information to the caller console.

Good news: it's casual for those who person a Switch 2. Not lone that, it's casual adjacent if you don't yet person the caller console. Nintendo developed a clever solution for those who haven't upgrade yet, letting archetypal Switch owners backmost up their full relationship to a distant server, wherever it volition beryllium stored for 1 year.

No substance your situation, here's a step-by-step usher to transferring each of your information to the caller console.

How to transportation your Switch information to Switch 2 utilizing a section connection

This conception assumes that you are successful possession of a Switch 2. On the Switch 2, proceed with the archetypal setup dialog options until you get to the System Transfer screen. Select Start System Transfer, past enactment that you'll request to link to the internet, and motion successful to your Nintendo Account.

On your archetypal Switch, marque definite it's updated to the latest bundle version, past unfastened the Settings app. From there, scroll to System, past prime System Transfer to Nintendo Switch 2. Make definite your consoles are …

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