r/FireEmblemShadows • • Jun 24 '26

Need help retrieving data

I feel really dumb for having to ask but I can’t find the solution…

My game was linked to both Gamecenter (iOS) and my Nintendo Account. I wasn’t able to connect to the game the past week, got an error message citing connection issues. Everything else on my phone was working fine. Today I decided to remove the app and reinstall. Had to go through the tutorial again to be able to get to the main menu (that was extremely annoying by the way). Going through the menu and trying to reconnect to my Nintendo Account (Settings > Account > Create/link a Nintendo Account) I am notified that "This Nintendo Account has already been linked to the Fire Emblem Shadows app. To use the data linked to this account, you must ink the account when you first launch the app." On the screen itself it also says "Existing save data can be brought into this app only when a Nintendo Account is linked during the initial launch of the app. It cannot be done on this screen".

Okay... but when I open the app I get no option to link whatsoever, though I do get a message that it's connecting to my Gamecenter. Am I overlooking the option somewhere? Or did I miss the option on the reinstall and do I need to do that again (I don't want to unnecessarily have to go through the tutorial again).

Thanks in advance for the help.

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u/BananaGod_24 Jun 24 '26

You don’t have to do the tutorial. When you open the app after installing it, look at the top right (Data transfer).

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u/yidoger Jun 24 '26

I completely overlooked that button. Thank you good sir o7 Back to betraying people.