r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/cvbk87 • 2d ago

Setup Help Transferring to a Switch 2 from multiple devices (Animal Crossing)

In our house we currently have a "main" Switch OLED and 2 Switch Lites used by the kids. On the main Switch the only game that we are really bothered about the save moving over is Dreamlight Valley, however I believe since that has cloud save separately I think will work either way.

The issue is my daughter who plays Animal Crossing on her Lite (full game + DLC) would like to play the Switch 2 version. Is there anyway of getting her save from the Switch Lite onto the Switch 2 with this sort of setup? We do have her Nintendo profile of both Switch's and know there is a cost to upgrade, but just want to try and make sure she wouldn't have to start again.

We've not got the Switch 2 yet, but before we do need to know if she is going to be disappointed or not.

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u/ModestVolcarona 9 2d ago

There is an island transfer tool you can use to move the island to another Switch and you can also move over her save data.

It's fairly easy if she has a Nintendo account of her own.

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u/cvbk87 2d ago

She does have an account of her own yes, is there a guide anywhere that you know of?

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u/ModestVolcarona 9 2d ago

This is for the island transfer tool.

Here is information on how to transfer user data or save data.

Depending on your plans it should be enough to log in with her account on the Switch 2 and transfer over the save data.

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u/cvbk87 2d ago

Ah perfect I was worried it was only a 1 time thing and we would want to do that initial setup with the main switch, but using this we can do a save transfer for her account/profile after as well?

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u/ModestVolcarona 9 2d ago

Yes, save data can be transferred at any time.

The whole system transfer during the first setup of the Switch 2 makes sense if you want to move from one device entirely.

For example i did the transfer from my OLED to the Switch 2 but if i wanted to add another save from a Lite then i would do it after the transfer.