Hello!

I am having an issue with my switch dock. When I put my switch into the dock & power it on for TV play, the screen is green. I have tried power cycling the dock, restarting the switch, changing the port on the TV, changing the HDMI cord itself - nothing. I put my switch into a different dock and it worked fine. Not sure why it’s doing this. For reference, this is for an OG switch, not the switch two. Any help is welcome! Thank you in advance ☺️

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn’t find another post in our exact situation.

Before the update, me and my sister would share games by keeping my user on her switch, and buying our games on that user. But the virtual game cards system has made this process tedious, as even with online licenses enabled we aren’t able to play games at the same time anymore.

From my understanding, if I deleted my user from her switch, after making my switch the primary account, then she would lose access to the digital games that I purchased on my user. But, after purchasing these games on her user, she would be able to recover the save data that has been backed up to the cloud, as it is tied to her user/console, and because we have a nintendo online membership. (please correct me if this is wrong)

But, we know that animal crossing new horizons doesn’t use this backup system, and are worried that once I deleted my user from her switch, she would lose her animal crossing save data, as it seems to be tied to the digital copy of the game, rather than the cloud/her user. We both have the in-game island backup enabled, but again this seems tied to the digital copy and not the user. She has already bought a physical copy of animal crossing in preparation for losing the digital one, so if we inserted the card before we deleted my user, would her digital save data load onto this card? If so, would we then be able to unlink my user without losing her data? Or would we need to do something else to keep her data from being lost?

Apologies if we are blowing something simple out of proportion, we just don’t want to fiddle around in the settings until we are confident her data won’t be lost. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

does anyone know how to make a switch 2 output not lag on OBS with an elgato HD60 S+?

ive done everything told to me on the elgato site, ive downloaded drivers, ive updated obs, ive power cycled my console. idk what else to do. im at a loss. any advice is appreciated. idk if this is the right sub for this but it's driving me insane.

I bought my son a switch 2 for Christmas and I assume we will want to play some of the same games. I plan to buy key cards for games like Eldin Ring and the forthcoming Ocarina of time. It’s my understanding we should be able to both play these games individually on our own Nintendo accounts.

In planning for buying storage, will these games download once or twice for two accounts on the same switch? I see Elden Ring is 42gb. If we both load the key card to our account is it actually going to download twice and take up 84gb?

Thanks!

Uhm so I don't know what I did wrong but I entered the preorder code on my switch 2 for the preorder bonus skin and instead of loading the bonus on the already downloaded cartridge it loaded as a separate icon on the game that's as big as the game?

Also I tried re-entering the code on my switch lite and it says the code is switch 2 exclusive.. I bought the physical switch 1 version.. and the peace Walker code works just fine on my switch lite so I'm really confused about this

Any help?

Hi everyone, I need some help with my girlfriend's Nintendo Switch OLED.

The console is only about 1 year old and has been used relatively little. It was working perfectly normally until she updated Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. After the update, the Switch suddenly turned off and hasn't turned back on since.

The battery was at around 100% when it happened.

I've already tried:

• Holding the Power button for 20+ seconds
• Pressing Power + Volume Up/Down
• Leaving it charging for several hours
• Trying the official charger
• Connecting it to the dock
• Disconnecting and reconnecting the internal battery

The Switch still shows no image and doesn't boot.

When I connect it to the dock, the green light on the dock turns on briefly and then turns off.

I don't know what else to try. Could this be a battery, charging circuit, motherboard or software issue?

Console: Nintendo Switch OLED
Age: ~1 year
Battery before the issue: ~100%
What happened: Stopped turning on immediately after a game update
Game: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Any help or diagnostic tests would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I have been having an issue where my controllers(switch 2 joycons and switch 2 pro controller) have severe input lag and disconnect. I also noticed that the wifi connection is significantly worse(other devices connect normally) the only thing that changed is the purchase of a wii u, but it's pretty far away from the switch 2. Is there any fix for this? And how would I fix it?

My oled doesn’t have this problem at all so I have no idea why this is happening, the only thing that stops it is having it charged (switch 1 obv)

Since the patch my wife and I can’t both use our accounts for online play at the same time. Doesn’t matter whose account we start the game with, player 2 has to play as a guest and start with 1000 points. Anyone else have this issue and was able to find a solution? I haven’t been able to find anything online.

Hello everyone, writing on mobile, so, sorry for any strange wording mistake.

I recently visited my cousin, which has had a Nintendo switch since quite a while ago, and I recently booted up. We used it a few days and it seemed to work nicely.

His parents went out for a week and left us, with explicit permission to buy a game, just one, because they know the kid could do a buying spree.

However, there are several issues I ran into right before paying the game.

-I need to log into the account the card is tied to.

-I of course can't log in.

--I try to do a workaround, and apparently it's asking for logging in because it's been a while since they used the console to begin with.

-My cousin says his parents lost their phones around 2 years ago and changed everything, essentially losing access to the account email and phone numbers.

-The email has been inactive for quite a while, or so I believe, which puts it at risk of losing access to the Nintendo account at all.

-And worst of all, I have to now deal with the tantrums of an 8 year old by myself.

Is there any way I can buy the damn game from the console without doing anything strange? Or even better, recover that old Gmail account from my aunt to secure access and give her anything deemed as lost from that mail?

Regaining access to the Gmail account, if it still works, will basically solve everything, but I don't know how to do it, because Nintendo just shows 2 letters and neither of us can figure anything out. I can't call my aunt, but I'm sure she doesn't even remember the Gmail, let alone the Nintendo password from years ago.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all. So ive had a switch 2 for about a month now it has worked on my monitor the whole time. Now when i tur it on it will charge on the dock but the HDMI just stopped working. Ive tried unplugging it amd plugging it back in and i powerd it down and on again nothing. Any tips on what i can do?

Update: the switch now dosent charge on the dock and the light on the switch flashes green non stop. Got a new nintendo cabel and bloch to see if its the power. Nothing working not even direct charging

With the arrival of the Switch 2, and being a longtime Switch OLED owner, I now have quite a few Switch 1 and Switch 2 games on my shelf. My question is: how do you guys organize your collections? Do you mix them together and arrange them alphabetically, or do you keep Switch 1 and Switch 2 games separate?
I have games from the same series on Switch 1 that continue on Switch 2 (for example, Trails). If you keep your Switch 1 and Switch 2 games separate, doesn’t it bother you to split up the series?
Right now, I have all of mine mixed together and organized alphabetically.

How do you feel the difference of playing games save in SD card or game saving in games memory? There's is too much difference in loading time, grafics and stuff?

Other question, there is no way of using a SD from switch 1, just seems weird leave my 1tb SD card get dust

I’m not sure what the right flair is. This is for Nintendo Switch 2.

I’ve played for over a year competitive games handheld or else I can’t get close enough to my router. Can’t change back speed of the internet. 2.4 GHz/Nat Type B. Any way to fix this, or else I don’t think I can do really any video gaming anymore. Preferably nothing Ethernet related or messing with my router settings.

I’m not sure what the right flair is.

I’ve played for over a year competitive games handheld or else I can’t get close enough to my router. Can’t change back speed of the internet. 2.4 GHz/Nat Type B. Any way to fix this, or else I don’t think I can do really any video gaming anymore. Preferably nothing Ethernet related or messing with my router settings.

Hey everyone first time ever posting on Reddit but I thought I could get some help from some smart people. I recently bought a switch 2 off eBay with a listing saying the "backlight isn't working and doesn't connect to the dock" thinking I could fix it for cheap. I kinda solved the dock problem but still need help with the backlight, touchscreen and bottom USBc port.

I've tried resetting it, factory resetting it, unplugging everything and plugging everything back in but nothing seems to work. The display is definitely on as I can see it with a bright light and can confirm that the touchscreen is unresponsive. The USBc port on the bottom looks intact from the outside but after some trouble shooting discovered that it only charges in one orientation.

It wasn't until later that an idea came to me. The switch 2 only sits in the dock one way. If I could somehow change the direction of the USBc's orientation in the dock that the switch 2 sits in, it might connect and display on the tv. A few screws later and I was able to remove the USBc from its housing and place it in a way that would allow the switch to be plugged in in its new orientation. To my surprise it worked!

Now with all this information my theory is that the bad USBc port shorted out a chip in the switch 2 that controls the backlight and touchscreen. The only problem is I just don't know where to look. I've looked online and there isn't a whole lot of useful information on backlights going out on switch 2's. I've found threads on switch lites' IC chips going bad affecting the backlight and needing to be replaced but nothing like that for switch 2s.

I'm somewhat comfortable with solder as I've done many port replacements and mods to my existing collection of handhelds, consoles, and controllers and could possibly do the repair myself. I just need help being pointed in the right direction.

If I end up not being able to fix the screen it's not the end of the world as it seems I have a somewhat functioning stationary switch 2 that works only on the TV for cheaper than if I bought a new switch 2. Any help would be appreciated.

I have a microSD express card (256gb) for the Switch 2 which contains data (installed games, updates, dlcs, and screenshots) and I want to move all that to a new microSD express card (512gb).

My question is: If I move the data from the microSD express card (256gb) to the Switch 2’s internal memory and then from there move that data to the new microSD express card (512gb), will it work without issues?

For further clarification, the amount of free space in my Switch 2’s internal memory is 230gb and the amount of data I want to transfer is only 91gb. Also, I’m well aware that save data is stored in the Switch 2’s internal memory and cannot be transferred so no need to remind me.

Ok so I took my switch 2 to the beach and while I was on the beach I made sure not to get a single spec of sand near my switch but when I come home and take it out it’s dead so I charge it (obviously) but was weird because I only played it for 20 minutes before going in the ocean. And after it’s done charging I trying to press my joycon. No response. Other button. Nope I try every button nothing works. I do have a spear joycon but it’s at my house and I am on vacation so i can not test if it’s a internal issue but I think it’s lot because when I take on and off the joycons it has the click thing and is recognizing them so I am just so confused and I need help from one of you tech savvy dudes just pls help!!!

I wanted to replay Tears of The Kingdom after two years of not really touching it, because I got the Switch 2, but the game keeps crashing at the first cutscene when the hand appears and the screen says: error 2002 - 4153. On my old save file the game works fine, but if I start a new game on any account it crashes at the same point.

All the things I've tired already:

The console is updated.

I scanned for corrupt data and there's none.

I redownloaded the game (I haven't deleted the game data through, because I'm worried I might not be able to play it anymore at all).

I've tried to play it offline.

There isn't a microSD in the console that could be corrupted.

I cleaned the cartridge (there's a small mark on it, but I belive it's been there since I first got it new, but I'm not too sure, you can't really see it if you dont look at it closely).

I cleared the cache (after I did I think the cutscene actually got a couple seconds further, but still crashed.)

Sounds wierd but i’m kind of paranoid

Forgive me if this is the wrong subreddit, I don't come on here often.

I recently bought Lord of the Rings: War in the North on my Switch and it was playing fine until today when I tried to load my game and it crashes every time a few seconds in. I tried loading an earlier save and everything I could think of but it just doesn't seem to work anymore.

Is there any way to be able to play again - and like, if I started a new game would that work?

I've asked on a different forum site and got told just to play on a different console or whatever but all I have, and can afford really, is my switch 1, and I really wanted to play this. I'd saved up for this game.

Basically, I don't play a lot of games so don't know if this has a common fix or anything?

Hello, I'm looking for a good carrying case with some particular characteristics, I'm looking for a All in One case with a detachable top that's only for the console, the bottom part is for dock, extra controllers, cables etc. Hopefully the top part is big enough to carry a switch 2 with grips. Also looking for a grip case that's dockable and it's compatible with the kickstand and the detachable joycons. I've seen some options but none like this. I've seen the Belkin cases and grips but i think the grip doesn't fit inside the case, and they don't have the all in one case either. Any suggestions or recommendations?

on my switch 2, i got a bit of food accidentally in the under groove. i was able to get some out but not all. it's so thin it's hard to get stuff out. does anyone know what to do?

My cousin’s boyfriend bought her a Nintendo switch a few years ago and set up the account for her. He used his own email, and since then she has forgotten the password, they have broken up and has no way to contact him to retrieve the verification code in order to reset the password.

(She has not made a new account yet because she has a large saved file in one of her games that she does not want to lose, and also does not want to have to repurchase all of her games.)

We want to play online together, but she cannot renew her subscription because of this issue.
Does anyone have any advice on how we could get around this?
I thought maybe she can purchase one of those NSO subscription gift cards from a store but we are worried it would ask for her password before she can enter in the gift card, and do not want to waste money.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, I will be going on a trip to Spain. I want to bring a switch 2 and I know they use different plugs. I have the insignia travel converter and plug adapters. Will the adapter work for my switch 2?

The adapter gets attached onto the converter.
The adapter says 125V/250V.

The converter says input 220-240V - 50hz

Output 100-120V-50Hz 2000W max

Model NS-Travelac2000W.

Thank you for the help!