Pokemon Fans who purchased Switch 2 have reported that data saved from previous games have not been properly transferred to the new Nintendo console, and some players are heartbroken after losing years of saves from the Pokémon Generation (per IGN).
Reddit user thatotaku26 shares experience with data movement issues with /r/pokemonscarletviolet subreddit, claiming that they lost over 1,000 hours of gameplay and 20 years of Pokemon due to the issue, and they Pokemon scar and purple The saved file was not accessible on the old switch 1 OLED or the new switch 2.
“I just got Switch 2 and did boot and initial data transfer without any issues,” explained Redditor. “My scarlet save file is gone. It loads directly into the language selection and Create-a-Character screen. No data for my OLED. Everything is gone. There were no errors in the data transfer at all. No other Pokemon data was there yet. No more.”
I won’t do anything but Pokemon Scarlet and violet There is at least one way to save Pokemon during the game progression. This allows players to save up to 30 Pokemon for free. Premium Pokemon Home Subscription – Available for $15.99 a year – Players can store up to 6,000 Pokemon, but the app does not store saved data for Pokemon games. Therefore, the owner of Switch 2 uses Pokemon Home to keep his beloved Pokemon safe while transferring data between consoles, but there is currently no way to protect Pokemon game data if there is a problem while transferring data between Switch 1 and Switch 2.
Unfortunately, the data transfer issues do not seem to be limited to Pokemon games.
“The same thing happened to me, but literally, all my saved data is no longer available like Bots, TOTKs, MK8s, Pokemon Swords and Shields, Scarlets and Violets,” Reddit users share in the comments section. “I literally have to play everything from the start, like I’ve never played before just to get back to where I was.”
Nintendo did not respond to questions about the polygons in time for release.