With the hot sale of Nintendo Switch 2, the data transfer storm is fermenting in the Pokémon community.Recently, some Switch 2 players said that after the system transfer, their Pokémon game saves were inexplicably lost.Faced with this distressing situation, many players strongly recommend that other fans must back up Pokémon to the cloud through the official storage app Pokémon Home before starting a new host and starting data migration.
On Reddit, a user named "ThatOtaku26" shared his painful experience: after transferring data from the first Switch to Switch 2, the archive of "Pokemon: Zhu" was gone.Other players also said they encountered similar problems in the post, and even an IGN employee was caught.
Reddit netizen "ThatOtaku26" said that this save has accumulated more than 1,000 hours of game time, including precious Pokémon data spanning twenty years from the GBA and NDS eras "Pokémon: Leaf Green" and "Pokémon: Diamond"!
For Pokémon fans, saves are extremely precious because many players will bring the Pokémon that has been with them for many years from old games to new games.However, the Pokémon game on the Switch does not support Nintendo's cloud archive function, and even a subscription to the Switch Online service is useless."Let's Go Eevee and Pikachu", "Legend of Pokémon: Arceus", "Pokémon: Sword/Shield" and "Pokémon: Zhu/Zi" are all not on the support list.
Although Pokémon has launched its exclusive cloud storage service Pokémon Home to store players' Pokémon characters, the service has a free upper limit. If you want to store more than 30 Pokémons, you need to subscribe to a paid service.Now, fans highly recommend using this app to backup before transferring to Switch 2 to ensure Pokémon can "move" safely..
"ThatOtaku26" crashed in the post and wrote: "I just got Switch 2, and everything went smoothly when I started and migrated the data. But my "Zhu" archive was gone. As soon as the game opened, it jumped directly to the interface of language selection and character creation, all the data on the OLED was gone, and everything disappeared."
"There is no error in the data migration process, everything looks normal. The data of other Pokémon games are still there, but "Zhu" is gone. All my Pokémons that I brought from GBA to the present are there, and I have worked hard for 20 years. Now there is nothing left, and I have no motivation to continue playing now."
Some players empathized with it and shared their similar experiences.Grouchy-Cress-215 said: "I also encountered this when I switched from the first Switch to OLED and cried."
Existing-Possible550 is even more miserable: "Not only is I missing "Ju", but all my game saves are gone! "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom", "Mario Kart 8", and "Sword/Shield" and "Zu/Zi" all have to start from scratch!"
Many players said that no matter how rare this situation is, it is scary, and it is highly recommended to use Pokémon Home to backup.
User Mexican_Chef4307 said: "I'm too afraid of encountering this situation, so I saved all Pokémon to Home before transferring." The Jannikku also said: "When I change Switch 2 in the future, I will definitely transfer Pokémon to Home as soon as possible, otherwise I really can't stand it."
However, some netizens believe that this player could have avoided losses in advance.
User "IAmTheWire" commented: "To be honest, you didn't transfer Pokémon to Home in advance, and the responsibility lies with you. We have known for a long time that Home is the only way to ensure Pokémon's safety. If the host is broken or the data transfer fails, they are all gone. Even if there is no problem, it is not troublesome to transfer it and then return it, so you can feel at ease."
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