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Animal Crossing: New Horizons How To Transfer Save Data

By

Leonardo Ortíz García

Updated:

11 Dec 2023

It was the second half of 2020 when Nintendo finally added the option to back up and transfer save data from your island to a different Animal Crossing: New Horizons cartridge on a new Nintendo Switch system. This brings a great opportunity to players who either want to transfer their entire islands to a different Nintendo Switch or just the resident along with the resident’s home and even most of the stuff on storage.

Doing this so is a pretty easy job since you only have to download the Island Transfer Tool for Animal Crossing: New Horizons on your source Nintendo Switch system and follow the steps on screen to transfer your island to your new Nintendo Switch; you must know that this action will permanently erase all data from the source Nintendo Switch and you’ll only be able to keep playing your data on the new Nintendo Switch.

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Leonardo Ortíz García

Communications student in the past, seeker of adventures nowadays; videogames lover ever since I touched my first console. Science fiction enthusiastic, both as a writer and spectator.

Gamer Since:

2011

Favorite Genre:

RPG

Currently Playing:

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (HD Remaster)

Top 3 Favorite Games:

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, LISA

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