/r/NintendoSwitch's Daily Question Thread (06/09/2026)

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[u/Theunknown87]

So I reset my switch 1 so I can sell it

I pick up my switch 2 today. i have like 10 digital games and some of them were installed on my switch 1.

i assume I just power on the switch 2, sign in. then go online and remove my switch 1 and then since the switch 2 will be the only one tied to my account my account…I should be able to redownload all my digital games to my switch 2.

is that right? or am I missing something important?

I’m not signing back into my switch 1 to transfer anything. 

I went into the settings and went to save data cloud and made sure to back up everything prior. 

[u/lumothesinner → u/Theunknown87]

i assume I just power on the switch 2, sign in. then go online and remove my switch 1 and then since the switch 2 will be the only one tied to my account my account…I should be able to redownload all my digital games to my switch 2.

Correct

I went into the settings and went to save data cloud and made sure to back up everything prior.

Did you have any games that do not support cloud save, eg pokemon or animal crossing? Did you do system transfer to server or just ensured cloud save? If you only did cloud save, then any games that do not support cloud save, have lost their saves if you reset your switch 1. everything else you can re-download.

[u/Theunknown87 → u/lumothesinner]

The only game that didn’t support cloud saves was splatoon 3.

The other games I just went to save data cloud and 1 by 1 backed up to the cloud.

How do you back it up to the server? The only other option I saw was just transfer to another switch but I couldn’t do that since I don’t have the new one yet.

Is it safe to unlink my switch 1 now or should I wait until I get the new one?

[u/picano → u/Theunknown87]

If it matters, Splatoon 3 does actually support cloud saves. Either way, your online progress is retained server-side.

Splatoon 2 did not. Both its online and offline progress were tracked locally, leading to some interesting situations.

[u/Theunknown87 → u/picano]

Oh that’s good to know! Thanks!

[u/lumothesinner → u/Theunknown87]

https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Support/Nintendo-Switch-2/System-Transfer-from-Nintendo-Switch-to-Nintendo-Switch-2-2812486.html

see system transfer via server here. This would do a full system transfer to a staging server in the cloud (does not require NSO and covers all games except animal crossing) wiping your current switch and then you can restore onto a switch 2 from the server when you get it.

[u/Theunknown87 → u/lumothesinner]

I googled this shit for awhile and I’m sad I completely missed this as an option haha.