Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a popular game that has taken the world by storm. The game encourages players to connect with each other and create a personalized island paradise. However, what happens when you want to transfer your Nintendo Switch console? How do you transfer the game save data? In this article, we’ll explain how to transfer Animal Crossing: New Horizons save data to a new Switch.

Step One: Update Your Switch

First and foremost, make sure both your current and new Switch consoles are updated to the latest version. You can achieve this by going to the System Settings and selecting System Update.

Step Two: Backup Save Data

Animal Crossing: New Horizons save data is stored on the Nintendo Switch console and cannot be transferred to an SD card or external drive. To transfer your save data to a new Switch, you need to back up your save data to Nintendo’s cloud-based system.

To backup your save data, you need an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. Once you have a membership, go to the System Settings on your Switch console and select Data Management. From there, choose the Save Data Cloud option.

Step Three: Transfer Save Data

To transfer your Animal Crossing: New Horizons save data to your new Switch console, you need to follow the steps below:

1. Turn on your new Switch console and connect it to the internet.

2. Go to the System Settings on the new console and select Users.

3. Choose the option to Add User and create a new user account.

4. Link the new user account to your Nintendo Account and sign in.

5. Go to the Nintendo eShop on the new Switch console and download the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game.

6. After downloading the game, launch it and follow the on-screen instructions to start the game.

7. Once the game has started, go to System Settings and select Data Management.

8. From the Data Management menu, select the option to Transfer Your Save Data.

9. Follow the on-screen instructions to transfer your save data from the cloud to your new Switch console.

Step Four: Enjoy Your Island Paradise

After the data transfer is complete, you can start playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons on your new Switch console with your saved data intact. You can pick up right where you left off and continue building your dream island paradise.