Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis getting a brand new update for the months of November and December in just a few days. TheAnimal Crossing: New Horizonswinter updaterolls out on November 19 and adds a handful of new events and some very helpful in-game features.
One of those in-game features is something thatNew Horizonsplayers have been asking about for a very, very long time. Finally, Nintendo has announced thatAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers will be able to fully transfer their save data to different Switch systems.
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BeforeAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsreleased back in March, there was plenty of speculation surrounding the more technical aspects of the game. Specifically, a lot of players were worried about how transferring save files would work after Nintendo confirmed that players could only have one island per system. Unfortunately, shortly after Nintendo also confirmed thatNew Horizons saves were lockedto one specific Switch console, with no way to transfer those saves to a new console at launch. Now, after eight months sinceNew Horizonsreleased, Nintendo has announced that players will be able to transfer save data between systems.
This feature actually allows for two distinct ways to transfer player save data to a brand new Switch system. First, there’s the whole island transfer, where players can transfer an entire island along with all of its residents to a different Switch system. Second, there’s also the option for players who aren’t the island’s representative to transfer a single player resident to a new Switch system, including their appearance, name, inventory, home, and storage. This option will be available via a new Island Transfer app on player’s Nook Phone’s, which players normally use to terraform their island or manage theirNook Miles inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.
This save data transferring feature has been one of the most highly requested features by players, so it’s great that it’s finally coming toNew Horizons. Back in July, players got another long requested data-oriented feature, being the ability to let playersback up theirNew Horizons save datain case of some sort of system or data loss. Though it’s taken quite a while for this feature to come to the game, it’s nice to see that Nintendo is still adding much-needed features toNew Horizonseight months after release. Though to some players, this feature may have come a little too late for them.
Nintendo’s recent financial report confirmed thatNew Horizonshas seen dwindling sales numbersin the past few months. While some may think that’s bad news, it’s important to remember just how incredibly wellNew Horizonshas sold in total, even being the second best-selling game in Japan of all time. So while sales may be slowing down,New Horizonsstill has plenty of life left. Hopefully, players who have stuck with the game will make good use of this helpful new save data transfer feature.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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