Overview

• Players have lost their Pokémon Scarlet and Violet save files during transfers to the Nintendo Switch 2 despite the process showing no errors.
• One user says they lost over 1,000 hours of gameplay and Pokémon collected over two decades, including titles back to the Game Boy Advance.
• Affected data appears deleted from both the original Switch and the new console after transfer completion.
• Pokémon games do not support cloud saving, making recovery of deleted local files impractical.
• Many fans recommend moving Pokémon into Pokémon Home before switching consoles to preserve progress.