Overview

• Reddit user ThatOtaku26 lost a Pokémon Scarlet save file containing more than 1,000 hours of play and two decades of collected Pokémon when migrating from a Switch OLED to a Switch 2.
• Other players report similar wipeouts of their Pokémon Scarlet and Violet files despite transfer processes completing without errors.
• Several users say data losses have extended beyond Pokémon to titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 and Pokémon Sword and Shield.
• Pokémon Home can safeguard individual Pokémon if deposited before transfers but does not back up game save data itself.
• Nintendo has offered no public comment on the issue, prompting fans to warn each other to manually secure their progress before upgrading.