Since saved data of Nintendo Switch can not be backed up, it disappears when the main unit breaks down


ByBrett Chalupa

I got a good startNintendo's latest game terminal "Nintendo Switch(Nintendo switch) ", but save data in the main body can not be backed up to the external system, so it is reported that save data of the game will also disappear if the main unit breaks.

Your save data is not safe on the Nintendo Switch | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/03/your-save-data-is-not-safe-on-the-nintendo-switch/

Ars Technica, an international news media, discovered that "Nintendo Switch can not back up saved data stored on the Nintendo Switch from the outside" after the first update of Nintendo Switch. In other words, if the saved data of the main unit is damaged, backup of save data can not be saved, so it is necessary to play the game from the beginning.

In fact, the game news site'sGamesRadarWork as a writer atAnthony John AgnelloHe has experienced an incident that Nintendo Switch will fail.


When Nintendo Switch failed, Agnello contacted Nintendo America and apologized, "When we inspected the system of Nintendo Switch sent for repair, we could read some information on the system As a result, I got a message that saved data, settings, link with your Nintendo account could not be maintained "message returned. Agnello understood that the save data of "Zelda's Legend Breath of the Wild" that I played for 55 hours with this message has disappeared.


After that, the repaired Nintendo Switch returned to Agnello, but of course the save data of "The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild" has disappeared.


Agnello also bought several downloaded versions of the game besides "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", it seems that they could reinstall them.

Ars Technica "Nintendo Switch is the only game terminal that can not avoid the loss of save data due to hardware failure.NESSo we could save the progress of the game using the password and save the data in the memory built into the game cartridge. "

Besides, early disk-based game machines such as PlayStation and Xbox adopted a method of saving save data in a memory card, and this saved data could be easily copied. In later PS3, PS4, Xbox One etc, we were able to save data to an external hard disk or SD card, and backed up save data to a cloud based online system.

Nintendo Switch Even Nintendo's previous game consoles Nintendo's Wii and Wii U save data can be saved to an external SD card or USB memory, even in Nintendo 3DS save data to SD cardbackupIt has become possible to do.

ByDeni Williams

On the other hand, save data can not be backed up with the latest Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch can transfer the captured screenshot from the main storage to the microSD card, but "It is impossible to understand why saved data can not be backed up to this external microSD card," Ars Technica.

Nevertheless Ars Technica points out that Nintendo Switch will not be able to back up saved data, "Ars Technica points out that the reason is that there is a user who repeats cheat by falsifying save data backed up in external memory And that. If it is a specification that can not load save data of external memory like Nintendo Switch, it seems that it will be difficult to cheat with Nintendo Switch at once.

However, it is obvious that this specification is too risky for users who just want to back up saved data.

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