1mo ago

Someone lost 20 years worth of Pokemon when trying to transfer data from Switch 1 to Switch 2

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r/PokemonScarletViolet on Reddit: I'm about to Cry. 1000+ hours and 20 years of Mons gone

I've never transferred Pokemon between gens and I've never used Pokemon Home, but it seems wild to me to be so invested into such a fickle storage system. Thoughts and prayers for the guy affected

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1mo ago

Someone lost 20 years worth of Pokemon when trying to transfer data from Switch 1 to Switch 2

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Pokémon kinda lost its magic when I found the tools to edit saves to get whatever Pokémon I wanted. Want it shiny? Just tick the box! etc..
- Pokemon is already extremely easy when you're not a kid anymore. It's not challenging if you know what to do.
  
  That wasn't really what I was getting at.
I was collecting cards to trade with my partner on TCG Pocket, than I had an authentication error and it wouldn’t let me in the game. I tried everything I could think of, and kept getting the error. Cleared cache, restarted phone… nothing.
So I look online and the solution is to uninstall and reinstall. Sure thing, I do that with other games all the time!
Lost my account and all my cards. Luckily I never spent money on it.
Wow holy shit, I was really impressed back in the day when I moved my shiny Basculin from DS to 3DS, and would be devastated if I lost it trying to move it to Switch.
- This is why I keep manual backups of my Pokemon saves whenever posible - Nintendo's cloud systems are so unreliable and there's no reason 20 years of collection should be at the mercy of a single transfer error.

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