Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games, technology, movies, TV, and entertainment. Setting up a new Switch 2 and transferring your games and save ...

A system transfer from the original Switch to the Switch 2 is supposed to be easy, and it is. However, there are a few tricks in the process that some Switch 2 owners have tripped over since buying ...

Nintendo will repeatedly warn you that the Nintendo Switch 2 can only interface with MicroSD Express Cards, making the Nintendo Switch 2's MicroSDXC or SDHC cards incompatible, but this isn't 100% ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 is now out, and you don't want to lose your 983 hours of Animal Crossing or Pokemon? This isHow to ...

The Nintendo Switch just got a big update to Ver. 20.0.0, released April 29. The biggest additions are system transfers to Switch 2, support for virtual game cards, and GameShare. However, when using ...

Nintendo Switch update 21.0.0 is out on November 10 (Nov. 11 for those outside the US), and this adds new quality-of-life ...

Nintendo has released a new Switch 2 and Switch system update today, bumping the firmware up to Version 21.0.0. Here's the ...

TL;DR: There are multiple reports from those migrating from the Nintendo Switch to Switch 2 complaining that they've lost save data, and in one highlighted case, the losses are heavy to say the least.

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Don't skip a step or else you may have to go through an even longer process to transfer data from your original Switch. Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, ...

Nintendo has issued a fresh system software update for the Switch and Switch 2, bringing both consoles' firmware up to Version 21.0.0. Check out the patch notes.