I recently sent back my switch for repair but I kept my ssd card in it. It was still in the switch when it returned. I powered it on and It was a factory reset mode. After logging in and doing everything it told me to do, it said to use the ssd card on this console you have to delete the storage on the ssd card. It said it would keep game data, downloads etc. I stupidly pressed delete and when it came back on all my Zelda games and progress was gone. Any way to get all the save data back or is it gone forever?
If you're a NSO subscriber your save should be backed up.
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@JoltingJoe With the Switch, game save data is stored on switch internal memory not the micro sd card. So wiping the card, or losing a micro sd card, wouldn't harm game save data. If you did lose game save data, that means the switch internal memory was wiped.
As Magician mentioned, if you have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, your game progress should be backed up & available to redownload (There are exceptions, some games don't have game save data cloud support)
@WoomyNNYes The not allowing some Cloud saves is what stinks. ACNH is the best known and a few others I have which with a New Switch 2 comes will force complete data move a royal pain here. My other are Cloud saves but that comes at a price to pay the NSO subscription to have.
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