A while ago, I was bitten by a cat. I spent a lot of money on rabies vaccine and became crazy. I thought of my limited version of Switch Lite Sword Shield. This is a second-hand product bought from classmates during the epidemic last year. It has been playing for a long time, but now it has been eaten for a long time. It simply went to the seafood market and sold it at a lower price (the limited console can sell at a similar price even if there is no game, and there is still room for appreciation if the console is no longer available). However, before sending the game console to the buyer, I was faced with a question: How should I back up the dynamic data of this Lite?

It must be noted that since the policy of "one machine, one island" is applied to mobile forest, data transfer is not simple. At the beginning, it was not possible to transfer data. Later, it opened data backup for Nintendo Switch Online members. The existing transfer method is also based on the data transmission between two hosts, and needs to use the "Gather! Animal Forest Friends Association" island wide transfer service procedure.

This method is very convenient. For those who have new and old game consoles, just download the program on both consoles, and then set the "data receiver" and "data sender" according to the prompts.

But I don't have a second host! Although my island is original and I haven't visited my animal neighbors for a long time, I don't want to give up the small animals just like this. After the last search, the recovery method was found in station B. The following is a detailed introduction.

Introduction to Backup

According to the official website of Nintendo Hong Kong Assemble! Animal Forest Club restore storage data service: backup settings ". The following requirements apply to data recovery:

  1. You need to join Nintendo Switch Online (paid) and set up the game of Gather! Animal Forest Friends Association.
  2. Archives cannot be arbitrarily restored by users. In case of host failure, please contact Nintendo service center,
    https://www.nintendo.com.hk/support/repair/index.html
  3. If you lose your console, please contact Nintendo Customer Service Support. Nintendo Customer Service Support Email Address: customerservice@nintendo.com.hk
  4. Archive (island data) cannot be transferred to different hosts temporarily. The transfer function is scheduled to be released this year, and the details of support and release time will be announced in the future.

 The picture is from the official website of Hong Kong Nintendo
The picture is from the official website of Hong Kong Nintendo

I will personally experience the " Assemble! Animal Forest Club restore storage data service: backup settings "The combination of the tutorial, supplemented and explained, improved the recovery method.

Connect to the network

Use various methods you can think of to connect to the network, such as modifying DNS.

Select Change Settings before connecting to the network, and then modify DNS Settings to:

 112.106.53.22 112.106.53.34

This method comes from the " Nintendo Switch DNS Acceleration ", the personal test is effective.

Step 1: Change the regional service

Because we need to Hong Kong Nintendo customer service asked for help, so we need to change the region to "Hong Kong". The zone change does not require a game console, but can be carried out directly on the web page. If you are a port account, you can skip this step.

visit Nintendo Account Log in to your old host and back up the account of Rawson. Select " Edit user information ", click" Change "personal file, change" Country/Region "to" Hong Kong ", and save.

Step 2: Open members

If you want to restore the cloud archive of Gather! Animal Forest Friends, you need to first make a "configuration backup" of the archive in the game to save the backup in the Nintendo server. To back up and archive, you need to open a Nintendo Switch Online member first.

Each account has a seven day trial period when it opens a Nintendo Switch Online member for the first time in any regional service. So I used this trial member to successfully back up the data of Motson.

Step 3: Set Backup

  • Make sure the game version is in Ver 1.4.0 above On the title screen, press the "-" button on the handle to enter the "Various Settings" page.

  • Select Set Restore Save Data.

  • Select "Set Backup" → "Set" in the order indicated in the game

  • The initial setting requires a certain amount of time for network synchronization to ensure that the network connection is correct. After successful setting, you will be prompted that automatic backup will be performed in the pending mode or when the game is closed.
  • The time of the last backup is displayed in the lower left corner, so if you see this, you can proceed to the next step of data transfer.

After confirming that the game data has been successfully backed up, I closed the trial members, cleared all the data of the console, and sold the game console with confidence.

Step 4 Send Email

Use your registered Nintendo account email to Hong Kong Nintendo Customer Service Send an email for help. The customer service email address is:

 customerservice@nintendo.com.hk

According to the recovery requirements of Hong Kong Nintendo Host lost Only then will recovery services be provided. So I have to lie. Here is a general example of sending a letter:

Theme: About the restoration of the stored data of Gather! Animal Forest Friends

Content: Hello, my Nintendo Switch host is lost, which makes it impossible to restore the stored data of Gather! Animal Forest Friends. The old machine has been backed up. Please tell me how to restore data on the new Nintendo switch. Thank you!

The first reply from customer service is as follows:

Dear customers:

About gathering! For the problem of the "Restore Stored Data Service" of the Animal Forest Friends Association, our company can help customers restore the stored data of the "Gather! Animal Forest Friends Association" successfully backed up through the network. If you meet the following conditions, you can use the "Restore Stored Data Service".

Condition: Handle when the client loses the host

If you have lost the host and you must have set the steps for backup settings before determining the lost host, you can refer to the following website for backup settings:

Please use the Nintendo Account mailbox to be restored to provide the following information to our company. After we receive the information and confirm that it is correct, we will assist you to restore the stored data on your new host. Details are as follows:

  1. Nintendo account email
  2. Nickname on Nintendo account
  3. Date of birth on Nintendo account
  4. Nintendo account region (your Nintendo account must be in Hong Kong to help)
  5. The body number of the old host (the lost host)

    (If you have forgotten the body number of the host, please provide us with the name of the island in the Animal Forest Society. Let us confirm the relevant information.)

    The body number of the new host

Thank you!

Nintendo (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd

According to the requirements of customer service, I have provided all the information that can be provided:

  1. Nintendo account email: xxx@gmail.com
  2. Nickname on Nintendo account: xxxxx
  3. Date of birth on Nintendo account: 19xx xx xx
  4. Nintendo account region (your Nintendo account must be in Hong Kong to help): Hong Kong

Since the "old host body number (lost host)" is not remembered at all, I provided the name of the island. If you don't even remember the name of your own island, you'd better give up restoring data!

As for the "body number of the new host", you can find it in "Settings" → "Host" → "Serial Number Information".

My reply is as follows:

  1. Nintendo account email: xxx@gmail.com
  2. Nickname on Nintendo account: xxxxx
  3. Date of birth on Nintendo account: 19xx xx xx
  4. Nintendo account region (your Nintendo account must be in Hong Kong to help): Hong Kong
  5. The fuselage number of the old host has been forgotten. The name of the island I created in Gathering! Animal Forest Friends is: xx Island
  6. New host body number: xxxxxxx

Thanks for your help!

Since I sent the letter to Nintendo customer service on Friday, it was already 7:00 p.m. So the customer service didn't reply to my letter until Monday. My information is completely correct, so the data can be recovered. The reply from customer service is as follows:

Dear customers:

With regard to your problem that the host needs to perform the "restore stored data service" due to loss or other reasons, our company has confirmed that your data is correct. Please refer to the " To restore stored data ”Use the new host (if any) to resume play.

Step 5 Clear Data

This step is more complete and should be called "clearing the existing mobile saved data in the new host".

Because restoring cloud data cannot directly overwrite existing data, you need to delete the mobile archive on the new host first.

  • Open Settings → Data Management → Delete and Save Data

  • Find and select Gather! Animal Forest Friends

  • Select Delete all saved data of this software

I forgot to take a screenshot of the deleted warning. I have recovered the cloud backup, so I will not show it again.

Step 6 Restore Backup

Please log in to the account containing the dynamic server backup archive on the new host before recovery. If the member expires, you need to renew the Nintendo Switch Online member first.

(Because when I backed up the mobile server on the old host, it was still a daily service. After the backup, I switched to the Hong Kong service and restored the file on the new host. But this time I forgot to cancel the renewal, my 25 HKD...)

Only when the account has been logged in, the network connection is smooth, the mobile game ontology has been downloaded, and the new host has no mobile archive, can the cloud archive be successfully restored.

  • First of all, start the Gathering! Animal Forest Friends Club. Press the "-" button on the handle immediately after the Nintendo trademark on the top left of the black screen disappears. Note that Press , without long press.

  • After successfully pressing the "-" key, the message "Restore and save data" will appear, and you can confirm step by step according to the prompt.

Here I was so excited about the successful recovery of data that I forgot to take screenshots and record videos. So you can refer to the UP master's video The options for recovering data in the video are very detailed. If you don't understand the image and text very well, you can refer to the video.

follow-up

The data was successfully restored, which is exactly the same as that on my old host.

Although I haven't been on the island for a long time, I feel very happy to see the familiar animals greeting me.

Especially Lemona! When I stepped on cockroaches at home, she even came to visit me directly! I was so moved that I almost cried.

Well, I need to rebuild my original island when I have time.

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