Here’s what happens if you decide to transfer your Switch 1 data to your brand new Switch 2 console.

Transferring essentially copies your Switch 1 account to the Switch 2 so you can start playing new games and all your old games immediately. What Does Data Transfer Copy To Switch 2?

If you just bought a Nintendo Switch 2 or plan to do so soon, we've put together a guide explaining how to transfer your games from your old Switch.

Pokémon fans say Scarlet and Violet save data is getting lost when transferring from Switch 1 to Switch 2.

Or, another suggestion made by some other posters, and an observation from the OP too, is that you should manually transfer all your non-cloud save data first, before performing the system transfer.

A Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player lost their save data during a Switch 2 transfer, prompting warnings on how to avoid a similar fate.

A Pokemon Scarlet data transfer to Nintendo Switch 2 results in one player's tragic loss of Pokemon they've raised for 20 years.