Nintendo has confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Switch 2 model will assist cloud saves in any case.
We already knew that the Nintendo Switch 2 was set to get particular enhanced variations of a number of Switch 1 video games, together with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, however as IGN reported final week, a disclaimer had followers worrying that some video games, or a minimum of this one, would not assist Nintendo’s cloud save performance as they’d hope.
That’s as a result of, initially, Nintendo’s pages for Tears of the Kingdom‘s Switch 2 version carried the next disclaimer: “Please be aware: this software program doesn’t assist the Nintendo Switch Online paid membership’s Save Data Cloud backup characteristic.”
Now, nonetheless, Nintendo has up to date its web site to supply extra data. While Donkey Kong Bananza‘s web page has since scrubbed all point out of cloud saves utterly, Nintendo has revised the disclaimer on the Tears of the Kingdom page so it now states: “Save knowledge created within the second save knowledge slot in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition can’t be transferred to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch.”
This suggests gamers will be capable to switch their outdated Switch 1 Tears of the Kingdom saves to their new Switch 2 gadgets, however it will not be attainable to switch Switch 2 saves again to the OG system (thanks, Eurogamer).
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition web page additionally now consists of the identical message, suggesting an equivalent method to save lots of transfers.
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders went stay in a single day, with the value nonetheless fastened at $449.99 — and so they went about in addition to you’d anticipate. Check out IGN’s Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order information for extra.
Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and marketing consultant. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
