Use this feature if you wish to transfer the entire island and all residents to a new Nintendo Switch console. The island, all progress and customisations, your animal neighbours, the island's Resident Representative and any other residents that have been created on the island will be transferred.

Any Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise save data is also transferred with this process. The DLC must be downloaded on the target Nintendo Switch console before the DLC content can be accessed in-game.

This feature is helpful if you are replacing your Nintendo Switch console with a new one and all players who have played Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be using the new Nintendo Switch console. It is also the only way to transfer your island's Resident Representative when you have not backed up your island.

You must have access to both the original console and the new console to use this feature.

• If you have lost access to the source Nintendo Switch console, but you enabled island backup on that console, you can still restore your backup data on your replacement console. Follow our steps on How to Back Up and Restore Island Save Data.

Follow our steps on How to Transfer an Island to a New Nintendo Switch Console (Animal Crossing: New Horizons).

Use this feature if you wish to transfer just one resident to a new Nintendo Switch console. The resident, the resident’s home and the resident’s customisations will be transferred. The Resident Representative cannot be transferred.

If the resident has Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise save data, that save data will also transfer with the resident to the new Nintendo Switch console. The DLC must be downloaded on the new Nintendo Switch console before the DLC content can be accessed in-game.

This feature is helpful when just one player wants to continue playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons on a new Nintendo Switch console or when multiple residents other than the Resident Representative will be using the new Nintendo Switch console. The transferred player(s) will move to a new island with new animals, so any island progress and animal neighbours will remain on the original Nintendo Switch console.

You must have access to both the original console and the new console to use this feature.

• If you have lost access to the source Nintendo Switch console, but you enabled island backup on that console, you can still restore your backup data on your replacement console. Follow our steps on How to Back Up and Restore Island Save Data.

Follow our steps on How to Transfer an Individual Resident to a New Island (Animal Crossing: New Horizons).

Use the island backup feature to ensure that your island save data can be recovered in a situation where you lose access to your Nintendo Switch console. If you have enabled island backup, you will be able to restore the last saved version of your island and all residents on a replacement Nintendo Switch console.

You must have already enabled island backup on the original console to use this feature, but you can restore the island save data using only the new console.

Any Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise save data is also backed up with this feature. The DLC must be downloaded on your replacement Nintendo Switch console in order to gain access to the DLC content in-game.

Follow our steps on How to Backup and Restore Island Save Data (Animal Crossing: New Horizons).

Use the island backup feature to ensure that your island save data can be recovered in a situation where you lose access to your Nintendo Switch console. If you have enabled island backup, you will be able to restore the last saved version of your island and all residents on a replacement Nintendo Switch console.

You must have already enabled island backup on the original console to use this feature, but you can restore the island save data using only the new console.

Any Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise save data is also backed up with this feature. The DLC must be downloaded on your replacement Nintendo Switch console in order to gain access to the DLC content in-game.

Follow our steps on How to Backup and Restore Island Save Data (Animal Crossing: New Horizons).