System Transfer - Nintendo 3DS XL Operation Manual

Transferring between two systems in the Nintendo 3DS family
When you use System Transfer between two systems in the Nintendo 3DS family, various data is transferred including your save data
for built-in applications, Nintendo eShop balance, and the account activity record of downloaded applications.
System
Transfer
Nintendo 3DS Family New Nintendo
System 3DS XL
• The data is all transferred at once. You cannot choose which data and software to transfer.
• You cannot perform a System Transfer from a New Nintendo 3DS XL system to a Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo 3DS XL system. Once the
data has been transferred, it cannot be transferred back to the original system.
Nintendo DS
Software Settings
Built-in software
save data
DSiWare
Data You Can
Nintendo Network ID
Transfer
Nintendo eShop
Account Activity and
balance
Rights to use data
saved on the SD Card
If a Nintendo Network ID is already registered on the system you are transferring to...
You cannot perform a System Transfer until you first format the System Memory of the destination system (page 51). This
will erase the Nintendo Network ID from the system and allow you to perform the System Transfer.
• Multiple Nintendo Network ID numbers cannot be combined, and software associated with different IDs cannot be
combined under one ID.
• The Nintendo Network ID on the originating system will be erased and can only be re-registered on the destination system.
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System
Transfer
New Nintendo New Nintendo
3DS XL 3DS XL
The Internet settings and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ID used by Nintendo DS software
are transferred.
Save data for built-in software, such as the friend list, Nintendo 3DS camera photos,
Nintendo 3DS sound recordings, and Mii data from Mii Maker, is transferred.
Nintendo DSiWare and save data saved to system memory are transferred.
Your Nintendo Network ID and associated information is transferred. NOTE: Once a
system transfer has been performed, any current or previous IDs that were linked to the
originating system can only be re-linked to the destination system.
Your Nintendo eShop balance and account activity is transferred. The account activity
and eShop balance from both systems will be combined. NOTE: Some account activity
information cannot be transferred, but can be checked on-screen before performing the

system transfer.

The rights to use data saved on the SD Card (including downloadable content,
downloadable software and associated save data, and other data) are transferred. See
page 47 for instructions on migrating the data on the SD card.
Important Information about Transferring Data on SD Cards
The method used for transferring data between SD cards depends on the systems involved in the system transfer procedure.
When transferring from a New Nintendo 3DS XL system to a New Nintendo 3DS XL system
Source
System
Transfer
New Nintendo 3DS XL
Insert the microSD card from the source system into the target system.
The data from the microSD card of the source system can only be used on the target system. After the System Transfer,
insert the microSD card from the source system into the target system before use.
swapping the microSD card, you may not be able to use save data with certain software programs.
When transferring from a Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo 3DS XL system to a New Nintendo 3DS XL system
Source
System
Transfer
Nintendo 3DS/3DSXL
You cannot insert the SD card from the source system into the microSD card slot of the New Nintendo 3DS XL system. See
the three options below for other methods of transferring the data.
Option 1 – Wireless Transfer
This transfers all of the data on the SD card in the Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo3DS XL to the microSD card in the
New Nintendo 3DS XL.
• The amount of time required for the transfer depends on the amount of data there is to transfer.
• You will not be able to transfer the data if the microSD card on the target system does not have enough free
space. If this is the case, quit the transfer process, and then delete any unnecessary photos, videos, audio, or
software from the microSD card. If there is still not enough space, replace the microSD card in the target system
with one that has a greater capacity, or select the Low-Capacity microSD Card Transfer option.
Target
New Nintendo 3DS XL
If you use the target system before
Target
New Nintendo 3DS XL
All data
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