Nintendo Switch system update adds SD card data transfer

Nintendo Switch has hit the big version 10.0.0 via a new firmware update rolling out today. It contains the long-awaited option to move game data to and from an SD card, an option to remap controller buttons, plus some lovely Animal Crossing icons.

To be clear, you still can't prise your Animal Crossing island off your Switch. But you can now transfer games, updates and DLC from your system memory to your SD card, or vice versa. It should make managing available memory a little easier.

Nintendo cautions that "some update data" still won't be able to be transferred (and that save data cannot either).

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