Nintendo Switch update lets you transfer game downloads to an SD card

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The Nintendo Switch’s 10.0.0 firmware update, which is available now, adds the ability for you to transfer your downloaded games directly from system memory to an SD card, or vice versa, to free up storage. The update also allows you to remap buttons on your controller and illustrate your user profile from a new collection of new Animal Crossing: New Horizons icons.

Transferring data directly between the console’s internal and external memory is a feature people have been asking for for a while. Previously, if you filled up your internal storage and you wanted to offload games and updates to an SD card, then your only option was to redownload them. This new feature should make it much quicker and more convenient. According to the patch…

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