I'm thinking of buying a 3DS XL soon and I'd like to do a system transfer to that new device. Is there anything I should know before proceeding?
I have a big SD card on my first 3DS and I want to use it on the second 3DS after the system transfer.
How do I do this?
Does it transfer the whole data or only the purchases so when I'll plug my old card in the 3DS 2 it will directly work?
Thanks!
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I just did a system transfer from my 2 year old 3DS to a new 3DS XL. With the current version of the 3DS software, after the transfer is done, the new 3DS wants to use the old 3DS's SD Card. So going through the standard System Transfer process would do exactly what you want!
In my case, I wanted to use the new 3DS XL's SD card since it was bigger than the old 3DS's one. Nintendo has a pretty easy process for this: . It's essentially copying the contents of the SD card from old one to the new one via your computer's SD card reader.
If I were you I'd make an image of the SD card, then pop it into the new DS. If it erases everything, then your saves are safe and you now have the new ID to switch the imaged files over to. A quick google search for the HEX values to change should aid in this quest.
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Copy the files from the SD card to your computer then try the above.
As stated in the comments though, there shouldn't be a safeguard like there is in the Playstation 3. I will update this answer later after I attempt the above with my system. I had to use the sd card in a new project and so there is additional files intermixed with the 3DS and I did not make a backup so this will be fun!
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