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!
Best Answer
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: http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/309. It's essentially copying the contents of the SD card from old one to the new one via your computer's SD card reader.