I'm getting buddy one for his birthday, but since the switch is kind of a ds/home console combo, are you sure it can't be recovered. I haven't looked into how one runs since we don't have one but how is the data stored. Internally, hd, or like the DS with micro SD. I have all of my DS content backed up on my computer since I'm unaware of any outside source. Just seems like a serious design flaw since all their other devices let you back up via your computer