Can I transfer Pokemon from CFW to OFW then home?

[AlvesART]

I have an CFW'd switch, played all pokemon games, did some shiny hunts and all the cool stuff. The thing is, i bought an original copy of Violet. Can i  just transfer the pokemons i got in PLA, BDSP, SW and Scarlet to that original save on Violet via PKhex? If i can, are these able to be transferred to HOME without any issue?

[Shady Guy Jose]

  On 2/9/2025 at 1:52 AM, AlvesART said:

I have an CFW'd switch, played all pokemon games, did some shiny hunts and all the cool stuff. The thing is, i bought an original copy of Violet. Can i  just transfer the pokemons i got in PLA, BDSP, SW and Scarlet to that original save on Violet via PKhex? If i can, are these able to be transferred to HOME without any issue?

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The problem is getting access to the Violet save on the OFW Switch. Unlike the 3DS games, saves aren't stored on cart. Piracy is not condoned here, so let's say you have eShop copies on your CFW Switch. How do you plan to use PKHeX to move your Pokémon to the cart version of Violet? You wouldn't even need to move the Pokémon themselves, you could just import your old save if it was stored on cart. But it isn't. It's stored on the other (OFW) Switch. So you have to trade them manually between both Switches. If you mean you have two separate NANDs (SysNAND/EmuNAND), then it's even harder, since you can't trade without a second Switch and a third save. Unless there's a way to copy the save into your SysNAND in such a way that it's usable with your cart version without triggering any sort of protection/ban. I don't have a CFW Switch, so I can't say for sure.

[SkyLink98]

Just backup your save files from EmuNand and restore them into SysNand CFW. Obviously this requires you to legitimately own all the games (otherwise how did you dump them in the first place?).

Then you can use HOME to swap mons in between your games.

[Shady Guy Jose]

  On 2/9/2025 at 12:19 PM, SkyLink98 said:

Just backup your save files from EmuNand and restore them into SysNand CFW. Obviously this requires you to legitimately own all the games (otherwise how did you dump them in the first place?).

Then you can use HOME to swap mons in between your games.

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Technical question here: isn't booting the SysNAND into CFW a major red flag with a high risk of bans? I've never modded my own Switch because of that. I have no interest in running pirated games on it, but save dumping and restoring is something I would have definitely done over the years (and have done extensively on 3DS) if I had known it was safe.

[SkyLink98]

  On 2/9/2025 at 3:24 PM, Shady Guy Jose said:

Technical question here: isn't booting the SysNAND into CFW a major red flag with a high risk of bans? I've never modded my own Switch because of that. I have no interest in running pirated games on it, but save dumping and restoring is something I would have definitely done over the years (and have done extensively on 3DS) if I had known it was safe.

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Nintendo only bans for piracy and other major stuff.

Homebrew, including save file backup and restore is completely fine on Sys CFW, even while online. That's how Sysbot works while being connected

[Shady Guy Jose]

  On 2/9/2025 at 8:34 PM, SkyLink98 said:

Nintendo only bans for piracy and other major stuff.

Homebrew, including save file backup and restore is completely fine on Sys CFW, even while online. That's how Sysbot works while being connected

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Huh. In that case, @AlvesART could safely dump their EmuNAND saves from their eShop version of Violet and restore it to their cart version on SysNAND without fear of a ban