New island under same friend code but new Switch showing as dupes on in-game friend lists?

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Hi! So as we know, as of time of writing, each Switch console is limited to one island. On the other hand, a user account bound to a Nintendo account may be used on multiple consoles.

A couple of weeks ago, I got my hands on a different console and the older one was being sent away, but before that, I salvaged my old game, by remaking my island on the new console, under the same user account (since my digital purchases were there) and used the same character name and island name, and then transferring over everything I could: clothes, furniture, items, and bells.

Today, I got to play with one of my friends, who informed me that my old character was still on his list as a Best Friend. He promptly added me as a Best Friend on my new file, so he now has two of my files on his Best Friend list. Upon removing my old character from his Best Friend list, however, it did not disappear but it just moved to the regular Friends list.

Is there any fix for this? Or are my friends really going to see two of me on their lists? Lol. Is there a way to get rid of the old, unused character that show up in my friend’s lists?

I found a thread here with a sort of similar issue: https://en-americas-support.nintend...new-horizons---in-game-friends-list-major-bug ... Someone tried to delete their friend from the Switch’s friend list and says that both characters were immediately added back to their AC friend list when they added them back in their Switch friend list, alleging that the data for it must be in the friends’ save files.
 
your regular friends list counts as anybody you've invited or visited through the friend option (not dodo code). there's no way to remove them, sorry :c
 
Have you already tried the fix at the bottom of the thread you linked? If you have then I hope someone around here can help you since I've not encountered this issue yet.
 
your regular friends list counts as anybody you've invited or visited through the friend option (not dodo code). there's no way to remove them, sorry :c

No prob with anyone new that comes. It’s my old friends I’m trying to deal with since they get 2 of me on their list lol
 
No prob with anyone new that comes. It’s my old friends I’m trying to deal with since they get 2 of me on their list lol
yeah i already stated the outcome for your issue lol, you can't remove them
 
This sounds like normal behavior. The game is tracking residents you played with, not necessarily Switch FCs. Is there a reason you didn't do a data transfer and keep your save data?
 
Have you already tried the fix at the bottom of the thread you linked? If you have then I hope someone around here can help you since I've not encountered this issue yet.

afaik that was just for connectivity issues arising from some bug related to the names and accounts being the say or smth. My friends have not had any issue with me going to my new island or letting me visit them.
 
... but before that, I salvaged my old game, by remaking my island on the new console, under the same user account (since my digital purchases were there) and used the same character name and island name, and then transferring over everything I could: clothes, furniture, items, and bells.

Hi irl Raymond,
How did you transfer it over?
I'm soon to be the owner of the Switch ACNH edition and want to save my clothes, furniture, items, bells and move over my Raymond.
My girlfriend will start using my old switch and does currently not have a Nintendo account or a account on my switch.

I would like to know the steps that would enable me to visit my old island with my new island account.
Hope you can help me.

Thanks,
 
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