Save data just got corrupted , HELP

[iMannySpears]

But the game on its midnight release via the eShop. Been playing every single day, multilple times a day. Started up the game after work (I played it during my lunch hour) to find my save data was corrupted (and no, I did NOT close or power-off the 3DS while saving or loading).
Please help me :'( I've worked soo hard in my town , got every dreamie & ect... I also unlocked every single public work project

 

[BellGreen]

You should keep a back-up of data on your PC. I heard it doesn't work for New Leaf, but it's worth a shot next time
I feel really bad. Let me know if you need any help bringing your town back to life

 

[kiwi34fruit]

But the game on its midnight release via the eShop. Been playing every single day, multilple times a day. Started up the game after work (I played it during my lunch hour) to find my save data was corrupted (and no, I did NOT close or power-off the 3DS while saving or loading).
Please help me :'( I've worked soo hard in my town , got every dreamie & ect... I also unlocked every single public work project

Whoa that's terrifying. What happened beforehand? Did it take an extraordinary amount of time to save, and then it said that the save file was corrupted?

 

[iMannySpears]

You should keep a back-up of data on your PC. I heard it doesn't work for New Leaf, but it's worth a shot next time
I feel really bad. Let me know if you need any help bringing your town back to life

I did keep a backup But it doesn't want to work

 

[Divergent]

I don't know if its possible to recover a corrupted file...

 

[Touko]

Oh my! That's horrible! D: I have a physical copy so I can't help much but let me know if you need help with re-building your town if you need to.

 

[iMannySpears]

Whoa that's terrifying. What happened beforehand? Did it take an extraordinary amount of time to save, and then it said that the save file was corrupted?

I was doing the system transfer thingy , to put my games onto my new 3ds xl ( I backed everything up onto my pc ) ; so what happen next is that I copy the files from my compute to my sd card , and I opened ACNL , and it says that my save is corrupted .

 

[BellGreen]

I have the physical copy and a few times it take over 5 minutes to save. It was still saving the moment before I went to Universal Studios, so I closed the 3DS, charged it, and left it at the hotel. When we came back it was done saving .-.

I heard a lot of people had problems with data transfering.

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I have the physical copy and a few times it take over 5 minutes to save. It was still saving the moment before I went to Universal Studios, so I closed the 3DS, charged it, and left it at the hotel. When we came back it was done saving .-.

I heard a lot of people had problems with data transfering.

 

[Ai-chan]

The Same Thing Happen To My Game While I Was Doing System Transfer,
And I Cant Do Anything,
I Have To Restart.

If You Need Help With Your Town Just Tell Me.

Good Luck.

 

[iMannySpears]

I have the physical copy and a few times it take over 5 minutes to save. It was still saving the moment before I went to Universal Studios, so I closed the 3DS, charged it, and left it at the hotel. When we came back it was done saving .-.

I heard a lot of people had problems with data transfering.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I have the physical copy and a few times it take over 5 minutes to save. It was still saving the moment before I went to Universal Studios, so I closed the 3DS, charged it, and left it at the hotel. When we came back it was done saving .-.

I heard a lot of people had problems with data transfering.

D: what am I going to do :'( EVERYTHING IS GONE

- - - Post Merge - - -

The Same Thing Happen To My Game While I Was Doing System Transfer,
And I Cant Do Anything,
I Have To Restart.

If You Need Help With Your Town Just Tell Me.

Good Luck.

Should I wait 7 days and system transfer to my oder 3ds ?

 

[Ai-chan]

I Think The Best
Is To Leave In The New 3DS.

I Restart My Game 2 Days Later After The Incident
Because I Was Too Sad,
But Now I Have 1 Month
With My New Game,
And Is Good.

Good Luck.

 

[iMannySpears]

I Think The Best
Is To Leave In The New 3DS.

I Restart My Game 2 Days Later After The Incident
Because I Was Too Sad,
But Now I Have 1 Month
With My New Game,
And Is Good.

Good Luck.

I'll just wait 7 days For know i'm just going to get everyone's dreamie

 

[Leanne]

The backup doesn't work. If it detects a different save (including a previous one) it will tell you you can't restore and that you need to start clean.

The only way to get around this is to make a backup everytime you're done playing.

 

[iMannySpears]

The backup doesn't work. If it detects a different save (including a previous one) it will tell you you can't restore and that you need to start clean.

The only way to get around this is to make a backup everytime you're doing playing.

I'm going to complain to Nintendo , now .

 

[Leanne]

I'm going to complain to Nintendo , now .

Seriously, out of all the games you'd want to backup, ACNL is probably the most important one and one of the few, if not the only one, that doesn't support it.

 

[iMannySpears]

Seriously, out of all the games you'd want to backup, ACNL is probably the most important one and one of the few, if not the only one, that doesn't support it.

I contacted them and they said they were sorry and there's nothing the y can do -.- I want to kill them like do they understand how much effort I put in the game ;,(

 

[Mint]

Back-ups on the PC do work for New Leaf. Mine has saved me before in the past when my game corrupted; however, a backup must be done after every.single.time.you.play. As soon as you start the game again, the backed up data is no longer good.

I've lost two towns, nearly three, to save data corruptions. It sucks, but all you can do is start over.

 

[iMannySpears]

Tbh im not that frustrated anymore Im going to get people s dreamies thread on retail

 

[Zanessa]

How do you back it up?

 

[kiwi34fruit]

Back-ups on the PC do work for New Leaf. Mine has saved me before in the past when my game corrupted; however, a backup must be done after every.single.time.you.play. As soon as you start the game again, the backed up data is no longer good.

I've lost two towns, nearly three, to save data corruptions. It sucks, but all you can do is start over.

Christ, are save data corruptions usually this frequent? The game has been out in the NA for around 2 months. A save data corruption monthly is absolutely ridiculous, practically in the vein of releasing an unfinished game. But this is the first time I've heard of it.

Is backing up just copying everything in your SD card onto your computer after you play? I only have the cartridge version, but I assume it's the same.