On the Nintendo Switch,Splatoon 3has attractedSplatoonveterans and as well as newcomers. All are on the grind for their favorite weapons, gear, titles, banners, and locker merchandise. There is much more to do, fromSalmon Runto Tableturf Battles, the Main Story, and regular Turf Battles. With so much to accomplish, players will definitely want to save their progress.
On the bright side,Splatoon 3auto-saves a lot — so much so that manual saving is not actually an option. A manual save option is not available at any in-game locations or menus. This also means having multiple save files on a single account is not available. It is one save file per player. For a new save, the player must make another user profile on their Nintendo Switch.
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How Autosaving Works In Splatoon 3
A player will always know when the game saves, asan icon in the left bottom screen corner will mention when the game is in the process of saving. It is recommended that players do not turn off their game while this icon appears. Wait until the icon disappears to shut the game off, or else the data might be at risk of being lost.
Here are places when the game always autosaves:
How To Delete Saved Data
Since one Nintendo Switch account cannot have two save files, there are some players who may wish to delete their saved data in order to startSplatoon 3from the beginning. If that’s the case, players will have todelete data from the Nintendo Switch itself, asSplatoon 3actually does not have a way to delete saved data.
To deleteSplatoon 3’ssaved data, players will have to go to theNintendo Switch Home Menu. From there, click on System Settings at the bottom and scroll to Data Management. In that menu, scroll down again to findDelete Saved Data.It may ask for the Parent Controls password if this feature was set up. Once that is taken care of, the Nintendo Switch will show a list of all the games it has. SelectSplatoon 3andclick Delete All Save Data For This Software. That is the only known way for a player to start the restart game from the beginning without creating a secondNintendo Switch account.
