Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Player Discovers Solution for Corrupted Save Data Issue

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One Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player has discovered a potential solution for the corrupting save data error issue that is currently occurring in the game. Ever since its release, the games have been plagued with numerous problems, from performance issues that some Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players haven't seen any improvement on to fairly bizarre glitches and bugs that are hampering the entire gameplay experience.

After many problems with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's performance, Game Freak has been attempting to put out fixes to make the game run better. What players have found out with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's recent 1.2.0 update, which was meant to fix issues and add new features, is that it has instead introduced a dangerous save corrupting error bug. This bug began to occur with players that have attempted to connect their save files with Pokemon GO, one of the newest features added in the latest update. When they tried to use the postcard feature to obtain Vivillon, or even pre-order the upcoming DLC and earn its bonus, it would report a corrupted save file, making it unreadable. They'd have to either delete and reinstall the game if it was digital or play on a new Switch profile.

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However, it seems there might be a solution for the error. Posting to r/PokemonScarletandViolet, user TragGaming posted a fix for the corrupted save data. In the post, the gamer first warns that this is specifically for the «Save data is corrupted» error, not the «Save data not recognized please turn off Nintendo Switch» error, and that they should make sure the Switch playing the game is the primary Switch. Then, they say to make sure their game of Pokemon