Once you’re in the Virtual game card screen, you can navigate to and select Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Choose Load on This System, which will start the game downloading.

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Click ‘Proceed’ on the original console and look out for the target console appearing on screen. Once it does, press ‘Transfer’ to start the process.

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