Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave: Nintendo now confirms one save file on Switch 2

Nintendo has confirmed that Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, the next Fire Emblem game for Switch 2, will give each Switch 2 user profile just one save file. That’s a pretty big break from how older Fire Emblem games handled saves.

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Nintendo and Intelligent Systems say the game won’t split each route into its own separate campaign. Fortune’s Weave moves across multiple story paths, follows four protagonists side by side, and circles back to them later. According to the developers, separate save files would cause “system-related complications.”

From the way Nintendo and Intelligent Systems describe it, your progress also seems to be tracked as one continuing record. Experience you build up, and even character growth, reportedly carries together across routes and repeat runs instead of being carved off into completely separate playthroughs.

If you’re the kind of Fire Emblem player who likes keeping different saves, that may not sound all that appealing at first. Especially because Fire Emblem: Three Houses launched with five save slots and later bumped that up to 25, and Fire Emblem Fates also let players keep multiple files. Still, Nintendo says you’ll be able to roll back to chapter-start saves for each protagonist, replay maps, rewatch cutscenes, retry battles, and avoid content that can be permanently missed.

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is coming to Switch 2. If you want fully separate campaigns, Nintendo says you’ll need to use different user profiles.