UPDATE: 2025-06-13 17:33 EST BY GLENN BUNN
The owner of the missing Nintendo Switch has been found
Shikkakku took to Reddit to update the community with the following: “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! We connected with u/djkeilz and confimed the Switch is theirs, thank you everyone for your help. We’ll now work on getting the Switch back to them!”
Summary
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers are banding together to return a Nintendo Switch to its rightful owner. It is extremely easy to sink hundreds of hours into anAnimal Crossinggame, from fishing, farming, painting, and building, andNew Horizonsactively encourages players to visit each other’s islands and see their creations firsthand through a wealth of social features.
These social features may play a part in returning a lost Nintendo Switch to its owner, as RedditorShikkakkutook to the r/AnimalCrossing Subreddit to report the missing console, which was lost at Union Station in Toronto, ON, Canada. The Switch reportedly had an active game ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsopen with a few hundred hours played.
Shikkakku attempted to use the game’s social features to contact the player’s best friends and determine a Facebook ID, which they used to message anyone with the same name, but sadly, they haven’t had any luck yet. While they did check the “User Settings” section in the player’s profile from the Switch’s Home menu, this was unfortunately redacted, with only the first few characters available.
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Other Animal Crossing Players Have Banded Together To Find The Switch’s Owner
With Suggestions From Serial Numbers To Postcards
OtherAnimal Crossingplayers have rallied together to assist Shikkakku in their search,suggesting contacting Nintendo with the Switch’s unique serial numberto see if it’s been registered to its owner so the company can contact them. This approach has reportedly worked in the past, with windsostrange stating that this has been confirmed on the same Subreddit in the past.
Another, somewhat more creative suggestion from opalmermaid420 suggested seeing if they had YouTube installed on their Switch, and typing a message into the search bar that they may find in their search history. While this would have been an extremely creative way to secretly message someone, sadly, Shikkakku confirmed YouTube was not installed on the device.
Others suggested using the in-game postcards mechanicto contact everyone on the player’s friends list. Thesepostcards can be sent from the game’s airport, Dodo Airlines, directly to otherAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers, and Vectrex452 pointed out that this system was used by Japanese police in the past to return a lost Switch to its owner. Hopefully, Shikkakku will be successful in their quest to return the lost Switch to its owner, with many on the Subreddit asking for an update when one is available.
If this is your Nintendo Switch, please check your Facebook messages for any requests, or reach out toShikkakkuvia Reddit.
