Animal Crossing Wild World save deleted.

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I haven't touched the ROM, or the save.

My AC:WW ROM is under /roms/nds/

My save for the game is under /roms/nds/saves

I recently updated Twilight Menu++, and suddenly the save file isn't there. Upon booting up Animal Crossing: Wild World, it mentioned "Save File expanded!" with the nds-bootstrap screen.

This is the only game whose save is missing. What happened?
 

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What's the size of the ACWW save file?
Well, it overwrote my original one. So, the new (no progress) save is: 262KB.

I have an even older save (one that I actually did backup prior to this happening, a week ago) that is 262KB (which does contain a save file)
 

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Well, it overwrote my original one. So, the new (no progress) save is: 262KB.
Not possible. When TWLMenu++ says that it expands the save file, it does not create a new save file in place of your old one.
I have an even older save (one that I actually did backup prior to this happening, a week ago) that is 262KB (which does contain a save file)
Does restoring that save file fix the issue?
 

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Not possible. When TWLMenu++ says that it expands the save file, it does not create a new save file in place of your old one.

Does restoring that save file fix the issue?
What may have happened with the save? I didn't touch the ROM, save, or settings. Genuinely curious, as I would hope this wouldn't happen again. A member on the discord channel mentioned:
nds-bootstrap overwrote the original save data when it created an expanded save file.

Also, I was able to restore a save I just happened to have. However this save was not up to date with my current progress, and I've lost a decent amount of progress. I just happened to have made a backup of this save a week prior.
 

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What may have happened with the save? I didn't touch the ROM, save, or settings. Genuinely curious, as I would hope this wouldn't happen again. A member on the discord channel mentioned: nds-bootstrap overwrote the original save data when it created an expanded save file.
I have no idea. Would be nice to know what the original size was, before it got expanded.
If it was the same size though, then something weird might've happened to the SD card.
 

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I have no idea. Would be nice to know what the original size was, before it got expanded.
If it was the same size though, then something weird might've happened to the SD card.
I've got zero idea. Fortunately, all of my other game saves are okay.
 

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I have the same problem, I use animal crossing wild world on twilight menu ++ and suddenly when I opened my game it all reset, I don't know if I saved correctly or If I have to do another step before
 

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I have the same problem, I use animal crossing wild world on twilight menu ++ and suddenly when I opened my game it all reset, I don't know if I saved correctly or If I have to do another step before
In the game, you'd have to rest on your bed, in order to save data. Also, make sure you have not changed the save number in the per-game settings menu for the game.
If the issue persists, then idk.
 

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