Board Thread:Friend Code Exchange/@comment-39701192-20190604211956/@comment-2605:E000:ABCE:F500:6D65:D45B:BF90:9101-20190608160127

Tim, sounds like you have a whole lot of wonderful new friends. Just FYI, if you had contacted SN support back then, they might have been able to restore not only all your progress, but all your friends. At the SN site, they've got a post just for people looking for new friends and many say they've lost their old friends and progress because of a crash or they moved to another device. SN always sends a note saying they can re-create your progress and friends on a new device.

Cheers and welcome back to the game.