Null Reference Exception on a static array (Deserialize) - what am I doing wrong

Its giving me a null reference error even though I'm using a static array variable

any help is greatly appreciated

heres the entire Script:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic; 
 using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary; 
 using System.IO;
 
 
 public static class SaveFileHandler {
 
     public static SaveValues[] SaveGames;
     public static bool File1, File2, File3, File4, File5, File6, File7, File8, File9, File10, FileA;
 
 
     public static void CheckFiles(){
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot I.Save")){
             File1 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot I.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[1] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
 
         }
     
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot II.Save")){
             File2 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot II.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[2] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot III.Save")){
             File3 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot III.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[3] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
     
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot IV.Save")){
             File4 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot IV.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[4] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot V.Save")){
             File5 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot V.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[5] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot VI.Save")){
             File6 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot VI.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[6] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot VII.Save")){
             File7 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot VII.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[7] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot VIII.Save")){
             File8 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot VIII.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[8] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot IX.Save")){
             File9 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot IX.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[9] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot X.Save")){
             File10 = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot X.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[10] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot AUTO.Save")){
             FileA = true;
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + "/SaveFiles/Slot AUTO.Save", FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[11] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
         }
     }
 
 
     public static void Save(int x) {
         string address = ""; // Somehow its an error unless i assign it something...
         if(x == 1){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot I.Save";
         }
         if(x == 2){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot II.Save";
         }
         if(x == 3){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot III.Save";
         }
         if(x == 4){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot IV.Save";
         }
         if(x == 5){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot V.Save";
         }
         if(x == 6){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot VI.Save";
         }
         if(x == 7){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot VII.Save";
         }
         if(x == 8){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot VIII.Save";
         }
         if(x == 9){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot IX.Save";
         }
         if(x == 10){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot X.Save";
         }
         if(x == 11){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot AUTO.Save";
         }
 
         SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[x] = new SaveValues();
         BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
         FileStream file = File.Create(Application.dataPath + address); //you can call it anything you want
         bf.Serialize(file, SaveFileHandler.SaveGames);
         file.Close();
 
 
 
 
     }   
 
     public static void Load(int x) {
         string address= "";
         if(x == 1){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot I.Save";
         }
         if(x == 2){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot II.Save";
         }
         if(x == 3){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot III.Save";
         }
         if(x == 4){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot IV.Save";
         }
         if(x == 5){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot V.Save";
         }
         if(x == 6){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot VI.Save";
         }
         if(x == 7){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot VII.Save";
         }
         if(x == 8){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot VIII.Save";
         }
         if(x == 9){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot IX.Save";
         }
         if(x == 10){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot X.Save";
         }
         if(x == 11){
             address = "/SaveFiles/Slot AUTO.Save";
         }
 
         if(File.Exists(Application.dataPath + address)) {
             BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
             FileStream file = File.Open(Application.dataPath + address, FileMode.Open);
             SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[x] = (SaveValues)bf.Deserialize(file);
             file.Close();
 
             Debug.Log("Shards: "+ SaveFileHandler.SaveGames[x].shard);
         }
     }
 
 
 }