Rough translation.
But yeah, as I thought there will be some kind of back up.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons devs considering a save backup feature for Switch Online Users
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Rough translation.
But yeah, as I thought there will be some kind of back up.
Interesting. I guess their cloud solution is not secure enough to prevent hacks, and they sre building a secure solution in addition? Seems rather roundabout, but perhaps Splatoon 2 and others that are missing this feature can use this as well?
Who says it isn't? All they're saying is they don't have a date to announce yet.
Oh thank god.
Every game on switch should support cloud saves with NSO.
You should be able to back up to an SD card or USB as well.
Every game on switch should support cloud saves with NSO.
You should be able to back up to an SD card or USB as well.
The real question now. We need to know that they don't have some horseshit still limiting it only to the original switch that uploaded it, which wouldn't shock me at this point.
Some more from the page, translated by browser. Mostly stuff already known. Bolded what I think most people want to know, which is also in the OP.
As long as some sort of backup is coming, I'm pretty happy. I just don't want to be stuck on the same Switch forever. I can deal with not being able to play on two consoles for a bit, though being able to would be ideal.
As long as some sort of backup is coming, I'm pretty happy. I just don't want to be stuck on the same Switch forever. I can deal with not being able to play on two consoles for a bit, though being able to would be ideal.
Wonder if this is like a separate server based method that's beyond systems so we can transfer to other consoles
So, based on these two lines
I guess this is just entirely separate from the Switch OS' usual save backup and transfer system, and New Horizons will just have a totally different method of save backup? This implies that you'll be able to recover the save on a new system though, so hopefully a basic save transfer function is part of that.
It would be nice if you could include the original post, thanks.
it sounds like they may devise a system that lets you backup your save but not every aspect of the island ? Don't wanna read too much into a translation
I mean, they've "admitted" to pivoting due to consumer feedback before with the Super Mario Maker 2 online multiplayer with friends situation, so I don't think they would necessarily be opposed to saying it is in response to consumer feedback.
Yeah, it probably has its own in-game solution which is probably what we see in this screenshot that has been floating around.
It's probably some feature that auto synch I to avoid reverting back to an old save from the cloud if I have to speculate.
Wasn't this the reason why they never added cloud saves to Splatoon? Because it didn't have auto synch and people could revert back to an older save (for example in case they lost a rank)
Wasn't this the reason why they never added cloud saves to Splatoon? Because it didn't have auto synch and people could revert back to an older save (for example in case they lost a rank)
That makes sense; i'm assuming the main issue they have with Switch OS' method of save transferring is that New Horizons is tied to every profile on the Switch, and if you only transfer one you'll run into problems with the other villagers/profiles set up on that island.
I just really need to find out if I can freely transfer to another system when I upgrade from my launch model; all I want to know.
This alternate back up system is probably tailored for how Animal Crossing will work on the Switch, instead of a catch-all cloud system.
No, I know, I remember. But the way this reads is just sooo. Fumbly. This shit isn't rocket surgery but I have such little faith in Nintendo's grasp of common sense decisions to look out for their customers best interest.
I got the impression from that translation that you're still stuck with the first Switch system you play it on.
That wouldn't make sense if the main point of the feature is to account for the system being broken, lost or stolen (and in that case, I don't know why NSO would need to be involved either). In all of those cases, you'd need a new Switch unit.
The translation is rough, but i'm reading the "in the original form of this software" line as referring to the backup function being a part of the software (New Horizons) itself, as the screenshot posted early in the thread seems to show.
Save file transfer from system to system via the built-in function is apparently still not possible, but considering the nature of save backup is to get your save back in case the original console is impaired by any means, I'm assuming this save back up will just allow you to get it back just through your account.
Something else that is not in the translation of the OP:
本ソフトは、Nintendo Switch Onlineの「セーブデータお預かり」には対応していませんが、Nintendo Switch本体の故障・紛失・盗難に備えて、本ソフト独自の形で、セーブデータをバックアップする機能を検討しています。本機能のご利用はNintendo Switch Online加入者に限られます。対応時期は未定です。時期が決まり次第、お知らせいたします。
Here they directly mention that it exists for those cases of the system being stolen or broken. So switching to a new system should work.
okay. i'm not gonna stress out over it cause i assume more info will be released in the inevitable direct. but i hope that you're right; i want to get the acnh switch but i won't be able to cop it on launch, so it would bother me infinitely if i couldn't transfer my save from my current switch to my future switch.
