Open new horizons with Switch Online

Seems to be Animal Crossing: New Horizons players have the option to save their game data to the cloud if they are a Switch Online subscriber.

According to Nintendo of Japan, the company is planning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player.

This option is currently unavailable, but Nintendo states that "it is planning to provide a save backup feature for this software for use by Nintendo Switch Online users." To be determined when this feature will be available, but Nintendo promises to update people at any time (thanks, resetera ).

Here is the quote using Google Translate:

"We are considering a feature to back up the saved data in a unique form of this software in case the Nintendo Switch itself fails, is lost or stolen. This feature is for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers only. Communication time has not yet been determined. Time is determined We will notify you as soon as possible. "

The ability to save games in a different way than the console is good news, because from now on you will not be able to transfer saved data from one Switch to another.

This was confirmed on the back of the German game box (via reddit) and confirmed on the Japanese website. It states: "The saved data of this software does not support" mobile users "or" move saved data ", so the saved data cannot be moved to another host."

However, if Nintendo is able to implement the ability to save games using Switch Online, then this worry will not be so serious when your system crashes or is stolen. You won't lose many, many hours invested in the game. Hopefully Nintendo will announce its plans shortly after the game launch on March 20.

The reason people think it is not possible to transfer saves or games from one Switch to another is related to allowing only one island per console, as multiple user accounts will share one island.