Despite looking like a rather excellent game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has some weird save limitations. As spotted a few weeks back, Nintendo has finally clarified that a cloud save backup feature will be coming to New Horizons, but that it will only be available to players with “lost or damaged” consoles. Worse still, this backup will only be available once, so good luck if your system breaks twice in a row.
That’s…not good. Putting aside how ridiculous it is to pay for Nintendo’s crummy online service for backups and not have them available in every game, why is Animal Crossing’s backup feature not ready for launch? With how important this game can become to different players, you’d think Nintendo would want them to feel safe in spending time with their islands.
Decisions like this just show that Nintendo hasn’t caught up to modern times. Obtuse save restrictions, outdated online infrastructure, a lack of support for retro titles: Nintendo constantly shoots itself in the foot despite putting out quality games. Fans have been yelling at Nintendo for years and the company doesn’t seem to be listening.
We love how inventive, fun, and joyful these games are. We like the art styles, the characters, the mechanics, the escapism. What we want, though, is to know that our investment isn’t going to be wasted. We want a way to relive older memories for more obscure titles. We want something comparable to a modern online system, just with games that actually tickle our fancy.
Nintendo’s awkward limitations on Animal Crossing aren’t surprising, but that doesn’t mean it’s not disappointing. I can only hope the company turns things around in the future because I want to enjoy New Horizons for years to come without fear of my data vanishing in an instant.
Source: Destructoid
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