Nintendo Switch Online LIVE, 20 NES and upcoming titles, Service FAQ, cloud save details, requirement depends on publisher

[Ganoncrotch]

Mnementh said:

Ganoncrotch said:

which is sort of good and bad at the same time... the switch is a hardy device, far more capable of taking a bit of abuse than a micro SD card, that said.... having currently no way to get files off the device does mean that physical destruction or loss of the console means your saves are all forfeit.

A friend did once point out that it was a terrible thing because the switch screen could break so easily all the saves would be lost... the joys of a dock mean that fear is sort of unfounded though as you can put a switch with a destroyed screen into a dock and navigate to the menu to transfer your games and saves to a new system in Wifi range of the damaged unit... still though... things get lost in travel, especially things as small as the Switch, so I'm not a fan of having zero methods to back up the saves.

as for how tough the main body of the Switch is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8QCFNAgPDo

Nintendium through and through.

Yeah, agree about the option to backup saves.

And LOL about the drop test.

Indeed, I've seen mobile phones drop from armrests of chairs and be completely worthless after it, the Switch bounced higher than a person after it fell 1000ft onto concrete... and still worked. This video should basically be quoted anytime someone says "why did they use plastic on the Switch screen instead of glass?" Like... this... this is why!

But we'll see in the next few months when the Nintendo online network thing comes in how they'll handle cloud saves and online play for F2P games, the same as always with Nintendo, they've been in business since 1889 I give them the benefit of the doubt as they've been around for longer than 3 generations of my family.