An active Nintendo Switch Online membership is also required. A new or repaired Nintendo Switch system is required. Recovery is only available in situations where a Nintendo Switch system is lost, stolen, or damaged.
If you are looking to restore your save data for games compatible with the Nintendo Switch Online Save Data Cloud service, see our steps on How to Download Save Data Cloud Backups. "Island backup is a feature exclusive to Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Someone please help because I couldn't find anything else that helped my situation :v While my switch was still fixed, did I have to manually go through the settings/profile to back up my save data, or was it automatically backed up? if it is, then how do I transfer that to a new switch? all of my games are physical, except for a few free demos and cuphead, though I don't really care about those.
I have NSO, and I'll have it for the next ~10 months. The only problem is, I have a lot of games that I've sunk hundreds of hours into, like ACNH or SMO, and I don't want to lose all my save data for those games. I'm completely fine with buying a new switch, I would much prefer paying $399 once than $150 every 10 weeks. I don't want to pay $150 AUD and wait 3 months for it to get fixed and shipped back here again.