Petition for AC:NH game save backup

[Jason Voorhees]

Acidity? It was just a joke, but I'm sorry if I offended you. I completely understand why some people may not be fans of autosaving, but for me personally, it offers peace of mind in case something would happen as the game crashing or just accidentally turning the system off (which I have done before, believe it or not). Again, I'm genuinely sorry if I offended you, sometimes my humor can be a bit... blunt.

Thats ok. I feel that auto save offers me peace of mind if I make a mistake after working on something, painstakingly long, only to have the game take away my option to reset and allow me to not have dug up that blue rose that took literally half a year to spawn, or hit the wrong reply to an animal. Lots of things.

I also really didn't know that the game doesn't save on the cart. I'm rethinking getting a Switch no matter how good the game looks, as I am not saving a game I physically own, on the internet.

It should save on the cart.

 

[EvilTheCat6600]

its been spread around twitter and instagram somewhat! I've seen it places... it just needs to gain traction!

Well here's hoping it does.

 

[pensenaute]

Thanks! <3

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Thanks so much! <3

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its been spread around twitter and instagram somewhat! I've seen it places... it just needs to gain traction!

This is true, also Facebook, Reddit, Twitch and Discord Hopefully, it will really take off when they make more interviews to the devs about the issue. <3

 

[lars708]

I signed but for Nintendo to actually care we'd need at least 100k signs

 

[Loonep]

I signed but for Nintendo to actually care we'd need at least 100k signs

Hi! I guess you're right!
Actually we know that 100k would be really hard to get. Mostly because lot of people don't get why this is a problem + some others want more confirmation from Nintendo first.
I think you are right about the number of signatures, but at the same time I think about what happened for Mario Maker 2 multiplayer : it was not really the number of people that made Nintendo changed their mind imo, it was more some people really loud and lot of articles from game media. I think if we have 5k-10k signatures the day AC devs make interviews talking about cloud saves again, maybe we can try to make game media looking at our petition and do articles about it. That would lead lot of people learning about it and talking more about it on social media (being top trending on twitter or else). I guess in that case Nintendo would have to pay attention ?

 

[EvilTheCat6600]

Thanks! <3

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Thanks so much! <3

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This is true, also Facebook, Reddit, Twitch and Discord Hopefully, it will really take off when they make more interviews to the devs about the issue. <3

I'm in a Discord group where the group owner loves Animal Crossing. I copied the petition link so when I get the new charger cable for my laptop (using a back up machine without Discord) I can hand it off to her and let her know what's going on.

 

[pensenaute]

I'm in a Discord group where the group owner loves Animal Crossing. I copied the petition link so when I get the new charger cable for my laptop (using a back up machine without Discord) I can hand it off to her and let her know what's going on.

Woaaah, that's SOO kind of you, thank you! If the owner of the Discord has questions, please let me know

 

[EvilTheCat6600]

Woaaah, that's SOO kind of you, thank you! If the owner of the Discord has questions, please let me know

I will send the message along to her. I MIGHT be able to get onto my main computer later today...a friend of mine is trying to rig up a phone charger/USB cable set up to attempt to charge the laptop. If it doesn't work anytime between the end of the week and the 16th I should have it back.

Unrelated but funny: I convinced one of the members of the group to buy a Switch....without even trying to do so xD

 

[pensenaute]

I will send the message along to her. I MIGHT be able to get onto my main computer later today...a friend of mine is trying to rig up a phone charger/USB cable set up to attempt to charge the laptop. If it doesn't work anytime between the end of the week and the 16th I should have it back.

Unrelated but funny: I convinced one of the members of the group to buy a Switch....without even trying to do so xD

Ok, I'm trusting the petition to you, who clearly has some convincing skillz hahaha how did you manage that?

 

[EvilTheCat6600]

Ok, I'm trusting the petition to you, who clearly has some convincing skillz hahaha how did you manage that?

I have noooo idea. He was all "Hey dude you play a lot of Nintendo products, what do you think of the Switch?" Me: I like it. It's not without it's flaws but it's definitely a good system to own. Him: What games would you recommend? Me: Depends on your tastes. FIVE MINUTES LATER Him: Well, say goodbye to the money in my wallet *shows a receipt for a Nintendo Switch, BotW, Odyssey, Splatoon 2 AND Skyrim all purchased at once*

 

[pensenaute]

HAAAHAHAHAAH xD I guess you seem like a pretty trustworthy guy

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Thanks for signing!

 

[EvilTheCat6600]

Lol. Well I can definitely share the petition around...unfortunately I can't promise any guarantee people will sign it. There are some people who will treat this like "We're all entitled babies for giving feedback to Nintendo." I've seen so many trolls trying to play that card for the National Dex fiasco.

I still say the consumer's voice is the most important in the business of selling a product though.

 

[pensenaute]

Lol. Well I can definitely share the petition around...unfortunately I can't promise any guarantee people will sign it. There are some people who will treat this like "We're all entitled babies for giving feedback to Nintendo." I've seen so many trolls trying to play that card for the National Dex fiasco.

I still say the consumer's voice is the most important in the business of selling a product though.

Thanks so much! I completely agree, I mean, at the very least we have the right to speak our minds!

 

[Bitty]

I don't know how i feel about all this...I understand the concern but still. I just don't think that many people really care that much, of course there will be cases in which data is corrupted and you lose everything but the likely hood I feel is so little I don't think much will come out of it. I think with NH nintendo is really trying to deal with "cheaters" and I only use that word because I honestly can't think of another one to use. It's really common for people to time travel for their benefit, now I don't care if people do this I don't but it's a single player experience so who really cares. However I think Nintendo really doesn't like this reality of the game, so they're trying extra hard to put a stop to it. It's my theory that they feel like it nullifies the whole intended purpose of AC when it was first conceptualized, which of course was to live in a quaint, little town and take it slow.

Now in terms of this backlash of not having cloud access to save I get it, but I think there are more people who don't really mind about this compared to the people who do.

 

[pensenaute]

I don't know how i feel about all this...I understand the concern but still. I just don't think that many people really care that much, of course there will be cases in which data is corrupted and you lose everything but the likely hood I feel is so little I don't think much will come out of it. I think with NH nintendo is really trying to deal with "cheaters" and I only use that word because I honestly can't think of another one to use. It's really common for people to time travel for their benefit, now I don't care if people do this I don't but it's a single player experience so who really cares. However I think Nintendo really doesn't like this reality of the game, so they're trying extra hard to put a stop to it. It's my theory that they feel like it nullifies the whole intended purpose of AC when it was first conceptualized, which of course was to live in a quaint, little town and take it slow.

Now in terms of this backlash of not having cloud access to save I get it, but I think there are more people who don't really mind about this compared to the people who do.

You're right, we've heard this quite a bit: "I've never hard any Nintendo system break, so why should something happen now?" and for me it's sort of the same, except I had my Wii stolen, but I don't really understand this way of thinking. Since starting the petition we've heard some horrible stories about people losing their data and how it affected them, so you have to be nice and do it for them as well. I think overall it's a much more enjoyable playing experience if you know your game saves will be there no matter what. If you're feeling curious, on the bottom of the petition page there's like a discussion of the reasons people gave to sign the petition, and some of them talk about what happened to their hours and stuff!

 

[QueenOpossum]

Why is this a big deal all of a sudden? Cloud saves were not a thing in the previous games, and we all survived, granted less than 1% may have had corruption.

"Why is this a big deal all of a sudden? People have been painting with lead forever. Lead paint has been great for a long time, and we all survived...granted some people had brain damage, but they were eating paint..."

Humans are all about trying to improve. Its why we have fire and houses. The status quo is something to question if we can do it better, not default to.

 

[Bitty]

You're right, we've heard this quite a bit: "I've never hard any Nintendo system break, so why should something happen now?" and for me it's sort of the same, except I had my Wii stolen, but I don't really understand this way of thinking. Since starting the petition we've heard some horrible stories about people losing their data and how it affected them, so you have to be nice and do it for them as well. I think overall it's a much more enjoyable playing experience if you know your game saves will be there no matter what. If you're feeling curious, on the bottom of the petition page there's like a discussion of the reasons people gave to sign the petition, and some of them talk about what happened to their hours and stuff!

I didn't say :I've never had any nintendo system break" I said there will be cases. I will never deny that **** can go wrong with any game system because there are millions of people who own these systems and the notion that it would never happen is ridiculous to even suggest. I'm just suggesting that the ratio of People who had/will have issues with their switch (may that be theft(which btw sorry that your Wii got stolen) or data corruption or whatever that case may be) may be a really small minority compared to the people who don't. There will be bad scenarios which is the unfortunate reality of life.

 

[QueenOpossum]

Thats ok. I feel that auto save offers me peace of mind if I make a mistake after working on something, painstakingly long, only to have the game take away my option to reset and allow me to not have dug up that blue rose that took literally half a year to spawn, or hit the wrong reply to an animal. Lots of things.

I also really didn't know that the game doesn't save on the cart. I'm rethinking getting a Switch no matter how good the game looks, as I am not saving a game I physically own, on the internet.

It should save on the cart.

It can't save on the cart. Switch Carts are read only - they cannot be saved to. Not a single switch cart can be saved to.

 

[pensenaute]

No, no, I didn't say you said that, sorry! I just said we've heard that a lot I actually agree with what you said

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"Why is this a big deal all of a sudden? People have been painting with lead forever. Lead paint has been great for a long time, and we all survived...granted some people had brain damage, but they were eating paint..."

Humans are all about trying to improve. Its why we have fire and houses. The status quo is something to question if we can do it better, not default to.

Some peeps are against technology hahaha

 

[Fey]

I'm just suggesting that the ratio of People who had/will have issues with their switch (may that be theft(which btw sorry that your Wii got stolen) or data corruption or whatever that case may be) may be a really small minority compared to the people who don't. There will be bad scenarios which is the unfortunate reality of life.

Sure, but it also makes sense to limit these bad scenarios.

No matter the risk of being in a serious accident, wouldn?t you rather have airbags just in case? If other companies all installed airbags in their cars, wouldn?t you question the company that doesn?t?

I realize the scenarios are different in severity and likelihood, but my point is that there?s no reason not to put safety measures in place whenever they?re possible.