>>712873241
but for pokemon and animal crossing the gamesave data isn't tied to an individual user profile, so his nintendo online subscription service, which offers cloud game saves, won't work with them.
the game needs to save the data to your nintendo-linked account and you need to have a nintendo online subscription in order to have cloud game saves.
pokemon and animal crossing don't do this, so you can't back them up.
the only way to safely transfer save data is with the pokemon home and animal crossing island mover.
this literally is NOT nintendo's fault.