Nintendo Says That Some Switch Titles Will Not Have Cloud Save Support To Keep Things Fair

Nintendo has revealed that some Nintendo Switch titles will not support cloud saves, a feature that will be launching with the Nintendo Switch Online service. Now, Nintendo has commented about the issue to Game Informer, explaining why they did this. According to Nintendo, “in certain games [cloud saves] would make it possible to, for example, regain items that had been traded to other players, or revert to a higher online multiplayer ranking that had been lost”. Here’s the statement they made in full:

“The vast majority of Nintendo Switch games will support Save Data Cloud backup. However, in certain games this feature would make it possible to, for example, regain items that had been traded to other players, or revert to a higher online multiplayer ranking that had been lost. To ensure fair play, Save Data Cloud backup may not be enabled for such games. To ensure that Save Data Cloud backups cannot be used to unfairly affect online multiplayer rankings, the feature will not be enabled in Splatoon 2.”