ROM Hack Need help. I need some way to back-up my Animal Crossing: NH save or else it might be ruined

lazorcrabz666

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First of all I'm sorry about how far-fetched this concept is. But I'm in need of help and I haven't found any so far after searching for an hour. So: is there any way to back-up a save that's attached to a Switch console? I.e., via hacking, and storing it elsewhere.

If it's impossible as of now I'd still appreciate knowing it. And if there's a chance someone might be able to find a way to crack the local save per Switch thing, I'd appreciate it, thank you. I've played AC so much and I do love the game, and I'd hate to lose the world I've helped create.

Background is: I'm home from university temporarily and working from home and I've been using the family's Switch to play my Animal Crossing. My 30 year old brother, E, is just...well. A very sadistic person--best embodied by how he used to attack and harass his kid brother until he cried--this made E smile and laugh in complete glee. He has never changed. Of course he's gone in and out of mental health facilities since then and while he's less violent, he still does fairly petty shitty things. He has deleted other people's saves for "fun" before. And no I don't egg him on. I constantly help him to keep him happy, such as fixing his broken electronics, fixing computer glitches, troubleshooting things, and I've probably spent 100s of hours doing this because he always ends up lashing out violently at our mother when he can't have his playthings and I want to protect her.

So that's that. Sorry about the life story. I'm just trying to get across about how this is pretty important and I really need a ways of somehow saving my save. There's a chance he might not fuck with it, but I don't trust him. :(
 
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Yes, there is a way to store your AC save but you need to have a hacked switch. I'm going to assume you don't have one.

Follow this guide: https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/ to see if your Switch is hackable. If it is, go buy a Switch Jig on Ebay or through switchjigs.com. Once your jig is delivered to you go back to the guide and follow where you left off.

Once you hack your Switch you want to install JKSV which is a homebrew app that allows you backup your ACNH save. Go to your homebrew menu and open up JKSV. Go to Devices -> Animal Crossing: New Horizons -> New. Press A to backup your save. You can store your save on your PC now since it's now stored in your SD card.

Obviously I'm just giving you a quick rundown, but this is how you would store your ACNH save.
 
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