Even though Nintendo Switch Online allows cloud save backup for many major Nintendo first-party titles, Animal Crossing: New Horizons won't be one of them except in very, very specific circumstances.
During today's , an FAQ at the end announced that cloud saves would not be available for the game right at launch, but would be added some time afterward for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers only. Additionally, these saves are not able to be accessed any time, such as a situation where someone wants to move a saved game from one Nintendo Switch to a newly-purchased one.
Rather, according to some fine print in the presentation, these saves are only able to be used in the case of a lost or damaged Nintendo Switch system, and then can only be used one time. If a system is lost or damaged more than once, a user may not be able to move their save file a second time and may lose all their progress.

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