Oblivion Remastered Heads to Switch 2 on Aug. 11 With Real Cartridge Retail

Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on August 11. The game will be available digitally through the eShop, and it will also ship in a physical format that includes the full base game on a cartridge.

For the boxed releases, the package is set to include a genuine cartridge rather than a Game-Key Card. That cartridge will also unlock the Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine expansions, though Bethesda’s wording is a bit less definitive about whether every expansion-related entitlement is handled the same way. Even with the cartridge, buyers should expect some additional items to be downloaded after purchase. That said, it’s not being positioned like a “code-only” box situation.

The included extras cover a mix of familiar add-ons: the Fighter’s Stronghold, Spell Tomes, Vile Lair, Mehrune’s Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard’s Tower, The Orrery, and the notorious Horse Armor Pack DLC. On top of that, a separate access code will be provided for the Akatosh and Mehruns Dagon armor sets, their associated weapons, and horse armor variations.

Despite the packaging details, some players have been reacting skeptically to the Nintendo Switch 2 release date trailer that dropped today. The video is mostly a roughly two-minute live-action skit built around the game’s notorious Adoring Fan, with only about twenty seconds of actual in-game footage near the end. Viewers have described what they saw as “choppy” and “rough.”

“This runs like nuclear ass on my 13700k/5090 rig, and on PS5/XSX as well,” one forum user wrote on ResetEra. “This is going to be a disaster…”

“On one hand, Fallout 4 was rough on Switch 2 at first too, but I think I remember hearing its issues got ironed out in the end,” another fan replied. “On the other hand, this is Oblivion Remastered, a game that makes my RTX 4080 cry.”

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In a statement shared with the press, Bethesda said the Switch 2 version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is built to support DLSS in both ways of playing. The company’s target performance is 900p at 30 frames per second in handheld mode, and 1080p at 30 frames per second when docked.

The original Oblivion Remastered release happened on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in April 2025. Bethesda also framed the update as a strong modernization of a classic open-world RPG, while acknowledging that the project can still retain some of the original’s “jank” and rough edges. Physical and digital pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 edition are now available.

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