The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is out now on Nintendo Switch 2. Bethesda’s launch post went up August 11. I opened the US eShop. Standard is $49.99. Deluxe Edition is $59.99. The Deluxe Edition Upgrade is $9.99 if you already own the digital base game. Those are Nintendo of America’s printed dollars, not a conversion I ran through a widget.

This is the Unreal Engine 5 remaster of the 2006 Game of the Year, from Bethesda Game Studios and Virtuos, published by Bethesda and Xbox Game Studios. You get the complete adventure: Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine, and the extra packs Bethesda lists with them, Fighter’s Stronghold, Spell Tomes, Vile Lair, Mehrune’s Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard’s Tower, The Orrery, and the Horse Armor Pack. Deluxe tacks on the Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon armor, weapon, and horse-armor sets. Cyrodiil on a commuter train was the joke a lot of people wanted. It is no longer a joke.

Gyro, Mouse Mode, and a Day-One 1.0

Bethesda’s Switch 2 feature list is specific, which I appreciate. Handheld is 900p at 30 FPS. Docked is 1080p at 30 FPS. DLSS anti-aliasing is in. GameChat is in. Touchscreen and HD Rumble are in. Gyro aiming is in. Joy-Con 2 left and right mouse mode is in, which is the kind of sentence that would have sounded like a prank in 2006 and now just means you can actually pick a lock without inventing a new religion.

Motion controls are not a sticker on the box. In docked or tabletop, you can pick Joy-Con 2 motion or mouse and touchscreen. The right Joy-Con 2 handles standard horizontal swings and vertical power attacks. The left one is for casting (shake), sheathing or unsheathing (tilt left), blocking (tilt right), and stealth (tilt back). You can swap those sides if you are left-handed. Bethesda also says this build carries performance work from the original remaster release, and it published a day-one Patch 1.0 for Switch 2 on August 11. I am not reprinting a patch table I could not load. The patch exists. That is the fact.

It Still Starts in a Cell

If you played the original, you will recognize the forests, the cities, and the clutter that tells a joke before an NPC does. Bethesda is clear that sprinting is new, combat animations and hit reactions were rebuilt, and third-person got an overhaul. The leveling system was redesigned with both Oblivion and Skyrim in mind. New dialogue was recorded so races no longer share voices. That is the remaster pitch, and it is the same one that already shipped on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The new part is that it is in your bag.

English has full audio and text on Switch 2. French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese are text only. Physical Deluxe is also a thing on Bethesda’s June 30 post, cartridge with the full game plus the Deluxe extras. Digital is live on the eShop today.

$49.99 to Close the Gates

Grab it on the Nintendo eShop if you want Cyrodiil on the go. Read Bethesda’s available-now post and the Switch 2 features write-up if you care how the Joy-Con 2 actually swings a blade. The launch trailer above is from the official Bethesda Softworks YouTube. $49.99 is the Standard sticker. Close shut the jaws of Oblivion, preferably in handheld, preferably before your stop.