One of the most important RPGs ever comes to Nintendo Switch 2

The fantasy RPG will land on Nintendo's console later this summer Tamriel is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 very soon. Bethesda Softworks' remaster of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is hitting the console on Aug. 11, news that hit alongside a self-referential trailer featuring the game’s infamous Adoring Fan NPC pestering the player wherever they go. It’s a very good bit. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered was released last year on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X, reaching 9 million players within three months of release. As the game’s name suggests, it’s a remaster of Bethesda’s seminal 2006 RPG, overhauled with Unreal Engine 5 graphics and quality-of-life improvements. It was well-received by critics, in large part because it turns out that despite (or maybe because of) its hilariously stilted dialogue, Oblivion is still quite good. At least based on the trailer, the remaster appears to be running reasonably well on the Switch 2, which is a bit surprising given that Digital Foundry dubbed the PC version “One of the worst-running games” they’d ever tested. Then again, Bethesda probably isn’t going to showcase technical problems in an advertisement. While The Eld