I wasn’t convinced by Elden Ring Tarnished Edition until I played it on Nintendo Switch 2 — now I think it’s one of the system’s most impressive ports yet

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What a difference a year makes. Back when the Nintendo Switch 2 was first being shown off in 2025, Elden Ring Tarnished Edition looked like a disaster.

Review info

Platform reviewed: Nintendo Switch 2

Available on: Nintendo Switch 2

Release date: August 28, 2026

Preview events allowed journalists to play a horribly compromised game with a flipbook framerate, then tellingly wouldn’t let them share any footage of it. This seemed destined to be an embarrassment of a port that would have…

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