Oblivion Remastered Arrives on Switch 2 Tomorrow, and the Deluxe Cartridge Holds the Entire Game

Twenty years after it first opened the gates of Cyrodiil, Oblivion is about to run on a Nintendo console for the very first time. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered launches on Nintendo Switch 2 tomorrow, August 11, and Bethesda is not doing a stripped-down conversion. Every version ships with the Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine expansions plus all eight smaller DLC packs, from Fighter's Stronghold and Mehrune's Razor all the way down to the infamous Horse Armor Pack, the add-on that accidentally invented paid cosmetic DLC back in 2006.

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The digital Standard Edition costs $49.99. The Deluxe Edition runs $59.99 and adds the Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon armor, weapon and horse armor sets, and if you buy Standard first you can bridge the gap later with a $9.99 upgrade. Bethesda also says the Switch 2 version takes advantage of the new hardware with unique motion controls, which sounds like a natural fit for a game where you spend half your time waving a sword and the other half fumbling through menus for a healing spell.

The cartridge actually contains the game

The detail that has us most pleased is the physical release. The Deluxe Edition cartridge holds the complete base game, both story expansions and all eight DLC packs, with no Game-Key Card and no mandatory download to get started. In a generation where big third-party releases routinely ship as a plastic license with the real game living on a server, a full 2026 open-world RPG sitting entirely on the cart is genuinely rare, and it deserves to be called out when a publisher does it right.

It also fits a pattern that has been building all summer. Switch 2 owners have watched one heavyweight after another commit properly to the platform, from Minecraft finally going native on October 27 to Final Fantasy XIV making the jump. Oblivion Remastered arriving day and date with all its content included is another sign that publishers now treat the console as a primary target rather than an afterthought.

Our take

Oblivion Remastered was one of 2025's happiest surprises when it shadow-dropped on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox, and the idea of carrying all of Cyrodiil around in a handheld is an easy sell. We would still temper expectations on performance until reviews land, since this is a demanding remaster on portable hardware and Bethesda has not published detailed specs on its announcement page. But on content and packaging, this is the most complete version of Oblivion ever put in a box, and it launches tomorrow.