Thought you’d seen the last of Skyrim, had you? Until Bethesda gets around to releasing The Elder Scrolls VI, the action RPG that first saw daylight in 2011 will continue to be released. Case in point: Todd Howard’s money printer has just launched on Nintendo’s Switch 2.
There’s good news and bad news, depending on whether you’ve previously bought the title from Nintendo’s storefront. Those who skipped over the last edition who merely want the Switch 2 version are on the hook for R1,030, while anyone who bought the original Switch edition will pay less. How much less, we can’t say… because we never bought it. Boo.
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Still, there are loads of upgrades for first-time players and veterans alike. The Switch 2 edition includes all of Skyrim‘s official DLC — Dawnguard, Dragonborn, and Hearthfire are included in the price — as well as a swathe of Switch 2-specific optimisations.
Speedier load times, an increased resolution, and DLSS anti-aliasing are features of the upgrade, as is a batch of Creation Club content that wasn’t developed by Bethesda. Since it’s all on a monolithic platform, there shouldn’t be the same chaos the Fallout 4 10th Anniversary Edition saw at launch.
There’s also Zelda-specific content for budding Dragonborn warriors/mages/smiths, like the Master Sword, Link’s iconic tunic, and the Hylian Shield.
Players who already have the standard version of Skyrim on Switch will pay roughly R350 ($20) for the upgrade, while those who previously paid for the Anniversary Edition get their Switch 2 upskill free of charge. This applies to both physical and digital copies, but Skyrim for Switch 2 is (and will remain) a digital-only release. Fine, Todd. We’re finally awake. Again.
