Elden Ring Switch 2 preview shows a port that’s actually pretty good

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition was supposed to be the Nintendo Switch 2’s killer app. Announced last year alongside the console’s full reveal, it looked like FromSoftware’s open-world action RPG was poised to be the game that showed us how powerful the new console was. That didn’t quite pan out. After a shaky demo at Gamescom in 2025, FromSoftware delayed the port, then went close to radio silent on both it and its Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods. The six months of unsettling quiet left fans plenty of open space to plant red flags.