Excited for Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Nintendo Switch 2? So was I, but it’s been delayed

A lot of the magic about the Nintendo Switch 1 (which I’m retroactively renaming, I know), was that you could take games you already loved on the go. That magic has carried through to the Switch 2 (I’m loving Wild Hearts S, despite beating it on Xbox), and I was particularly excited to take Elden Ring on the go with the Tarnished Edition.

Sadly, that won’t be the case – at least not this year, since the game has been delayed to 2026, meaning you’re left with, well, the fact that the game does play pretty darn well on Steam Deck.

Posting on X (formerly Twitter), the official Elden Ring account says “While development on #ELDENRING Tarnished Edition continues wholeheartedly toward release, we have decided to move the launch to 2026 to allow time for performance adjustments.”

“We apologize to players looking forward to the game and thank you for your patience and support.”

I admit I had been fearing the worst in recent weeks as silence from Bandai Namco and FromSoft continued, and early impressions suggested that the Switch 2 port of Elden Ring was looking rough.

IGN previously reported gameplay recording wasn’t allowed, and so the port has remained (at least mostly) behind closed doors.

The Tarnished Edition includes the base game and the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, originally released in 2022 and 2024 respectively.

Luckily, the Switch 2 has some great games to look forward to (or catch up on) between Pokemon Legends Z-A, Donkey Kong Bananza, Kirby Air Riders, and Metroid Prime 4, but it’s still a shame to see the game slip.