Skyrim Anniversary Edition Surprise Launched on Nintendo eShop

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In a rather surprising move, Bethesda has just launched the Switch version of Skyrim Anniversary Edition through Nintendo eShop. While the game has been available on other platforms since November 2021, Bethesda chose not to release Skyrim Anniversary Edition on Nintendo's hybrid console for unknown reasons, which makes this recent development somewhat unexpected for a number of Switch owners.

The rest had actually been anticipating for Bethesda to make its move, as rumors of Skyrim Anniversary Edition coming to the Switch had already circulated since May. At the time, the game apparently had appeared somewhere in a database of a game rating committee in Taiwan, which prompted the idea that it would indeed come to Nintendo's platform sometime in the future.

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Luckily, fans no longer have to wait as Skyrim Anniversary Edition has finally been listed officially on Nintendo eShop, and is available for purchase in all supported regions. As of this writing, the title is only available in a digital format for $69.99. That makes it $10 more expensive than the current price of the original Switch port of Skyrim. So far, neither Bethesda nor Nintendo have talked about the possibility of a physical release of Skyrim Anniversary Edition for the Switch.

For players who have already owned the original Switch port of Skyrim, Nintendo is offering a chance to upgrade it to the anniversary edition for $19.99. Whether or not it's worth the upgrade depends on how each player values the additional Creation Club content that Skyrim Anniversary Edition brings to the table, which includes new quests, dungeons, bosses, weapons, and spells made by both Bethesda and community creators.