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Whoever Beats Elden Ring on Switch 2 is the ELDEN LORD.... Frame analysis and thoughts

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Whoever Beats Elden Ring on Switch 2 is the ELDEN LORD.... Frame analysis and thoughts
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Chapters

  1. 0:00 – Intro & headline results
  2. 0:58 – Segment-by-segment breakdown begins
  3. 0:58 – Cutscene (not counted)
  4. 1:11 – Touching the Maiden
  5. 1:13 – Wizard's spell cast
  6. 1:14 – Walking to the rock
  7. 1:16 – Combat vs. knights
  8. 1:18 – Spell cast / release (frame mismatch — flagged for retest)
  9. 1:21 – Weapon/armor/character shots
  10. 1:25 – Castle Morne (no player character)
  11. 1:27 – Leyndell sneak attack
  12. 1:29 – 🚩 Red Wolf of Radagon (confirmed VFX stutter)
  13. 1:31 – Environmental traversal
  14. 1:42 – 🚩 Agheel the dragon (confirmed VFX stutter)
  15. 1:46 – Minor/major boss fights
  16. 1:50 – Outro
  17. 4:40 – What this means for launch

About this video

Nintendo just dropped the Elden Ring Nintendo Switch 2 Gameplay Showcase Trailer — so we didn't just react to it, we tested it. I ran the full trailer through a frame analyzer, isolated every frame, and measured the time between them to see what the Switch 2 version's performance actually looks like before launch.

Here's what the data found:
• Average FPS: 31.52
• 1% Low: 15 fps
• 0.1% Low: 4.32 fps
• 16 stutter events across the trailer

I broke the trailer down segment by segment — cutscene vs. real gameplay, the Red Wolf of Radagon fight, the Agheel dragon slam, and the one spell-cast moment where what I saw on screen didn't match the frame data (worth a re-test at launch).

Big takeaways:
1. Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Switch 2 is very likely targeting 30fps
2. Expect dips during VFX-heavy boss fights (Maliketh, Malenia, Shadow of the Erdtree bosses)
3. This could be a huge number of players' first time experiencing Elden Ring — and that's genuinely exciting, performance caveats aside

I'll be testing again once the game officially launches to see if a day-one patch changes anything.

Let me know in the comments: are you playing Elden Ring on Switch 2? What other trailers or games should I run through the frame analyzer next?

#EldenRing #NintendoSwitch2 #EldenRingSwitch2 #FromSoftware #TarnishedEdition

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