Skyrim’s Switch 2 trailer joke leaves Elder Scrolls 6 fans in a frenzy, feeling “double deep-fried cooked.”

Hollow Knight: Silksong has finally dropped, allowing us to enjoy gaming news without the constant buzz of a fandom exploding over every little hint and teaser. But wait—what’s this? It seems The Elder Scrolls 6 fans have found a new conspiracy to fuel their hopes for a release date.

Skyrim has made its way to the Switch 2, yet again. This time, it came with a strange live-action trailer featuring an elf at Santa’s workshop who accidentally wipes the entire Christmas wishlist spreadsheet after getting caught reading The Lusty Argonian Maid. Another elf proposes gifting everyone Skyrim on Switch 2 for Christmas, and, oddly enough, Skyrim Grandma makes an appearance.

This suggestion is celebrated as the ultimate solution, complete with a Skyrim-themed visual gag. The elf’s speech level jumps to 27, pushing him closer to level 20. Hold on… 20? 27? Put those numbers together, and you might just have a year! A year that could potentially see the launch of The Elder Scrolls 6!

If you think this is a wild leap of logic, you’re not alone. Yet, the Elder Scrolls 6 subreddit is buzzing with posts about this supposed teaser, and the community is spiraling into a frenzy reminiscent of the Silkposting days—not that long ago, really.

I initially thought most posts about this alleged 2027 teaser would be tongue-in-cheek, but it turns out many are taking this seriously. “Good catch, 27 is an oddly specific number,” one user notes. “Feels like this might actually mean something,” another chimes in. “Level 20 and speech increase to 27 is pretty specific.”

One commenter even calculated the odds: “The probability that a realistic release date (2026-2030) is shown is 5 in 100, and the probability that the other number is 20 is 1 in 100,” a statement that would make Scott Steiner raise an eyebrow. “Since they could be either way round, that gives the chance of them picking such a combination at all to be 0.1%.”

Without pausing, they add, “You might argue that numbers in a smaller range like 5-30 are more common for Skyrim leveling, and not everything is 1 in 100 for leveling, but that doesn’t make it more likely—it could even make it less. So there’s practically a 0% chance of this happening. It could also mean that since speech increased from 26 to 27, they delayed a year, but that’s just wild speculation.”

At least a few commenters are keeping their heads on straight. “We are cooked,” one user remarks about those taking this seriously. “Like, double deep-fried levels of cooked.”

Players are reporting that Skyrim’s Switch 2 port “runs like wet a**,” suffering from “horrendous” input lag that makes it “genuinely unplayable.”