When Nintendo worked on the Nintendo Switch 2’s design, it likely expected to settle on one version that it could sell around the world for a few years. At the same time, though, it almost certainly had its eye on the EU, which has been slowly but surely pushing through pro-consumer measures in its market.
We’re all using USB-C iPhones now because of its laws, and the next big step-change is likely to be around batteries, which are going to have to be user-replaceable in the next few years. As a result, Japanese outlet Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is working on a new battery-replaceable variant of the Switch 2 that it’ll sell in the EU from February 2027, when the legislation requires the change to have been put in place.
