Nintendo will cease selling the original Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED Model in Europe starting February 2027, weeks before the console's tenth anniversary. The move complies with new European Union regulations mandating user-replaceable batteries in portable electronics. Current models will remain widely available through 2026, but Nintendo will stop supplying retailers and its own store in early 2027 across the 30-plus markets served by Nintendo of Europe.

To meet the rules, Nintendo will launch a revised Switch 2 with a swappable battery in select markets this fall. The new unit carries a 5172mAh cell — roughly 1 percent smaller than the current 5220mAh pack — and weighs approximately 548g, about 10g heavier than the existing model. Each Joy-Con 2 adds another 2g. Joy-Cons with replaceable batteries arrive this summer, followed by Joy-Con 2 controllers, a Switch 2 Pro Controller, and Nintendo 64 and GameCube controllers for Switch 2 this winter.

Several peripherals will not receive battery-swappable updates and are being phased out: the Switch Pro Controller, Sega Mega Drive and SNES controllers for Switch, and the Pokémon Go Plus+. Timelines may shift due to manufacturing and distribution factors.

The decision underscores how EU repairability mandates are reshaping hardware roadmaps. Nintendo accepts a slight capacity reduction and weight penalty to keep selling in Europe, while simultaneously clearing the deck for its next-generation platform. Consumers in affected regions face a hard cutoff for current hardware but a defined upgrade path to compliant devices.