{"id":357342,"date":"2026-03-21T06:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/357342\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T06:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:12:22","slug":"a-new-nintendo-switch-2-could-be-the-poster-child-for-replaceable-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/357342\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Nintendo Switch 2 could be the poster child for replaceable batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nintendo plans to release a Switch 2 revision in the European Union that will let users replace their own batteries, Nikkei reports<\/a>. The current version of the Switch 2 has a glued-in battery. But Nintendo apparently plans to make the change in order to comply with EU rules going into effect in February 2027 that will require devices to let users easily swap out portable batteries.<\/p>\n

The new version of the Switch 2 will be released \u201csoon,\u201d and both the console and the Joy-Cons will have replaceable batteries, according to Nikkei. In Japan, the console\u2019s specifications will remain the same, Nikkei says. Nintendo didn\u2019t immediately reply to a request for comment from The Verge.<\/p>\n

Should this Switch 2 revision be released in the EU and remain exclusive to the region, it wouldn\u2019t be the first time a device-maker has decided to do something like that; FujiFilm\u2019s Instax Mini Link 3 has a user-replaceable NP-70S battery, but only if you\u2019re in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m really hoping Nintendo launches this revision more widely. Phone makers in particular have been better about offering more repairable<\/a> devices<\/a> in recent years \u2014 perhaps in response to right-to-repair legislation<\/a> \u2014 and now that console generations are lasting for nearly<\/a> a decade<\/a>, any way that Nintendo (or other game hardware makers) can make its devices easier to use for longer without costly repairs or replacements would be much welcomed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo plans to release a Switch 2 revision in the European Union that will let users replace their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[93,203,213,61,60,43,4410,80],"class_list":["post-357342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-entertainment","tag-gadgets","tag-gaming","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-nintendo","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}