Nintendo to End Original Switch Sales in Europe by February 2027

Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch, Switch Lite and OLED Model to retailers and its own store in Europe starting February 2027. The company will continue production through 2026 and introduce Switch 2 models with user-replaceable batteries this fall.

The company says the original Switch variants should remain widely available in Europe throughout 2026. Sales will end weeks before the console's tenth anniversary.

Nintendo is ending sales of the original Switch in Europe to comply with new European Union rules requiring easy battery replacement. The company will phase out some existing versions in favor of models that allow users to swap batteries. It will start selling a version of the Switch 2 with a swappable battery in select markets as soon as this fall.

That revised model will have a battery capacity of 5172mAh compared with 5220mAh in the current version. The new Switch 2 will weigh about 10 grams more than the current model. Each Joy-Con 2 will add roughly 2 grams, bringing the total weight to approximately 548 grams.

Joy-Cons with swappable batteries will reach shelves as early as this summer. Joy-Con 2 controllers will follow this winter, along with the Switch 2 Pro Controller and Nintendo 64 and GameCube controllers for Switch 2. Some peripherals will not receive swappable-battery versions.

Nintendo will phase out the Switch Pro Controller, Sega Mega Drive controller, SNES controller for Switch and Pokémon Go Plus+. " — Company statement, 2026 The changes apply to markets served by Nintendo of Europe. Those markets include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, plus Saudi Arabia, Oman, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.