Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The decision comes alongside an update to the Switch 2 to coincide with European battery regulations. The decision comes alongside an update to the Switch 2 to coincide with European battery regulations. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nintendo is making a new version of the Switch 2 with a replaceable battery in Europe — but its predecessor has a very different future. As part of an updated FAQ about revisions to Nintendo hardware in Europe, the company confirmed that it will stop selling all iterations of the original Switch on the continent starting next year. From mid-February 2027, almost ten years after Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017, Nintendo will no longer sell to retailers har