Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year

Here is the full statement:

As of mid-February 2027, nearly ten years after the launch of the Nintendo Switch in March 2017, Nintendo will no longer sell to retailers devices in the Nintendo Switch family of systems — specifically the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, and Nintendo Switch — OLED Model. Sales of Nintendo Switch hardware on the Nintendo Store will also end in mid-February 2027.

This news comes as Nintendo makes a host of changes to the rest of its lineup due to EU regulations requiring user-replaceable batteries. Starting this summer, the company says it will begin offering updated versions of various devices on a pre-roll basis The regulations come into effect on February 18, 2027. “There is no difference in functionality between existing products and modified products containing user-replaceable batteries,” Nintendo says.

The Switch 2 is the most popular product to be updated — the new version is expected to debut in the fall — but there will also be versions of the Joy-Con controllers, Joy-Con 2, Switch 2 Pro Controller, N64 controllers and GameCube Switch with user-replaceable batteries. “Due to a variety of factors, modified products may not become available in all European countries at once,” Nintendo notes.