Nintendo just confirmed the EU is getting its own flavor of Switch 2 hardware with user-replaceable batteries by February 2027 to dodge the new EU Battery Regulation fines. Model BEE-001 console and likely the BEE-series Joy-Cons plus Pro Controller are getting the OSM-marked revisions so whales like us can pop the battery without a teardown tutorial and a prayer. Current Switch 2 batteries are buried deep enough that iFixit already roasted the repairability score, and this EU-only tweak probably won't hit global markets because Nintendo hates making one SKU for everyone. Players on X and Reddit are calling it a rare W for right-to-repair but mostly shrugging since it's region-locked and won't fix the real gacha pain of battery degradation over time.