Switch 2 Battery-Swap Revision Appears In FCC Filing
The filings place the European battery-swap revision closer to release while showing the same "(-01)" suffix spreading to controller model numbers, a pattern Nintendo has not confirmed means anything for Japan.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
A device believed to be the battery-swappable Nintendo Switch 2 headed for Europe appeared in a US FCC certification dated October 8, carrying the model number BEE-001(-01). Nintendo has said it will move the Switch 2 and several controllers to user-replaceable batteries for European battery rules, limited to regions where Nintendo of Europe operates. Separately, Japan's certification database shows BEE-021(-01) added to the Switch 2 GameCube controller on September 10.
The FCC entry lists the European revision under model number BEE-001(-01), an extension of the current Switch 2 model number BEE-001, alongside its FCC ID and a Canadian certification number. An overseas Bluesky account that follows Nintendo patents and certification records posted the finding.
The same account flagged Japan's technical conformity database on October 2. There, the construction design certification for the Switch 2 GameCube controller (BEE-021) was changed as of September 10 to add BEE-021(-01), and the Nintendo 64 controller (HAC-043) had HAC-043(-01) approved for Canadian radio equipment certification on July 22. Both controllers are set for Europe in early 2027 and are not out. Nintendo has not announced a Japan rollout.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.