{"id":372553,"date":"2026-07-17T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=372553"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:48:01","slug":"nintendo-launches-official-joy-con-battery-swaps-in-europe-only-for-revised-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/nintendo-launches-official-joy-con-battery-swaps-in-europe-only-for-revised-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo launches official Joy-Con battery swaps in Europe: only for revised models"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nintendo has published an official battery replacement guide for its revised European Switch Joy-Con controllers, giving owners a sanctioned 13-step repair path, though only for a very small slice of the overall Nintendo Switch lineup.<\/p>\n

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Nintendo says the procedure applies only to the revised original European Joy-Con models HAC-015-01 and HAC-016-01<\/strong>. You also need Nintendo\u2019s Battery Replacement Kit, which comes with the battery, a screwdriver, plastic tweezers, a spudger, and adhesive tape. So no, this isn\u2019t a quick pop-out battery swap, and it doesn\u2019t apply to older Joy-Cons or to units sold outside Europe.<\/p>\n\n

This seems closely tied to the EU\u2019s upcoming right-to-repair and battery rules. Reports also say these revised Joy-Con controllers use standard Phillips screws<\/strong> rather than the older tri-wing screws, which makes them easier to work on.<\/p>\n\n

Anyone hoping their current Joy-Cons would suddenly get an official user battery replacement option is out of luck. This won\u2019t do anything<\/strong> for drift, either. But if you\u2019re buying these revised European models, it\u2019s still a notable shift: Nintendo is finally allowing an official user repair, even if only in a limited case.<\/p>\n\n

The guide and the Battery Replacement Kit are available through Nintendo\u2019s European support channels<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nintendo has published an official battery replacement guide for its revised European Switch Joy-Con controllers, giving owners a sanctioned 13-step repair path, though only for a very small slice of the overall Nintendo Switch lineup. Nintendo says the procedure applies only to the revised original European Joy-Con models HAC-015-01 and HAC-016-01. You also need Nintendo\u2019s … Continue reading “Nintendo launches official Joy-Con battery swaps in Europe: only for revised models”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":372552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-372553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372554,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372553\/revisions\/372554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372553"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=372553"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=372553"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=372553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}