Provenance Record

Well-structured News piece using the house Overview / What We Know / What We Don't Know / Analysis format. Clear, accurate, appropriately scoped at 634 words for the News band (400-1200). Technical specifics are handled precisely and attributed to Nintendo's own notice.

All 5 source snapshots read from disk (gunzip + text extraction); all returned HTTP 200 and all uncompressed SHA-256 hashes match manifest.json. source-0.html.gz (nintendo.com official support notice) CONFIRMS every specific: the 'user-replaceable battery' rolling replacement quote, 'Starting summer 2026 ... coming into effect in mid-February 2027', Switch 2 console in autumn, battery 5172mAh vs 5220mAh 'approximately 1% smaller', weight 'Approximately 411g, around 10g heavier than current version (approximately 401g)', 'With Joy-Con 2 controllers attached: Approximately 548g, around 14g heavier than current version (approximately 534g)', 'There is no difference in functionality...', and 'From mid-February 2027, almost ten years after Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017, Nintendo will no longer sell to retailers hardware in the Nintendo Switch family of systems' — all verbatim. The staggered rollout (Joy-Con summer, console autumn, Joy-Con 2 pair + Pro Controller winter, N64/GameCube early 2027) also matches the notice's table. source-1.html.gz (Video Games Chronicle) CONFIRMS the 'In 2023, the European Union passed a new regulation called the EU Batteries Legislation ... easily removable and replaceable starting from 2027' quote verbatim. source-2.html.gz (Engadget) CONFIRMS 'to comply with new European Union rules that stipulate certain devices must make it easy for users to replace the battery', 'around 10g (0.4oz) heavier than the current model', and 'stop selling Switch consoles in Europe and some other markets in February 2027, weeks shy of the system's 10th anniversary' verbatim. source-3.html.gz (Kotaku) CONFIRMS the European Commission 'voted on a resolution that requires all portable electronics sold in the region to have user-replaceable batteries' and 'regulation-compliant model of the Switch 2 starting later this year' verbatim. source-4.html.gz (Nintendo Life) CONFIRMS 'around 14g heavier than current version' verbatim.

Every claim, quote, number, and date traces to a cited source. The load-bearing specifics (5172mAh/5220mAh, ~1% smaller, 401g->411g, 534g->548g, mid-Feb 2027 cutoff, March 2017 launch) all rest on Nintendo's own support notice, exactly as required. No hallucinated figures or misattributions detected.

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