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Nintendo Files Four Secret Designs

Nintendo filed four confidential (“deferred”) design registrations in EU on 2026-05-29. We won’t know what they are until unsealed, but they are probably four different design details of one new hardware product—a revision for the EU battery regulation?

Screenshot of DesignView search results, showing four deferred design registrations with no design drawings. Application number: 015143440 Design number: 015143440-001 to -004 Application date: 29/05/2026 Registration date: 29/05/2026 Organization name: Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Previous Nintendo secret (later unsealed) design registrations include Charging Grip 2, LABO Vehicle Kit, LABO VR Kit, and an abandoned—likely due to COVID—precursor of Alarmo.

Image from EU design registration 015103981-0002, showing the Charging Grip 2 for Switch 2 Joy-Con
Image from Japan design registration 1611361, showing the LABO Vehicle Kit’s Car Toy-Con
Image from Japan design registration 1611364, showing the LABO VR Kit’s Bird Toy-Con
Image from Japan design registration 1602434, showing an alarm clock that can measure sleep information

[Originally posted on 2026-06-03 Pacific Time]