Switch 2 Ratings Leak

Two first-party Switch 2 games just picked up fresh European age ratings, a sign Nintendo may be getting closer to putting dates on both releases. (nintendolife.com) Nintendo’s European pages now show Splatoon Raiders with a PEGI 7 rating and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave with a PEGI 12 rating instead of a provisional label, according to reports published April 11 and April 12. (gonintendo.com) (nintendolife.com) PEGI, short for Pan European Game Information, is the age-rating system used across much of Europe, and publishers usually need those classifications in place before store pages and launch plans are finalized. Nintendo has not announced release dates for either game as of Sunday, April 12, 2026. (nintendo.co.uk) (nintendo.com.au) The timing matters because Nintendo’s official public windows are still broad. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is listed for 2026, while Splatoon Raiders is still marked “TBD” on Nintendo’s regional game pages. (nintendo.com/ph) (nintendo.co.uk) Both games are important pieces of Nintendo’s next-platform lineup. Splatoon Raiders is Nintendo’s first announced Splatoon spin-off, and Nintendo says it stars a mechanic exploring the Spirhalite Islands alongside Deep Cut. (nintendo.com) Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is the next mainline Fire Emblem entry, and Nintendo’s announcement says it is built around the “Heroic Games” and turn-based tactical role-playing combat on Switch 2. (nintendo.com/ph) The new ratings are also feeding a wider wave of Switch 2 speculation. A 9to5Toys roundup published April 11 tied the filings to separate rumor chatter about a Zelda remake, a new Star Fox, Metroid-related releases, and a possible special-edition Switch 2 hardware bundle. (9to5toys.com) Those broader claims remain unconfirmed. The ratings themselves are concrete storefront changes on Nintendo’s European pages, but the rumored Zelda, Star Fox, Metroid, and hardware plans still sit in the leak-and-roundup category rather than Nintendo announcements. (nintendolife.com) (9to5toys.com) For now, the clearest signal is narrower than the rumor mill: Nintendo has two named Switch 2 exclusives with updated European ratings, and both are now closer to release than they were a week ago. (gonintendo.com) (nintendolife.com)