Switch 2 Battery Upgrade: How a YouTuber Used Scissors and Style to Boost Runtime
Some people upgrade their gear with firmware. Others? They wield scissors like sacred blades.
YouTuber Naga just performed what can only be described as handheld surgery on the Nintendo Switch 2—and the results are kind of legendary. With a pair of metal-cutting scissors and an anime-emblazoned 8,000 mAh battery pack, they carved out over an hour of extra battery life. Not metaphorically. Literally.
The original Switch 2 battery clocks in at 5,220 mAh. Respectable, but not exactly marathon-ready. Naga’s solution? Crack open the chassis, snip away part of the internal metal frame, and slot in a battery that’s not just bigger—it’s unapologetically weeb-core. Bright yellow. Covered in characters. A shrine to both power and personality.
The Ritual of Rewiring
After some delicate rewiring and a microfiber cloth cleanse (because even chaos deserves polish), the Switch 2 booted back up. It took a few charge cycles for the battery indicator to catch up, but once it did, the results were undeniable: Cyberpunk 2077 in 40Hz mode jumped from 2 hours 18 minutes to 3 hours 25 minutes. That’s not just a win—it’s a transformation.
And the battery? Dropshipped for around $30 from a site that looks like it was coded in 2007. Risky? Sure. But the mod worked. And now the Switch 2 runs longer, louder, and with a little more anime flair.
The Myth of Battery Life, Rewritten
This isn’t just a mod—it’s a statement. A reminder that sometimes, the best upgrades aren’t waiting in a firmware patch or a corporate refresh cycle. They’re sitting in your toolbox, waiting for you to be brave enough to void a warranty.
Will this battery hold up over time? Who knows. But the gesture—the scissors, the rewiring, the anime battery—is already immortal.
And if Nintendo ever releases a Switch 2 OLED with a bigger battery baked in? Great. But until then, the community is already doing what it does best: turning hardware limitations into creative triumphs.
So here’s to the modders. The tinkerers. The brave souls who look at a sleek piece of tech and think, “I could fit a castle in there.” Or at least a forklift. Or maybe just a battery that screams, “I game with style.”
