[thih9]

Quite a few of these aren't EU members, some aren't even in Europe; do we know why they were added? e.g.: Switzerland or United Kingdom; but also Oman or United Arab Emirates.

[weberer]

For logistics reasons, a lot of companies operate a EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) division. That probably applies to one of their suppliers.

[suddenlybananas]

It's everywhere Nintendo of Europe (the subsidiary in the EU) operates.

[thih9]

This makes sense - thanks!

[rtkwe]

It's easier for Nintendo of Europe to switch over everyone than to stock and supply 2 versions of every product. Also I'd bet most of their sales come from the EU countries where the replaceable battery requirement is forcing this new SKU deployment anyways.

[yokoprime]

Norway is in the ECC together with Iceland, but for some reason Iceland is not on the list where these SKUs will be available.

[rickdeckard]

That's probably because Iceland is not an official Sales-territory of Nintendo, it's handled by Bergsala AB, a swedish distributor which serves the market there.

[Ylpertnodi]

Storage, and distribution costs.