Diablo 4's Switch Rating Lists OG Console, Not Switch 2

Not Switch 2. Not even the base game. A new rating from Indonesia's game classification board lists Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred specifically for the original Nintendo Switch, and the whole thing raises more questions than it answers.

The listing surfaced via the Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS), the same board behind recent leaks for 007: First Light and the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake. You can check the rating yourself; it lists Diablo 4 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. No PS4, no Xbox One, and no Switch 2. That last omission is the strange part. The IGRS does differentiate between the original Switch and Switch 2 in its database, listing them as separate platforms. So this isn't a case of one label covering both consoles.

Rating a three-year-old current-gen ARPG for a nine-year-old handheld in 2026 would be an odd move, especially when Nintendo's entire third-party strategy is focused on the Switch 2. Former Diablo head Rod Fergusson said last year there was "an opportunity there" for Diablo 4 on Switch 2, which makes far more sense than trying to cram it onto the original hardware. I'd bet this is either a placeholder or a classification quirk rather than evidence Blizzard is targeting the OG Switch. It's also that the rating only covers the Lord of Hatred expansion, not the base game, which makes even less sense if a full port were in the works.

Diablo and Nintendo do have history. Diablo 3: Eternal Collection hit the Switch in 2018 and sold well, and Diablo 2: Resurrected launched on the platform alongside every other version in 2021. A Switch 2 port of Diablo 4 would be a logical next step, and Lord of Hatred's April 28 launch, which adds the Paladin and Warlock classes plus a new questline, would give Blizzard a meaty package to bundle with a handheld release.

Blizzard has made no official announcement about bringing Diablo 4 to any Nintendo platform. The IGRS listing is real, but the rating specifying the original Switch instead of its successor makes it feel more like an administrative error than a reveal. Lord of Hatred launches April 28 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.