Nintendo is seeking dismissal of a US class-action lawsuit that argues customers should receive a share of any tariff refund the company obtains from the government. The company contends buyers who paid higher prices "received exactly what they bargained and paid for" and are not entitled to a rebate simply because of subsequent legal changes to tariff policy. The case matters because it tests whether manufacturers who raised prices due to tariffs, only for those tariffs to later be struck down as illegal, must pass any resulting refunds back to consumers.

Nintendo raised US prices last year on the original Switch, including its OLED and Lite models, plus other products such as Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers, though not the Switch 2 console itself. The price rises followed sweeping US tariffs that were later ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, prompting Nintendo to sue the government for a refund while facing this separate class-action suit filed in April. Nintendo argues it absorbed some tariff costs rather than passing them all on, that calculating an exact tariff-related refund per product is impossible, and it wants the dispute resolved through private arbitration; similar pressure has been placed on Sony, while firms like FedEx have said they will pass refunds to consumers.