Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds

Nintendo is asking a court to dismiss a class action lawsuit over tariff refunds, Ars Technica reports. Customers who bought gaming hardware during a period of elevated tariffs are seeking refunds based on tariff money the company receives from the government. But Nintendo argues that customers have no legal entitlement to those refunds, and that plaintiffs are asking courts to retroactively reprice completed sales. The core question: whether Nintendo owes anything to consumers who paid tariff-inflated prices on Switch consoles and other products.

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