Two Nintendo customers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging the firm intends to benefit by both raising prices for consumers whilst seeking compensation from the US government.
Last month, Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit against the US government over the “initiation and administration of unlawful trade measures” last year, asking the US Court of International Trade to refund the tariffs paid “with interest” since they were imposed.
The filing accused various US government agencies of collecting “more than $200 billion in tariffs on imports from nearly all countries.”
Now, in a new court filing reported by Game File, the lawsuit alleges that Nintendo’s recovery of tariffs would “constitute unjust enrichment and violate Washington state consumer protection law.”
“Unless restrained by this Court, Nintendo stands to recover the same tariff payments twice – once from consumers through higher prices and again from the federal government through tariff refunds, including interest paid by the government on those funds,” the lawsuit claims.
The claimants – Gregory Hoffert of California and Washington-based Prashant Sharan – filed their suit in Washington on behalf of American consumers who purchased tariff-affected Nintendo products between February 1 and February 24, 2026.
GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to Nintendo of America for comment.
Nintendo is one of over 1,000 companies suing the US government over tariffs, alongside FedEx and Costco.
These lawsuits follow the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year to strike down most of the global tariffs set by US President Donald Trump. US tariffs took effect last April as Nintendo prepared to launch the Switch 2 in June. Pre-orders in the US were delayed from April 9 to April 24, but ultimately did not delay its eventual release.
