The Daily Populous Wednesday July 22nd, 2026 night edition
Authored by gamefile.news and submitted by Bubbly-Ad-350

Nintendo is asking a court to dismiss a proposed class action suit that was filed this past spring by gamers who say the Mario maker is breaking the law if it doesn’t pass on its U.S. tariff refunds to consumers.

Those consumers “received exactly what they bargained and paid for” when buying price-hiked Nintendo goods last year, the company said in a filing on Monday in the case of Hoffert et al v. Nintendo.

“Plaintiffs are not entitled to a rebate simply because of intervening legal developments related to tariffs.”

Nintendo increased the price of Switch 2 controllers and the original Switch last year, following the imposition of globe-spanning U.S. tariffs (tariffs described by Nintendo’s lawyers on Monday as “sweeping” and “constantly changing”).

This past February, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs were illegal.

A month later, Nintendo sued the U.S. government to get a refund. And in April, gamers filed the class action claim against Nintendo in Washington, saying it would be illegally double-dipping if it made money from tariff-hiked sales and then from a refund. The gamers sought relief for anyone in the U.S. who bought price-hiked Nintendo items between February 2025 and February 2026.

“The common thread among Plaintiffs’ claims is that it is somehow ‘unfair; that Nintendo has not retroactively adjusted its prices for completed sales in response to the outcome of the tariff litigation,” the company’s lawyers wrote in today’s motion to dismiss.

“But that is not how commercial transactions work.

The-F4LL3N on July 21st, 2026 at 19:45 UTC »

If only economists and lawyers and other experts in their respective fields had warned us that this is exactly how this would unfold

bolderdash on July 21st, 2026 at 19:17 UTC »

It was known this would happen. A bunch of companies paid bribes so it would happen.

Tariffs go up. Company says tariffs need to be paid by the consumer and raises prices. Tariffs ruled illegal cause they were. Tairff refunds must happen because they were illegal. Company says they aren't responsible for returning tariffs or refunds based on the amount raised for tariffs. Company says they aren't responsible for illegal activity from our own government. Prices continue to stay the same and the company keeps the money.

Surprise Pikachu face is exceedingly appropriate here.

FunWrangler666 on July 21st, 2026 at 18:39 UTC »

Don't blame Nintendo for doing exactly what everyone said would happen