Nintendo sues Trump administration over 'illegal' tariffs that delayed Switch 2 pre-orders

Remember when Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders were delayed last year due to President Trump's tariffs? Nintendo sure does. As first noticed by gaming news outlet Aftermath, Nintendo filed a lawsuit today against the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade. Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Trump's tariffs, Nintendo wants a refund, with interest. That's not an expression, either; the suit asks the court to order the prompt refund of the "unlawful" tariff fees with interest and attorney fees. Nintendo's lawsuit is a direct response to the Supreme Court's decision last month, which struck down Trump's signature tariffs, invoked under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA). Nintendo is one of more than 1,000 companies, including FedEx and Costco, now suing over the tariffs. Gamers will likely remember that Trump's tariffs hit just as Nintendo was readying the launch of its new Switch 2 video game console last year. Due to the uncertainty around the tariffs at the time, Nintendo delayed pre-orders for Switch 2. At the time, Nintendo, Microsoft, and other companies forced to raise prices or delay shipments often euphemistically blamed