Mario is taking on Trump.
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over tariffs it imposed last year, as first reported by Aftermath.
In a complaint to the U.S. Court of International Trade, Nintendo’s lawyers took aim at the “unlawful imposition of tariffs founded on President Trump’s executive orders invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [IEEPA] of 1977.”
The Supreme Court ruled last month that these tariffs were illegal, and earlier this week, a judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade ordered the government to begin issuing refunds to importers who were affected by them. This paved the way for companies like Nintendo to take legal action.
Nintendo, for its part, is arguing in its suit that it “suffered injury” because it produces goods that were subject to these IEEPA duties. Therefore, Nintendo is suing the U.S. government to seek a refund, plus interest, on the tariffs it was forced to pay.
It remains to be seen what will come out of this, but for now, the full filing can be found on Scribd, courtesy of Aftermath.
Nintendo is no doubt feeling particularly aggrieved by the tariffs because they came on April 2, 2025, the same day the Japanese gaming giant formally unveiled the Switch 2 and its pricing. This led Nintendo to delay pre-orders in markets like the U.S. and Canada. The company also hasn’t ruled out a Switch 2 price increase, but for now, it’s only hiked the cost of original Switch hardware and software.
In related news, The Pokémon Company, in which Nintendo holds a minority stake, recently distanced itself from a White House “Make America Great Again” message that was shared in the font of the Pokémon Pokopia logo. The company did the same last year when the White House shared a video of ICE agents detaining people to the tune of the iconic Pokémon theme alongside the caption “Gotta Catch ‘Em All!”
Image credit: Nintendo
Via: Aftermath
