Nintendo has moved to dismiss a proposed class action that seeks to claw back tariff-related price hikes from consumers who bought Switch hardware and accessories at elevated rates. The company’s filing in Washington federal court boils down to a blunt commercial reality: buyers paid the sticker price that was on offer, period.

Plaintiffs Gregory Hoffert and Prashant Sharan filed the suit in April on behalf of U.S. purchasers between February 2025 and February 2026, arguing Nintendo unjustly enriched itself by raising prices to offset Trump-era tariffs, then suing the government for refunds after the Supreme Court struck those duties down. Nintendo counters that it did not pass tariffs through one-for-one, absorbed some costs itself, and that market pricing—not a later court ruling—governed completed transactions. No legal mechanism exists, the filing states, to force retroactive rebates simply because conditions changed after the sale.

The motion frames the complaint as an attempt to rewrite settled bargains rather than enforce any disclosed promise or statutory duty. Whether the court agrees will determine if this stays a footnote or escalates into broader precedent on who eats the bill when policy reverses. For now, the company’s position is clear: the transaction ended the moment the receipt printed.