Nintendo is being sued by prospects looking for tariff refunds

Nintendo of America is being sued by two prospects who declare they’re entitled to tariff refunds from the corporate. 

As famous in a court docket doc surfaced by Aftermath, plaintiffs Gregory Hoffert and Prashant Sharan filed the proposed class motion in the US District Court docket Western District of Washington on April 21, 2026.

Each declare Nintendo has benefited from controversial tariffs imposed by the US authorities after passing the price onto customers by way of value hikes earlier than itself changing into entitled to refunds after the Supreme court docket determined those self same tariffs have been illegal.

“Main U.S. importers—together with Nintendo—responded by rising costs on customers items to offset the price of these tariffs. In consequence, American customers paid greater retail value for shopper items reflecting the financial burden of these tariffs,” reads the submitting.

“On February, 20, 2026, the Supreme Court docket of the US held that the IEEPA-based tariffs have been illegal. As a consequence of that call, importers who paid these tariffs—together with Nintendo—turned entitled to refunds of the duties they beforehand paid to U.S. Customs and Border Safety.

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“[…] Nintendo due to this fact collected the tariff prices from customers by way of elevated pricing, whereas looking for refunds on the identical tariff funds from the federal authorities.”

Hoffert and Sharan allege Nintendo now stands to get better these tariffs funds twice—as soon as from customers by way of greater costs, and as soon as once more from the federal authorities. That’s, until the court docket orders the corporate to reimburse customers throughout America by way of tariff refunds. 

“Nintendo has made no legally binding dedication to return tariff-related overcharges to the customers who really paid them.” the submitting continues. “This lawsuit seeks to stop that unjust end result.”

Hoffert and Sharan declare they’re taking motion on behalf of “tens of millions of customers” who bought items from Nintendo throughout the tariff interval.

Aftermath has uploaded the entire submitting on Scribd.