A pair of Nintendo of America customers has filed a lawsuit against the company, demanding that the money the gaming company expects to receive from the Trump tariff refunds be passed on to consumers.
The proposed class action lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, claims that Nintendo of America has made no commitment to refund customers for the money they paid to settle the now-voided duties imposed by the Trump administration. The lawsuit says Nintendo engaged in “unjust enrichment” and violated Washington state’s consumer protection law.
“Unless restrained by this Court, Nintendo stands to recover the same tariff payments twice — once from consumers through higher prices and again from the federal government through tariff refunds, including interest paid by the government on those funds,” the lawsuit states.
Nintendo of America, a subsidiary of Japanese video game giant Nintendo, didn’t immediately respond to a
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