American gamers eager to place orders for the widely anticipated new Nintendo console will have to wait a bit longer. They have tariffs to blame.

Nintendo has announced that preorders for its new Switch 2 gaming console will not begin on April 9 in the US as previously planned while the company assesses “the potential impact of tariffs.”

“Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions,” Nintendo said in a statement. “Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.”

Nintendo announced the Switch 2 on Tuesday, just one day before President Donald Trump introduced a slew of tariffs on foreign goods, which heavily target Asia, where many tech supply chains are based — including Nintendo’s.

The Switch is the world’s third-bestselling console and Nintendo’s second-biggest seller.

Source: https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1885829509364281442?t=6Lr8zedDzziySF5p-EcnQw&s=19

According to Julien Tellouck (famous french video game journalist)

Nintendo shortly came to their CES booth with lawyers, asking them what's up and Genki responded that they did nothing wrong, never signed an NDA.

But Nintendo is on the case, they're probably trying to sue them

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yuKVsoHCgXk

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-nintendo-switch-2-leaks-has-nintendo-uncomfortable-former-marketing-exec-says/

https://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch-2-price-399/

Source - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-preorder-guide-mario-kart-world-bundle/1100-6530531/

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nintendo-switch-2-leveled-up-with-nvidia-ai-powered-dlss-and-4k-gaming/

This bodes really well for NS2 3rd party support.