The unique Nintendo Change, which has value $299.99 within the US since its launch in 2017, is now priced at $339.99 on Nintendo’s online store. Different first-gen Change fashions at the moment are dearer, too, with the Switch OLED going from $349.99 to $399.99, and the Switch Lite growing from $199.99 to $229.99.
Nintendo said on Friday that its choice to boost the value was “based mostly on market circumstances,” simply after implementing an identical new set of costs in Canada on August 1st. The US announcement got here simply sooner or later after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that may impose new “reciprocal” tariffs on a spread of nations. Trump’s rising checklist of tariffs now features a 20 % levy on merchandise imported from Vietnam, the place Nintendo has transferred most of its production.
Nintendo additionally issued $10 value will increase for the Alarmo and Switch 1 Joy-Cons, which now value $109.99 and $89.99, respectively. Costs aren’t altering for the Change 2 console, in addition to Change and Change 2 video games, whether or not bodily or digital.