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          "quote": "However, Nintendo Switch 2 accessories will experience price adjustments from those announced on April 2 due to changes in market conditions. Other adjustments to the price of any Nintendo product are also possible in the future depending on market conditions."
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          "url": "https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-2-preorder-date-price-tariffs-1236372547/",
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          "published": "2025-04-18",
          "quote": "Following an initial delay, Nintendo has set the preorder date for its Switch 2 console for April 24. The Japan-based company has also decided to keep the upcoming product’s cost at the previously announced $449.99 price tag amid market concerns surrounding President Trump’s tariffs policy — but it’s hiking the price of accessories because of “market conditions.”"
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    },
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      "date": "2025-05-08",
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      "title": "First forecast: 15 million Switch 2 in the fiscal year; Furukawa blames the price, not tariffs, for the modest number",
      "summary": "Nintendo's first Switch 2 forecast was 15 million units by March 2026, below what analysts expected, alongside a 31 percent drop in Switch sales to 10.8 million. Furukawa said the target matched the original Switch's first ten months, that the relatively high price was a challenge to early adoption, and that production limits and US tariffs were not the reason, while saying prices could rise if tariffs changed significantly.",
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          "published": "2025-05-08",
          "quote": "Nintendo said Thursday that it expects to sell 15 million units of its new Switch 2 console in the fiscal year ending March 2026."
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          "quote": "\"Nintendo Switch 2 is priced relatively high compared to Nintendo Switch, so we recognize that there are corresponding challenges to early adoption,\" the Nintendo president explained."
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      "date": "2025-06-11",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Launch: 3.5 million in four days, the fastest start for any Nintendo hardware",
      "summary": "Switch 2 went on sale June 5 with Mario Kart World and sold more than 3.5 million units worldwide in four days, the highest four-day total for any Nintendo system and, by analysts' reckoning, for any console. Major US retailers went out of stock; analysts said the 15 million forecast was conservative.",
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          "outlet": "Nintendo Co., Ltd.",
          "published": "2025-06-11",
          "quote": "announced that its new game system, Nintendo Switch 2, sold over 3.5 million units worldwide in the four days following its release on June 5, 2025*. This is the highest global sales level for any Nintendo hardware within the first four days."
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          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/nintendo-switch-console-record-sales.html",
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          "quote": "Nintendo sold more than 3.5 million units of its flagship Switch 2 gaming system in the four days following its launch, with online stores of major U.S. retailers putting up \"out of stock\" signs."
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      "id": 939,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/nintendo-switch-2#n939",
      "date": "2025-07-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "A second $499.99 bundle: Switch 2 with Pokémon Legends: Z-A for the October 16 holiday run",
      "summary": "Nintendo of America announced a Switch 2 bundle with the Switch 2 edition of Pokémon Legends: Z-A at $499.99 for October 16, the same price as the Mario Kart World bundle, with pre-orders through My Nintendo Store and retailers. Bundles at the console-plus-game price were how Nintendo pushed adoption through the first holiday season while holding the $449.99 base price.",
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      "note": "The page says Nintendo of America announced the $499.99 Nintendo Switch 2 + Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition bundle, releasing Oct. 16, and confirms pre-orders through My Nintendo Store and select retailers. The stated July 22, 2025 event date is supported by the page context.",
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          "quote": "Pre-orders for the bundle are available now on the My Nintendo Store and select retailers."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/nintendo-switch-2#n928",
      "date": "2025-08-01",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Q1: 5.82 million Switch 2 sold; the original Switch gets a US price rise as Vietnam tariffs hit",
      "summary": "Nintendo reported 5.82 million Switch 2 units through June and the same day raised US prices of the original Switch, Switch Lite and OLED model from August 3 for market conditions, a day after a 20 percent tariff on Vietnam took effect. Switch 2 itself, games and Nintendo Switch Online were unchanged, with a warning that adjustments might be necessary in the future.",
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      "published_at": "2026-09-11T05:01:44.078776+00:00",
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          "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/nintendo-raising-original-switch-console-prices-due-to-market-conditions",
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          "published": "2025-08-01",
          "quote": "Earlier on Friday, Nintendo reported its fiscal first-quarter earnings and shared that sales of the Switch 2 console have reached 5.82 million units since its release on June 5."
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          "url": "https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-pricing-update/",
          "outlet": "Nintendo of America",
          "published": "2025-08-01",
          "quote": "Pricing for the Nintendo Switch 2 system, physical and digital Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 games, as well as Nintendo Switch Online memberships, will remain unchanged at this time. However, please note that price adjustments may be necessary in the future."
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      "date": "2025-11-04",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Q2: 10.36 million, and the forecast rises to 19 million",
      "summary": "With 10.36 million Switch 2 units sold by the end of September, Mario Kart World at 9.57 million and Donkey Kong Bananza at 3.49 million, Nintendo lifted its full-year forecast from 15 to 19 million and its operating profit outlook by 16 percent. Furukawa called the first holiday season the key proving ground.",
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          "quote": "Nintendo on Tuesday hiked its sales forecast for the Switch 2 gaming device to 19 million units for the financial year ending March 2026 from 15 million units previously."
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          "quote": "Looking at software, Mario Kart World, which was released on the same day as the hardware launch, recorded sales of 9.57 million units, including bundle sales, and Donkey Kong Bananza, released in July, recorded sales of 3.49 million units, with both titles growing steadily."
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          "quote": "The full-year sales unit forecast for Nintendo Switch 2 hardware has been increased by 4.00 million units to 19.00 million units, and software by 3.00 million units to 48.00 million units."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/nintendo-switch-2#n1383",
      "date": "2025-12-31",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Doug Bowser retires as Nintendo of America president",
      "summary": "Doug Bowser retired as President of Nintendo of America effective December 31, 2025. Nintendo Co., Ltd.'s notice identified Nintendo of America as his organization.",
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      "note": "The notice states that Doug Bowser would retire as President of Nintendo of America Inc. effective December 31, 2025. It also identifies his current organization and role as President, Nintendo of America Inc.",
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          "quote": "Doug Bowser will also retire as President of Nintendo of America Inc., effective December 31, 2025."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/nintendo-switch-2#n930",
      "date": "2026-02-03",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Q3: 7 million in the holiday quarter for 17.37 million total; the 19 million forecast stands",
      "summary": "Nintendo sold 7 million Switch 2 units in the December quarter, taking the total to 17.37 million and answering investors who had feared a holiday slowdown after the shares fell more than 30 percent from their August record. Revenue rose 86 percent. Nintendo called Switch 2 its fastest-selling console; the original Switch passed the DS as its best-selling hardware ever.",
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          "quote": "Whereas cumulative sell-through of Nintendo Switch 2 hardware since launch is based on data aggregated through the fourth week of December, the sales volume (sell-in) for the third quarter was 17.37 million units."
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          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/nintendo-q3-earnings-switch-2-forecast.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
          "published": "2026-02-03",
          "quote": "Nintendo has so far sold 17.37 million units of the Switch 2. It sold 7 million units in the December quarter alone. Nintendo said that the Switch 2 is the fastest-selling console it has ever released."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/nintendo-switch-2#n931",
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Bloomberg: Nintendo is contemplating a Switch 2 price rise as memory costs surge",
      "summary": "In the report that said Sony might delay the PS6, Bloomberg wrote that Nintendo was contemplating raising the Switch 2's price in 2026 because DRAM and NAND prices had jumped as memory makers diverted output to AI data centers, and noted Nintendo had raised the original Switch's price before under economic pressure. Three months later Nintendo did exactly that.",
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          "published": "2026-02-16",
          "quote": "“Close rival Nintendo Co., which contributed to the surplus demand in 2025 after its new Switch 2 console drove storage card purchases, is also contemplating raising the price of that device in 2026, people familiar with its plans said.”"
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          "quote": "Nintendo is willing to increase the price of the Switch 2 to offset the increased memory and storage costs, especially as it is selling the new console at slim profit margins. The company has done this before with the original Nintendo Switch, which had its price increased by $30 to $50 in response to economic pressures."
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      "date": "2026-05-08",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "19.86 million in year one, then the price rise: $499.99 in the US from September 1, ¥59,980 in Japan from May 25, and a 16.5 million forecast",
      "summary": "Nintendo closed the fiscal year at 19.86 million Switch 2 units, ahead of its 19 million target, with Mario Kart World at 14.70 million, and in the same breath announced price revisions in light of market conditions: ¥49,980 to ¥59,980 in Japan from May 25, $449.99 to $499.99 in the US, C$679.99 in Canada and €499.99 in Europe from September 1, with the original Switch and Nintendo Switch Online going up too. It forecast 16.5 million units for the new year and said memory prices and tariffs would cost about ¥100 billion.",
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          "quote": "In light of changes in market conditions, and after considering the global business outlook, Nintendo will revise the manufacturer’s suggested retail prices (MSRP) of the Nintendo Switch 2 system and Nintendo Switch systems in Japan as follows."
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          "quote": "Effective Date of Price Revisions in the United States, Canada, and Europe: September 1, 2026 *Price revisions for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch will be implemented in other regions. *Further details will be provided by the respective overseas subsidiaries."
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          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/nintendo-switch-2-price-hike-sales-fall-memory-crunch.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
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          "quote": "The company said on Friday it expects to sell 16.5 million units of the Switch 2 in its fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2027. That is a decline from the 19.86 million units sold in the fiscal year just ended."
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          "quote": "The March release of Pokémon Pokopia (see note) was a factor in driving further hardware sales toward the end of the fiscal year, helping sales volume reach 19.86 million units for the full term. Looking at software, Mario Kart World, which was released on the same day as the hardware, sold 14.70 million units, including bundle sales, and Donkey Kong Bananza, released in July, sold 4.52 million units."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/nintendo-switch-2#n943",
      "date": "2026-05-12",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "The 'Choose Your Game' bundle: console plus Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza or Pokémon Pokopia at $499.99 until the price rise",
      "summary": "Four days after announcing the price increase, Nintendo said retailers would offer a $499.99 bundle from early June with a choice of one of three first-party games, in effect a last chance to get the console and a game for the price the console alone would cost from September 1. The bundle expired on August 31.",
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          "quote": "The Nintendo Switch 2: Choose Your Game Bundle will be available for a limited time while supplies last."
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      "id": 933,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/nintendo-switch-2#n933",
      "date": "2026-05-25",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Japan's price rise takes effect; weekly sales fall 87 percent after a pre-hike rush",
      "summary": "The Japanese-language Switch 2 went from ¥49,980 to ¥59,980. Famitsu charts cited by Video Games Chronicle showed weekly sales spiking above 200,000 in the three weeks before the change, to 247,880 in the final week, then falling to 31,751 in the week after, a preview of the demand shape Western markets would face on September 1.",
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      "date": "2026-07-06",
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      "title": "The original Switch's European run ends: no more shipments to retailers from February 2027",
      "summary": "Nintendo confirmed that the Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED would no longer be supplied to European retailers from mid-February 2027, a consequence of EU battery rules rather than demand, leaving Switch 2 as the only Nintendo console in the region. The nine-year-old Switch had passed 155 million units.",
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          "quote": "Ab Mitte Februar 2027, also fast zehn Jahre nach der Markteinführung der Nintendo Switch im März 2017, wird Nintendo keine Hardware der Nintendo Switch-Konsolenfamilie mehr an Einzelhändler ausliefern."
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          "quote": "On July 6, Nintendo confirmed that the Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED — the original Switch family — will no longer be sold to European retailers beginning mid-February 2027, brought down by EU battery regulations rather than a shortage of demand."
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      "date": "2026-08-06",
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      "title": "Q1 FY2027: 3.82 million for 23.68 million total, down a third on the launch quarter but 'solid' after Japan's price rise",
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      "date": "2026-09",
      "date_precision": "month",
      "title": "User-replaceable-battery Switch 2 revision becomes available in Europe",
      "summary": "Nintendo said selected products in Europe would be replaced on a rolling basis with revisions containing user-replaceable batteries starting in summer 2026. Nintendo Life reported on September 7 that the revised Switch 2 model was available to buy in multiple regions.",
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      "date": "2026-09-01",
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      "title": "$499.99 takes effect in the United States, Canada and Europe; the game bundle disappears",
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          "quote": "The Nintendo Switch 2's US price rose from $449.99 to $499.99 today, September 1, 2026 — the moment Nintendo announced in May — and with it went the last mechanism that had softened the cost of buying the console. The \"Choose Your Game\" bundle, which packaged the hardware with a download for one of three major first-party titles, expired yesterday."
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          "quote": "Beginning on September 1, 2026, Nintendo of America will revise the MSRP of the Nintendo Switch 2 system in the U.S. from $449.99 to $499.99."
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      "date": "2026-09-08",
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      "title": "Zelda 40th anniversary Direct: the Ocarina of Time remake and a live-action film date",
      "summary": "Nintendo devoted a 30-minute Direct to Zelda's 40th anniversary, built around the Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time due in November, a playable ocarina, a museum exhibition and concert tour, and the logo and April 30, 2027 date for the live-action film. Nintendo Life reported a Zelda special-edition Switch 2 console and Pro Controller for October.",
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          "quote": "This was mostly focused on the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and the presentation also revealed new celebrations being held around the world. We’re also going to be brushing up on our musical skills, as Nintendo is going to sell an Ocarina instrument that you can use in the upcoming remake, which launches in November."
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      "date": "2026-09-08",
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      "title": "Nintendo announces Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 system",
      "summary": "Nintendo announced the Nintendo Switch 2 – The Legend of Zelda – 40th Anniversary Edition for October 29. Nintendo said the system does not include a game, and Tom’s Hardware reported a US price of $520.",
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      "date": "2026-09-09",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "September Direct: Monster Hunter Wilds in December, Metroid Ravenous in January, Kirby in spring 2027",
      "summary": "The 45-minute Direct laid out the second winter of Switch 2 software: Monster Hunter Wilds with local co-op on December 4, Final Fantasy VII Revelation in April 2027, The Witcher 3 remastered, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity on February 25, 2027, a new 2D Metroid, Ravenous, and a new Kirby to close, with no 3D Mario. The lineup is what Nintendo is counting on to carry a $499.99 console through the holidays.",
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          "quote": "The Direct kicked off with Monster Hunter Wilds for Switch 2. It’ll be coming to the console on December 4, 2026. This version will include local co-op, and the big Ascendance expansion is also coming to the Switch 2 edition of the game."
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      "date": "2026-09-17",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave launches for Switch 2",
      "summary": "Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave became available for Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo of America described it as the latest entry in the tactical RPG series.",
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      "date": "2026-09-18",
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      "title": "Nintendo releases a new Switch 2 and Mario Kart World bundle in the US",
      "summary": "Nintendo released a Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World bundle on September 18, 2026. The bundle includes a game download and a three-month Nintendo Switch Online Individual Membership for $549.99, which Nintendo said was a $37.98 saving against separate suggested retail prices.",
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      "date": "2026-10-06",
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