Nintendo Gains Time to Prep Switch 2 Debut With Tariff Pause (1)

A pause on the most punishing US tariffs in a century hands Nintendo Co. valuable time to prepare the momentous June launch of its new console and lifts pricing pressure. For now.

The 90-day reprieve on heightened tariffs for most US trading partners gives the Japanese company a chance to ramp up shipments of the Switch 2 to a market that accounts for more than a third of its sales.

Roughly a third of Switch 2 units are assembled in Vietnam — which would’ve been subject to a 46% levy, but now only faces the 10% universal tariff imposed by ...