While the Nintendo Switch 2 is all the rage nowadays, the Switch 1 is still making sales. However, Canadian customers might soon see a hit in their wallet due to some recently reported changes exclusive to the country for all Switch 1 related products.

According to a recent article posted by Canadian News and Press distribution outlet, Newswire, Nintendo of Canada Ltd. announced that the pricing for Nintendo Switch family of systems and all products related to it will see a change "based on market conditions", with the change taking effect on August 1st, 2025. The affected products are the following:

• Nintendo Switch (Original/LCD)
• Nintendo Switch Lite
• Nintendo Switch OLED
• All physical Nintendo Switch games
• All digital Nintendo Switch games
• All Nintendo Switch accessories
• Nintendo Switch Amiibos
• Nintendo Online Service

Prices for the Nintendo Switch 2 will not be affected. Pricing information related to the changes will be posted on Nintendo of Canada's official store webpage.

It's important to note that this change in pricing will most likely mean an increase in price due to the on-going tariffs and taxation negotiations seen between the United States and other countries, with Canada being one of the affected countries with still on-going talks. As to how much would the price increase for Switch products, it's still left to be seen.

Source
Nintendo of Canada

 

[mathew77]

But why?..

 

[Desconocido90]

I hate how companies are raising prices everywhere to match USA tariffed prices.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Oh, a pricing update! So they finally will get cheaper!
- Innocent bystander, July 2025.

 

[Marc_LFD]

A price increase for NS1? Nintendo must be out of their damn minds.

If the NS1 OLED got a price drop over there it'd be worth buying it, but pumping up the price?! Wtf.

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But why?..

"Because we want to."

- Nintendo

 

[raxadian]

Couldn't Canada get their Switch stuff from outside the USA?

 

[whitesword7]

Yeahhh babyyy
suck it Canada! USA! USA! USA!

(I’m just pretending to be american please don’t kill me )

 

[rilang]

Interesting to see how these kinds of price adjustments are still happening for the Switch 1, even with the Switch 2 already making headlines. Feels like Nintendo is really squeezing every bit of life out of the original model. I wonder how significant the price change will actually be once August comes around.

 

[LoggerMan]

Perhaps Nintendo's supply of the original chipset is running low and they don't want it to sell out before Switch 2 is ready to pick up the slack.

 

[DeadSkullzJr]

I still believe the whole tariffs reasoning is just being abused to excuse greed for this stuff. At the same time though, plenty of idiots are still going to buy into this stuff, despite the fact they shouldn't be allowing it to happen in the first place. I can't tell what's worse, the greedy losers with position labels, or the cattle that is consumers. Will we ever truly win anything, or are we forever trapped within this void of despair?

 

[Marc_LFD]

I still believe the whole tariffs reasoning is just being abused to excuse greed for this stuff. At the same time though, plenty of idiots are still going to buy into this stuff, despite the fact they shouldn't be allowing it to happen in the first place. I can't tell what's worse, the greedy losers with position labels, or the cattle that is consumers. Will we ever truly win anything, or are we forever trapped within this void of despair?

Yes, it does feel like tariffs are being used as a scapegoat when it's just corporations just wanting to charge customers even more.

Remember shrinkflation? They increased the prices, but not the quantity although they did try to mislead customers into believing they were getting the same quantity as before.

Anyway, I have a NS1 (V1) and honestly couldn't recommended it to anyone because it has aged so poorly. Either go with a NS1 OLED or a NS2 (or as I like to call it: Switch Pro).

 

[Latiodile]

Couldn't Canada get their Switch stuff from outside the USA?

you wish, shipping costs and import taxes/fees would make it end up costing more than just buying it here natively

 

[CeeDee]

I trust the users of GBAtemp are going to have extremely nuanced and well reasoned opinions about this news

 

[isoboy]

Just over here dabbling with my thirty'ish hacked hardware. Vote with your wallet. Play what you got.

 

[Dat0_]

This is why, it is advisable to buy your device at launch, because you dont know how much the price will change in the near future. It is the same thing for GPU, CPU etc. I think the Switch 2 will have the same fate, worldwide at some point. I hope not.

 

[x65943]

This is why, it is advisable to buy your device at launch, because you dont know how much the price will change in the near future. It is the same thing for GPU, CPU etc. I think the Switch 2 will have the same fate, worldwide at some point. I hope not.

Probably the opposite tbh

I would be surprised if the price hike didn't leave it cheaper in real terms compared to launch (adjusted for inflation)

CAD inflation means a product that cost $1.00 CAD in 2017 would be $1.26 CAD today

Therefore the $399 CAD launch price should be $502.74 CAD today

So unless the price hike is more than $100 CAD it was still smarter to buy now vs launch for best price

 

[whitesword7]

I trust the users of GBAtemp are going to have extremely nuanced and well reasoned opinions about this news

which is why we have a separate politics board to contain the craziness , so that it doesn’t spread to the whole site and gbatemp still focuses on gaming

 

[kuro0628neko]

Yeahhh babyyy
suck it Canada! USA! USA! USA!

(I’m just pretending to be american please don’t kill me )

Clearly a misrepresentation of America. Where are all the tourists in cages?

 

[Noctosphere]

Interesting to see how these kinds of price adjustments are still happening for the Switch 1, even with the Switch 2 already making headlines. Feels like Nintendo is really squeezing every bit of life out of the original model. I wonder how significant the price change will actually be once August comes around.

Switch 1 : 400$
Switch 1 OLED : 450$
Switch 2 : 630$
Switch 2 + MK : 700$

They could easily increase the price of the OLED by another 50$ that people would still consider Switch 1 over Switch 2

 

[AndorfRequissa]

This is why, it is advisable to buy your device at launch, because you dont know how much the price will change in the near future. It is the same thing for GPU, CPU etc. I think the Switch 2 will have the same fate, worldwide at some point. I hope not.

you can find tons of switch 1s in close to brand new condition for very cheap. It isnt advisable to buy ur device at launch unless your a collector. Then it makes sense. In any other scenario its always cheaper to wait.

This isnt tariffs this is Nintendo trying to force people into buying the Switch 2. They don't want people buying the switch 1 anymore.