Nintendo is rising the value of the unique Change in Canada

Nintendo of Canada has announced that the pricing of the Change, its equipment, its video games and even Amiibo figures, will all be altering in Canada come August. The pricing adjustment is being made “primarily based on market situations,” in accordance with the the announcement.

It isn’t clear how a lot the value of the Change household of merchandise might be altering — Nintendo mentioned new costs might be posted on its Canadian website on August 1 — however presumably they will be going up. The corporate at present sells the Change for CA$400, the Change OLED for CA$450 and the Change Lite for CA$269 in Canada. In the meantime, the Change 2 launched for CA$630 in June.

The market situations Nintendo is responding to may very well be the results of the suite of tariffs the US authorities utilized to just about all of its commerce companions in April 2025. When the Change 2 debuted at $450 within the US, many individuals assumed the brand new value of doing enterprise in North America was being factored in. That the value of the Change is altering earlier than the Change 2 may very well be a affirmation of that reality.

Whereas not an intentional ploy to get prospects to spend extra, if the Change inches nearer to the Change 2 in value, there’s loads of good causes to purchase the newer console over the older one in August. In some ways, the Switch 2 is just a nicer Switch.