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Nintendo delays Switch 2 US pre-orders

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President Donald Trump put a 46% tariff on Vietnam and a 49% tariff on Cambodia.
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Nintendo is giving us more of what we love, starting with a bigger screen and an upgraded console that can run games that you didn’t expect to play on a Switch.
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One shocking bit, though, was the high price of its games.
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