Nintendo Faces Tariffs, But Keeps Switch 2 Pricing Steady

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This week, Brendon and John mind the show while Federico is on vacation, covering Nintendo’s pricing changes, the latest on Retroid’s second screen accessory, the TrinketOS Android front end, Manic EMU for iOS, and more.

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Links and Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

• Wavelengths 2.0 A Podcast and a Patreon
• Switch and Switch 2: Tariff’s and Pricing
• Nintendo’s Switch 2 doubles first-month sales of the original The Verge “Yesterday, the White House announced that a 20 percent tariff on goods from Vietnam — where Nintendo produces its Switch 2 consoles — will begin next week. That’s double the 10 percent baseline tariffintroduced in April that Nintendo used to forecast earnings for the current fiscal year.”
• Nintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339 The Verge
• Antank has an updated dock
• Retroid 2nd Screen
• Retroid Reveals Real-World Photos of Upcoming Dual Screen Add-On - Retro Handhelds
• Retroid Adjusts Shipping for Dual Screen Accessory, Offers Coupon - Retro Handhelds
• Android and iOS Emulation
• TrinketOS is an extremely weird and cool new Android frontend
• Manic EMU for iOS

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