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Nintendo Denies Report It Pulled Products From Amazon Amid Spat Over Third-Party Sales

When Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders launched earlier this year, console stock was available at multiple U.S. retailers—except Amazon.com, the largest online marketplace.

The absence of Switch 2 consoles and games on Amazon in the U.S. has drawn consistent attention, yet never been officially explained. Now, Nintendo has refuted a Bloomberg report suggesting an ongoing dispute between the Mario creator and Jeff Bezos’ corporate giant over third-party resellers.

As IGN reported earlier this month, new first-party Nintendo titles have been nearly absent from Amazon.com over the past year, with only a single outlier listing for Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. That changed when Amazon began offering pre-orders for the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Donkey Kong Bananza, starting June 17.

Still, the Switch 2 itself and other upcoming Nintendo games, such as Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, remain unavailable for purchase or pre-order. And as IGN noted today, a prior Switch 2 listing has been fully removed—replaced inexplicably by a 404 page featuring a dog named Bowser.

Today, Bloomberg claimed the persistent lack of Nintendo products on Amazon was a strategic decision by the Switch 2 manufacturer to curb third-party sellers who buy consoles in bulk from Southeast Asia and resell them in the U.S. at lower prices than Nintendo’s own.

Amid threats to pull inventory, Amazon allegedly proposed labeling games sold directly by Nintendo to enhance buyer confidence—but Nintendo declined.

Nintendo, however, has swiftly denied Bloomberg’s claims. "There is no such fact," a Nintendo spokesperson told Tom's Hardware. "We do not disclose details of negotiations or contracts with retailers."

Amazon.com's previous Switch 2 console page now returns a 404 error. Amazon has also rejected Bloomberg’s report, calling its description of the relationship between the two companies "inaccurate."

"[Amazon is] pleased to offer Nintendo products directly to our customers as part of our commitment to providing an exceptional shopping experience with the widest selection possible," an Amazon spokesperson said, without clarifying why its actual selection of Nintendo products falls far short of being the widest.

IGN has reached out to Nintendo for comment, seeking to understand why more of its products aren’t available for sale on Amazon.com.