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mdo7
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Oh good, this is another good reason for Canada and the Canadian people to get angry at Trump more and more.*
*For those of you that don't keep track of what's going on with US-Canada relationship ever since Trump was re-elected. He managed to pissed off Canada by wanting to make it the "51st" states (secondary sources: BBC News, AP News, NBC News, New York Times), had a Canadian actress who was featured in American Pie detained by ICE (secondary sources: Canada's CBC News, CTV News, Global News, MSNBC interview), put a tariff which led to US alcoholic drinks being removed from Canadian shelves, Canadian tourists cancelling their travel trips to the US because of the tariffs and the tension. Canadians even booed at the US's National anthem at sporting events. So delaying the Canadian's pre-order for Switch 2 will increase more anger at the Trump administration. |
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The_Outsider
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This reminds of that old mexican saying of uncertain origin:"¡Pobre México, tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de Estados Unidos!"
Guess canadians really wish they could physically move their country to another continent right about now. |
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AiddonValentine
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Actions so dumb they've cascades into other countries. What a time to be alive
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I Am Audrey, how are you
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I hope no other pre-orders for other games are put on delay here in Canada
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I Am Audrey, how are you
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Yune Amagiri
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We could pre-order on our mainstream stores about a week before Nintendo's official date here in France (and probably in other EU countries), so even if the situation is different, I would advise Canadian and US friends to check their favorite stores regularly before the news from Nintendo's side, just in case to avoid an immediate stock-out situation when your pre-order is "officially" available like what happened with our friends in the UK.
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mdo7
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Yes, I'm already hearing and have became aware of this. I keep track of the news of US-Canada relationship ever since Trump pissed of Canada, and I'm continuing to watch everything on the news. |
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BadNewsBlues
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I mean shit ain’t exactly better in the other 6 |
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jdnation
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Half of Canadians support Trump and honestly wish their country would also protect their local economy as they share many of the same concerns as American Trump voters who are concerned about the long term consequences of leftist globalist policies and morality and are not going to get angry over a Nintendo children's toy. Some provinces like Alberta could seriously pursue 51st State status if their concerns are not met and they continue to have their livelihoods crippled by the Ottawa climate cartel. Canadian politicians themselves made the decision to retaliate by removing US liquor from shelves, even though they didn't have to, same for anyone cancelling trips, it's their decision and their money. If the Japanese yen went up you'd see tourism decrease there too and the prices of games and systems going up in exchange rate value. If some Canadians want to have their Switch 2, then they can cut a deal with Trump and also ask China and Vietnam to agree to the US demands to reduce their tariffs on US goods. Or help Nintendo to assemble Switch 2 systems in Canada and employ Canadian people. |
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mdo7
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I highly doubt people in Canada that used to support Trump will not be happy about what Trump did. I think detaining a Canadian actress by ICE probably caused more anger then anything else. Canadian people already boycotted American stuff. But I'm going to let you in on this. Many Canadian companies have already boycott American stuff: The Guardian: Canadian pizzeria boycott US ingredients There's probably a lot of Canadian stores, and chains that are already actively supporting the boycott of American stuff. It's already hurting US companies. The boycott of American/US made alcoholic drinks is nothing new because it has happened in history before according to Time Magazine article. It ain't just Canadians, Danes also backed the boycotting of American stuff because... I can go on about it, but I'm veering off topic. Check your PM, I'll talk to you on there. |
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BadNewsBlues
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What do you mean they didn’t have to? Trump’s tariffs were the catalyst for why they did that and were unnecessary in general to begin with. He’a throwing around weight he doesn’t have all for clout he hasn’t earned and his idiocy thus far has cost the U.S. and many of its people trillions of dollars. To say nothing of alienating countries we’ve been allies with for decades. If anyone needs to stand down it’s him not Canada, Japan, South Korea, or any of the other countries he’s slapped these tariffs on. Not to mention given Trump’s well documented history of welching on agreements something he’s been sued for. Why would you ever make a deal with someone whose shown to be habitually untrustworthy? |
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ATastySub
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The dogs are barking again |
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Grummbagged
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I remember Canadians acting very smug in the other delay thread so this is a bit funny to see.
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mdo7
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That's why I'm concerned about Trump putting a collective punishment toward the Japanese-American and the Korean-American communities because of well... For the Japanese-American communities, I'm afraid he may extend that collective punishment to the anime/manga fandom because the Japanese-American communities are doing this in defiance of the Trump administration: Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats ‘We cannot remain silent’: Descendants of incarcerated Japanese Americans turn trauma into advocacy That's right, the Japanese-American communities are going to shield, shelter, and defend immigrants both undocumented, and green card holders that are threatened by ICE, and Trump's crackdown on immigration. This is where I think all of us in the anime/manga fandom should be very worried about that because these are the same Japanese-American communities that helped the anime/manga fandom (even before the medium became mainstream in the US) and bridge the Japanese and American fandom togethers. So that's why I'm scared the Trump administration can extend that collective punishment to not only the Japanese-Americans, but also to the anime/manga fandom communities because of that defiance if the Trump and MAGAts saw what the Japanese American communities has been doing. Also, I like to remind folks on ANN and the wider anime/manga communities that this has been happening recently: Japanese American National Museum Doubles Down on DEI Initiatives as its Federal Funding Hangs in the Balance LA Times: Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team webpage partially restored after public outcry after Trump's anti-DEI initiative So this makes me very scared if the Japanese-Americans defiance of the Trump administration could lead to Trump putting collective punishment towards the anime/manga fandom because of what the JA communities are doing, and also using the DEI excuse to do that. I would be scared if Trump decided to create an executive order to ban anime/manga in the US as a collective punishment that extends to the fandom, as a way to associate the fandom to Japanese-Americans communities. I would also be scared if Trump decided to demonize the entire American anime/manga fandom and associated us with defending and sheltering immigrants and other thing like that. I would be worried if he create another executive order to ban all anime conventions in the US as another form of collective punishment and a good excuse to call and label anything including anime convention as DEI. That's how a collective punishment works, one communities defended and sheltered immigrant communities, and Trump decide to punish an entire communities (that would be anime/manga fandom) for being associated with the communities that help immigrants. He can also demonized the entire anime/manga fandom just because of Japanese-Americans activism and defiance. It's not only Japanese American I've shown concerned about, it's the Korean-American communities too because the K-pop fandom in the US were the one that sabotage Trump's Tulsa rally back in 2020. K-pop fandom in the US were active in US politics for a while. K-pop fans were responsible for taking down white supremacists online during that same time period. Now I'm also scared of a possible collective punishment toward that communities for something the K-Pop fandom did, and Trump is going on a revenge tour, I'm afraid K-pop fandom and also the Korean-American communities could face a collective punishment for the fandom's action. It's not only K-pop that could face a ban or target by the anti-DEI thing, webtoons and manhwa can face the same type of ban like anime and manga because of that too. Again, that is how collective punishment worked, and I think Trump can do that toward the K-pop, and manhwa/webtoon fandom and also at the same time targeting the Korean-American communities. Any attack on those 2 Asian-American communities put the entire Asian-American communities at risk of anti-Asian hate and bigotry. This is the reason I've shown big concern for this communities: Asian-American (particularly Japanese and Korean-American communities), anime/manga fandom, & K-pop fandom, and extend that to webtoons/manhwa readers fandom. That is scary if a collective punishment were to be carried out towards the entire anime/manga fandom. |
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Greed1914
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I don't blame Nintendo. Stock allocations would have been based one what it expected to sell in Canada, which would not have factored in Americans pre-ordering through Canadian retailers out of the expectation that it would still be cheaper to pay the international shipping than the jump in cost in America.
That is perhaps the biggest problem. The numbers and timing change all the time, and that kind of uncertainty is one of the worst things for any business. I expect that eventually that uncertainty will cause foreign businesses to push their own governments to stop trying to negotiate with someone who will turn everything upside down on a whim. Even if it costs them some revenue from America, at least they would have more consistency. I've already had the shipping cost of something I pre-ordered about six months prior be increased a day before delivery because it didn't quite make it in time. I've had a different one contact customers to make them aware of a crowd funding campaign to try to pay for tariffs that the business can't afford and would rather not pass to the customers in the form of increasing the price they already paid. If they don't meet it, then hopefully I'll see a refund. Since then, I'm now hesitant to do any sort of pre-orders because I don't know if the price I accepted will be the price I pay. These aren't things that have a domestic equivalent, and the end result is I'm probably just not going to buy. For me, it does nothing other than make me buy less and drive up the costs of what I do buy. |
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