Nintendo of America's tariff-refund customer appreciation sale ends on September 26, 2026.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 93% by 30 Sept 2026. Full reasoning from every model.

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93% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2026-09-30.

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Gemini (Google): 92% — Nintendo rarely alters published eShop promotional schedules unless major server outages force an extension. Retail and eShop promotional end dates are automated and adhere strictly to announced timelines in over 90% of cases. Extensions only occur during unexpected technical downtime preventing redemptions, which is rare for standard sales. An unannounced extension would require a formal press update from Nintendo of America before the midnight cutoff on September 26.

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Claude (Anthropic): 88% — Whether Nintendo sticks to the announced end date rather than extending or cutting short the sale. Retail promos with fixed announced end dates almost always end on schedule absent major supply or PR issues. No indication yet of extension or early termination as of Sept 23, with only days left before the deadline. Small chance Nintendo extends due to high demand or cuts short due to inventory depletion, both plausible given tariff-driven scarcity narrative.

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GPT (OpenAI): 94% — Only a last-minute extension, cancellation, or correction would prevent the advertised September 26 end date. Nintendo of America controls the promotion, and three days is too little time for a major schedule change absent a clear error. Fixed-end retail promotions usually conclude on their published date; extensions are possible but materially less common. A public Nintendo announcement changing eligibility or dates before September 26 would be the key reason to revise down.

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Grok (xAI): 87% — Whether Nintendo extends the advertised Sept 13–26 window in the next three days. NOA already published a hard close; altering it needs a fresh marketing call before end of day 26. US console-promo extensions run ~10–15% without inventory or demand shocks; none are public. An official extension notice before the 26th would reverse the call.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 96% — The sale is already live and three days from its stated end, so only an abrupt Nintendo reversal could break it. Nintendo of America set the Sept 13-26 window itself and has no incentive to cancel a customer-appreciation event mid-run. Promotional end dates are routinely honored; Nintendo has no recent precedent of pulling a live eShop sale early. The only real risk is a storefront-wide outage or legal injunction, neither of which is signaled as of Sept 23.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 97% — A scheduled promotional sale ending on a fixed date almost always ends on that date unless Nintendo actively cancels it early. Nintendo of America controls the end date unilaterally; no external approval or condition is needed for the sale to simply run its course. Base rate for scheduled retail promotions ending on their stated date is extremely high—early termination would require a PR crisis or legal issue, neither of which is… The only scenario that would change this is if Nintendo voluntarily pulls the sale early, which would be counterproductive to the stated 'customer appreciation' framing.

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