AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Nintendo AI shopping shelf share

🧸 Toys · 🇨🇦 CA · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#42

Toys · CA

#36 outside top 40

Shelf-share

0.3%

of CA answers

0.4% 0.3%

Sentiment

100%

positive

No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.

Who's on the toys shelf

1 LEGO
19.0%
2 Magna-Tiles
10.6%
3 POP MART
4.9%
4 Yoto
3.3%
5 Tonies
2.5%
6 Connetix Tiles
2.4%
⋯
42 Nintendo
0.3%

The shoppers Nintendo wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Nintendo ranks best.

Where Nintendo wins the journey

Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.

Awareness

#95

0.0%

Research

#19

0.7%

Comparison

—

not surfaced

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

—

not surfaced

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.1%
Google AI Mode
0.2%

What AI says about Nintendo

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

100% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

67% mid, 33% premium

“Gaming & Tech Nintendo Switch Lite:** A dedicated handheld gaming system offering a massive library of age-appropriate, high-quality games without tying up the main family television.”

Google AI Mode

“Nintendo Switch game — If he already has a Switch, a new game can be a very safe choice.”

ChatGPT

“🎮 Tech & gaming Nintendo Switch Lite** (if gaming is allowed) — a popular portable option.”

ChatGPT

“budget | Why children may love it | | | | :| | | 16 | Nintendo Switch 2 game | $60–$100 | A game can be a more affordable gift than a new console.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

The specific Nintendo items the engines put in front of CA shoppers.

  • Switch Lite 0.0%
  • Nintendo Switch 2 / Mario Kart World 0.0%
  • Switch 2 game 0.0%
  • Switch Game 0.0%
  • Switch games/accessories 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Nintendo.

GraviTrax

Snap Circuits

How to read this

Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Nintendo, relative to the rest.

Nintendo on other shelves

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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Nintendo.