Nintendo Switch Game Cartridges Taste Bitter
Thanks to our Admin Neekos for
bringing this story to our attention.
The Nintendo Switch has finally
arrived in stores and has seen the Japanese company ditch the discs and return
to releasing games on cartridges. Whilst we are still to await the reviews and
news in relation to how well received the console and its games are, one detail
that has emerged is in relation to the taste of these proximity memory cards.
Taste you might ask, well some inquisitive
creature out there has decided to chow down on one of the Switch Cartridges and
after a few licks it appears these little plastic memory cards have a distinct
taste.
It has been confirmed by a
spokesperson for Nintendo that they have coated their cartridges with the same agent
as anti-nail biting treatments in an attempt to prevent children from
swallowing them, or putting them in their mouths.
A Nintendo spokesperson told
gaming site Kotaku: “To avoid the possibility of accidental ingestion, keep the
game card away from young children. A bittering agent (denatonium benzoate) has
also been applied to the game card.” This bittering agent “is non-toxic”, it
stresses.
Denatonium is one of the extremely bitter tasting chemicals used
in anti-nail biting treatments, among other things and it seems that someone at Nintendo has been proactive in
preventing someone from munching on their products, which seems to be not a bad
idea.
RoyBoy
Aussie Gamers Express