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Nintendo confirms Switch 2 games will still taste so bad you will want to spit them out

Nintendo has made it so if you were to pop a Switch 2 game cart into your mouth for whatever reason, you will immediately want to spit that chap right back out.

www.eurogamer.net

Original Switch games are coated in denatonium benzoate, which on Nintendo's own support page, the team describes this as "a bitter-tasting substance". But don't worry, it isn't harmful to your health. It is often used in those polishes that are meant to deter wearers from biting their nails (a tactic my parents' deployed on me when I was younger, I can still recall the taste very well)

wtf ? ^^

 

[Lokaum D+]

Kids

 

[Little Mac]

Surprising they aren't charging $9.99 for this feature.

 

[hemo memo]

They didn't even make the games taste good. Damn it Nintendo.

 

[Robb]

"If our prices don't leave you with a bad taste in your mouth we'll make sure the games will"

 

[jufonuk]

Kids

My daughter took my Mario odyssey cart because she liked the artwork (she was only four at the time) how you gonna fix that Nintendo ?

 

[Toots]

If nintendo kids are as stubborn as my 6 year old self, they will just lick the cartridges until the bad taste dissipate.
Still it must feel weird for fully grown adults to buy and play something so obviously aimed toward children that most of the manufacturer selling points are aimed at the parents of the one who plays.

 

[Topher]

I'm surprising they aren't charging $9.99 for this feature.

The first lick is free.

 

[QLQ]

I'm surprising they aren't charging $9.99 for this feature.

Nothing is free. You can bet it's included in the price.

 

[jufonuk]

If nintendo kids are as stubborn as my 6 year old self, they will just lick the cartridges until the bad taste dissipate.
Still it must feel weird for fully grown adults to buy and play something so obviously aimed toward children that most of the manufacturer selling points are aimed at the parents of the one who plays.

I'm stuck in the classic nostalgia loop and I do genuinely like the games they make. They remind me of Disney (classic Disney) the games are fun

 

[San Dan Glokta]

What the fuck is happening

 

[Mownoc]

I'm surprising they aren't charging $9.99 for this feature.

I mean the physical copies are more expensive than digital... get licking.

 

[Rat Rage]

Nothing Nintendo-related will ever taste as bad as their current price increase.

 

[jufonuk]

I'm sure if kids were eating the cartridges it would turn into a kinder egg situation

 

[hemo memo]

The first lick is free.

This out of context is wild.

 

[Little Mac]

Surprising they aren't charging $9.99 for this feature.

I mean the physical copies are more expensive than digital...

 

[darrylgorn]

Thankfully you can get vanilla flavour for only $9.99!

 

[saintjules]

"Low Effort Thread of the Week"

 

[Power Pro]

Kids

I don't know if he was the first one to do it, but I think Jeff Gerstmann was the one who first did the "tasting a switch game" thing

 

[nowhat]

I'm stuck in the classic nostalgia loop and I do genuinely like the games they make. They remind me of Disney (classic Disney) the games are fun

And their business practices are like those of Disney as well!

 

[analog_future]

 

[LordCBH]

 

[PeteBull]

 

[Lokaum D+]

I don't know if he was the first one to do it, but I think Jeff Gerstmann was the one who first did the "tasting a switch game" thing

like i said, kids

 

[Esppiral]

Oh I forgot about this, gonna pick my Xenoblade Chronicles 2

 

[AJUMP23]

Surprising they aren't charging $9.99 for this feature.

Priced in.

The upfront cost keeps their game prices lower because they don't have to deal with class action lawsuits from kids swallowing games.

 

[jufonuk]

And their business practices are like those of Disney as well!

 

[Fake]

Embarrassing...

 

[nowhat]

Being over-zealous with their IP and generally overcharging for it.

 

[BlackTron]

This is hardly even an upgrade

 

[Kataploom]

Damn Nintendo, I wanted to make a cake for Switch 2 launch and now they're blocking me from using the carts? Fuck this anticonsumer monopolistic corporation

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

based in some reactions makes me belive these cartridges taste like Nintendo's booty hole and some people loooove it.

 

[Doom85]

 

[Impotaku]

Going by gaf, these things taste of pure salt.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

It's pretty common knowledge that Switch cards have a bittering agent added to them to keep kids from swallowing them. Why would this be any different on Switch 2 cards? Isn't it a good thing to protect kids (and dogs) from eating plastic and silicon?

 

[jshackles]

$80, and you can't even eat them? Damn.

 

[Dacvak]

Thank god. Dipping your cart into the bourbon comes in clutch for an Old Fashioned if you've run out of bitters.

 

[Dacvak]

Thank god. Dipping your cart into the bourbon comes in clutch for an Old Fashioned if you've run out of bitters.

Hold on I just got a great idea for a pop-up video game bar…

 

[Portugeezer]

I don't know if he was the first one to do it, but I think Jeff Gerstmann was the one who first did the "tasting a switch game" thing

Probably healthier than all the energy drinks he guzzles.