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Nintendo Switch 2 game cartridges taste absolutely disgusting again – here's why
Denatonium benzoate comes to the rescue once again
👉 Nintendo staff have explained that the presence of the coating is designed to provoke a reaction of spitting the cartridge out – the substance itself isn't harmful The substance isn't harmful, and is the same kind that's designed to stop people biting nails – it really is a horrible tasting item. Nintendo Switch 2 director Takuhiro Dohta explained to GameSpot that this was intentional as a safety precaution, with the natural reaction being to spit the cartridge out due to its horrible taste, and advised that folks shouldn't even attempt a test lick, as it were.
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