Nintendo has once again chosen to coat Nintendo Switch 2 game cards with a bitter-tasting substance called denatonium benzoate.
While the substance is not harmful to your health, its use is to discourage anyone – particularly youngsters – from placing a Nintendo Switch 2 game card in their mouth, leading to the chance that they could potentially swallow it.
“We don’t want anybody to be at risk of any unwanted consumption. We have indeed made it so that if it enters your mouth, you’ll spit it out,” Nintendo Switch 2 director Takuhiro Dohta explained to GameSpot. “I do not advise that you do.”
Nintendo Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto added: “When the Nintendo Switch was being developed, I did lick it once, but never again. I can’t believe that other people are trying that.”
The Nintendo Switch 2 game cards are the same shape as Nintendo Switch game cards, but, in comparison, they are now red and have much faster data reading speeds.
Nintendo Switch 2 will launch at retailers around the world on 5 June 2025, priced at £395.99 ($449.99).
