Nintendo's Switch 2 features upgraded cartridges that continue to carry a bad-tasting coating designed to prevent accidental ingestion by children or pets. Takuhiro Dohta confirmed this in an interview, emphasizing safety as their goal. The cartridges have also seen improvements, such as faster access and a new color, although some may not contain actual game data, functioning instead as Game-Key Cards. The Switch 2 is set to launch on June 5 at a price of $450 or $500 with a bundled game, amid issues that delayed pre-orders due to tariffs.
Nintendo's Takuhiro Dohta confirmed that the gross-tasting coating returns for Switch 2 carts, adding that the goal was the same: "We don't want anybody to be at risk of any unwanted consumption."
Original Switch cartridges were coated with denatonium benzoate--the same material some farmers use to stop animals from eating their crops.
Nintendo's 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 Switch 2 cartridges have a nasty-tasting coating, but what they don't have--in some cases, at least--is a copy of the game on them.
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