Warning: Do not lick Nintendo Switch game cartridges

Nintendo’s games are coated in the most bitter substance known to humans. It’s a great design decision.

I have to admit that I’m a natural born sucker (in more than one sense, some would argue, and they will be right). I have an irresistible inclination to put things in my mouth to see how they taste, which is why today I’m glad I don’t have a Nintendo Switch. Apparently, Nintendo has coated the Switch’s thumb-size game cartridges with a demonic, bitter compound known as denatonium benzoate since it launched its handheld console in 2017. And it has done it again with the Switch 2’s new $80 cartridges.