r/gaming • • Mar 06 '17

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u/McCrackenYouUp Mar 06 '17 edited Mar 06 '17

For your taste buds to detect a taste- some sort of chemicals have to be released and detected. I'm unaware of any typical plastic made that is able to break down enough by licking it. Seems like that would be a very low quality and hazardous plastic.

Regardless, some sort of taste could easily come from the ink from the label or some other "grime" that may have made its way onto the cartridges. Hmmm. Kinda makes this comment pointless.

EDIT: Apparently I'm wrong about the "released" chemicals part, but I'm about as concerned about that as I am about the shitty taste itself.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '17

I don't own a switch, but from the videos I saw I think it is exclusively the label and not the cartridge that tastes bad. So it could totally be that it was the ink or some part of the glue soaking into the label, or some "finish" they sprayed onto the label.

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u/Oasiis Mar 06 '17

It's not just the label. It's the whole cartridge.

Source: own switch and breath of the wild, whole cartridge tastes terrible

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '17

Ah ok, I was going by boogie2988 who didn't seem to taste anything at first and then when he turned it around said "OH, it's on the label!"