- Here we go. Cheers.
Uh-uh. Uh-uh. (giggling) No.
- That is bitter.
- (both) Cheers.
- Egh!
- This is a thing?
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- It has apparently been told to me that
Nintendo Switch game cartridges taste bad.
So the logic behind this... - What?
- (woman) Nintendo Switch game cartridges taste bad.
- Ha. You think?
- My boyfriend was telling me about this this morning.
- (woman) So the logic behind this is that
Nintendo doesn't want kids to eat the game cartridges.
- Which makes sense.
- They're intentionally making them taste bad?
- (woman) Does it really taste as bad as they say?
Let's find out.
- No.
- You're not really putting that in your mouth?
- Ew! Oh! Ew! Ew! Ew! Oh. Ugh.
- (laughs)
Stop.
- (woman, disgusted) Oh, it's so... - Ew.
I heard it's pretty bad.
- Wait. Does it really taste that bad?
- Yeah, I don't think it would.
- (woman) Bleh.
- Why would you want to put this in your mouth?
- (woman) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
tastes like nothing else I've ever tasted.
I would not recommend licking any Nintendo Switch titles.
- You're not supposed to eat 'em.
- This is what kids are getting into now:
tasting their video games.
- What'd you expect it to taste like? Bread?
- I don't understand how anybody
would want to put plastic in their mouth.
I don't get it.
- (FBE) So we're gonna show you some other people now
who have also tasted the Nintendo Switch cartridges.
- This is a thing?
- (gasps) - (gasps)
- He just-- (both cracking up)
- That's like a meme.
- Hey! Hey!
(cracks up)
- (laughs)
What are they gonna-- make it taste good?
- Are they that bad?
They can't be that bad.
- (man) So I lick the label?
- Oh no. - (man) Okay.
How much of it? All of it? - Why?
- (man) Okay. - Do it.
- (man) Holy shit. It's really bad. - It's no good.
- (man) They're not lying. Oh!
Please lick the label.
- (woman) Oh my gosh. - (man) Oh boy.
- (woman) It tastes like dying. - It tastes like dying?
- (cracking up) This is so weird.
- That's silly, but no one really describes it.
Like, what does it really taste like?
- Now I'm curious. Do I lick one? Like, I'm confused.
Does it really taste that bad?
- (man) There's the game card. - Mm, let's sail to bad taste.
- (man) All right. - Okay.
So I just spent all this money on this,
and now I'm gonna lick it.
- (chuckles) It's really bad.
- (laughs)
- That's so bizarre to me.
- Why are these type of things going viral on the internet?
- Now I'm believing it. Otherwise there's this huge conspiracy.
- What an angle.
- Oh! Ooh. Ooh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- Ha! Okay. Okay.
- So weird. I can't believe people are doing this.
(man retches) - (giggles)
(both imitate retch)
- (sighs) That's a trend.
- That's so crazy.
- Honestly, I don't get it.
- By watching these, I can guess how this cartridge might taste.
Like shit.
- I would try it out now, since everyone's kind of testing out.
It's just the curiosity.
- Am I gonna have to do this?
Where is the cartridge? Where is it?
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- (FBE) So these videos obviously came out
after it had become known
that Nintendo Switch cartridges taste bad. - That's nasty.
- (FBE) So that means people were putting them on their mouths
when there was no trend for it to have been found out.
Why would they do that even if they didn't know it was a thing?
- You know, honestly, I have no idea.
I don't know why you'd want to put
anything like that in your mouth.
- I don't know. I'm not really a gamer. Do gamers do that?
They just taste their stuff?
- People just like putting things in their mouth.
What's wrong with that?
- You got to sample what you're playing first.
You can't just put it in your Nintendo
not knowing what your Nintendo's about to eat.
- It's okay to put, you know, random stuff in your mouth
if you're, you know, a toddler.
But we know better.
Play the game. Stop eating games.
- When you are switching cartridges out of the Nintendo
and you're like, "Oh, where do I put this?
I don't want to set it here on this dusty table,"
they put it in their mouth, put the other one in,
and then take it out. And then they're like, "Ew! Nasty!"
- So someone accidentally tasted it and was probably like,
"Dude"... - (both) "You got to try it!"
- (FBE) In the aftermath of this trend,
Nintendo officially stated cartridges have been covered
in a nontoxic bittering agent to try to avoid
children accidentally swallowing them since they're so small.
- Okay. That makes sense.
- (FBE) So do you think that this is actually gonna prevent kids
from swallowing these if they do put it in their mouth?
- Yes.
If something is small enough
to where it can fit into a child's mouth
that isn't supposed to be there, then it should taste like shit.
- If it's as bad as it was in the video, then yeah.
'Cause those guys were adults,
and they were acting like they were swallowing nails.
(imitates gag)
- It does decrease the chances of someone
actually wanting to stick something small in their mouth,
even like your pet. For me I'd be concerned for my pet too.
- No. - No.
- Not anymore, because the internet is tasting them.
- And they're saying that it's not toxic.
So they're gonna be like, "Oh, let's taste it."
- Since they put this bittering agent on it,
now people are intentionally tasting it.
Maybe some kids would have choked on it, yeah.
But now kids are intentionally doing it as a challenge.
- It'll prevent babies. But kids, toddlers, children
that have the understanding and the curiosity of,
"Oh no, I shouldn't do that. Mm, I'm gonna try it just to see,"
I think, are gonna be kind of titillated by this idea
that it tastes so gross.
And because people's reactions are so visceral,
it makes you wonder.
I'm wondering, what does it taste like?
- (FBE) And Tommy, from your unique perspective,
is tasting things something you do with more than just food?
- No, that's only-- I only use tastes for food. That's it.
You know, I'll smell something and see what it smells like.
Um, but to get me to put it in my mouth, it's, you know...
No. It's hard for me to put stuff in my mouth.
- (FBE) It seems like things like this are going viral
more frequently than ever.
Have people always been doing things like this,
and we're just seeing it more often because of social media?
Or are people doing things like this more on purpose
because of social media and the want to go viral?
- I think it's because of social media. Social media's crazy.
- Social media has a lot of power.
And it intrigues us more when you see it online.
- When we saw GloZell do the Cinnamon Challenge,
all of our friends, we all wanted to do it.
So I feel like the internet-- people on the internet
have a huge influence.
- There's always been adventurers.
There's always been people
who want to try doing nutty things
and see what something tastes like.
But I think the more people see it, the more people try it.
- It's definitely both, because a lot of people--
before, they would just put stuff in their mouth to try it out.
But nowadays, they're like, "Ooh, I could get--
you know, I can get Twitter fam--
I can get Instagram or YouTube famous."
- Social media has perpetuated it to a much larger scale.
But I think things have still had those kind of trends.
They just take longer to catch on.
And they have this bigger ripple effect, right?
So by the time people on the outskirts of this trend
are doing it, the people in the middle aren't doing it anymore.
Versus when the internet is now about,
everyone's doing it at the same time.
- (FBE) And finally, you probably saw this coming.
But we have something for ya. (both giggle)
- We get to try them.
We get to try... - We get to try it.
- We get to try it. - I'm so excited.
- (sarcastically) Oh, great. Yay.
- Hmm. I wonder what it could be that might go in my mouth.
- Yay. Give me that cartridge. I didn't eat lunch yet.
- Thank God. Thank you.
I get it. But I still would've swallowed it if I was a kid.
- You're goofing.
That's nothing.
It's better than broccoli.
- Oh! (coughs) Oh.
- Yeah, it tastes a little bit like bile.
- Oh, that's nasty. Oh, that's gross.
Oh, it does tas-- (gags)
- Here we go.
That is bitter.
It's POWERFUL.
And it's not getting off of my tongue.
So that's fun.
- (both) Cheers.
- Egh! (snickers) It DOES taste nasty.
- Mm. You know what it tastes like?
It tastes like, um, when you do your nails, acid tone.
To me, it's not terrible.
But I still wouldn't put this in my mouth.
- Uh-uh. Uh-uh. (giggles) No.
Have you ever, (lips smack) like...
just pissed on a bunch of nickels and put them in an oven
and then put them in your mouth? That's what this tastes like.
- (both) Thanks for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
- Subscribe to everybody who's featured in this video down below.
- Goodbye, everyone.
- Hey, guys. It's Ethan here, producer at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
What should YouTubers react to next time?
Let us know in the comments. (spits)
Ugh! Oh, it's so bad. Ugh.
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