{"id":111429,"date":"2020-04-11T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/nintendo_tells_customers_to_stop_using_alcohol-based_products_to_clean_the_switch"},"modified":"2020-04-11T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:30:00","slug":"nintendo-tells-customers-to-stop-using-alcohol-based-products-to-clean-the-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/11\/nintendo-tells-customers-to-stop-using-alcohol-based-products-to-clean-the-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Tells Customers To Stop Using Alcohol-Based Products To Clean The Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nintendo’s Japanese customer service Twitter account<\/a> is at it again \u2013 this time issuing a warning about disinfecting Switch consoles and Joy-Con controllers with alcohol, after receiving multiple questions asking if it was safe. Here’s the full message, courtesy of Kotaku:<\/p>\n

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Recently, customers have been asking whether they can disinfect their Nintendo Switch consoles and Joy-Cons with alcohol. We\u2019re very sorry to say please avoid using alcohol as it may cause the plastic parts to fade in colour or deform.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Non-alcoholic disinfectant sheets and wipes are also not advised:<\/p>\n

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We also cannot recommend using non-alcoholic disinfecting sheets, as depending on the ingredients, they may damage the plastic parts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you’re wondering what you can clean your Nintendo Switch with at this point, the recommendation is a “soft dry cloth” \u2013 but hey, if that’s not enough for your liking, you can always resort to the method the company advises against.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the same Twitter account revealed Nintendo had recently experienced an increasing number<\/a> of credit card fraud reports.<\/p>\n

How do you clean your Nintendo Switch, controllers and accessories? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nintendo’s Japanese customer service Twitter account is at it again \u2013 this time issuing a warning about disinfecting Switch consoles and Joy-Con controllers with alcohol, after receiving multiple questions asking if it was safe. Here’s the full message, courtesy of Kotaku: Recently, customers have been asking whether they can disinfect their Nintendo Switch consoles and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}