Nintendo receives a multitude of questions about how to disinfect the Nintendo Con Joy Con, asking that it not be done with alcohol or the like.
The coronavirus crisis has made us take some precautions that we would not be used to previously, and one of these customs is to disinfect many of the objects that we usually handle. One of them is the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con, but beware, Nintendo has warned via Twitter not to do it with alcohol or similar disinfectants.
Be careful with the cleaning of Nintendo Switch
Many users of the Nintendo Hybrid have started cleaning them this way, and so the Kyoto Campaign has issued this warning. They have not ensured that they will spoil, but there is such a possibility.
As you can read on Kotaku, Nintendo's customer service tweeted about this problem, being translated this way by the portal: "Recently, customers have been asking if they can disinfect their Nintendo Switch and Joy-Con with alcohol. We are sorry to say that please avoid using alcohol as much as possible on the plastic parts so as not to discolor or deform it. "
But Nintendo goes even further and not only talks about alcohol, but also about other disinfectants. "We also cannot recommend using other disinfectants without alcohol, since depending on the ingredients, they could also damage the plastic parts," they said.
And it could not be otherwise, Nintendo is one of the many companies that is being affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The next generation of Sony and Microsoft should arrive later this year, and both assure that their respective consoles will arrive on time, but Nintendo has experienced distribution problems with Nintendo Switch in Japan this week. Mishaps in the production chain have been the reason given by the company for this unforeseen event.
