Random: So, You Probably Don't Want To Put Your Nintendo Switch On A Radiator

Wait... placing electronic devices on hot things is bad?!

@sleepinglion no no, just this dude's radiator. The rest is safe

Should've kept his radiator switch™ed off.

Newsflash: Idiot places expensive thing on thing that melts expensive things and shares on social media.

@Gwynbleidd Shield only edition as sadly Zacian didn't make it.

Before he gets a new switch he should invest in a nightstand.

Wait, hot things melt plastic?? MIND BLOWN

In other news, do not set fire to your Switch or hit it with a sledgehammer.

@johnvboy tell that to plainrock124

The result makes the case look like it's made out of foam, or maybe it's an offical Nintendo Switch bath bomb?

When I was a kid, we had little money to spare. I found an expensive digital watch one day and loved it.
About a year later, I purposely put it on the one of the central heating bars in the house. The watch had a metal band that was cold to put on in the middle of winter, so it became a little routine for me to put it on the heater while getting ready for school.

Well, one day I left it on the heater too long. The display went blank - it was fried. I was so disappointed and kicked myself for ages 😕

Should of put a PS4 on a radiator insted

That's a trip to IKEA for him then coming up

Reddit is a fountain of information isn't it! Lol

What a silly sausage

I'm glad that he himself at least immediately realized his own idiocy. I've seen far worse online...

What makes this even "funnier" - going by the Internet's usual schadenfreude - is that the image looks like that stupid "content aware scale" meme that I've yet to "get".

Faulty radiator ? Sue them !

I've tested this since reading this article and can happily confirm it is bogus. placing your switch on a radiator is absolutely fine. It's been a slow news day since the N64 released and sadly silly people will creat 'fake news' rather than just leave huge white blank gaps on the internet. This is PC brexitism gone nutZ.

Love the tagline!

Game Freak should be lashed for such a crime!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@graysoncharles that's subjective. You tell me.

I'd be curled up in a little ball on that bed, staring at my melted Switch, crying like a baby and cursing myself for being such a dink. On the flipside though, it kind looks like an "Evil Dead Edition" Switch Lite now cause of the slight resemblance to the book.

What an idiot. Luckily I keep mine safe in the oven and sometimes my microwave.

Oh no its a Sword & Shield Switch, the haters might be using this as fuel to say
"How much more damage will this game continue to make, GameFreak?!"
Gosh them haters are vicious...

Anyways, yeah that guy is an idiot for using a radiator as a table... LOL!!

(rest in peace, poor innocent limited edition Switch... 😢)

The colour is rad, though.

Today I might put NintendoLife on a radiator.

Heck, don't even put it on plush sheets while running - mine started to overheat to a point where it affected some of the LED crystals. No permanent damage, thankfully.

Am I the only who hates seeing others treat game console like this? To me this is sacrilegious!

You can afford a switch and games but not a regular table? What were you thinking putting things on a radiator? Remember when Smokey the Bear said only you can prevent forest fires. Well he obviously wasn't talking about you.

On the plus side, he shouldn't have to worry about that Switch overheating anymore. It's got plenty of ventilation now...

If only it was pokemon shield maybe it would have cast light screen to protect it from the physical attack of the radiator!

@LavaTwilight Ha, what? His slogan was Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires.

I blame Nintendo. They made sure to release a statement reminding people not to allow animals to urinate on the Nintendo Switch(TM) but they never reminded everyone not to place their Nintendo Switch(TM) on a hot oil radiator. This requires litigation! This requires tort! Where's my retained lawyer in Sarasota FL who will kindly take this case on the victim's behalf pro bono?

#GameFreakFried

I'm seeing a lot of people trashing this guy for this mistake but give him a break.

We all have committed some colossal acts of poor judgment before where one of us could make a thread about it.

@LavaTwilight i find it hard to believe you wasted time thinking about and then writing a response to that, quite funny that you did though.

Joy-cons disconnecting, Joy-con drift, Docks scratching screens, warped switches, stress cracks and now this? Nintendo can't make quality systems anymore! How many bedside table/radiator Switch melting issues are going to need to happen before Nintendo addresses this design flaw?

Reminds me of that time I used my 55 inch 4k TV as on ironing board. I jest... the TV was 37 inch.

this is totally on him, hopefully he learns from his mistake and won't do it again 🙄

Great now I want one, haha. Though my Switch was actually by a truck that crashed into my house (and into me) while I was holding it, so I guess that will have to do.

Oh boy. facepalms I suggest getting a nightstand first.

Wait so it's a Pokemon special edition lite? How did it turn blue?

That picture hurts my soul.

It still works huh.

That bomb-raid surviving Gameboy would be proud.

That’s nothing compared to some of the meltdowns we get in the comment sections week in week out. Especially recently! 😀

if only he’d gone all digital. The game would have still worked too

@Elvie sorry, but no. Dude was foolish enough to post online. What did he think would happen? New levels of foolishness there.

I like how fitting it is that the legendary shield pokemon is mostly intact.

Is it fully charged now?

Well, at least he acknowledges his mistake. I respect that.

Anyone remember when a Gameboy was melted in an explosion and still worked?

@johnvboy was there a PSA about applying a sledgehammer to a Nintendo Switch that I missed? What happens?

@LavaTwilight oh, heh. I don't watch tv much and have only seen a couple of simpsons episodes. I mainly watch netflix and I can't wait for the witcher series. Woohoo!

@tabzer,

They stated it may scratch the screen a little, although they say the dock is far more dangerous than a sledgehammer.

So much for common sense.

@LavaTwilight It didn't, i tested it.

Thats the power of Zamacenta

I love the comments, so funny.

The game cart melted inside the system. So now he has the new Switch Lite All-Digital Edition.

I think the part that everyone is missing is that the Switch itself still works despite the damage. Pity about the game though (and the card slot, apparently).

Definitely not under warranty