PSA: You Might Want To Avoid Nintendo Switch Stickers And Skins

Accessory maker dbrand intended to sell skins for the Nintendo Switch, allowing you to customize the look of the system. Today, it announced that it's canceling orders and advising Switch owners to avoid sticking anything to their systems.

As explained in a series of messages on Twitter, the company recently got its hands on the system and began working on prototypes. "Having completed the Joy-Con skins, everything looked phenomenal. Then, an issue arose," it said in a tweet accompanied by the image below.

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"After removing the skin, it was obvious that the coating on the Joy-Cons do not play well with any kind of adhesive," it continued, adding that the system itself also suffers from this issue. You can see what happens in the gallery above.

As a result of this, dbrand says it will cancel and refund all preorders on Switch skins. It's also recommending that you avoid buying skins from anyone from your Switch.

We haven't experienced this issue ourselves yet, but based on these images you would be wise to avoid sticking anything to your Switch. That is, unless you're okay with leaving it on there permanently or can live with any potential damage.

On a similar note, you may want to invest in a screen protector or be especially careful placing the Switch in its dock, as the screen can potentially be scratched. Again, we haven't experienced this with the ones we've used, but Glixel has some unsightly scratches on one of their systems.