I just discovered that Nintendo sells replacement parts for its Talking Flower toy, should you ever throw him in a fit of irritated rage

Close up photo of the Talking Flower toy sitting in front of a Peach Castle playset. — (Image credit: Future/Rosalie Newcombe)

I'm not the biggest fan of Nintendo's Talking Flower toy.

Its random quips incessantly telling me that the "ocean tastes like tears" and probing whether or not I've "had lunch yet" are just as annoying as our best toy expert Benjamin warned me they'd be. As a result, this talking toy talks no more and has become a silent display piece amongst my Switch game collection. But while he doesn't get much use anymore, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Nintendo online store sells parts for $4.99 each (Nintendo) for the flowery fella, should I ever need them.

Photo of the back of the Talking Flower toy with the digital clock component showing 10PM on its screen. — (Image credit: Future/Rosalie Newcombe)

You can grab two replacement parts in total for the Talking Flower, should anything happen to the annoying chattering toy - and I can think of a few possible scenarios. The first is a replacement Pot Cover, which is that brown plastic base that covers up the buttons and the small LCD display hidden on the underside of the toy.

This cover is what keeps the Talking Flower standing upright, so it's plenty helpful that Nintendo chose to make replacements readily available for anyone willing to spend $4.99 (Nintendo) on one. Not to mention, it's fully removable and is not constantly attached to the flower in any way, so I can easily foresee it going missing in the wrong hands.

Nintendo also has a Talking Flower Battery Cover available for $4.99 (Nintendo), which, as you can guess from its name, is to replace the one that's located under that small display I mentioned earlier. The battery cover requires being screwed in, so I can't foresee too many instances where it could go missing, but it's a nice pro-consumer inclusion nonetheless.

What Nintendo doesn't sell on the Nintendo US online store is a way to erase the memory of having to put up with the Talking Flower's irritating chatting, but I won't hold it against them. At least, should I ever feel the need to take my delayed rage out on this plastic guy, I know that I can pick up some replacement pieces to keep him looking as shiny and new as the day I got him.

Talking Flower $34.99 at Nintendo

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Ever since I first held a NES controller in my hand I've been obsessed with gaming, and the hardware it runs on. I could hook up a NES and SNES to a telly, without instructions, before I could walk. Even now, nothing is more exciting then taking a console, or handheld, out the box for the first time and setting it up. This obsession transformed into a love of games and game music, which lead to my music degree and dream of becoming the Scottish Nobuo Uematsu. After sharing my love of games through music, I began to share my love through words on sites like TechRadar and iMore. This lead to becoming a Hardware staff writer for PCGamesN, and later the Senior Tech Writer for Dexerto, covering all things Steam Deck, PlayStation and Nintendo. With that experience, I was able to level up as Hardware Editor for GamesRadar+, where I'm still just as Nintendo, PlayStation and gaming tech obsessed as ever.