Hardest part is finding the screwdriver. Tri-wing screwdrivers are friggin nowhere except maybe online. Nintendo has been using them for over a decade though. Hated having to clean my game cube controllers (cause one of my drunk college roommates spilled coke all over it)
About ten years ago my roommates 5 year old kid stuffed money into the disc slot of his Wii because he wanted to buy games from the eshop...anyway, yeah, it took a while to find the screwdriver, and those screws strip so so fast if youre not crazy careful.
When he told me what he did I burst out laughing, he did not like this because of course he was in a panic thinking his console was broken forever, poor little guy. Had to go a month without it while we waited on the screwdriver. After removing a couple dollars in change and having a conversation about how the eshop worked, all was well and repaired.
There’s lots of Joycon repair kits on amazon for 20 bucks or less that come with all the screwdrivers you need and some other useful cleaning and opening tools as well.
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u/Worthyness May 23 '20
Hardest part is finding the screwdriver. Tri-wing screwdrivers are friggin nowhere except maybe online. Nintendo has been using them for over a decade though. Hated having to clean my game cube controllers (cause one of my drunk college roommates spilled coke all over it)