Topic: I Really Want to Fix My Wavebird

[Bartman3010]

See, I somehow broke my controller's joystick and Nintendo isnt really being helpful by saying "Buy a new one!" since I lost my receipt. But instead, I'd rather just take a joystick from a controller I already have and just replace the joystick. Sadly, the screws in the controller have 3 notches instead of the standard 4.

I dont want to have wasted $30 for a controller that lasted less than a coule of months. I MUST GET THIS FIXED

[TOY]

Go to the store, buy a new one and return the old one with the receipt and get your money back.


TOY

[Pale]

I kind of want one of my wavebirds to break...so i have an excuse to buy a silver one... =P

[Flames_of_chaos]

Yea all controller sticks die out sooner or later.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I'm on my 5th controller, thanks to SSBM (since launch).

[Bartman3010]

Maybe you guys didnt even read my post. I stated that I lost the receipt to my Wavebird, and I had it for less than a couple of months and Nintendo wont do nilly to help. Is there some special screw driver I can find to open the little bastard?

FYI - This IS a Silver Wavebird

[Pale]

Ok mister angry.  When I took my GBA apart i used a really small glasses size flat head and it got the job done.  Nintendo uses that shape screw for a reason...

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

It's called a Tri-Wing screwdriver (if it's the same as with the regular first-party controllers).

[ruby_onix]

Nintendo (technically) won't give you any warranty coverage (which with Nintendo, usually means you get a free repair/replacement) if you don't have your receipt, because they can't know if the warranty period still applies to you if you can't prove when you bought the product. That's just common sense. You'll find that policy pretty much anywhere you go.

What people are saying is that you can purchase a second Wavebird, switch the two, and say it was the newer one which broke. It's slightly "dishonest", but you do say that you bought the broken Wavebird somewhat recently, so very few people would argue that it's "wrong". It does mean that you'd have to pay for another Wavebird, but you will get a second Wavebird out of the deal, and you can just chalk it up to the price of losing your receipt.

I don't know if you can fix the Wavebird by yourself using parts from a regular controller. I think the rumble motors (which the Wavebird doesn't have) are tied into the analogs on the regular controller. You'll probably just end up breaking two controllers (your Wavebird and the regular one) if you try. And if you take out the tamper-proof screws, you may NEVER be able to pull off the swap trick by buying a new one (it's why they make the screws "tamper proof").

And a regular controller isn't much cheaper than a Wavebird anyways. No sense just "using it for parts".

[franky005]

I may have a solution.  You said it was a silver wavebird.  Well, how long have those been out in the U.S.  If you found out the warranty period was longer then how long they've been out...then you're in some luck.  Just a thought.

[Flames_of_chaos]

a dumb solution play Ultimate Muscle and keep chanting DIG DUG DIG DUG.

[CaseyRyback]

is it platinum?

If so specify that. I bought mine at a pawn shop and did not have the reciept, and it broke a couple weeks later. Nintendo fixed it (the reciver was busted)