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My thumb stick on my 3ds is disintegrating, and my switch is starting to follow. Please help. (lemmy.today)
submitted 21 hours ago by YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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So I'm very large and strong, I think I may be the cause of this. But does anyone know of a strong replacement? I'm capable of installing it myself, but my cursory Google search turned up nil for "strong game sticks"(let the jokes flow)

Just curious if I'm stuck playing d-pad game.

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[–] justsquigglez@leminal.space 41 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I would just replace them with normal sticks and then maybe get stick cap/covers akin to these or these.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the links homie!

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I used to have this problem with my ps controllers. I used to replace sticks, until i realized caps were easier. One time, used metal sticks and that was fine too

Edit: looks like switch only sells as a whole unit. Didnt see any third party metal sticks