My son put his Switch case up against the glass of a hotel fireplace (we didn’t notice right away unfortunately). All of his games were inside and 3 of them melted a bit on the outside changing the shape of the cartridge. I was afraid it would mess up his Switch and or get stuck if we tried to use them. Then I remembered someone showed the inside of a Switch game and I decided to try to take the game apart since we couldn’t use it anyway.
I went to my local video game exchange and bought Rocket League for $5 (probably since you can play free digitally now). Opened up both cartridges and swapped out the inside. I put it back together and pealed the Mario Maker 2 sticker off the messed up cartridge and pasted it onto the Rocket League one with the Mario Maker 2 game inside. It works!
So the key is your outside has to be messed up but the inside micro card looking thing has to be in good shape.
by jjmawaken
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Dad of the year. Good work.
Glad to hear the patient made a full recovery!
Somewhere a Nintendo exec is seething mad and doesn’t know why.
Good critical thinking on not only getting a cheap game but one that is essentially useless. Great use of logic.
Thank god, I was on the edge of my seat reading your comments.
Wow that’s amazing. Good to know it can be done
Going to look back at this post 5-10 years from now seething why I got Octopath Traveler II when I ordered the first Bayonetta
Nothing quite like your kid telling you that you’re really good at fixing things.
When your son stops playing this game. Take it and frame it. It’ll be a nice memory one day.
that’s awesome that u fixed it for him
I Imagine that one day, someone will buy a Used copy of Rocket League, and when they try to play it, it will be Mario Maker and they’ll have no idea why
This is pretty fuckin cool dude!
u/jjmawaken — father and switch surgeon
Expect a Nintendo lawsuit letter in the mail soon /s
They did surgery on a Switch cartridge.
Lame joke aside, well done!
They did surgery on a switch game 💀
BRB scamming Gamestop trade ins.
Best dad ever
Chad Dad
Are the casings easy to open and reclose?
To show my age, I remember doing similar surgery on old 3.5 in floppy discs, but sometimes getting the disc back together didn’t work out so well (wouldn’t stick together… broken tabs and what not).
This is cool and stuffs, but now I might think twice buying secondhand games….
Flash memory cards are amazingly resilient
Nintendo offers repairs on game cards at an undisclosed price, which could be worth trying if a game card is unrepairable.
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/48045#DT:t1-q1a1_t1-q1a1-q2a1_t1-q1a1-q2a1-q3a1EP:t1-q1a1-q2a1-q3a1-c
I wonder how much it costs? I’d hope it would be very reasonable given how Nintendo loves to remind us that we are only purchasing a license to use the game when buying it new, and also because EA discloses their price to do the same with their disc-based games.
I wonder how easy it would be to make a 3d print of a cartridge shell for even cheaper repairs, and without sacrificing another game.
Frankenswitch, nice job!
Everyone wanted such a dad.
My dad fixed things for me when stuff like this happened. That moment of relief when it’s all better, it meant the world to me. Amazing job, great dad!
Beep Beep Beep… So switch cartridge the transplant surgery was successful and now ready to be played again
I’m curios: how did you opened them?
You truly performed a Nintendo switch 😂
Reminded me of the disc rot posts of a certain sub! 🤣
But more seriously, I’m glad it worked for you! 🙂
Obvious fix as long as the actual chip inside isn’t damaged, but props to you for actually going all the way to fix it for your kid
This is awesome and great info if something ever happens to my carts 🙂
Good to know!
I’m guessing the kid’s response after seeing the fixed cartridge was actually “yeah, I never really like that game anyway”. 😱🤣
OP is Dr. Frankenstein
I did this recently with a N64 Majora’s mask and a soccer game, I was proud of that one
Here’s to 2000 nerds saying fuck that’s awesome and good job! Nice work man!
My daughter had a mario switch game go through the washer and dryer. That cartridge looks rough now. Work perfectly fine for now. I’ll have to remember to look for rocket league if it stops working haha.
u/NintendoLawyers would like to have a word with you.
NOOOOOOOO NOT THE SUPER MARIO MAKER 2 COME OOOOONNN!!!!!!
Careful, Nintendo’s lawyers are in your bushes
Maybe someone should make a 3D model for this situation… I certainly don’t want to pop open any of my switch games though