Well, the sticker is in the body of the thing. I get why they wanted to color code the controller slots here, you can definitely insert the things backwards, but the sticker in question is at the bottom of the slot to connect the controller, so getting in there is going to be a pain. The teardown guide uses heat to soften the adhesive, glossing over that challenge, but I imagine the average home user has a much harder time accessing that. I predict most refurbished or sold-for-parts Switch 2s will either have the stickers torn to reach the screws directly or a bunch of heat damage from people trying to use heat guns incorrectly.
We’ll see how that goes.
It mostly feels like Nintendo just didn’t consider anybody having to open these as part of the design process at all. Which they never do.
Still not the most challenging Nintendo repair I’ve seen (I don’t wish reinstalling the ribbon cable through the DS/3DS hinge on my worst enemy), but they’re clearly not moving towards more repairable hardware even in areas where they are supposed to by regulations.
Well, the sticker is in the body of the thing. I get why they wanted to color code the controller slots here, you can definitely insert the things backwards, but the sticker in question is at the bottom of the slot to connect the controller, so getting in there is going to be a pain. The teardown guide uses heat to soften the adhesive, glossing over that challenge, but I imagine the average home user has a much harder time accessing that. I predict most refurbished or sold-for-parts Switch 2s will either have the stickers torn to reach the screws directly or a bunch of heat damage from people trying to use heat guns incorrectly.
We’ll see how that goes.
It mostly feels like Nintendo just didn’t consider anybody having to open these as part of the design process at all. Which they never do.
Still not the most challenging Nintendo repair I’ve seen (I don’t wish reinstalling the ribbon cable through the DS/3DS hinge on my worst enemy), but they’re clearly not moving towards more repairable hardware even in areas where they are supposed to by regulations.