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For anyone unaware, I asked for help here for a reinforced type joystick for my 3ds. I am like two standard deviations to the right of the bell curve with the strength to match. I figured I get a little too into tough bosses after noticing myself randomly crouching during some sekiro bosses in my deck recently. I'm working on that.

But I got a ten pack of factoryish replacements for like $2 that came in yesterday. They were stupid easy to install after removing the crumbling existing rubber!

I thought about glueing them in, but they seem to be pretty snug right now. Also I got 8 more if one falls off.

I'm not dealing with joycon drift yet, so they will do until I do start experiencing that in which case it will get some hall effect sticks.

And to that one person who told me to clean my shit; IS THIS CLEAN ENOUGH FOR YOU‽(I hope the joking timbre is coming across)

Thanks for the help and ideas everyone!

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[–] Skyline969@piefed.ca 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m not that person from before, but that is still pretty dirty. Those shoulder buttons are yellow, the grey plastic seems to be covered in a film of what I assume is oil from a person’s hands, and what are those brown things on the side? I assume clips for some kind of rear protection.

That said, no drift yet is astounding. Even the people I know who baby their electronics experienced drift eventually. When did you get this? Curious if it’s a newer model and they made some changes.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nintendo didn't change anything, because JoyCon Drift isn't real, remember?

About when Metroid dread was a month or two old. It was literally the only reason I bought it. Well dread and in anticipation of prime 4.