Nintendo repair, Switch 2 to Game Boy — and every device between
Nintendo repair across the UK: four decades of hardware, one standard
Nintendo hardware inspires an affection most electronics never earn — the Game Boy that defined handheld gaming, the GameCube and Wii of childhood memory, and the Switch that reinvented what a console could be. All of it gets fixed at CrC Repair® (trading as Pocket Geek): every Nintendo device ever released, at all ten UK branches, to the same professional standard whether the bench holds a Switch 2 or a thirty-year-old Game Boy.
Joy-Con drift, a cracked Switch OLED screen, a DS Lite hinge hanging by a thread, a Wii U drive that’s stopped reading — daily work for our technicians, each job leaving with a one-year warranty. Pre-owned Nintendo Switch consoles are bought and sold too, two years of warranty on any Switch we sell. Nintendo joins PlayStation and Xbox under our console repair service.
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Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 repair: the faults we see most
Nintendo Switch repair dominates our Nintendo workload — played at home, on commutes and on holiday, the Switch family produces these faults above all:
Joy-Con drift repair
The defining Switch hardware issue, felt by millions: an analogue stick reporting direction nobody pushed, characters wandering, cursors creeping, precision gone until some games are genuinely unplayable. Wear inside the stick mechanism is to blame, and the affected components are repaired or replaced across every Joy-Con variant — Joy-Con L and R on the original Switch and Switch OLED, and the updated Joy-Con 2 controllers on the Switch 2. One-year warranty.
Nintendo Switch screen repair
Cracked and damaged displays lead the physical fault list across the family — the standard Switch’s LCD, the vivid panel on the Switch OLED, the compact Switch Lite’s screen. Quality replacement panels go into every variant. One-year warranty.
Nintendo Switch 2 screen repair
The Switch 2 carries a larger display than its predecessor, and damage to it is put right with quality replacement panels — full visual clarity and touch response restored. One-year warranty.
Switch battery replacement
A Switch that can’t manage a proper session away from the dock, empties far quicker than it once did, or dies without warning wants a new battery — fitted across the original Switch, Switch OLED, Switch Lite and Switch 2 at every branch. One-year warranty.
Switch charging port repair
Charging that’s become a lottery, a dock that no longer recognises the console, a USB-C cable that has to sit at exactly the right angle: classic signs of a worn or damaged port, repaired or replaced on all Switch variants so charging and docking behave again. One-year warranty.
Shell & housing replacement
Back plates, kickstands and rail covers crack with drops and hard use. Replacement shells and housing components restore the console’s physical integrity and looks. One-year warranty.
Switch dock repair
A dock that won’t charge the console, sends nothing to the TV, or has dead USB ports is itself repairable — original Switch, Switch OLED and Switch 2 dock variants alike. One-year warranty.
Game card & SD reader repair
Game cards that won’t read, SD cards the console can’t find, errors on inserted media — card reader trouble, with game card slots and SD readers repaired or replaced on supported variants. One-year warranty.
Nintendo devices we repair, current to classic
Nintendo Switch family
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Switch OLED — HEG-001
- Switch Lite — HDH-001
- Switch — original HAC-001 and revised-battery HAC-001(-01)
Wii U & Wii
- Wii U — 8GB Basic and 32GB Premium sets, plus GamePad repair
- Wii — original, Family Edition and Mini variants
GameCube, N64 & SNES
- GameCube — all colours, with or without Game Boy Player
- Nintendo 64 — every variant, Funtastic colours included
- Super Nintendo — PAL and NTSC, plus the Super Famicom
DS & 3DS families
- DS line — DS (NTR-001), DS Lite (USG-001), DSi (TWL-001), DSi XL (UTL-001)
- 3DS line — 3DS (CTR-001), 3DS XL (SPR-001), 2DS (FTR-001), New 3DS (KTR-001), New 3DS XL (RED-001), New 2DS XL (JAN-001)
Game Boy family
- Game Boy — DMG-001, Pocket (MGB-001) and Color (CGB-001)
- Game Boy Advance — AGB-001, SP (AGS-001 and the backlit AGS-101) and Micro (OXY-001)
A Nintendo device not named above? Ask your nearest branch — the technicians will know what can be done for it.
Repairs across the rest of the Nintendo range
DS, 3DS & Game Boy screen repair
Cracked, dead or faded displays top the request list on the older handhelds. Quality panels are sourced for all supported models — the dual upper and lower screens of the DS and 3DS included — and fitted properly. One-year warranty.
DS & 3DS hinge repair
The clamshell hinge is a known weak spot — the DS Lite and 3DS XL especially — and a cracked hinge slowly frays the display cable threaded through it, adding screen faults to the physical break. Hinges and upper screen cables are repaired and replaced across both families. One-year warranty.
Button repair, all devices
A GBA d-pad ignoring down, an A button on a 3DS XL that needs thumping, sticky faces and worn shoulders anywhere in the range — button faults are diagnosed and repaired across every Nintendo handheld and home console. One-year warranty.
DS, 3DS & Game Boy battery replacement
Original handheld batteries fade badly with the decades: a 3DS XL lasting twenty minutes, an SP whose screen dims the moment the charger comes out, a DS that holds nothing at all. Fresh cells put the playtime back. One-year warranty.
Wii U & Wii disc drive repair
Discs refused, games unread, grinding from inside, ejects that never come — expected wear on consoles many years into service, and the drives are repaired or replaced at every branch. One-year warranty.
Wii U & Wii overheating
Years of dust around fan and heatsink bring shutdowns, heat and constant fan noise. The console is opened, the cooling system cleaned through, thermal paste renewed where needed, and calm restored. One-year warranty.
Wii U HDMI port repair
A Wii U powering up normally while the TV sees nothing usually has a failed HDMI output — repaired at every branch to bring the picture back. One-year warranty.
Power fault repair
Won’t turn on, dies seconds after starting, or freezes on the boot screen — battery, port, software corruption and logic board issues can each be behind it, so diagnosis pins the root cause before any repair is proposed. One-year warranty.
Software faults & diagnostics
System corruption, error codes, eShop connectivity trouble, failed updates and boot loops — cleared regularly across the range, with full system reinstallation where necessary and your backup options discussed first. One-year warranty.
Buy and sell Nintendo Switch consoles across the UK
Trading up to a Switch 2, parting with a Switch that’s earned retirement, or shopping for a tested pre-owned model at an honest price — Switch, Switch OLED, Switch Lite and Switch 2 all pass over our counters, both directions.
Two-year warranty
Buy a pre-owned Nintendo Switch
Our technicians test and inspect every console before it earns shelf space, and each one sold is covered for two full years — protection a marketplace listing simply doesn’t offer. Should a fault surface inside that period, we repair or replace.
Honest valuations
Sell your Nintendo Switch to us
Switch, Switch OLED, Switch Lite or Switch 2 in working order — Joy-Cons, dock and accessories present or not — valued fairly at any branch. Come in whenever, or make contact first if you’d rather talk it over.
Nintendo repair cost and pricing
Work begins only after you’ve seen and agreed a clear quote — never a hidden charge, never an extra at collection. Device, model and fault set the figure; any branch or the online booking tool will estimate it quickly.
A Game Boy deserves the same care as a Switch 2
Nintendo’s catalogue spans forty years, and a fair share of what reaches our benches carries more sentimental value than market value — a childhood Game Boy Advance SP, a GameCube from a first flat. Age changes nothing about how we treat it: the treasured old device gets exactly the professional attention the brand-new one does.
That levelness — one standard, whatever the device, whichever branch — is the position of an established, award-winning UK repair business, and our high quality repairs page explains exactly what it involves.
Nintendo warranty cover: repairs and pre-owned Switch consoles
Repairs: one year
Every Nintendo repair
Joy-Con work, screens, batteries, hinges, drives and boards — a year of cover on the repaired fault. Not covered: damage sustained afterwards, liquid that gets in later, and new faults with no connection to the work done.
Consoles sold: two years
Every pre-owned Switch sold
Twenty-four months of protection from the day of purchase, with repair or replacement behind it.
Everything in detail on our warranty page.
Nintendo repair near me: pick from ten branches
Repairs and Switch trade-ins run at every one:
Bournemouth
Colchester
Farringdon
Glasgow
Norwich
Romford
Stoke-on-Trent
Surrey Quays
Whetstone
Wolverhampton
Where to find each one: store locator.
Why choose us for Nintendo repair?
Every device, every generation
Game Boy to Switch 2 — nothing too old, no fault too ordinary or too strange.
Joy-Con drift specialists
The most requested Nintendo fix in the network, resolved fast on original Joy-Cons and Joy-Con 2 alike.
Switch bought & sold, warranted
Every pre-owned Switch we sell is tested and carries two years of cover — private sales can’t compete.
Retro Nintendo welcomed
Game Boy, N64, GameCube, original DS — the machines other shops turn away are repaired and enjoyed again here.
Insurance approved
Nintendo claims through your insurer are welcome at all ten branches.
Clear quotes, quick turnarounds
Prices agreed up front, realistic timeframes given, and most Nintendo jobs done inside a day.
Nintendo before & afters from the bench
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