Hardware So my Wii U gamepad is now broken, how effed am I?

[Bubbysaur]

So I was away from home for 2 days and I guess my gamepad fell off of the dresser somehow and broke. The left side triggers and broken and can't be pressed, the screen has a crack that blocks most of the stuff on it, and I am strangely not that mad.

The touchscreen still works and I can sort of navigate Hulu and Netflix, and I play Smash with the Wiimote and Nunchuck or 3DS depending on my mood.

Considering all of this, how fucked am I?

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Your only option to get a GamePad replacement is either Nintendo or fork it out on eBay.

Netflix on Wii U is stupidly restricted to using only the GamePad which boggles my mind.

 

[Slartibartfast42]

Buy a bunch of broken gamepads, fix as many as you can. Sell them. Profit.

 

[thorasgar]

Buy a bunch of broken gamepads, fix as many as you can. Sell them. Profit.

True. There are lots of broken ones on eBay for cheap. If you buy 3 or 4 you can probable price together a working one.

I am starting to regret buying a second console only. Splatoon is the only reason really. It would be great if my kids and I could form a squad and play online together.

 

[RepeatingDigits]

Nintendo made the Gamepad modular and really easy to assemble and dissasemble, so you can swap out any parts that don't work for new ones if you can use a screwdriver and are careful.
How do I know? I replaced my left stick and got to see the internals.