Nintendo raising repair costs in Japan again, impacts Switch 2 and Switch
Posted on October 15, 2026 by Brian(@NE_Brian)
in News, Switch, Switch 2
Nintendo repairs are getting another price hike in Japan, which will impact both Switch 2 and Switch starting next month.
In its announcement, the company said that prices are going up due to rising costs of repair parts. The new prices will go into effect on November 16, 2026.
For both systems, repair costs involving the CPU board, LCD unit, and other components are all going up. However, it looks like the Joy-Con (and Joy-Con 2), dock, Pro Controller, and camera will be left alone.
As an example, repairs involving the Nintendo Switch 2 CPU board currently cost 27,500 yen. However, it will soon be 37,400 yen.
Nintendo Switch is seeing something similar. For that system, CPU repair costs will increase from 16,500 yen to 26,400 yen.
Nintendo previously raised the price of repairs in Japan at the start of 2025. This was before Nintendo Switch 2 launched, of course.
At least for the time being, we haven’t heard about similar price increases for other regions. If additional announcements are made, we’ll let you know.
