Do I need to do any fancy stuff to get my Wii U to use another gamepad? I could use a plan B for the worst-case-scenarioThat really sucks... You can get a used gamepad for fairly cheap and use it on your existing wiiu, but the rest I have no idea. Good luck man!
That's good I mailed my WiiU for free but it took a week and a half maybe 2 weeks because it was over a holidayI sent it to a local repair store certified by Nintendo; only the piece costs $65, so kids, take good care of your gamepad :(
On the good side, it's ready in a day