{"id":917,"date":"2025-07-08T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=917"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:54:24","slug":"powera-advantage-wired-controller-review-its-pushing-my-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/powera-advantage-wired-controller-review-its-pushing-my-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerA Advantage Wired Controller review &#8211; it&#8217;s pushing my buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo launched the long-awaited Switch 2 just over a month ago, and I\u2019ve certainly been enjoying my time with the new console, losing myself in Night City all over again while also reminding myself near-daily why I hate those blue spikey shells in Mario Kart so much. With a new console comes a whole heap of accessories, and you\u2019d best believe I was happy to receive a nice little bundle from <strong>PowerA<\/strong>, including a Switch 2 controller, case, and screen protector. While I\u2019m here to tell you about all three, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s the gamepad you\u2019re more curious about, so let\u2019s start there.<\/p>\n<p>I can honestly say that I\u2019ve never felt so divided about a controller before. I both love and hate the PowerA Advantage Wired Controller. Yes, &#8216;hate&#8217; is a strong word, but honestly, it reflects my feelings about a very specific feature of the controller quite well. Anyway, let\u2019s start with the positives, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>The accessory comes in three different styles: Black, Mario Time, and Mushroom Kingdom. I received the Mushroom Kingdom variant, and I\u2019d dare say that I got the most aesthetically pleasing of the lot. Don\u2019t get me wrong, the Black color scheme looks slick, and Mario jumping on a platform next to a \u2018?\u2019 box and a gold coin is pretty iconic, but my controller is cute and pretty with nice, complementary colors &#8211; pink and turquoise with hints of purple and white. Truly, this might be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-nintendo-switch-2-controllers\">best Nintendo Switch 2 controller<\/a> for Mario fans right now, design-wise, at least.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\tContinue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/powera-advantage-wired-controller-review\">PowerA Advantage Wired Controller review &#8211; it&#8217;s pushing my buttons<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tMORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-portable-gaming-consoles\">Best portable gaming consoles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-gaming-phone\">Best gaming phones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-android-phone\">Best Android phones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo launched the long-awaited Switch 2 just over a month ago, and I\u2019ve certainly been enjoying my time with the new console, losing myself in Night City all over again while also reminding myself near-daily why I hate those blue spikey shells in Mario Kart so much. With a new console comes a whole heap&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}