Hades Is Getting Its Very Own Power-A Switch Controller

Best thing is if you break it and return it,they send you a replacement that's just a little bit better than the one you broke.

I was excited right until powerA was mentioned. Moving swiftly on.

Ok, this sounds really interesting now. It’s cool that a prominent indie game is getting their own controller for switch

And just as every other PowerA controller it has no rumble/vibration or bluetooth.

Why they kept making wired controllers? This is not the early 2000s anymore.

@Specter_of-the_OLED
Cheaper manufacturing and lower pricing. It's meant to be a cheaper alternative to the Pro Controller.

@Specter_of-the_OLED I have a couple of the wired controllers and they were used on the weekend when all Joy-cons were out of battery! wired can have its uses too even in such advanced times lol

@HollowSpectre I loved my Yoshi PowerA controller till it died after only a couple months of use.

one of the little indies that could.
we love to see it 👏🏽👏🏽

I bought one of the PowerA Nano controllers, its great unless you want to use the shockingly bad d-pad.

I like the wireless ones since they use batteries (vs rechargeable) for my kids. But man...they don't last super long it feels like.

@Specter_of-the_OLED dropping $60 on a controller is hard to justify within my budget, plus having a long usb cable is convenient in its own way.

@Specter_of-the_OLED Lots of reasons.
-They are cheaper

-Make a good backup for when your wireless controller is charging,

-Again cheaper which means if you have family/friends/kids over you can a boat load buying a pack of these instead of investing over 240$ for wireless ones.

-A great alternative for those who just want a controller for a reasonable price to play games.

I own a couple of ones and tbh it really doesn't make a difference to me being wired. I'm not a everything must be wireless fanatic.

@Dr_Corndog One of mine worked for a week and developed more drift than your average race car then the second one just died.

Zagreus for Smash?

@Specter_of-the_OLED I use a wired Gamecube controller for Smash, a wired Pokken controller for old-school and some indie games, a wired Hitbox for fighting games, and a wired XBox One controller on PC because I’m not ponying up for the wireless dongle.

Wireless controllers are for casuals;)

@Specter_of-the_OLED Got a wired PowerA for the headphone output. Also their sticks are pretty good for shooters IMO. Goes pretty cheap on Amazon sales and works well with PC too.

Article mentions the game released in December 2018. Didn't it release 2 years later though?

@HollowSpectre

Same, absolute rubbish.

@Shadeon_Koopa Yeah, it came out in September 2020. Maybe PJ meant it was announced in December 2018 at the Game Awards.

@path4smash OMG I didn't even notice my wireless PowerA controllers had a headphone jack! (I only use them for guests normally)

That's so awesome. I've been using wireless Bluetooth headphones for TV play (with Switch Bluetooth adaptor) as neighbours are noisy but the sound delay was driving me mad! This is a great solution. 😄

@PJOReilly It happens to the best of us. That is one sexy controller though.

Hhm, Power A controllers are terrible from my experience but this one does look great. I may get it just for collection purposes, Hades is so good.

Hate to be that guy, but wasn't Hades on Switch released on Nov 17th, 2020?

The December 2018 release is linked to the early access Epic Games on PC release.

I'm really digging the Hades controller.

I dig the designs of PowerA's controllers generally, but the missing features make them easy to skip.

I can't say that I'm a fan of Switch Pro Controller either, but at least they come with all the trimmings.

The Wii U Pro Controller on the other hand... kisses fingertips My favourite "conventional" controller. As plain as they are, they were so comfortable to use.

I'd buy a power A controller kinda not knowing what I was going into, the thing that grab me was their button layout but since I pressed them at any time I don't need to, I won't used em anymore. Latter on when my pro controller started to drift I did buy a cheap 18 USD Chinese controller and I think it's the best controller I have now

This is beautiful. I just wish it was an actual Pro Controller.

@ItsjustAnotherGamer funnily enough I've never used a pro controller in all the years I have had a switch. Generally made do with majority portable play and then with the joycons in docked mode. I bought a Nano as a 'compromise' and the d-pad certainly is very much that.

@ModdedInkling If this is the same as my Zelda one which it looks exactly alike then they are awesome. Great price, also they have a 3.5 mm jack for headsets missing from most switch controllers and also two programmable buttons on the underside which is great. I only play rogue company with my wired controller because headset and programmable button for easy melee ! I’ve loved mine and I’d definitely get another one for one of my favorite games of the past year! Still loving hades , literally replaying on my Xbox now with game pass

@Mdhoover these wired controllers are great, if you want a good controller with headset port and programmable buttons, plus they are inexpensive and run work great

@Thaswizz
It seems like this controller also includes the two programmable buttons, given this is the same type as the Mario one on that tweet.

Personally, I never found the placements of those programmable buttons to be convenient for me, because of the way I hold my controller.