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Sanwa or Seimitsu - Two stick enter, one stick leave!
LeedsFan:
If you are mainly into shooters and platformers then I'd go with Seimitsu. I have the LS-32's in my latest project and they are great for shooters. I read many. many pages on both Seimitsu and Sanwa sticks. The people who play fighters most tend to go with the Sanwa's as they are more sensitive. But the LS32s are also light and can play fighters just fine.
One thing to watch though is that the restrictor on later JLF Sanwa sticks (not older JLW) does not give a proper 4-way. You can still hit the diagonals. On the Seimitsu sticks you get correct, full 4-way option. This, plus me playing around on the Candy cabs at R3play expo last year (and talking to a couple of owners) made me go with Seimitsu.
I did get to use the older Sanwa JLW stick on a Turnarcades cabinet at the same expo and I have to say that felt lovely in 4-way mode for classic games.
You can collect opinions in this thread but to be honest it's all about personal preference when it comes to joysticks.
Donkbaca:
Personal choice, buy one of each, sell the one you don't like on the forums. You'll probably only be out like 10 bucks or so, and you will for sure know which is best for you
Yvan256:
And if you can't decide between the two, make a rotating control panel with the two setups, including matching buttons from the two companies!
Then when you show the two "different" configurations, people will say "hey wait, it's the same thing on both sides?!" and you'll be able to laugh all by yourself. ;)
opt2not:
--- Quote from: VanillaGorilla on February 24, 2011, 08:53:56 am ---I was really comparing the JLF with the LS-32, those seem to be the 2 most popular/in common use joys.
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In that case, LS-32 vs. JLF for shooters/platformers = go with the LS-32. It has a nice solid feeling, and the parts seem to be sturdier in quality. Plus it's much easier to switch to and from 4/8-way, than the JLF. The only caveat is that the LS-32 when compared along-side, is "clickier" than the JLF. If that doesn't bother you then you're fine with going Seimitsu on this one.
VanillaGorilla:
I dont mind when a Japanese stick clicks, thats what they've always done. If it were a Wico, I'd have a problem!
Gonna go with the Seimitsu LS-32 styled stick, as I have no intentions of ever getting 'good' on a fighter style game, at least not good enough where the joystick manufacturer is an impediment to my gameplay...I like smashing buttons as much as the next guy, but for me its a tension release, more than a skill test.
I'd rather spend my time improving my Missile Command or Tempest scores ;D