A control panel for SF III and T5

[seaz]

Anyone know which one will better suit me?

Thanks

[Crowquill]

It's all personal preference.

Do you prefer American control panels (tear-drop joysticks with longer throw and concave buttons), or
Japanese-style control panels (ball-tops with shorter throw and convex buttons).

I've heard that if you can get over differences, the Japanese setups can be better for fighters, but I could never get over that hump.

If you're not that familiar with Japanese sticks, try a Tekken 5 machine or anything Sega has released in the last 5 years. I guess it also depends on how much you like bright green and pink.

[AtomSmasher]

Since we know absolutely nothing about you or your needs I'll just take a wild guess and say SF 3 is better for you.  Why?  because the coin flip came up heads.

[testicle187]

Tekken only has 4 buttons... that wouldn't be good for street fighter.  So the Street Fighter Stick hands down.

[infiniteomega]

I voted for the t5 stick. 

Tekken only has 4 buttons... that wouldn't be good for street fighter.  So the Street Fighter Stick hands down.

The t5 stick has 8 buttons, so that's not the issue here. 

What it really comes down to, as Crowquill stated, is preference.  I say, make sure you get a japanese T5 stick as it will have all sanwa parts from the getgo (if I remember correctly) and get an octagonal restrictor for it so it doesn't feel so square.

[seaz]

I"m looking for a fighting stick that will be the best for pulling off fast combos.
The thing is, I'm not familiar with either sticks. American nor Japanese... So, I can go for either stick and it will be a new experience for me.

What's an octagonal restrictor and how much would it cost me?

Should I just buy the Hori Real Arcade Pro 2? I can get it for $106 shipped...

Thanks

[infiniteomega]

This is an octagonal restrictor:


It clips onto the bottom of the sanwa stick and restricts the joystick's movements into an octagonal pattern instead of a quare one.  It makes doing circular motions easier.  You can get them from Per at www.akihabarashop.com or Rod at http://www.himuragames.com for roughly five dollars.  Of course, shipping and handling will make it more expensive.

The hrap2 is nice.  I just checked, and sadly, only the special edition hraps have sanwa/seimitsu buttons.  But hori's buttons aren't bad.  At least with the hrap2 if you need to change them it's just a matter of ordering some sanwa/seimitsu buttons and swapping the quick disconnects to the new buttons.  The stick IS sanwa, so no problems there.

[seaz]

I ordered a HRAP 2 =D

I'll probably purchase a octagonal plate thing and replace the square one.

I can't wait! Street fighter 3 will be so much more fun. I'm going to destroy this d-pad...

Thanks for your help
-Sean