Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: seaz on May 27, 2006, 10:24:33 pm
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Anyone know which one will better suit me?
Thanks
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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.
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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.
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Tekken only has 4 buttons... that wouldn't be good for street fighter. So the Street Fighter Stick hands down.
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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.
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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
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This is an octagonal restrictor:
(http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/637/sanwagty2ih.th.jpg) (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sanwagty2ih.jpg)
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 (http://www.akihabarashop.com) or Rod at http://www.himuragames.com (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.
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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