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| crazymike 1070th Post
 
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|  "The Street Fighter Anniversary Arcade Stick.." , posted Sat 5 Feb 05:22:
I've been thinking of picking one up, should I? Or should I go for the Pelican Real Arcade stick?
Now, before you reply, don't tell me to go buy a Mas stick, or worse, make my own. I'm lazy, don't have the money for the Mas, and ultimately, this is for PERSONAL use, I'm not an die-hard shoryuken.com guy who is anal about every small detail and has to impress half the village. This is purely for fun.
I was looking at the SF stick just because of it the best pre-made market stick?
the artwork and the novelty value, but is there any other suggestions?
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| Jason
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| "Re(1):The Street Fighter Anniversary Arcade S" , posted Sat 5 Feb 06:08
The pelican is pretty good for the price, especially if you need a stick for multiple systems. Personally, I'm not a fan of the concave buttons, but, well, maybe that's just one of those crazy things that normal people don't care about, just anal folk like myself eagerly attempting to . . . 'impress half the village'? There's a weird turn of phrase.
As for the anniversary stick: can't really say, seeing as I've never put my hands on one. Uses Happs buttons, hmmm, but liksang at least doesn't specify the joystick, just says 'arcade quality.' Pretty hefty price tag too, seeing as $20 more gets you a mas stick.
Also, making your own really isn't hard at all. Even being lazy AND lacking in basic manual dexterity, and I was still able to do it in a single evening.
Meh, but if you don't really care that much, I say go with the peilcan. Cross platform, pretty good construction and noticeably cheaper.
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| Grave 881th Post
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| "Re(2):The Street Fighter Anniversary Arcade S" , posted Sat 5 Feb 06:17
They're not Happ buttons, they refer to them as "Happ style", heh. I haven't tried the SF stick yet, but I've heard lots of good things from everywhere that isn't SRK. I have the Pelican Real Arcade, and right out of the box, it's pretty shitty, but it's easy to modify into a good stick. The SF stick, if good out of the box, is probably a better option though, heh.
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| EddyT 407th Post
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| "Re(2):The Street Fighter Anniversary Arcade S" , posted Sat 5 Feb 06:21:
If you are able to change out the sticks and buttons with actual arcade parts, I would say to go with the SF Anniv. stick. It is laid out in more of a traditional manner than the Pelican, which has an odd arc to the buttons. It is a bit heavier, though... but not much heavier than the Pelican. It is also slightly harder to mod with arcade parts, from what people have said.
If you are not going to replace the buttons or stick on these two, I would actually recommend not getting either of the sticks. Reason why is because the default stick on the SF Anniv. setup has reported problems of sticking on the down position at times. Buttons also feel very weird and don't seem solid... they feel plasticky and fickle. The Pelican stick has lousy buttons that will go out fairly quickly. And if you don't know how to fix the stick by opening it up and repairing it, you will definitely have limited use of the Pelican. The Pelican controller stick is okay, but not great. Replacing it with a HAPP makes a world of difference.
If you want a simple stick that is durable and low-maintenance, I would recommend a Hori stick from an import game shop. Of course, the prices on one of those rivals what you'd pay for a MAS, and you won't have many options for cross-platform use or using a headset for XBox Live, but it makes up for it in quality. I've had a few Hori sticks in the past (for PS2 and for Saturn) and neither of these sticks ever game me problems.
I guess you can't really escape from paying 80 bucks or more to get a great stick setup... even if it's for casual play.
If you pay some money for the aformentioned sticks available in the US, you have to anticipate the likelihood that either controller will have control issues immediately or down the road.
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| Ishmael 1815th Post
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| "Re(1):Street Fighter 15th Anniversary Control" , posted Sat 5 Feb 11:11
Speaking of controllers, a limited run of Tekken 5 is going to come bundled with a Hori controller. That won't be cheap, but that doesn't look like a bad deal either.
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Unbelivable, those PS2 Street Fighter 15th Anniversary Controllers are being released in Spain! You know, those 4 pads (Ryu, Ken, ChunLi, Akuma) with Udon art on the box.
Are they good enough? My SF Third Strike is screaming for one! I just love the box art from every pad but Akuma's, it's... ugly (not because he is supposed to be ugly), but Akuma's pad is the hottest and sexier one. You can almost feel the power within it. The others look... just ok. I'll put Ryu's in the second place.
By the way, I'll be very happy if somone can link me to those box arts in high quality!
Checking the official site it looks like those pads are made by Nuby. The old Nuby Capcom controller I had for my Dreamcast worked fine for awhile but the directional pad gave out after several months of use. The SF pads look like they are using a lot of the same parts, including the same questionable directional pad. That, and I'm not sure I like that the start and select buttons are so close to the regular buttons.
Then again, I suspect I have big, clunky thumbs and other people might not have the same problems with the pads I would.
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| Spoon 760th Post
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| "Re(1):The Street Fighter Anniversary Arcade S" , posted Sat 5 Feb 11:39
quote:
I've been thinking of picking one up, should I? Or should I go for the Pelican Real Arcade stick?
Now, before you reply, don't tell me to go buy a Mas stick, or worse, make my own. I'm lazy, don't have the money for the Mas, and ultimately, this is for PERSONAL use, I'm not an die-hard shoryuken.com guy who is anal about every small detail and has to impress half the village. This is purely for fun.
I was looking at the SF stick just because of it the best pre-made market stick?
the artwork and the novelty value, but is there any other suggestions?
I've heard that overall, it's pretty decent.
However, if you want something that will for sure work well, you can get a Hori stick from play-asia.com. I think they still have some in stock and the prices were pretty reasonable (like $60 US or thereabouts) last I checked. However, the square box style stick is not for everyone.
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