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    CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
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    Image of djfp djfp
    01/12/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    I just pre-ordered from a local Gamestop, and was told today is the last day to do so. I heard somewhere that only 3000 of these are being produced for the first set. This seems a bit unlikely, though, considering how many ebgames and gamestops were preselling (along with Amazon and others). I just hope they honor the preorder!
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    Image of FigNewton FigNewton
    01/12/09

    I @djfp:

    I was told the same thing.


    And they better well honor my pre-order after I paid for two in full! :D

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    Image of Knoxximus ver. 5.66 Knoxximus ver. 5.66
    01/12/09

    @FigNewton: Yeah, the local assistant manager for Game Crazy said the exact same thing. I already had 2 preordered also.
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    Image of rainofwalrus rainofwalrus
    01/13/09

    @Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): 2?!? damn, I wanna party with you! LOL. I'll give you 2nd round.


    Anyhow, do yourself a favor and upgrade the springs with Seimitsu LS-32 Spring(s). They are so much better than the Sandwa springs. Here's a video on replacing the springs (don't do the double-spring mod, it sucks unless you play standing up and have leverage).

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    01/12/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    be warned, this default sanwa JLF stick has a square gate. you'll have to drop about $5 + ($5 shipping) to get the octagon gate Western gamers are used to.


    The JLF spring is also pretty weak. And wears out quickly if you're a CHARGE player. So another $2-5 for a stiffer (superior) Seimitsu spring.


    Oh, and nothing in this stick is made by Mad Catz--they're just the middleman. Not even the case! GG.

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    01/12/09

    @rainofwalrus: Could you post some links for these parts you speak of please?
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    01/13/09

    @Knoxximus (XBL/PSN):


    everything you need:


    [www.lizardlickamusements.com]

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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    01/10/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    I was seriously interested in this item until I found out it was $150. I would have paid up to $75 or maybe $80, but that price point is insane. I love Street Fighter...but not THAT much.
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    Image of rainofwalrus rainofwalrus
    01/13/09

    @ThisCharmingMan: or get HORI's Real Arcade Pro 3 for under $100.


    are playing SSF2THD, mate? It's the bee's knees.

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    01/10/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    I would say "sold" if it worked on both systems. It's frickin' USB, man! WHY ARE WE STILL USING CONSOLE-DEDICATED PERIPHERY WHEN THE CONNECTION IS USB?!?!?!?!
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    Image of Poison Poison
    01/10/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    So, not only do they rip you off, but since it has a turbo function, it will also make online play annoying for the people who don't buy this?
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    01/10/09

    @Poison: Trust me, turbo won't help you win, at all, ever.


    I hope people online abuse it, so I can smack them really, really hard with whatever projectile I have.

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    Image of Billkwando Billkwando
    01/10/09

    @Quote: Try fireballing when they combo into a hundred hand slap or a lightning leg. Or when they get an instant throw on you.


    Here's an interesting thread on the topic:
    [2dfighter.com]

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    Image of Thorax Thorax
    01/10/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    I'm a D-Pad person the whole way. It's how I learned to play Street Fighter, and it's been ingrained in my gamer brain to the point where I am at a distinct disadvantage when playing with a stick. But a pad? I can even whop the stick people.
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    01/10/09

    @Thorax: Whoop, not whop.
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    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    Looks like a pretty nice stick, but the price is ludicrous. They're basically selling this for actually more than what Hori's *imported* sticks cost (not what they actually cost in their home market, which is significantly less). And like it or not, this is still a Mad Catz product. They just do not have the reputation required to command a premium price on anything they make.


    This is basically like Kia putting out a nice sports car and then trying to charge $100,000 for it, just because they noticed that a Ferrari costs that much.

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    01/09/09

    @badasscat: and btw, I meant Hori's "Sanwa edition" sticks. Even they're cheaper than this.
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    Image of SmilingPolitely SmilingPolitely
    01/10/09

    @badasscat: Hm... That's a good point. Have any experience with the Hori sticks? I'm looking at the HRAP3, which I can probably purchase for significantly less money than one of these Mad Catz sticks, particularly in Canada.


    Guess I could always wait for the comparisons, but if there's only going to be 3000 of these made... well... =.=

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    01/10/09

    @SmilingPolitely: The regular HRAP3 does not offer Sanwa buttons.
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    01/10/09

    @emag: Yeah, you're right. I just did a whole bunch of reading on various sticks.


    Still, it seems like my best bet would still be to pick up a HRAP3 and swap out the buttons for Sanwa parts at ~$2.50 a pop, which'll still be cheaper and easier to acquire than the Mad Catz stick in Canada. Afaik, no retailers in Canada are planning to carry this. >.<

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    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    For this current gen of consoles I already have an Arcade in a Box (greatest arcade stick EVER)and two Hori EX2's. I'm a fighting game nut since SF2 first hit arcades ( yes I'm that old) so I like collecting arcade sticks. I'll be skipping out on this one as I don't like the turbo functionality, and I generally stay away from Mad Catz, to many poor products have wasted my money in the past. That and an Arcade Stick with turbo is blasphemy, IMO using it for SF2 is cheating; the advantage for throws will always go to the player holding down the turbo button, and moves like Honda's 100 hand slap and Blanka's electricity are button jams on purpose, its not suppose to be easy. Holding down one button to perform them kinda removes any excitement from the fight.
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    Image of Knoxximus ver. 5.66 Knoxximus ver. 5.66
    01/09/09

    @blatantripoff: You too?


    I have for current gen:


    2 Hori Wii Fighting Sticks

    DOA 360 Hori Stick


    and I use my modded Tekken 10th ani stick with a Pelican for the Triple.

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    Image of eastx eastx
    01/10/09

    @blatantripoff: You know that if you're using one of these sticks you can just not use turbo, right?
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    Image of Billkwando Billkwando
    01/10/09

    @blatantripoff: Agreed 100%. Using a turbo in a fighting game is cheating and should be grounds for banning from Live. It should NOT encouraged.


    Besides, it's like nobody's ever heard of MAS Systems. They've been making quality arcade sticks since the Neo Geo days. I have their Neo stick and their PS2 one (actually my wife's PS2 one....she custom ordered it black, with purple buttons).

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    01/10/09

    @eastx: It's the guy on the other end using the turbo that you have to worry about.
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    Image of taiki taiki
    01/10/09

    @Billkwando: They have shoddy quality when it comes to the PCBs, plus they solder to the button terminals. Quality? My ass. it's like they've never heard of QDs before.
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    Image of Billkwando Billkwando
    01/12/09

    @taiki: Their concern is the quick disconnect falling off. You've never heard of a soldering iron?
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    I would so totally buy this... if I wasn't so much in debt. I guess I'll just buy the regular fight stick and hope to god a Tournament Fightstick will still be in stock after Tet.
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    Image of Knoxximus ver. 5.66 Knoxximus ver. 5.66
    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    Oh yeah, I was talking to the rep about how many of the Tourney Stick would be made, cause I'm sure the profit margin is slim to none. He said only 3000 were being made. Take that for what you will.


    Also, the d-pad controllers are awesome sauce too! I don't even like playing fighters with D-Pads, but it was more than serviceable. The PS3 ones I played with were wireless too!

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    Image of oldskuel oldskuel
    01/10/09

    @Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): We are making 3000 at first. If these sell out, we will for sure be making more.
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    01/12/09

    @oldskuel: Oh, they are DEFINITELY gonna sellout, friend. Better start retooling STAT!
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    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    This stick is the truth. I got to play it at the Hilton suite during CES yesterday. Buy some 43 cent Mad Catz stock while you can folks...it is DEFINITELY going to go UP.
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    01/10/09

    @Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): Agreed. 43 cents sounds like a steal at this point. I can see the stock hitting the 2 dollar plus range.
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    Image of N●Gage Croal is grabbin' peels N●Gage Croal is grabbin' peels
    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    Looks really sweet, and I am somewhat of a arcade stick fan (got one for NES, Super NES, Dreamcast, etc...)... But a bit too rich for my blood.


    $100, sure. But $150? I think that's a bit nuts. It's really nice, don't get me wrong, but I don't think it's $150 nice.


    I'll wait until they hit the bargain bins (Hey, I got my Hori 360 stick for $40!).

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    Image of RykinPoe RykinPoe
    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    Screw the sticks, how about the SFIV controllers? They decent?
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    Image of Knoxximus ver. 5.66 Knoxximus ver. 5.66
    01/09/09

    @RykinPoe: Yeah, I tried them, and they are BOSS. Highly recommended! I'm going broke in Feb...plus my 1st born might show up right around the time this shows up. Guess I'll name him Kenneth Masters Hines. ^_^
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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    Do they have a clean version without the juvenile ~TOTALLY RADICAL~ artwork shitted all over it? I may not be a fan of Apple but I can appreciate the beauty in minimalism.
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    Image of eboku eboku
    01/09/09

    @okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): you can probably unscrew it and put in whatever you want
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    01/09/09

    @eboku: That would be awesome... any official words on this or would I have to jerryrig it?
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    01/09/09

    @okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): ....It's official. It even comes with multiple SF IV skins/art.
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    01/09/09

    @Trygle12 is waiting on Disgaea 2 Portable: <3 ^_^
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    Image of aw3str1k3r aw3str1k3r
    01/09/09

    In reply to CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz's Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks
    They put a Turbo on that stick?!


    Better not let my GF know...

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