Being a fighting game fan, one needs a weapon worthy of the fight. I’m lucky to have got my hands on one of these babies, may I present to you my Ultimate Weapon: Madcatz Fight Stick TE Collector’s Edition! It was quite hard to find one in our local stores, although it was pricey, bought it at RM680, I’d say I have no regrets.
The stick is very sturdy and well built, precision is excellent and the Sanwa buttons are just a joy to push. The stick is gorgeously decorated with the original Street Fighter IV arcade booth artwork, the buttons are responsive to the touch and there’s plenty of space to rest your wrist on this baby, no more slipping hands off in the middle of a fight!
There’s even a certificate of authenticity on the inside flap of the box!
All eight buttons from the PS3 controller are mapped out in sequence, with the L2 and R2 buttons colored in black. Depends on the game you’re playing, those two buttons will hardly be used.
This is somewhat of a extra feature, just as what third party controllers used to have, the turbo setting is also available on this stick! Again it will hardly be used for purists. The PS button (presented as the Home button here) is also tucked away in the upper left corner to avoid accidental presses.
If you’re wondering where the Start and Select buttons are, they are cleverly tucked away at the back of the stick, again to avoid accidental presses and leave the surface of the stick as clean as possible.
Well this isn’t a full review of the stick, it’s just a proud cry from the owner to flaunt his weapon. Though I wouldn’t call myself an expert yet, but I’m still pretty good, anyone want to go a few rounds with me? Lastly Ryu and C.Viper are having a blast fighting on top of my Ultimate Weapon!
seraph
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Jayce (2 years ago)
Walao… A hardcore gamer. Luckily, I use to keyboard on PC fighting games. Else I will end up like you.
Seraph (2 years ago)
I also used to use keyboard when playing KOF on the PC last time, ah those were the days.