Mad Catz plans to follow-up on Capcom’s Street Fighter IV follow-up with more licensed Fight Sticks and Fight Pads. This afternoon, the manufacturer announced the Super Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition “S” Arcade Fight Stick and SSFIV-branded Fight Pads for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
According to the release materials, the stick will feature the same Sanwa parts and options as Mad Catz previous TE Fight Stick -- the key change is its slimmer size and different front art. On the Fight Pad front, we’re looking at four new Fight Pads with the same stuff as the last go around, just with new art.
No release date was announced, but Mad Catz expects that the TE Stick will retail at $149.99, while the Fight Pads will go for $39.99. Order soon this time, eh?
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1:30 PM on 01.07.2010
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That's about the longest I've gotten out of any MadCatz product.
Seriously though, as a long time american gamer I am fully aware of MadCatz's shitty reputation, however their RockBand split-strum Bass and the Tournament Edition Fight Sticks and Fightpads are awesome. Very tempted to get one of these although I already have a 1st edition TE stick and a Ken Fightpad. Now if there was a T.Hawk Fightpad they'd have my $40.
And that's the sad part. All a company has to do is make the decision not to suck, and they can do it. So I don't understand why more don't.
My TE stick has been good since day 1 though I did replace the buttons to match the custom art I put in. My 360 fightpad is a different story though, I also got that day 1 and the d-pad is sticking a little. I've heard stores of the PS3 wireless ones being pretty bad as well.
But I guess I should've seen this coming anyway.
Standard Edition(XBox,PS3)
Tournament Edition(Xbox,PS3)
Femme Fatale Standard(XBox,PS3)
Tatsunoko v Capcom Standard(Wii)
SSFIV Tourney Edition(XBox,PS3)
That's it. Nothing to see here, move along.
Anyway, as others have said, the TE sticks are of extremely high quality, so I definitely recommend them, and as for the fightpads, I've got two of those (Comic-Con variety) and am very pleased with them as well. Fightpads are practically a necessity if you want a good d-pad on 360 for retro games that weren't designed for a fightstick.
@ Rammstein
The Femme Fatale one was also a TE, as was the MvC2 one. You also forgot the white and orange TE stick sold at Comic-Con.
True on the MvC stick although the only screens I saw were in Standard variety, thus, I stand corrected.
They really are quality sticks though. I don't like using my TE on my lap as I prefer a hard/stable surface like a table. I get pretty intense in some matches, not to mention getting out of dizziness requires you to get all caveman-like on the stick. Sanwa parts FTW!
FTW.
I just got an MvC2 TE stick with my Xmas loot and modded that fucker with an Sanwa Denshi octogonal gate - BLISS. Totally worth every red f'n cent.
Get it now before the end of the month, because those bitches are about to get harder to find, and more expensive.
I have it, and it plugs into your wii-mote, and its fantastic (but I love hori sticks) Its a 4gate.
It did retail for $40, I found mine, used, at gamestop for $15.
Problem is, I'm not particularly good at arcade-style games, including fighters. I personally love peripherals for the way they change up gameplay, and I've been eager to learn how to play fighters seriously since I played GGXX a long time ago.
With that said, I love high-end gaming peripherals, which makes this announcement ever more tempting. However, due to my lack of skill at any of the games I'd use this new stick for, I think I'll have to remain satisfied with just my Marvel vs. Capcom stick.