Corey | 
February 16, 2009 | 
“…the controller is really a one trick pony, a $39.99 pony that likes Street Fighter…”
Mad Catz has jumped aboard the “licensed” merchandise bandwagon with the Street Fighter IV FightPad’s for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It seems that they are selling like hotcakes and took a bit of hunting to find one. After calling around to several stores I finally came across a Best Buy that had the Ken FightPad for the Xbox 360, unfortunately the store was an hour away. As soon as I got home I broke into the gamer resistant packaging (seriously, it shouldn’t be this hard), unboxed the controller and took it for a spin on some Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix! So, what do I think of my latest purchase? 
Well, to be honest…I am a bit torn. When I first saw this controller online a few months ago I was ecstatic. I thought this controller was going to mimic the wonderful Sega Saturn controller, which if you played any fighting games on you would understand my glee. Unfortunately this is not the Saturn controller reincarnated, just an imitation. 
The first thing you will notice about the controller is that it’s a bit big and feels pretty cheap. There is very little weight to the controller, mainly due to the fact there is no rumble. Also the controller is really a one trick pony, a $39.99 pony that likes Street Fighter and any other fighter (or game that is) that doesn’t require analog control. But, I will give Mad Catz props on the technical design of the controller. They were kind enough to include a switch on the back of the pad to allow the d-pad to be mapped to either left analog, d-pad or right analog. So if you have any other games that you can play with only one stick input this controller will work nicely.
So how does it compare to the Xbox 360 controller? I must say that I am not disappointed with my purchase. Sure its a little big and feels chincy, but it is very responsive…which is something I can’t say for the Xbox 360 d-pad. SSFIITHD played like a little champ. I just can’t wait to take this pony for a spin on Street Fighter IV! |
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(4 votes, average: 9.25 out of 10)
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Everyone that knows me will roll their eyes when I say this: I still like the Super Nintendo controller better. That being said, there is no better pad to play SF with on the 360/PS3. Until I hack up a SNES/360 zombie controller. Mwuahahahaha.
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it is a great controller considering I prefer the arcade stick. I actually liked the weight of it though. For those of you who can find one and prefer the D-pad to the arcade stick this is the way to go.
Shoryuken!!!!
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Someday I will figure out how to rig up a Wireless 360 pad with one of these Fighter Pads… I hate that MS won’t license their “wireless tech”
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I’m no good at the Street Fighter games, so I have to say if I were to play SF4 I might wanna pick up one of these bad boys. The control layout seems odd to me until I tried a match. Pretty cool.
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The layout of the buttons follows traditional mapping of buttons for street fighter that’s why the L buttons are on top (in sf usually punchx3 or kickx3). R buttons are usually reserved for heavy punch/kick.
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I am IN DES TRUCT ABLE with this controller! I love it and would like another but they are nowhere. A gamestop manager told me (if you trust em) Mad Catz really screwed everybody by not having enough of these and the fightsticks to even meet pre-orders. Nevermind the TE fightstick which has reached $500. The fightpads are going for $90 a piece on Amazon and that is just upsured. Great job Mad Catz!
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I might get this as a gift for a 360 owner i know, seems nice.
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I guess it’s pretty cool, but I don’t plan on buying one. You can’t really use it for any other game. I love my analog sticks.
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For me, its a very bad bad controller, why? the artwork isnt bad, but the mainly use is the fighting games, so, unless you are a fan of fighting games, it would be a waste, i would prefer the arcade-like control
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If I ever get Street Fighter 4, then I’ll just stick with the standered 360 controler. No need to waste money on varies control schemes.
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Wait a sec… its NOT the P9xxx series, its the P2xxx series from Saitek. and yes I know Saitek and madcatz are the same company now, but there are major differences.
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The lag-free wireless functionality is a big plus for those on PS3. I finally got around to picking this baby up (with a pre-owned copy of SFIV). No complaints…other than those innate to using a d-pad for Street Fighter (god damn jumping on accident after an overzealous QCF).
justin
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