I have Japanese style joysticks for my home consoles. I have experience.Originally Posted by kedawa
Maybe I should expound on my statement, I have played on some HORRIBLE U.S. sticks and some GREAT Japanese sticks, but I can't stand the cabinets for a few reasons. For one, this isn't Japan, I've been to Japan (lived there for 2 years) and I think it's cooler to play like that when there (kind of like home field advantage for a stadium). I think that playing stand up style is kind of a cool concept for fighting games anyway given the excitement the games can have. Plus, I think it adds an endurance element to vs. battles. It's draining to play intensely close games all day, so to last long while standing up adds to it albeit in a negative way.
My other issue is for some reason, when I sit down and play, I have a hard time w/the joystick. I motion crouch block and the character walks backward for example. Maybe I just need to get used to it, but so far I have limited exposure to them and it wasn't good.
Now for the bat stick thing. Until recently, I never looked into the differences between the joysticks. I've always just played on whatever was available at the arcade. Some sticks I loved, some I hated. For games like Street Fighter, I've found that most sticks will do. However, for SNK games, a round stick was generally more accurate in pulling off special moves. If those sticks were Japanese style, then I love them. However, I still don't like the look and feel. Now it is possible that all the good joysticks I used that were batsticks were Japanese, just w/a bat top (never knew that Japan made them til recently). If that is the case, then I think it would be more accurate to say:
This would be perfect for me except for SIT DOWN CABINETS and ROUND TOP JOYSTICKS!
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