Dpad Awareness

[christopher85]

You know what I miss every now and again? I miss using the Dpad. It just sits there without any purpose waiting to be touched. Are there any recommended games out there for last and current gen consoles that utilizes this long forgotten button? Don't worry old friend there might be some use for you after all!

[AznKhmerBoi]

Tekken 6, Street fighter 4, MK9, KOF (any), Soul Calibur V, .... any fighters would put the dpad to some good use.

[hashiriya1]

Shoot-em-ups also make great use of the D-pad.

[harper]

I've always preferred using the d-pad over the joystick on the THPS games for N64.

[swiftzx]

I'm going to say that I've enjoyed every d-pad Nintendo has made, even the Virtual Boy. Now the Playstation d-pad, wtf were they thinking by making it broken; it is alrigt for menu selection but for fighters, it is atrocious.

[AznKhmerBoi]

^ while i think the ps3 dpad is pretty darn good, i have to say this is by the far my favorite dpad controller

[TheyCallMeTheSwede]

^ while i think the ps3 dpad is pretty darn good, i have to say this is by the far my favorite dpad controller

The fighters 2nd controller of choice, next to the Arcade stick

[ZenErik]

I use dpads all the time. Sidescrollers, fighters, shmups, rhythm games, puzzle, etc. all mostly better with a dpad or arcade stick. With a few exceptions, of course.

[sevin0seven]

i only use d-pad in all my fighting games. d-pad is awesome..which should be the title of this thread.

[CRTGAMER]

You know what I miss every now and again? I miss using the Dpad. It just sits there without any purpose waiting to be touched. Are there any recommended games out there for last and current gen consoles that utilizes this long forgotten button? Don't worry old friend there might be some use for you after all!

Arcade Compilation Discs and Rayman Origins. Wii Metroid M and all the other spin the Remote to classic NES layout.