I have the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom fightstick and an adapter to use it on my PS3/PC along with the Wii.
I was thinking about customizing its art (I have decided to mod the buttons and joystick already) and replacing it, but I am hesitant. How connectable do you think this stick is? Would it be worth modifying the art or will it ruin the value? (I don't foresee myself ever selling it though - this is just for collecting purposes)
Here is the art I am thinking about using:
So should I mod the art?
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SpaceBooger wrote:I was thinking about customizing its art (I have decided to mod the buttons and joystick already) and replacing it, but I am hesitant. How connectable do you think this stick is? Would it be worth modifying the art or will it ruin the value? (I don't foresee myself ever selling it though - this is just for collecting purposes)
Nice artwork! The resell value will probably be less, especially with your name on it. Still, the personal touch makes it more valuable as your own. I like the existing buttons without the mod, they feel fine and the stick works great on the PS2 as well with an adapter.
Having bought 3 of these when GS was clearing them out, and the fact they one of them had been sitting on the shelf so long, that the box was sun faded makes me think that there will be little to no value in an "unmodified one" I will say though, that compared to the ps3 and 360 versions of the same stick, the artwork finish on the wii one feels much nicer, with the matte textured finish, rather than the glossy smooth of the other sticks.
I know this is a couple of months old, but I thought I'd mention that even if you do like the button and balltop colors, the original parts are very low quality. Use them for as long as they last you, but as soon as they start to act funny, look into buying some sanwa buttons and a sanwa stick. The balltop you have now will fit any Sanwa stick.
The stick should be a JLF, and the buttons should be 30mm buttons.
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jinxmitchell wrote:I know this is a couple of months old, but I thought I'd mention that even if you do like the button and balltop colors, the original parts are very low quality. Use them for as long as they last you, but as soon as they start to act funny, look into buying some sanwa buttons and a sanwa stick. The balltop you have now will fit any Sanwa stick.
The stick should be a JLF, and the buttons should be 30mm buttons.
I have one of my sticks modified with all sanwa parts and got to compare them to the mad catz parts and here is what I found. Mad catz started using better parts in the newer sticks, as my older ps3 stick has very low quality stick and buttons that did not look anything like the Sanwa parts. On the newer ones (including the TvC wii stick) they put in parts that were a direct clone of Sanwa. The stick looked identical all the way down to the switchable gate, the buttons were the exact same shape (the inside part) and felt very similar. Comparing the 2 in practice, the Sanwa buttons are a bit more "lighter" if you even try to rest your finger on the button lightly, it registers as a press. The stick felt a little tighter too, but honestly there would be a very tiny percentage of people that would be able to tell the difference between the 2 parts.
jinxmitchell wrote:I know this is a couple of months old, but I thought I'd mention that even if you do like the button and balltop colors, the original parts are very low quality. Use them for as long as they last you, but as soon as they start to act funny, look into buying some sanwa buttons and a sanwa stick. The balltop you have now will fit any Sanwa stick.
The stick should be a JLF, and the buttons should be 30mm buttons.
I have one of my sticks modified with all sanwa parts and got to compare them to the mad catz parts and here is what I found. Mad catz started using better parts in the newer sticks, as my older ps3 stick has very low quality stick and buttons that did not look anything like the Sanwa parts. On the newer ones (including the TvC wii stick) they put in parts that were a direct clone of Sanwa. The stick looked identical all the way down to the switchable gate, the buttons were the exact same shape (the inside part) and felt very similar. Comparing the 2 in practice, the Sanwa buttons are a bit more "lighter" if you even try to rest your finger on the button lightly, it registers as a press. The stick felt a little tighter too, but honestly there would be a very tiny percentage of people that would be able to tell the difference between the 2 parts.
Agree. I am very happy with the original parts in my Madcatz (Wii Tatsunko), Thrustmaster (PS2 Fifa) and Blaze (PS1 Twinshock) sticks. The only reason I see going with the Arcade replacement parts is very long term durability or the satisfaction of claiming the upgrade. The console Arcade Stick will not get the milage and abuse of an Arcade cabinet.
