wip3outguy7 wrote:And no one should go near the Dual Shock 1, 2 or 3 for fighting games. Other than mapping button combinations to the shoulder buttons for games like Tekken and Soul Blade/Calibur, the controller is trash.
It may not be a 2nd gen Saturn pad, but, you can do worse. At least the Dual Shock has a decent enough d-pad (not teensy or unresponsive), and has enough buttons in an ordered arrangement to be a competent (though hardly optimal) fighting game controller.
Arguably, wouldn't any semi-serious/serious fighting game fan go to a stick anyway?
isiolia wrote:It may not be a 2nd gen Saturn pad, but, you can do worse. At least the Dual Shock has a decent enough d-pad (not teensy or unresponsive), and has enough buttons in an ordered arrangement to be a competent (though hardly optimal) fighting game controller.
Arguably, wouldn't any semi-serious/serious fighting game fan go to a stick anyway?
I always go there. I was trying to take a break from it. But yes. If you play fighting games regularly, you should have a stick.
irixith wrote:..and good riddance. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for the WiiU to have GameCube support.
Why not? If it can play Wii games, it's probably got the hardware needed.
I can see it from Nintendo's point of view - they can remaster Gamecube games and sell them again - but for the consumer there seems to be little reason they wouldn't want that.
wip3outguy7 wrote: Strider and Contra? Metal Slug? Shinobi? Ninja Gaiden? Arcade stick or Saturn pad.
Those are the games I had in mind when I struck out "arcade style" from you post. I was asking if you were talking about some other sub-genre. Back when I played Ninja Gaiden and Contra, I was forced to use PS2 controllers, it was manageable, perhaps because those are the only controllers I've played it on. The only games I've ever had the chance to use a stick on were this old Power Ranger game, and Frogger. The Power Ranger one was basically an action platformer with some racing segments thrown in, and now that you mention it, it really did control much better than most I've played. I'd figure anything with at least two buttons and a way to move around would work well to some degree though.
If I had more money I'd get Arcade Stick controllers, but no. I don't play fighters enough to require a fighting pad though.
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