Hardware Hori arcade/fighting controller

[gamermole]

Online retailer play-asia.com has listed a rather exciting new peripheral, the Hori Fighting Stick Wii. Hori is a widely popular Japanese manufacturer specializing in fighting sticks, and the launch of such a peripheral for the Wii will no doubt come as good news to fans of classic fighting games on the Virtual Console.The stick is listed as launching in Japan in August of this year, and currently caries a US $52.90 price tag via import. Hori has confirmed to IGN that a US release is also planned.

Taken from ign
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[Jax]

the two first buttons are X and Y. Souldn't they be 1 and 2?

 

[gamermole]

the two first buttons are X and Y. Souldn't they be 1 and 2?

thats what i thought until i read the article. it can be used for vc games im guessing x,y are from the snes era

 

[Hadrian]

If its good I'll definitely get this, would be brilliant for when we get the Neo-Geo titles and the Art of Fighting compilation.

 

[4ppleseed]

Is it wireless?

 

[gamermole]

Is it wireless?

not too sure on that but ifnot i hope is connects like the classic controller does but lets you tuck the wiimote underneath the arcade controller

 

[Darkforce]

Dittio, would be quite nice if it was wireless, I suspect it is however as the stick has wii remote specific buttons ('home' '-' '+' etc...) which I doubt are accessible from the GC port?

Of course I'd be suprised if this got a UK release...

Amusingly this stick will probably be bigger than the Wii console itself.

 

[superkrm]

If its good I'll definitely get this, would be brilliant for when we get the Neo-Geo titles and the Art of Fighting compilation.

on that note
who's up for some snk action on kaillera

 

[Deleted member 110780]

Thread revival!

So, why isn't there a US release yet? I just recently ordered mine from buy.com. Amazingly enough, Target.com has it on their site but states that it's an import too.

 

[WeaponXxX]

Gamestop and ToysRus have em in Chicago

 

[pikirika]

I think Neo Geo Stick 2 looks better.

 

[ahtin]

Here is the official website from HORI, this is last year product. It connect with the wiimote like classic controller, so this is wireless.

http://www.hori.jp/products/wii/wii_fighti...tick/index.html