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Arcade Stick For Soul Calibur II Announced
Thanks to IGN Cube for their article on the Universal Soul Calibur II Arcade Stick, which is being released by Nuby and Namco on August 31st, just after the launch of the ravenously-awaited Namco fighting game sequel for PS2/Xbox/GameCube. IGN explains: "The interesting detail about the arcade stick is that it works with all three consoles - no extra assembly required. All gamers need do is plug the appropriate end into the console of their choice and they'll be up and running." So you can use the same joystick to play Link, Heihachi, and Spawn, if you're insane enough to buy Soul Calibur II for all three platforms, as well as repurposing the stick for any other famous fighting games that take your fancy.
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One of the things that was innovative in the game was known as a "focus-point" where the game could use sophisticated AI to tell if a player was off-form, and stop them. This pause was used to give the player who was below the chance to fully concentrste on the target, resulting in an altogether fairer game.
It's a shame the game was mostly ignored, as its innovations could have benefitted many arcade games.
It looks a bit like the joysticks I have for my Commodore 64. I always thought they were better than what you get with your average game console nowadays. Those tiny buttons may be much cheaper to make but they do not add much more to gameplay than a keyboard does.
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This will probably get me to buy many more fighting games for my GameCube, which has a pretty crappy controller design for fighting games. I have bloody Roar: Primal Fury for the system, and it works OK, but still feels very wierd compared to the PSX controller.
A few years ago (okay so a lot of years ago now) when Battle Arena Toshinden, Tekken, or Soul Blade were out I would've loved to have one of these..but after years of console fighting games, I think I actually do better with a gamepad now! Sad, but true!
I bought the SNES Advantage when I was a chittlin' so that I could train in Street Fighter II:Turbo at home for the arcade. That is one nice looking stick Namco is putting out. Very ergonamic. They will probably hook me, because I can use the stick with the PS2 as well, but I alread found my gaming solution. There is just something about the way of the game pad, and the SNEW game pad is still the best IMHO.
The cancel button is your friend. Do not hesitate to use it.
You could use the PSX to Dreamcast controller adapter to play the wonderful dreamcast version of the original Soul Calibur in style.
hey mods, what does PS2 linux have to do with a home arcade stick?
very little, the point is you can use the joystick on a pc.
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I many not buy this game, but I'll certianly rent it. The controller, however, it looks like it won't help in other games, since it lacks a C stick and the directional pad. So, Zelda and metriod are out. BUt, it still looks cool. I think I'll stick to the wavebird for now.
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you mean my NES Advantage won't work?
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To bad it doesn't go for older systems. I've looked into this control before, but I really wanted it to support the N64 for Killer Instinct Gold. My brother in law and I used to go at it for hours, and face it, arcade style controls are the best for fighting games.
BTW, here's what's IMHO the best SNES fighter stick ever, though it would be nice if they made an adapter for that to.
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Oh well, you can't win 'em all.
I just might cave in and buy one of those, sooner or later. Thanks for the link, Q-K.
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Anyone care to purchase a specialized arcade cabinet (or kit) that fits an XBox and two or three of these things?
Given the construction quality of these sticks is good enough, that would be a nice little setup.
Just in case anyone is thinking of getting that adapter and using it in linux...
I have one, and have only been able to get linux to recognize a gamepad on the first port, ie, no player 2. (It does receive events from gamepad 2, but no matter what you press, it thinks it's button 15 on gamepad 1). Oh, and the right analog stick doesn't register at all, on either pad.
"The interesting detail about the arcade stick is that it works with all three consoles - no extra assembly required. All gamers need do is plug the appropriate end into the console of their choice and they'll be up and running."
The X-Arcade Fighting stick does the same thing...so I'm not sure why it's such an interesting detail. It's probably only interesting since Nuby paid IGN to say it was.
why not, it's cheaper then an x-arcade
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Namco do the sweetest console peripherals ever. The Negcon, PSone arcade stick, G-Con and G-Con 2 were all wonders to behold - particularly the arcade stick which I'd say was even better than the official Dreamcast arcade stick.
This one looks kinda like them giving into to "way funky cool industrial design!" but I wouldn't mind a universal arcade stick by Namco.