Wii Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Arcade FightStick

This is a quality stick from Madcatz.Usually I stay away from 3rd party stuff because they usually suck and especially Madcatz. Their stuff is just terrible.With that said I bought this based off reviews and i'm glad I did. It has a nice quality feel to it. Built is excellent with decent buttons and stick. Only cheap feeling parts are the back - and + buttons. Those feel really cheap.Art work is beautiful as well and I'm having a blast playing Tatsunoko vs Capcom with it. I also tested with KoF and Smash bros. Works great with both. Especially since you can customize the buttons. If you buy a game to play this make sure the game lets you customize the buttons and supports classic controller.I also tried a few Virtual Console games and works great as well. Donkey Kong Country is fun with it and Street of Rage feels like if I was at the arcade with great button layout.I wish the Wii had more Arcade games to but I heard you can buy a Wii to PC/PS3 adapter so i'll do that.Also, just ordered Sanwa parts to mod it with. It doubles your investment but I heard is worth it. The stock parts are good but those parts are the legit arcade parts.Edit: I installed the parts yesterday and took it for a spin with Sanwa parts. Here's my thoughts.The buttons that come with this already are good enough where you don't need the sanwa buttons. Sure the Sanwa ones feel better but not a huge diff.The stick on the other hand is well worth the effort! The one supplied by MadCatz here was good. If you decide to roll with that then there is nothing wrong with it. I liked it.The Sanwa on the other hand is sooo much smoother and responsive. I was doing complicated moves everytime with ease where on the stock stick it was a bit more hit and miss. I thought it was user error.

ok decent stick with a HUGE flaw, wont work with offical wii remote(not plus).the stick works ok with nyko wand+, but will not rate good due to lack of 1st party support.

For about the last year I've been using a MAdcatz TE Stick. MOst of the madcatz perpherils I ever bought where trash..so I stopped buying them.The TE Stick was impressive, Sanwa Parts, and damn near heavy. I was super hesitant of buying it.. being branded as madcatz but I did.. and never looked back. I have also played the SE Sticks.. boy are those not what I expected... ultra light, flimsy, and somewhat unresponsive. Your better off with a HRAP3The first thing I noticed was how heavy this stick was. Definitely and Noticeably heavier than the SE Madcatz sticks.. not as heavy as a TE (due to the size) but still.. this is good heavy. I don't want my stick jumping around when I play> This definitely wont.The buttons seems a bit mushy (just like another reviewer said) but still responsive.. but there is a easy fix.Buy some OBSF Buttons and the mushyness goes away. You can buy a complete set for about $20 including shipping. I bought light blue and white Sanwa OBSF's (4-each) because I like the original color scheme.I can complain about the stick itself. I was considering changing it out but it feels solid, no need. The buttons where my main concern as I was spoiled rotten with sanwa buttons for my HRAP3 and TE SFIV Stick. IF you havent used either.. believe me the stock buttons will be just fine(as many reviewers have already mentioned) Its more of preference.So basically IS best Wii arcade stick on the market. Very easily moddable (remove and replace- drop in swap parts- cant be more simple than that)This is NOT the same as a SE SFIV stick.. this is like.. many said.. inbetween a SE & TE Stick. It is.. for the price.. a great deal considering it is waaay better than a SE SFIV Stick..If you want to enjoy the bets fighting game on the wii, your going to have to get the best fighstick for the wii. and this is it.Hope this helps for any of you whom where on the fence about this stick..Considering you can mod it with a Sanwa JLF & Buttons.. you can get a complete Sanwa Fighstick for the Wii for about $120. That aint bad!. ($80-fightstick Sanwa OBSF Buttons-$30, Sanwa JLF-$20)As for me.. its just the Sanwa OBSF buttons for now.. but who knows.. maybe a JLF soon if I can snag one for cheap.

Ok, so I'm rewriting my earlier one star review after more experience with the stick. From day one, this stick hasn't worked correctly. Sometimes it doesn't register and I have to turn off the Wii and try again. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. My classic controller always works fine, so the problem doesn't lie with my Wiimote or my Wii; it's the stick.Everybody's heard of MAS and Hori sticks, but Madcatz wasn't well known until a couple years ago. Before that the company was known for low quality products, and it seems like nothing has changed. I learned my lesson. I'm returning this piece of crap and getting a Hori. I should have went with the company with the better reputation and cheaper stick in the first place, but better late than never.I gave it two stars instead of one because when it actually does work, it's a decent stick.

The joystick is amazing. Sooo much fun, and easy to use. After about one night, everyone at my place became an expert at the game. It's really good for virtual console arcade games too like metal slug or king of fighters 98.PERSONAL EXPERIENCE:The first one I recieved was amazing and came in a day earlier than expected.. I was so pleased that I ordered another one. The second one took almost too weeks, didn't look new (looked used), and had a problem with the a button. (Which luckily wasn't hard to fix at all thx to a friend.) Nevertheless, dissapointed.