I finished survival on normal and was rewarded 3 ugly as fuck colours for birdie. I almost lost on the last fight against bison though since the jump in difficulty is pretty fucking big. After getting complacent fighting 29 punching bags that never block , bison was aaing every jump, doing vtrigger cancel combos, and spending ex meter for damage. I had less than 10% health left in the end.
100% not touching the mode again until they do something about it. Id rather buy the colours than subject myself to that shit again.
Hori RAP 4 Kai looks like the cheapest normal sized fight stick. Hori’s don’t use sanwa parts though so I don’t really like them as much. If your buddy’s just starting out i doubt he’d be able to tell the difference though.