This arcade probably had an old thread a while back, but I’ll just bring it back up.
I went there yesterday after not going there for about 3-4 months since I really didn’t like their setup in the past and I checked their SF4 setup now.
It’s actually A LOT better now. HD (FINALLY) and working sticks.
Just thought I’d drop a post, it seemed to be in decent condition. If you live in Los Angeles and aren’t willing to make the drive to AI or Denjin, someone should give this place a chance. I didn’t think it was extremely bad.
I didn’t feel lag. I hit most of my links and a majority of my cancels with Akuma, and none of the misses were from lag, it was just my crappy execution. So yea, I doubt it lags. People complained that the stick was messed up because they couldn’t FADC, but I used both sticks and FADC’d into red fireballs. So they’re BS’ing. Sticks work, good display, down side is…
50 cents…that’s about it. Just don’t get kicked off lol.
Is it japanese button layout? Last time i went they upgraded 3s to SFIV but were still using the same broken sticks. I’ll definitely check it out though.
It’s located 2nd floor in the mall. The mall is like further up behind the church or temple.
If it’s been upgraded like you say, then I might make a venture out there. I only live about ten minutes from there. I know they moved 3S to a small Japanese cab with two sticks on one cab (used to have it on H2H).
ohh awesome! i tend to go to little tokyo but i could never find the mall there… well since theres an arcade i’ll be sure to find it and play there! >:] hopefully i see some familiar faces there (like duralath =3)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I strongly hate this place. But that is an overbearing bias based on being there years ago for the Initial D scene and returning recently to see that nothing has changed at all. At the least, they’re putting the HD screens to use. If the SF4 cab really has changed for the better I suppose it’s another place to practice.
I’ll just be going to Mitsuwa to get my Sunitory coffee products and leaving.
I didn’t seem to find any problems with both sticks the last time I went. I remember back the last time I came, the roundhouse button wasnt working and i just thought “wtf?”
One thing, you should know is that the 2P side, the short button goes slightly deeper if you press really hard for some reason compared to the rest of the buttons, but this shouldn’t affect your playing.
Bear in mind though, shit can change in a matter of a day, but that day (2 days ago), it was pretty good. No complaints and its FCKING HD now!
i was going there a few times a week a couple months ago. one of the sticks felt like the restrictor was missing or broken. it felt like a 360 but eliptical shape or something. i’ll stop by tho since you mention its been improved. if you buy $5 worth of tokens you get more tokens than buying $1 at a time but i forget how many more.
also, last time i went. you get 1 hr free parking. but if you buy anything at all in the market you get 2 hr validation (just show the market receipt) so make sure you dont pay for the parking.
o wow. i remember going here for lunch break during to check it out and pretty much lol’d when all the kicks went m.i.a. on 1p side for a couple games.