Sure, but when the bundle was first announced, everyone was under the impression that it would be a Real Arcade Pro. There was news that the Real Arcade Pro would be brought to North America, and being that the T5 stick shares the RAP body, it was a natural assumption to make. No, not every Japan style console stick should be considered “fake,” because not every Japan style console stick is brought overseas in the guise of another, “real” stick.
I think someone needs to step back and stop getting worked up over what a single poster calls his Tekken 5 stick. :xeye:
I don’t call my Tekken Stick a Fake Arcade Pro, but it certainly isn’t a Real Arcade Pro. But the nickname sure does work, whether you like/agree with it or not.
you have a big stack of ‘em there, you plan on runnin’ more later?
or would you sell me one “Off Ebay”?
if so, lemme know the total, and I’ll letcha know if I’m still interested…
I’d be willing to pay a fair price for the stick, seriously, I wouldn’t want to screw you, nor would I want it for a bargain-bin price, despite not being a Sanwa, I KNOW it’s still a decent stick (and I will mod it)…and you just don’t get quality for cheap…
I’ll probably replace the art as well, but not sure about that yet…anyway, just want a good stick, if not this, then SOMETHING…
Damn some people really need to stop bitching about the stick shit already. When it comes down to it, it ain’t the stick, it’s your skills. A buddy of mine has a Sanwa modded stick and I have my T5 stick and I have no problems doing moves just as easy if not easier than on the Sanwa stick. In fact he has stated that he can do some moves on my stick better than the Sanwa. Yes he removed the square gate so that’s not the problem. I’m not hating on Sanwa because I have two Sanwa sticks of my own I just think some people blew this stuff a little out of proportion. :encore:
I just got home with a brand new Real Arcade Pro i got from a local video game store. Paid 125 bucks for it. I also have the Tekken 5 bundle stick, and i’ve just played with them both and i honestly can’t tell much of a difference, if any at all.
The guy told me the only real difference between a hori stick and a sanwa stick is that over time the sanwa stick will probably hold up better and it will be easier to switch out parts if i need to.
Now i’m a newbie when it comes to arcade sticks, but just from my personal experience tonight, the tekken stick feels exactly like the Real Arcade Pro.
First off: congrats on getting a Hori Real Arcade Stick, they are awesome , money well spent bro. Secondly: that’s what I’ve been saying, I can’t tell a real difference between the sticks to the point where I would have trouble performing moves on one stick as opposed to the other or feel like I’m at some major disadvantage. I’m no way knocking people who perfer Sanwa, hey quality is quality I just addressing those who seem to completely denouce the Hori T5 stick as being totally bad. :encore:
Yeah I have both sticks as well, not much the difference… buttons however, are the buttons on the RAP like the on the T5pro?
I’d like to swap those if i had to
so whatchu saying is that i shoudlnt get a HRAP since it feels almost identical to teh tekken 5 stick? if so, im willing to hold out my money for the new batch of the HRAP (white stick!)
Well, all i’m saying in my limited time of owning both (Tekken 5 stick for a few days, and the HRAP just a few hours), they feel almost identical to me. I think the buttons on the HRAP feel slightly better (they seem to dip quicker) than the tekken buttons, but for all i know, they might be exactly the same buttons.
As far as the Sanwa stick - it really feels ALOT like the Hori stick to me. Again, keep in mind i’m new to using these jap sticks. I’ve been using a MAS stick for a while. I’m almost postive if i were blind folded and my hand was put on each stick, i would NOT be able to tell them apart. Visually, the Sanwa stick has a fatter shaft than the Hori. It’s also black, while the hori stick is metal. The ball on the sanwa seems to sit a bit lower on the shaft than the Hori stick’s ball does.
But so far, they both feel identical to me while playing. I was almost a bit disappointed at how similar they felt. The way everyone worships Sanwa on here, it just was surprising how similar they play.
I think the main reason everyone made so much noise was because they were expecting to get the higher grade stick, and when it was discovered to be a Hori, suddenly the value of the bundle wasn’t such a ‘steal’. But once you get past ‘name value’, i don’t think there will be much (if any) difference to most people (yes, even hardcore fighting gamers who use sticks all the time).
Actually one thing to note is that the switches will go out all the same from the hori parts and the Sanwa ones. Hori stick often use Omron microswitches which are the same ones that are soldered to the PCB on the Sanwa JLF. The thing is that the Hori’s has quick connects (even though it’s soldered on) and the JLF uses a 6 pin molex to wire it up properly.
Arcade grade refers to basically the housing and the way that the spring is set in there. Going to the JLF is just to get the exact spacing you are looking for as well as being able to use the GT-Y. I also like that fact that you can go to 4 way on the JLF.
If a microswitch goes out on your Hori, then you can just replace that. On the JLF you have to replace the whole board because of the way that the microswitch is soldered to the PCB and it’s mounted on through the solder job.
The JLF is a little more rugged but of the parts that can truely wear out, we are just talking about switches and it’s nice to just replace only one.
I’ve considered grinding out a bad switch on the PCB and since the small posts still hold the microswitch in place. It’s a hack job doing it this way to fix a bad switch w/ out swapping out the while board.
My main point in that post was simply to illustrate the actual merits of the Hori housing and the fact that the wear of the quick connect Omron switch will be probably the same as the one connected to the PCB on a JLF… THIS WAS MY POINT.
I hope your really satisfied with yourself just to find any hole in my discussion points. No day job huh…
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