Worth getting a Hori fightstick for $30?

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The Nintendo Wii is a home video game console released on November 19, 2006. The Wii's main selling point was the innovative use of motion controls that its signature Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers allowed for. It became the best selling home console of its respective generation of hardware.

Worth getting a Hori fightstick for $30?

#1 Posted by shadyspace (457 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Are there enough solid Wii fighters to justify it?

#2 Posted by blueduck (964 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

#3 Posted by keyhunter (3207 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

Tatsunoku Vs Capcom can be played with a sideways wiimote. I can't think of any other fighting games. Don't bother.

#4 Posted by OllyOxenFree (4552 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

You could possibly buy it, mod it with better buttons, PCBs, multi-console, etc. To use the stick ONLY for the Wii...no.

#5 Posted by shadyspace (457 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@OllyOxenFree: Hmmm, do you know if the Madcatz SFIV sticks are multi-platform usable?

#6 Posted by blueduck (964 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@shadyspace said:

" @OllyOxenFree: Hmmm, do you know if the Madcatz SFIV sticks are multi-platform usable? "

I own one and they're not.

#7 Posted by shadyspace (457 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@blueduck: Weird. Aren't they USB?

#8 Posted by blueduck (964 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago

@shadyspace said:

" @blueduck: Weird. Aren't they USB? "

Yeah but when you buy them you buy xbox 360 version or ps3 version. You might be able to mod it but I'm not sure.

#9 Posted by Emilio (3378 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

@shadyspace:
If you don't mind playing the Virtual Console games. There's like a million of them...

#10 Posted by shadyspace (457 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

I think I might pull the trigger on this. Apparently it's easy to connect it to a PC through Bluetooth and you can't go wrong with $30 fight stick, especially considering it'd be my first one.

#11 Posted by MrKlorox (11080 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

As long as there's no lag with the bluetooth, then why not? An inexpensive, wireless fight stick is a handy thing to have even if you're not really into fighting games. I've used my Hori EX2 with Super Meat Boy than with all the fighting games I've played with it combined.

#12 Edited by TeflonBilly (4722 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

The Wii has some great stuff like the King Of Fighters and Samurai Shodown collections as well as some Guilty Gear and the aforementioned Capcom vs Tatsonoku
All games which you can find dirt cheap now.
And they're still cranking out the occasional gem on Virtual Console. Who knows, maybe there will even come a good fighter out on WiiWare...
Personally I'd go for it.

#13 Posted by Emilio (3378 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

@shadyspace:
Here's a lame tutorial by some weirdo.

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