Which sticks are installed in Japanese arcades?

[tzakiel]

If I sit down at a dodonpachi or ketsui cabinet in Japan, is it going to be a standard Sanwa JLF with a square gate? Or do they put seimitsu sticks and octagonal gates?

Not asking for preferences, just wondering what's actually used over in Japan in most arcades.

[linko9]

Having played DDP in Hey in Akihabara, I can say it was definitely a square gate, as with all the shmups in the arcade. At that time, I only had experience with an LS-32, and I could tell it was not that. Now having experienced a JLF, I think it very well could have been that, but it's hard to remember after the fact.

[KevinDDR]

Both JLFs and LS32s are common, both with square gates. You might see some JLWs too although those are much less common nowadays.

[beatsgo]

Sometimes LS-52 and LS-58s are in, but typically JLFs and LS-32s with square gates

[Ex_Mosquito]

In Hey! on the shmup cabs they generally have an LS-32 on the Player1 side and a JLF with a standard square restrictor on Player2, which is a pretty good idea and keeps everyone happy. Of course this could get a bit troublesome with P1/P2-side gameplay differences on games like Thunder Dragon 2 etc..

[tzakiel]

In Hey! on the shmup cabs they generally have an LS-32 on the Player1 side and a JLF with a standard square restrictor on Player2, which is a pretty good idea and keeps everyone happy. Of course this could get a bit troublesome with P1/P2-side gameplay differences on games like Thunder Dragon 2 etc..

Interesting. Are you supposed to play p2 if you prefer a Sanwa stick?

[Taiyaki]

I think if you go to any fighting game cab it's going to be JLF. In the old days though Seimitsu was very popular, generally Neo Geo cabs used LS-40's I believe.