Hori Fighting Stick SS VS Sega Virtua Stick

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loserdork
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Hori Fighting Stick SS VS Sega Virtua Stick

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Which one is better and why?

What kind of stick and buttons do they both come with. Can they be replaced with better sticks and buttons?
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Post by kowal »

VS use very good stick LS56 (but only in jap?), and low cost buttons not good but not terrible

Hori use ...Hori stick and very crap buttons
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/ ... horiss.jpg
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Post by KBZ »

I don't really like either of them personally.

Virtua Stick has a strange layout and is one of the harder sticks to mod with sanwa/seimitsu parts.

Fighting Stick SS is nice but the stick is crap, and the case is too small to properly mount a stick without it sitting too tall.

I guess it depends on which case and button layout you like the most....oh and price :p
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kowal wrote:VS use very good stick LS56 (but only in jap?), and low cost buttons not good but not terrible

Hori use ...Hori stick and very crap buttons
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/ ... horiss.jpg
hey, thats my stick! (i'm skate323k137 on racketboy) that picture goes with a guide explaining how to put good buttons in the hori. the guide is here
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Post by kemical »

I've tried both, I found the Virtua Stick's stick to feel a bit crunchy and unresponsive.. the throw felt like an LS-32 but without the nice feeling mechanical smooth operation, didn't like it but it could have been worn out, however the hori SS just felt like a usual hori stick I thought, wobbly and loose. The Hori SS has a slimmer profile, not sure if an arcade stick can fit.


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Virtua Stick is easy to mod if desired, you just need to add 4 new holes to the metal plate either punched with a nail and hammer or drilled, no plastic to remove inside. Also roomy to fit LS-32 and Sanwas, I added stacked washers to sit the stick away from the metal plate so the shaft isn't as tall.
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