You'll need to wield a sturdy fighting stick if you ever plan on becoming a champ in the fighting genre. Everyone knows that; Capcom
knows it, Namco Bandai
knows it, and SNK Playmore
knows it, too, which is why the latter will be releasing two, brand-new controllers alongside
King of Fighters XII in
July. The first is a
King of Fighters XII USB Stick featuring character artwork of series favorites Iori, Athena and others plastered on the topside. The second fighting pad is the Neo Geo Stick 2, a throwback to the classic controller, which will finally be available for PS3 (It's already out for Wii). They retail for ¥6,279 ($65) and ¥5,229 ($54), respectively.
Now, why are those prices in Japanese currency? Well, unlike the game itself, these sticks haven't been given a worldwide release date. They hit Japanese stores on July 16th and hopefully we'll get them in time for launch date, too.
{ May 13th 2009 at 12:15PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RagingStormX @ May 13th 2009 12:46PM
Would going with Hori to make the stick been too hard SNKP? I will get one only if its easily modded or it comes stock with complete semitsu or sanwa part.
usagi704 @ May 13th 2009 1:00PM
Based on just the prices of these sticks, I can tell you neither of them will come with any Semitsu or Sanwa parts.
John @ May 13th 2009 1:52PM
Since the wii already has the fighting pad for this game does it mean that KOFXII will also be on the wii?
Barry32171 @ May 13th 2009 5:29PM
Don't have SF, but would the NeoGeo stick work for Soul Calibur4? Sorry if this is a newbie question, but I've shelved SC4 b/c I don't have a decent fighting stick, and the Hori seems expensive... (Even on Ebay...) Or, would spending the extra green be worth it over either of these two?
chums @ May 13th 2009 6:18PM
it'll work on with any and everygame
Junho @ May 13th 2009 6:14PM
KOF!!
I'm not even going to compare to SF.
John Willaford @ May 15th 2009 11:22AM
Is it microswitch based?
Gunsmith @ May 15th 2009 5:00PM
It should have microswitches but no guarantee of sanwa parts -
but more importantly - this can't seriously have a six button layout. It just can't be. It's the stupidest thing (for kof players) I have ever seen.
I'd go on but there's a joystick thread you should check out @ orochinagi.com