Mad Catz' Street Fighter IV products get UK date

SFIV is just around the corner, with a February 20 UK release date on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Due to launch alongside Capcom's beloved fighter are a range of officially cool arcade sticks and pads from Mad Catz. Pricing has yet to be confirmed on the four controllers as well as other...

SFIV is just around the corner, with a February 20 UK release date on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Due to launch alongside Capcom's beloved fighter are a range of officially cool arcade sticks and pads from Mad Catz. Pricing has yet to be confirmed on the four controllers as well as other accessories, including Xbox 360 and PS3 faceplates and "console skinz" and an official Street Fighter IV vinyl wall scroll.

Both the standard and Tournament FightSticks include dual-speed turbo on each button and a switch that, by the sounds of it, allows you to swap between D pad and analog modes on the stick. However the rather solid-looking Arcade FightStick Tournament sounds like the most interesting of the two, and according to the press release it's "sourced directly from arcade manufacturer Sanwa Denshi [and] uses the same Japanese style ball-handled joystick and 30mm Action Buttons found in the official Street Fighter IV Vewlix arcade cabinet, marking the first time such components have been used for a commercial product outside of Japan." With that kind of build quality, we expect there will be no blaming of worktools from now on.

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick Tournament

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Ryu FightPad

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Chun Li FightPad

27 Comments

  • SillySkeleton

    Posted Jan 18, 2009 7:08 pm GMT

    I really hope they release the regular stick where I am. The dual shock works ok for the basics, but alot of techniques in Street Fighter are made for an arcade stick. Especially those damn 360 degree special attacks.

  • drivinggod2005

    Posted Jan 15, 2009 3:22 am GMT

    Yep. They'll break.

  • majere613

    Posted Jan 12, 2009 6:31 am GMT

    Heh, just noticed that the TE stick there has a 'headphone jack' socket on it, so that people won't have to be annoyed by the sound from SFIV, and can concentrate instead on being annoyed by the unholy barrage of noise an arcade stick makes when being used full-blast...

  • yoyo462001

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 12:10 pm GMT

    jordan your not good enough to use the pads yet!! but i have to say those pads look awesome!!

  • SteadyShark

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 7:01 am GMT

    If you're planning on playing in the arcades at any point - get to grips with a stick. If you're looking to become great at the game - get the stick. Although you can still play incredibly well with a pad - the stick's button layout becomes much easier with time.

  • solidgamer

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 6:19 am GMT

    mmm quick question im new to street fighter downloaded HD remix got into that and looking forward to SF 4 but i dont know if i should get a fight pad or fight stick? any suggestions?

  • dark_phoenix21

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 4:59 am GMT

    The fightpads look suspiciously like sega saturn pads... Not that I'm complaining lol!

  • Whellock

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 2:20 am GMT

    I'm sure that Street Fighter IV Arcade Fightsticks might cost something like about £50 to £60 and the fight pads will cost cheaper at around something like £24 to £30 etc.

  • SteadyShark

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 7:44 pm GMT

    That. I'm starting to think that we might not really be getting them - as stores in US are already running out of stock, so I'd be surprised if we ever actually get see any of the "3000" that I've heard they've made. This is stupid, they can clearly shift these - so why the hell are they making it so darned limited? Official confirmation/statement from Capcom/Madcatz with regards to a February UK release now please! (I'm shocked that no big-named journalism company has even asked the question for a quotable response)
    v

  • majere613

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 6:51 pm GMT

    The standard stick shown here is a bit loud for my tastes, but the Tournament is very easy on the eyes. Of course, I've got a Hori FS3 so I don't really need one, but need /= want. Gief details on UK stockists!

  • killzone_gamer

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 4:26 pm GMT

    I've never seen peripherals made with a single game in mind before!
    Learn something new everyday.

  • waggy79

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 1:52 pm GMT

    I think the Ken and Blanka pads look particularly cool. I wonder just how much better the TE stick would perform compared to the regular fightstick though.

  • xgalacticax

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 12:14 pm GMT

    I love that Chun Li one, She looks sweeeeeeeet.

  • abvance

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 5:16 am GMT

    How much do you reckon the arcade sticks will be, want the tourny but not if it's over £100!

  • joesh89

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 6:55 pm GMT

    for the UK its only on amazon so far but expect that to change, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mad-Catz-Xbox-Street-Fighter/dp/B001LK7FHO

  • Armor_Biff

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 6:28 pm GMT

    Damn I need that fightpad. But I have trouble finding anyone taking preorders for this. Searching on google with keywords "madcatz street fighter" only gives me tons of articles about the pads, but no shops. Using same keywords on ebay gives no results at all...

  • SteadyShark

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 4:17 pm GMT

    This is just a copy/paste job from this: http://ces.gamespot.com/video.html?sid=6202965&tag=videos;title;9 :
    Damn, I was hoping that the guy would ask Seth if EVERY ONE of those products was coming out in the UK. Right now I've got a feeling that only one type of fightpad - and the faceplate will be making it over here. It really worried me when Seth said that "not many have been made". Right now I haven't seen any concrete statement/quotable sentence by MadCatz or Capcom saying that the TE Stick and everything else will be coming out. No UK sites seem to be allowing preorders of the TE Stick yet

  • jtthegame316

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 3:46 pm GMT

    cool. id imgine a six botton layout how streetfighter should be played.

  • TheArcade

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 3:06 pm GMT

    So the skins for the controller are gonna be console exclusive again like the Anniversary controllers? Where each console gets exclusive characters?

    Edit: Nevermind I found this link.

    http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Street-Fighter-IV-FightPad/dp/B001M22WMO

    It appears that Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are getting the same skins.

  • joesh89

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 2:59 pm GMT

    yea these look great i blogged about em a while back.

  • jrabbit99

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 12:03 pm GMT

    nice, i hope i can afford it

  • bad_boy_sam123

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 10:49 am GMT

    The artwork looks great on these

  • skullflower

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 10:42 am GMT

    Those look absolutely lovely jubberly!

  • Leunga

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 10:28 am GMT

    Just want to play this game right now, with or without these pads. Been looking around, where can you order these pads. Pm me if anyone knows. Stupid Uk arcades. Been every where searching for an arcade that have this game

  • lightwarrior179

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 9:02 am GMT

    Can't wait for SFIV to come out. Those controllers look cool.

  • snowman9

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 7:56 am GMT

    I remember playing with the top Arcade stick! I hope the joypads are released with Street Fighter comics. That would be nice

  • ac3upmysleeve

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 7:45 am GMT

    I didn't release this was going to be released for PC, controllers look cool

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