What's in the box? - Street Fighter X Tekken Arcade Fightstick V.S. Edition

So if you read the blog, you may have noticed that I like fighting games. Specifically, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. I use to play some in the arcades growing up. Once Marvel vs Capcom 2 came out on PS2 I pretty much stopped going to the arcade. After a while I really lost interest in fighting games all together. When MvC3 was announced my interest was immediately renewed. I picked up Street Fighter 4 and a Mad Catz Fightpad and got back into fighting games. Although I like and feel comfortable with the fightpad, I just kept feeling this need to tryout an arcade stick. So when EVO 2012 rolled around, I decided to get in the spirit and purchase this guy.

Taking a tour of the rest of the box...

  

This box is much bigger than your average Master Grade. Much heavier too.

Inside the box...

Controller looks amazing. Metal casing makes it really sturdy. Really impressed so far.

Art work looks pretty good. Too bad I don't play Street Fighter X Tekken. Really want to replace that with something UMVC3 like.

Comes with a headset adapter. Not sure this is need, but what do I know?

Yay instructions!

Really like the space to store the cored. Tight fight, but it works.

For those that want to customize, you just need a 7/64 hex screwdriver. Only takes 6 screws to get inside this guy.

I swapped 2 buttons. This is the configuration I like. Not sure it's the best, but it's the most natural to me.

Most depressing part. The plastic, artwork, and metal plate are all glued together. Not happy about this. Going to make customizing harder. I'm pretty sure the art work can be removed rather easily, just need to find a replacement for the plastic cover...

I'm really happy I got this guy. Just sort of feels right. I've had a blast using it. At the moment I seem to be better at doing combos, but I really can't move around that well. And blocking?... I need to work on that. But I'm sure in time I'll get the hang of it.

Well that's all I have for now. I'm sure this guy will be customized in the future, so keep an eye out for that. Until next time...