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one of the big hits of early 2018 is Dragonball Fighters and if you're a huge fan of the franchise and this is one of your first fighting games you might be thinking to yourself you want to get a fight stick or some kind of fighting game focus controller so what are the options out there for you first let's talk fight sticks now when you're looking into fight sticks generally you're gonna see them fall into one of two different size categories the smaller and more affordable which can look like this now this one is branded for Street Fighter 5 but the main point of this controller is to show that a lot of these smaller ones like to use a 6 button setup which if you've just started Dragon Ball fighters might worry you a little bit because it seems like the game needs all eight buttons it uses all four front-facing and all four shoulders but in fact you actually can use it like a six button fighter because you can simulate two of those eight buttons by using simultaneous button presses for example you could use light and medium attack at the same time to do a dragon rush so with that in mind and some fun reconfiguration you can use a six button setup like this no problem and Dragon Ball although honestly for me personally I still like using an a button setup because that means you never have any situations where you hit four buttons simultaneously you're only ever gonna rely on either two or one button press now the other hand if you want to get serious and throw down some real money you can get a full sized stick like these big guys right here now these are both examples per what you can get on the ps4 and they just some the more popular options this right here is the horror real arcade pro 4 and it's for the knowing that they do make an xbox one version of this stick as well and over here we have the even more expensive option which is the combi obsidian now first let's actually talk about this more expensive one right here and why it's expensive so the main reason of the pricing on this one is that this makes use of what are called Sanwa densey buttons and sticks which if you haven't heard of them before that's basically the industry standard for arcade systems that's like the serious buttons that you'll see at actual arcade setups and it's basically the go-to for a lot of the pro players now on the other hand with the real arcade pro this is horror using their own manufactured in-house buttons which they call the Hayabusa stick and buttons which are still good just not quite up to the same stuff as these ones right here especially since this actually has like some name power behind it you forgot to say Lord as for how this actually plays out in first-hand experience for being 50 bucks less the real Arcade Pro for actually comes very very close to the Obsidian now if you're like a really high level player you know how to notice all the my new differences yes you're probably gonna have it pains about which one's better and honestly I'm not sure why you're watching this video but for people that are new to fighters and just want to get investing into a stick this is a really solid option the main place you're gonna notice a difference is when it comes to those buttons I was talking about earlier there's a reason why the Sanwa Tenchi are a sort of industry standard they have a perfect balance of needing just enough pressure to activate but they're not can that be accidentally pressed too often the Hayabusa one's the real acade pro 4 on the other hand are a little more sensitive it's enough to where you're not gonna be accidentally pressing buttons all the time it's not as though the slightest breeze is going to activate all these buttons up here but if you are very particular and you have a habit of accidentally flailing a little much the extra sensitivity of these can be an issue also if you're the kind of player that likes to flail around a lot having the options button up here with all the others can be a problem because if you're hitting stuff constantly and you accidentally graze this thing you are going to pause mid-match which is well a problem otherwise though we're just talking about the build quality in the body the stick quality everything else here is pretty much on par so if you're looking to invest in an actual serious fighting stick for starting to play Dragonball Fighters this is going to be an awesome option 50 bucks less and if you want to go all-out the obsidian is going to be the one you want to look at well they're both using square gates which you can modify to an octagon if you prefer yeah yeah I know now of course fight sticks are not the only option you can choose just stick with a good old-fashioned game pad and while you can use the stock one that comes with your system you can look into those that are made specifically for fighting games in mind one of the most popular of which is the fighting commander from Horry which is available on both PlayStation and Xbox the fighting commander is an awesome controller for most fighting games but for Dragon Ball in particular there are some things to keep in mind that might win or lose you over it first off this thing was designed for six button fighters in mind like Street Fighter so it has the six button setup on the front which like I said you can treat dragon ball like a six button fighter but it's a little more awkward on a gamepad than it is on a fight stick because when you want to hit these buttons simultaneously you gather have to quickly wrap your hand around to hit two or kind of just smash to it once with your thumb which really isn't the most precise gesture you do still have shoulder buttons so you can use those if you prefer but because the fighting commander was definitely made for Street Fighter in mind the shoulder buttons are well not that great they'll get the job done they're just not as good as the front-facing buttons are that aside this controller does have some awesome benefits over regular ones for instance if you like using d-pad for your fighters this one is just a much better option the ones that are gonna come on a regular Xbox one or PlayStation 4 controller so if you like using d-pad and you don't mind using the kind of okay shoulder buttons this is an awesome alternative option if however you prefer using stick and you don't like the idea the six button setup on the front honestly the stock Xbox one or ps4 controller is still a great option for dragon ball fighters