Wii Fighting Stick

The Wii Fighting Stick is an officially licensed Nintendo product that nicely compliments fighting games like Mortal Combat and Guilty Gear XX.  The manufacturer of this product is Hori, a company that has thrived in standalone arcade design and brought the functionality to this new product. It is truly a trip down memory lane to playing Street Fighter and Double Dragon at the arcades, except now with more buttons.

The Wii Fighting Stick has 8 buttons, all Turbo enabled and a fully rotational joystick.  The buttons are spaced out for repetitive pounding and the “I hit the wrong button” excuse will be hard to pass. The controller is efficiently and sturdily built by Hori. The average gamer may not be fond of the price in the $70 area, but new school and retro enthusiasts will salivate over the options this stick contains. With a wii port and blue toothed enabled computer, this stick becomes compatible to virtually all of the old fighting games from the super NES days and beyond.

This seems to be an ideal product for the fan of 2D Fighting games with access to compatibility. With the large range of Wii accessories on the market right now, it wouldn’t be feasible for the sports game lover or shooting enthusiast to own this product, especially at the larger price tag. If fighting games were to become an interest down the line, a used version of this product would be available online and with the superior build quality, the item would almost surely still be in premier shape.