MadCatz Fightstick Pro

MadCatz Fightstick Pro
Another popular MadCatz Fightstick, this time around they did not re-use the Tournament Edition design. Although it shares some similar traits, such as the Vewlix layout, home/turbo panel, start/select buttons on the back and a USB cable compartment. The body itself is has a wide wirst slope to help rest your wrist onto it making it very ergonomic to play on. These were produced for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 version has a microphone port on it, while the PS3 version does not. They come equipped with Sanwa parts.

Unlike the TE, it does not use hex screws to hold down the face plate. Underneath the artwork are six phillips screws that secure the metal face plate in place. I suppose this design was done intentionally to make the stick comfortable to play on, since nothing rubs/bumps against your hands. It is possible to add custom artwork and plexi to this stick after removing the original artwork.

Much lighter in weight compared to the MadCatz TE. To access the innards of the stick, the four rubber feet on the bottom have be removed, this exposes the smaller phillips head screws on the back plate. There are six in total, one of them is covered up with a white warranty sticker.

Some of the rare varitions of this stick are the Street Fighter x Sanrio limited edition which has an all pink case, and the red and white body Street Fighter x Tekken ones (Very hard to find pictures, since it has no particular name). There might be more floating out there. Common ones have a black case with either the MadCatz logo artwork or the Street Fighter x Tekken artwork.







A tweet from Markman gives some insider knowledge, it was originally designed to be a Tekken 6 arcade stick. You can find the tweet here for pictures and more info.

Features

 * 8 button Vewlix layout
 * USB cable compartment
 * Turbo button feature
 * Lockout switch
 * LS/DP/RS selection switch
 * Sanwa JLF joystick
 * Sanwa buttons
 * Wrist slope