- Does the JobI've had one of these for a few years now, and I think it's the only way to go with fighting games on DC. There's no getting around it, the official Sega control for DC [is inadequate], especially for fighting games, you can't rely on the shoulder triggers durring special moves. For this reason the Madcatz' C and Z buttons are indispensable. The analog stick is nice and smooth, and you can pull off 360s and 720s for those grappler characters much easier than on a Sega thumb stick or D pad. Also, if you use the analog stick, and find yourself accidentally hitting up on the d-pad when you pull down on the stick suddenly, you can just detach the d-pad temporarily.
There are a couple things to know though. At first, the rubber padding on the D-pad is great. Your thumb sticks perfectly, and with just a little getting used to your move execution accuracy is much better than on any other D-pad. The problem is the rubber wears down (like a pencil eraser). If you play one side more than the other, your pad with become lop-sided over time (which is wierd to get used to) and if you're too rough on it, it will eventually tear and the whole rubber thing will come off. At this point the D-pad [is inadequate] because it simply was not designed to be used without the rubber padding over top and isn't shapped right. However, you can still use the thumb stick perfectly. Even if the rubber on the thumbstick wears down a little it doesn't impede your usage of the stick.
Finally, the other thing to know is the triggers aren't programmable, so you can't do the PSX-style bind of all 3 punches and all 3 kicks to the shoulder buttons. However, since you have the full 6 buttons, hitting them at the same time is not hard.
If you're a Capcom fan, I consider this controller mandatory, unless you're going to go for an Ascii. Just keep in mind that it doesn't work quite as well for non-Capcom games, and if you go really rough on the d-pad, you're stuck using only the analog or going through a huge learning curve on the newly [formed] d-pad. This could be a problem if you're playing games like Alpha 3 or Marvel vs Capcom 1 which don't support analog.
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