Super Street Fighter IV Wireless FightPad - Ryu

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I bought my second fighting pad in less than 4 months, my first one I had so many problems with since the first day.... it was hard to link to my ps3, and when i finally did it.... was not working properly insted of going foward my character would jump back... and two of the buttons keep getting stuck. So I decited to buy another on(thinking it was just one of many that was bad) it work fine for the fist 2 weeks but after that everything went south and the thing starded doing the same thing as my first one... dont waste your money. its a piece of crap!!!!!!

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Bought a 'Blanka' pad for the PS3 when SF4 was initially released. Pad worked great, but the PS3 stopped recognizing it after a few months. Called Mad Katz support, and they shipped out a new USB connector, but it didn't fix the problem. That first fightpad is still a brick to this day. I eventually replaced it with a 'Ken' pad, and that's what I'm still using now.

I'm not sure if the pad requires line of sight, but it can definitely lose connection if held too low. My coffee table has blocked the connection several times. In these cases, you get a red flashing light on the pad to indicate the lost connection (while you're getting hit repeated by the in-game opponent.)

Both pads played great, though fast combos require very fast thumbs. Anything involving the focus attack will take practice (using the two middle buttons to cancel Ken's dragon punch into an Ultra for example), though its very possible I'm just that bad at it. The PPP or KKK buttons up top work great and have that old-school SNES controller feel. If you like Dhalsim, you can do those annoying teleports all day with the top buttons, and never miss a beat. 360 moves are much easier than expected, as SF4 on the PS3 only requires you to go about 3/4 of the way around. The down-back charge ultras (Guile, Vega, DeeJay), can be difficult on the pad, but very doable after practice.

The pad also works well for the many 2d games available on the PS3 and adds a level of authenticity when playing retro stuff like Mega Man 10 or Earthworm Jim.

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This product should not be anything below 4 stars. It is built solid with all of the features well thought out. I have noticed no lag while playing and have dramatically improved the timing and reliability of my moves. I would rather have the 2.4 dongle wireless instead of a wire personally and it works well.

There are no differences between this controller and the Xbox360 controller aside from the battery compartment and the fact that you do not have a wire with this controller. I have no clue how this battery compartment makes this PS3 controller so much worse then the wired Xbox360 controller. Aside from that, what other option do you have? What other pad is made with fighting games in mind and has a six button face and a solid elevated Dpad? There are none so 4 stars automatically for being solid and being the only option.

You cant go wrong with this pad. The complaints that I see about the PS3 line of these controllers are PEBKAC really. A lot of people complain about the controller having a dongle instead of Bluetooth. I am guessing that they went this route because it is cheaper to implement, but the inconvenience is countered by being able to use it on your general PC. I see being able to use it on my PC as a positive. If you do not have a PC, I suppose it can be a negative. My PS3 has 4 USB ports so I guess it is harder for me to complain about the lack of Bluetooth. The only thing I could complain about is the L1 and L2 buttons not being on the face. Having these as bumper buttons is limiting in design. All of the other complaints, aside from manufacturing defects, do not make sense. I am not sure what kind of magic controller these people are expecting. Especially after stating that the Xbox360 version is somehow better for some odd reason (they are essentially the same....) So manufacturing defects happen, you cant really hold it against the product. Unless of course you get a series of replacements with the same issue. Then you start posting 1 star reviews. Otherwise, not sure what to tell you other then 'stuff' happens.

If you have the USB port and need a gamepad oriented for fighting games, this pad is great. Highly recommended!

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I ordered my BRAND NEW Ryu PS3 fightpad on here and just received it today. After playing a couple of hours of it the D-pad started malfunctioning. The character would move on its on or sit on its on without me pressing anything. The D-pad is too sensitive, can't connect to the PS3 to charge nor play, requires batteries, played for a bit and it drains the batteries. don't like the battery box in the middle of the back. I have a xbox 360 fightpad for SF4 and i liked it but for SSF4 PS3 its horrible.

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I bought SSF4 on PS3 because I didn't want to wait around for the PC version. I had bought SF4 PC version and the MadCatz Xbox 360 fightpad and I loved it, worked perfectly with the game; moves were smooth, ultras executed flawlessly, no quirks at all. Besides being a dissapointed PC gamer having to go to the console version instead, I figured the PS3 fightpad would work the same.

It does not.

There is a noticeable delay between the Fightpad and the standard PS3 gamepad. Of course, forget even trying to play SSF4 using the PS3 pad. Probably around 5-10ms. I also have another problem with executing moves too quickly. A simple DP or fireball motion I really need to slow down and deliberately do the motion in order for it to recognize, never had to do this before, so it's completely thrown off my game. Not only that, I get random inputs. I'll be walking forward and I just throw a jab for no reason, or I try to block down-backwards and instead I jump up-backwards.

I've only owned this stick for 3 days now and I'm already having these problems. I think I can blame it on the shoddy wireless technology (why does madcatz need to use a USB dongle and the Playstation pad doesnt?). The pad feels exactly the same in every way as the Xbox360 fightpad, except for the battery compartment.

I hope I'm not going to have to shell out money for a fightstick, I really like the pads.