HORI Real Arcade Pro N Hayabusa - Officially Licensed by Sony: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC Fight Stick Review

This is my first fighting stick. Before buying I read and heard many reviews about which brands are better and why. Everything seemed to point to the Mad Catz TE2+, but I really liked the roomy Noir layout of this racket, so I trusted my instincts and bought it. I'm glad I did. The build quality seems to be very high. The buttons and joystick feel great (not overly sensitive like many people think of Hori). The square gate made me nervous, but it feels completely natural even with circular…

I almost kept the low profile matte black Hayabusa buttons as they are quite nice. I tested the device for a couple of days with the default configuration and found it very good, but in the end I replaced all the buttons and the joystick with Samyo JLF and buttons, which by the way was quite easy, although I had to open the case, which made it the guarantee expires. Samyo buttons and stick are the gold standard (in my opinion); The simple reason I replaced the Hayabusa parts is because I could…

I ended up with a dead lever. The Hayabusa lever uses a small circuit board that attaches to the switches and that circuit board was dead. Unfortunately it has a nasty crack and the tracers are damaged. Luckily I had another lever to check and find the problem because here I thought the motherboard was the problem or a really bad crossover wiring. I figured it was because the wiring to the button assembly was messed up and many parts weren't installed properly. Also, the ironic part is that…