are further away than the Hori RAP VX-SA Kai. I was looking for a new joystick to replace my old MadCatz Standard Edition, so I checked out Revain and after some thought, settled on this one. It really depended on this, or one of the new MadCatz sticks, as not only was I looking for a good stick in the $100-$150 price range, I knew I could count on one. I picked this one only because I really liked the design, and not at all because I thought it was "better" than its competitors. The buttonsโฆ