Hitbox Is The Best Controller For Fighting Games 

Bout to walk into evo with a dance pad

I love how these topics are serious and are PRESENTED seriously, but that's only to cover-up the ensuing shitposting that occurs afterward. This is chad energy at its finest.

0:21 a Leo main's personal choice of controller, the two big bongo drums suit their gorilla like playstyle and comfort their low iq

I can imagine myself switching to hitbox but I also have huge reservations over how unintuitive and awkward the layout looks. Which would make it a pretty big investment for something I'd just tend up treating as a paper weight. I always find myself thinking, "If I'm going to buy a nice new stick I'll get a Qanba or something."

Been waiting for a vid to pop love em as always!

I play DBFZ with a keyboard, and I'm surprised how easier it is than controller. I hit quarter circles, forward dashes, raw supers, super jumps, crossups, moon jumps, etc. with it a lot more consistently. Only issue I have is using sparking is just not accessible at all. For me, who's more a casual and has been used keyboards my entire life, not having to learn controller muscle memory is a blessing.

Wow the keys for “ask” translating to a fireball motion is super helpful. Thanks!

Well made video, and I enjoyed it. Good job.

Me on mixbox *silently sweating*

VA11 Hall-A music is so nice

Loving the skullgirls ost in the background

Great editing my guy!

I was having trouble with my controller and thought of investing in a stick but then heard about this thing called hitbox and your video was the first thing that popped up when I searched for it. After watching it, the decision making process has become way easier for me and you've convinced me to play with my keyboard.

best video on this subject. i was kinda on the fence about the hitbox but i think im gonna go for it. thanks

Ahhh yes, the turbo backwards levitating t bag 🖤🖤🖤

after watching this, i immediately plan out for my custom diy hitbox controller. from parts, motherboard, and the external design, all for playing tekken and street fighter v

I really like my hitbox, but depending on the game, fast back forward inputs could be really poor. So in Tekken, if you input a back forward move with perfect timing and skip the neutral input, then you don't get that move, just the forward input. Makes things like jet upper a lot less consistent if you're trying to be frame perfect.

this actually makes me want to try one

I don't drop my QCF QCB when using a gamepad, but I can't get the feel of my normals with just 4 buttons and shoulder. This means that hitbox would be perfect for me. I have a fighting stick, but it's driving me crazy. No matter how much I train in the lab, I always drop my motion inputs.

i had tried getting into fighting games in the past, even got andight stick for christmas to get into it. Practiced practiced and practiced and gahhhdam was i having zero fun being barely able to go from dash to black or do that z motion or wuarter circle reliably, it was all just sooooo annoying. Anyway came back a few weeks ago after seeing hitbox and before commiting to getting a whole new controller like i did the fight stick just to drop it, i started off with keyboard so that i can eventually move to hitbox. And holyyy is it do much more fun, i can actually practice moving and combos rather than being like why cant i move from down to up or forward to back in a fluid motion. Its so much better for people that didnt grow up with sticks

Welp, only took 30 years because the PCB got lost in shipping Limbo, but I finally got a Hotbox of my own. Just finished assembly yesterday and everything worked great (so far). I'm kinda back to square one but I like the feel of it so it'll be fun to learn to play with this.

Intro music made me so happy

What specific box do you use? I keep seeing the mpress and snack box micro pop up but they are always going In and out of stock

Preach. The church of hitbox will reign supreme.

I use a keyboard its pretty similar to a hitbox tbh. also the best controller is always the one you like

The Razior Raion pad is a good mix 👍

What joystick do you recommend? I’ve been looking but know nothing when it comes to actually quality of the thing.

Nice video ! it is hitbox the same as keyboard ?

How the fuq have I missed this video🤯

Va-11 Hall-A Music 😳😳

This whole video was a huge opinion to what beginners should use

Me whose been playing fighting games on console since sega genesis: Sooooooo I’m crazy? 😶

i grew up playing in the arcades in the 90s and 2000s. so the idea of people nowadays having hard time learning to use fightstick has never crossed my mind until recent years. the day i learned some games have simplified/modern/auto combo input was quite shocking to me. i feel old.

I dreamed of having a hitbox since the early 90's.

nice music from cyberpunk bartender I love that

I definitely want to get one at some point, but in this behemoth typhoon I get severe RSI.

I was play tekken 7 on my ps4 controller, then decided to try out my keyboard, and the switch was almost instantaneous for me. everything just made so much more sense, and so much easier to execute everything.

have you tried the kitsune?

I respect the va11halla music choice

I’m waiting for my snack box v2 all buttons to come in the mail, please get here now!!!!

So it's like keyboard? Does that mean to do a fireball you would need to do s + sd + d + punch button? The extra halfway button is what fucks me up the most.

the dopamine part killed me lmaoooo

What hitbox / stick planning on buying one of the teo

did you build that fightstick/hitbox combination stick? It looks sick.

0:12 hmmm again, what a familiar tune

Being left handed I instantly took to the stick. All I've used for fighting games since 2015

I like my hitbox but I think it's effectiveness really depends on the kind of input forgiveness a game had. Recently with Guilty Gear Strive I've gone with pad because jump, DP and super inputs need to be so precise I feel like I need to piano things on the hitbox and it was distracting from actually playing the game.

Why didn't you lead with "you can fkn TURBO TBAG!"? Sold.

3:03 good point

Music choice is on point. But besides that, the hitbox seems like a very good idea. But considering a keyboard is very similar and the hitbox is pretty expensive, pad or keyboard seem like all you'll ever need.

I’m absolutely lost with what fighting controller to buy. I’ve gotten really into guilty gear and tekken 7 (grew up with tekken, just found guilty gear and now love both) so I wanna invest in a fighting controller for guilty gear especially. I can do pretty decently with a controller on tekken and same for guilty gear, but I have a lot of trouble doing circle motions on d-pad. With tekken it’s not really an issue since it doesn’t really have circle motion inputs, but it’s crucial for guilty gear if you want to use your supers. So I figure since I’m having issues with circle motions the most then a stick would be a the way to go. I feel like using a hit box would just make things harder since I have to add more movements for the same input. For half circle it would be a simple left or right motion and roll it to the opposite side, but a 7 button string seems much more complicated. I’m a bit conflicted after watching this video but I still think I’m gonna go with a stick, feels more natural. I got all the time in the world so taking time to develop muscle memory isn’t much of an issue for me. So I think I’ll probably end up getting the Hori Fighting Stick Alpha.

I found that with a stick every damn time, I'd get diagonal inputs instead of straight L/R. I can't afford a HitBox yet, but I'm playing on keyboard with Space being up to get the muscle memory. BOIIIII I can't stop hitting W to try to jump.

I use analog stick for strive witch took a while but it’s very nice now

This channel will have 50k+ Subs in a year, mark my words.

Thanks, now every time I see a hitbox I see the face of a spider. Really appreciate it. Great video as always btw.

Is it better to play right handed on a fight stick?

nah nah nah u gotta walk into evo with the ps2 katana controller

I genuinely use a GameCube controller to play strive using the adapter I had for smash 4 on it's PC setting.... It's not bad actually

I wish there was an easy way to find a good stickless controller since all of them seem to be made by custom modders/builders rather than a company. I get hitbox is there but its so pricey le sigh. Ill wait for a frame1 and add a brook mobo to it :o

Did you make your hitbox snd if so how much did it lost

Should I buy a normal hitbox or buy a hitbox with extra L3&R3 buttons ?

Ngl I use both d-pad and analogue stick for playing games. It's just feels right

I'm a psychopath that uses the analog stick on my controller for fighting games.

Solo pido una opinión.... Porque el hitbox tiene ese diseño? Osea no vi ninguno que sea un poco mas separado 😢osea las manos

Im intrigued by your controler, is it custom made?

what sticks are you using

Damm and I thought my game cube controller helped me

LOOKS LIKE I'M ON THE BUS TO THE ASYLUM GAHAHAHHAH

I don’t hate them I’m just poor

DK bongos goated

You am have very nice video.

The only cons si if your characters is a 360 grappers

I just got one about a week ago. It only took like 3-4 hours for me to get completely used to, and I was almost instantly a better player because of it.

I play on keyboard rn which is why I'm considering going to hitbox

Valhalla music ! yeAHHHHHHHH

Best thing I've done was switching Pad to Keyboard. Within a week I got to the level of consistency that took me months to reach, and it's only gotten much better since then. I'll probably buy an actual Hitbox "when Covid ends" so I don't have to always play on PC and for comfort.

I would destroy people on the Donkey Kong bongo! >:)

I'm pretty sure it's common in Japan to play shmups with the d-pad... but that just confirms they're all crazy.

Note: if you want to play OG fighting games like ST or Darkstalkers 1) the inputs aren't as lenient and you won't be able to do 360 motions 2) you go to a tournament and it might be a legit arcade cab and you're looking at using the standard Sanwa lever/buttons anyway. Because of these two things it is not your best option for old man games.

Hehe, funny keyboard go clack clack

What’s the controller that u use that has hitbox and stick?

what's the hitbox at 2:40? looks nice and compact

Has anyone ever won a big game tournement using a hitbox? I own all three and the hitbox has just as many down falls or more, CA/Super inputs for me just don't come out for me no matter how much I use it.

I played guilty gear for a few months on pad, just a regular PS5 controller (I beg you if you play it on PS5 and play pad please find an alternative controller with a better dpad the PS5 controller's dpad is not meant for motion inputs) I got pretty good at Baiken on pad I was like conistently floor 7/8 but I switched to hitbox and jesus christ is the game so much easier for me now there's so much I can do and I'm so consistent with my inputs it's fuckin crazy I definitely recommend learning to play on keyboard if you don't have the money for a hitbox, or you can get the smaller cheaper snackbox (please make sure if you play on console to buy a controller that works with that console) hitbox is great and I love it very dearly

youre channel is so good

how do i buy though

I'd like to let you know that this shitpost actually convinced me to buy a Hitbox-style controller. I'm currently testing it out on UNICL-r, and possibly on Skullgirls, but my main goal is to play this controller exclusively on Strive.

What's the fightstick at 0:36?

I play on keyboard and for some reason whenever I do a half circle motion it reads the diagonal downs but not down/S so the move doesn't comes out.Does the hitbox also have this issue?

Could I play skull girls on an Xbox controller?

Nah i use the pad's control stick for fighting games

Yay

Your argument is convincing...But the thing is currently out of my budget (Specially since the cheapest model is out of stock), so I guess my keyboard can be an alternative while I save money

I use a different controller depending on what I play. I use the PS4 controller for Tekken 7 because most characters in that don't require any rolling or inputs involving one direction right after another. I use a joystick for Street Fighter V because there are a lot of rolly motions in that for special attacks that I find are generally easier to pull off with a joystick than an analog stick (that and, for some ungodly reason I never learned, when I tried to play it with a PS4 controller it would keep interpreting my all punch button as a heavy punch button including when I tried to perform EX moves or it simply would not work at all. would not recommend any controller that forces you to use triggers with the exception of certain Macros).

Idk back when I was playing sf4 and kof13 I couldn't do shit till I got my stick I'm never going back

1:28 Dont judge me. i grew up using a wii remote

I play pad because i don't have full hand coordination on my right hand and using it for more than thumb and index hurts. To everyone, DON'T FUCK UP YOUR HANDS! USE SOMETHING COMFORTABLE TO YOU! EXECUTION ISN'T WORTH IT, FIGHTING GAMES/SPEEDRUNNING/SHMUPS ARENT WORTH MESSING UP YOUR HANDS

“Most people use the D-pad to play fighting games.” “HAH! I AM LEAGUES ABOVE YOU! I PLAY USING ANALOG, LIKE A TRUE MORON!!!”

a hitbox controller in my country is expensive as hell so I will just stick with the keyboard

i use controller but on the joystick part