We can't tell much from the Japanese product page, but we can EXtract the basics. The Horipad EX Turbo (built by Hori, natch) features three different turbo settings for the four face buttons, it's "officially lisensed [sic] for Xbox 360" and it will EXcel the EXcellent EXperience with EXcitement. Oh, and it's going for about $30 US.
The inclusion of features like turbo switches always makes me roll my eyes. They seem anachronistic, a holdover from third-party controllers in the NES days. What is turbo going to do for a player in Halo? It doesn't have rubber grips though, so that's a gold star for Mad Catz. I'll stick with the
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2-28-2006 @ 11:46PM
james f. said...
I dunno the controller certainly looks better than the other third party controllers. And the d- pad looks great! I'm sure theres some game out there that could use a good turbo.
p.s. remember the "slo mo" function on those old nes 3rd party controls that rapidly pause/unpause the game to give you the slomo effect?
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3-01-2006 @ 12:27AM
Dwayne said...
Why anyone would buy a controller that is not wireless is beyond me. I will never buy another wired controller.
I guess the only valid complaint that someone could have is the use of batteries And I just use the same rechargeable batteries that I use for my digital camera, and bought a few extra so I didn't have to buy that plug and charge kit.
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3-01-2006 @ 10:23AM
modeps said...
I will never buy a third party controller again. Back when I bought the original xbox, I picked up 3 Mad Catz controllers along with it. Today, the only controller that still works properly is the official Microsoft one. All the Mad Catz ones have broken triggers and some have problems with the buttons or sticks.
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3-01-2006 @ 12:08PM
Vision 360 said...
I've heard that Hori makes superb quality controllers, their arcade sticks ar some of the finest around, so I'd say this is gonna be a good controller. Shame it isn't wireless, though.
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3-01-2006 @ 5:11PM
NzR said...
Hori makes very high quality controllers, so you can't even compare the the garabage mad catz controllers to it.
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3-01-2006 @ 11:56PM
Dwayne said...
Somebody delete that POS pyramid scheme please. Why are you scamming people here. You are not welcome here. If anyone who read that falls for that you deserve to lose your money.
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