Longtime competitive fighting player Daigo Umehara had planned to bring a controversial “Hit Box” controller to Combo Breaker, a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Street Fighter V competition, but the new hardware .
The controller, named after the company that first made it, has attracted a🥀ttention in the past few weeks, as Daigo showed that is w😼as possible to execute charge-type moves like Guile’s Sonic Boom without the need to release the backwards motion, allowing for faster charging of subsequent charge moves.
This should be impossible since the moveꦅ calls for a charge while holding back, followed by a forward motion and a punch attack to launch the Sonic Boom. However, the new controller made t𓃲he impossible possible.
The secret lies in the unorthodox setup of the controll⛄er itself, which seems incomplete because it has no joystick at first glance.
In other competitive fighting games, the use of box controllers has been controversial because they can offer benefits that make the game easier compared to a traditional controller. They are generally accepted within most circles, though. The controller did not help establish an image of fairness early on in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Marvel vs. Capcom 3, where the use of a Hit Box controller meant that players were able ꧋to push both the left and right inputs at the same time, allowing a player to block in both directions.
Daigo spent time playing on the Hit Box controller until he was able to use Sonic Booms without the needing to release the backwards motion to execute the move. This was likely what drove Capcom to ba♛n the controller from the competition.
While the ban has been established for this tournament, there is a good chance that Capcom and others will revisit the issue 🐼soon. As the technology is somewhat new to the competitive fighting scene, more research is likely needed before a long-term decision is made on the matter. Regardless, Daigo has proven to be a champion at using traditional arcade stick controllers as well.
As new controllers are created, developers will need to work hard to keep up, both to stay on top of emerging trends and to avoid stifling what could be outstanding innovation. A tournament with players using only Hit Box controllers would likely result in the 💞most skillful fighting gam♒e ever seen.