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Due to their drastically different control layouts, arcade controllers are often considered to have higher learning curves compared to the average controller, making them harder to switch to from traditional ones. The considerable increase in surface area means that the player needs to put more effort into performing an input than a controller user doing the same. This leads to artificially slower reaction times for inexperienced users of arcade controllers, though this downside wanes with time. Arcade controllers also tend to be much more expensive than regular controllers, and the world of used arcade controllers is almost nonexistent due to the occasionally mandatory purchasing of new components, effectively making it new again and no guarantee that it will be compatible with the system, a risk regular controllers do not experience. Arcade controllers with buttons in place of a stick also contain the same shortcoming as [[keyboard]]s in that the subtle input reading of a stick is removed and a player can only be stopped or moving at one speed without mapping each movement speed to an individual button, making the controller far more complicated to use than a standard controller. | Due to their drastically different control layouts, arcade controllers are often considered to have higher learning curves compared to the average controller, making them harder to switch to from traditional ones. The considerable increase in surface area means that the player needs to put more effort into performing an input than a controller user doing the same. This leads to artificially slower reaction times for inexperienced users of arcade controllers, though this downside wanes with time. Arcade controllers also tend to be much more expensive than regular controllers, and the world of used arcade controllers is almost nonexistent due to the occasionally mandatory purchasing of new components, effectively making it new again and no guarantee that it will be compatible with the system, a risk regular controllers do not experience. Arcade controllers with buttons in place of a stick also contain the same shortcoming as [[keyboard]]s in that the subtle input reading of a stick is removed and a player can only be stopped or moving at one speed as well as lose access to specific angles that hamper recoveries without mapping each movement speed and angle to an individual button, making the controller far more complicated to use than a standard controller. | ||
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===Legality=== | ===Legality=== | ||
The legality of arcade controllers is a controversial subject. Some argue that the controller's capacity to do otherwise impossible techniques, such as multiple simultaneous actions and performing complicated actions with greater ease, gives users an unfair advantage over regular controllers. Some players within and outside the ''Smash'' [[community]] have gone as far as to consider these types of controllers [[cheating]] and advocate for their banning. Others argue that their inherent downsides, such as steep learning curves and loss of subtle intricacies regular controllers possess that lead to more limited and predictable gameplay, offset their advantages. Players for arcade controllers also cite the accessibility enhancements for those with hand problems, which has allowed many ex-competitors to return to tournaments. Hax$, one of the biggest proponents of these types of controllers, has gone as far as to [[nerf]] his B0XX controller for the sake of making it tournament-viable, largely appeasing community members. | The legality of arcade controllers is a controversial subject. Some argue that the controller's capacity to do otherwise impossible techniques, such as multiple simultaneous actions and performing complicated actions with greater ease, gives users an unfair advantage over regular controllers. Some players within and outside the ''Smash'' [[community]] have gone as far as to consider these types of controllers [[cheating]] and advocate for their banning. Others argue that their inherent downsides, such as steep learning curves and loss of subtle intricacies regular controllers possess that lead to more limited and predictable gameplay, offset their advantages. Players for arcade controllers also cite the accessibility enhancements for those with hand problems, which has allowed many ex-competitors to return to tournaments. Hax$, one of the biggest proponents of these types of controllers, has gone as far as to [[nerf]] his B0XX controller for the sake of making it tournament-viable, largely appeasing community members. Outside of the ''Smash'' tournament scene, some controllers have explicitly been banned, with that ruling sometimes bleeding over into ''Smash'' tournaments. A notable example is the "GafroBox" that was popularized by {{uv|Street Fighter}} player Daigo Umehara. On top of the already controversial Hitbox layout, this controller has a unique simultaneous opposing cardinal directions (abbreviated as '''SOCD''') cleaner, meant to algorithmically decide which directional input would take priority over others held down at the same time, that prioritizes the latest input. The previous standard was to return the character to a neutral position. This change alters how games not designed for it are played, such as walking forward while charging inputs and allowing frame-perfect reaction times not possible on other controllers, and thus it was officially banned in all [[Capcom]] sanctioned tournaments.<ref>[https://www.oneesports.gg/street-fighter/the-gafrobox-the-banned-tech-that-made-daigo-ditch-his-arcade-stick/ The GafroBox: The banned tech that made Daigo ditch his arcade stick]</ref> | ||
Arcade controllers are generally considered legal for tournaments given they comply with the same stipulations as all other controllers, specifically not including macros or turbo functionality or having specific firmware that alters how the game or characters are played.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200302113040/https://smashworldtour.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SWT-2020-Rulebook.pdf Smash World Tour ruleset, pg. 19]</ref> However, this standard is not universal, and specific rulings are sometimes made on a case-by-case basis by [[tournament organizer]]s with each individual arcade controller being inspected prior to a game to make sure no player is trying to smuggle unauthorized controllers into a tournament with malicious intent. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||