Gizmodo: hori

$300 Virtual On Joysticks Are Faithful to the Original

Adam Frucci — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:20:00 EDT

You could buy the $15 Xbox Live Arcade game Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram and play it with a regular controller. Or you could cowboy the fuck up and buy Hori's $323 dual joystick controller designed specifically for Virtual On.

This is the second design of these sticks, redesigned after fans complained that the first ones weren't faithful enough to the Dreamcast original. And if any company needs to listen to the whines of fanboys, it's a high-end Japanese peripheral company that makes $300 controllers designed for $15 games. [Insert Credit via Kotaku]

Tekken 6 Wireless Fighting Stick Comes with Game, Art Book

Adam Frucci — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:40:00 EDT

Street Fighter IV isn't the only fighting game out there, you know. Tekken 6 is coming, and with it is a $150 wireless fighting stick bundle from HORI.

Available for both the PS3 and Xbox 360, the official Tekken 6 Wireless Fight Stick Bundle brings you the stick, the game and an art book full of scantily clad CG ladies with ridiculous boobs, as you discerning fighting game aficionados demand. [Joystiq]

Hori Arcade Stick is Made From the Guts of Real Arcade Machines

Adam Frucci — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:00:00 EST

Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix addicts, pay attention: Hori's Real Arcade Pro EX SE arcade stick is as solid a controller as you'll find for the Xbox 360, but it'll cost you.

This chunk of an arcade machine really is just that, with the stick, buttons and components coming from Seimitsu, a company that supplies the guts to the actual arcade machines that get worn down with teenager sweat. Hell, this thing weighs nearly six pounds!

Combine that fact with this being a limited edition object, and you get a $151 pricetag (plus import costs, as this is Japan-only). But if you want arcade quality in your living room, there's not much else out there to match this. [Kotaku]

Wii Classic Controller Gets a GameCube Makeover

Mark Wilson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST

The Hori Classic Controller isn't just a Wavebird knockoff for the Wii. It's a strange amalgamation between the old and new, borrowing the iconic Wavebird formfactor while simultaneously swapping those ridiculous Wavebird controls for the more practical 4-button setup from the SNES/Classic Controller and a pair of dual analog sticks reminiscent of the Xbox 360. In other words, it looks chunky and fantastic. The $30 Hori Classic Controller will be available for import soon...but the baby blue finish is killing us. [Play-Asia via OhGizmo]

Xbox-Top: Giant Japanese 12-inch LCD for the 360

Brian Lam — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:57:17 EDT

Hori's relatively giant, 12-inch, 720p LCD docks with your XBox, bringing it half way towards being tote worthy. I especially appreciate the fact that the screen is essentially the same width and length as the console's side.

The Japan-only screen launches in July, and takes component outputs. It costs around $300, nearly as much as an XBox 360, but other screens tend to range in the 7-inch range, coming in low def res, so let's hope this one comes stateside. One more shot, post jump.

–Brian Lam

Hori's 12-inch XBox 360 LCD [IGN]