Street Fighter IV is coming to the consoles a lot sooner than I thought. Having just released on the arcades last year, I was expecting more of a mid 2009 release date.

With just one month to go, quite a number of Street Fighter IV gamepads and arcade joysticks surfaced, especially from Mad Catz. Let’s check out these gears.

The Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3

This is one joystick to drool over, and the one to buy if you are thinking of going serious with Street Fighter IV. It is the first to use the same japanese style ball-handled joystick and 30 mm action buttons, similar to the ones found on the official arcade cabinet of Street Fighter IV. Coupled with the exact layout, you can’t get any more serious than this.

For more casual gamers, there are also basic FightSticks as well as Fightpads for both consoles. I myself would probably pick up the latter as I sucked so bad with joysticks. Available Fightpads are Chun-Li, Ryu, Ken, Akuma and Blanka. Pretty awesome looking.

Hori will also be releasing their own Street Fighter IV arcade joysticks for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

With all the available peripherals, we are definitely ready to take on Street Fighter IV.

Time to get those quarter circle moves in motion folks!

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