Fightpad recommendations

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I have noticed recently I constantly misinput up on my dpad, especially when backdashing or using charge moves on my 3rd party Xbox One controller.

I am probably looking for something with clicky buttons (but I cant say for sure I'd prefer those with certainty), for €75(incl. Shipping) or less.

I don't know if I'd like fightsticks, so I'm keeping that option open, but I do not want leverless controllers.

5 main ones I looked at were:

Hori Fighting Commander OCTA - Heard the Dpad is stiff.

8BitDo M30 - I heard someone saying that they expirienced accidental up inputs on those.

8BitDo NEOGEO - Hard to find, expencive resellers, not a lot of buttons.

RetroBit Sega Saturn - Heard mixed stuff about the build quality.

Betop C3 Thorn - Have heard its decent and haven't heard much negatives about it, so I don't really know it's downsides.

In terms of fight sticks I only really looked at the 8BitDo fight stick, but I'm not sure if they are for me, especially since my main game is GBFVR.

Any recommendations for others or expiriences with these?

Posted Apr 28, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC

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