Arcade-style fight sticks still dominate the competitive fighting game scene, even though as time has gone on, gamepads have been gaining ground among high-level players. However, leverless all-button fight "sticks"--commonly referred to as Hit Boxes, which is the company that popularized them--have gained a lot of traction. By relegating movement to four distinct buttons, directional inputs are quicker and more precise, and there's an ergonomic advantage to the keyboard-like hand placement...
