Hit Box Review

Price	Amazon
Compatibility	NS / PS4 / PS3 / PC
Dimensions	16.0” x 7.0” x 1.3”
Cable	3 m
Weight	4 lbs

Button Extension

C.O.M.B.O. Extension

Quick Facts

The braided USB cable is detachable.
Hit Box Arcade also provides a sling bag and microfiber cloth.
Professional Street Fighter player Kawano won Evo with the Hit Box!

Performance

Infused with Sanwa parts, the Hit Box feels quite good. The travel distance is quite short, and there is a satisfying bounce to be felt with each press.

The movement buttons are comprised of a 30 mm jumping button with the rest of the directional buttons being 24 mm each. This is a minor yet major detail that adds to the Hit Box’s heft.

The button placement is excellent, truly making the idea behind the Hit Box shine. That idea is to translate joystick movements into much faster ones through button presses.

Hardware

The Hit Box is larger than average. The chassis feels quite sturdy. Along the back are three buttons for menu navigation which are allegedly Sanwa, but they do not feel as good as the face buttons, and they are not labeled. However, not much quality is expected from menu navigational buttons anyway.

Opening up the Hit Box requires a screwdriver. It would have been nicer to have a more user friendly opening technique given that the Hit Box is quite masterful in its design. In any case, the aforementioned shortcomings do not make the Hit Box experience significantly less great.

Appearance

The slim Hit Box does the minimalistic design right, with a pleasing white acrylic plate embellished by some red here and there. It looks like an electronics product designed by a prominent electronics company.

Changing the artwork would require purchasing a blank piece of plexiglass elsewhere, which is not that big of a deal since the Hit Box looks gorgeous as it is. Our artist, Gilbert Han, drew artwork for the Hit Box before and can do the same for you: