| Price | Attasa |
| Release | July 19, 2024 |
| Compatibility* | PS5 / NS / PC |
| Dimensions | 12.1″ x 7.3″ x 3.5″ |
Introduction
He is a contender for the best fighting gamer of all time. Daigo Umehara started playing fighting games decades ago—probably starting with arcade cabinets—until he took the fighting game community by storm with his use of a mysterious controller. It had more buttons than your coworker’s dress shirt. That controller was the GafroBox.
Well, the GafroBox got banned…
Fast forward to today: we at The Arcade Stick are glad to let you know that Gafro is offering a controller called LI.TERAS. It brings back many of the GafroBox’s useful aspects—plus interchangeable modules.
Performance
The LI.TERAS is a modular controller. So, its left and right sides are separate. Namely, the directional input side is separate from the attack button side. Not only that, you can even enjoy a D-pad as well as some pad buttons—useful if you come from a console background.
The fact of the matter is the LI.TERAS uses Qanba D-lite buttons, which are the snap-in type, and they are linear with little resistance. Furthermore, they are fast and have minimal travel distance.
Hardware
The case is made of PLA MAX by way of an FDM 3D printer. By simply playing fighting games, this material shouldn’t warp or anything. Just make sure you don’t leave the LI.TERAS out in the sun or something like that.
For your compatibility needs, the LI.TERAS mini uses the Brook P5 Mini—a PCB that has almost zero input lag. Oh, and enjoy the white USB-B to A cable that comes with the controller. The USB-B port is tucked nicely into the controller’s back left. Inside, the controller is wired well.
That said, let’s dive into the modules you can get for the left and right side of the LI.TERAS (in addition to the housing, which has a carrying handle).
On the left side of the LI.TERAS:
- D-pad with two shoulder buttons
- Joystick with two arcade buttons
- Six arcade buttons with a palm rest
- Six arcade buttonholes with a palm rest
(Want to remove the palm rest? No problem—you are just a screw away from doing that.)
As for the LI.TERAS’ right side:
- Six pad buttons with two shoulder buttons and a back button
- Nine arcade buttons
- Nine arcade buttonholes
- Nine sloped arcade buttons with a palm rest
- Nine sloped arcade buttonholes with a palm rest
Or you can just get the LI.TERAS mini with 15 buttons total—plus palm rests!
Appearance
The LI.ITERAS has quite the retro look—with a gray case in addition to green, yellow, and blue parts. There are other case colors like blue and khaki too. You can even have the buttons in red as well.
With that being said, the LI.TERAS can look a bit dated. Fortunately, you can offset this potential downside by picking an elegant combination of colors.
In closing, and instead of spending so much on several controllers, you can just buy this controller. Imagine you like playing Tekken & Street Fighter, but you prefer using a joystick for this game and leverless for that game. With the LI.TERAS, you would not feel like you are missing out.
(For worldwide shipping, consider ordering from Attasa.)
Conclusion
If you are looking to the dominate the competition with a uniquely sloped modular controller, consider the LI.TERAS!
- Fully sized or mini
- Modular
- Ergonomic
- Wired well
- Quality material
- Carrying handle
- Qanba buttons
- Brook PCB
- 3D printed
- Can look dated
Rating
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐