| Price | BOOTH |
| Release | August 24, 2025 |
| Compatibility | NS2 / PC |
| Dimensions | 15.8″ x 8.7″ x 2.4″ |
| Cable | 1.5 m |
Overview
S2-Gaming LABO offers a fightstick you can order with preset options or in custom fashion. Three choices include:
- Silent buttons
- Silent joystick
- Lever height
Note: The fightstick can be ordered from Japan internationally using BOOTH’s Buyee feature.
In addition to a responsive Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT-SK joystick that smoothly springs back to neutral when you let go, the fightstick has eight Sanwa OBSF-30 buttons in the legendary Vewlix layout—with one extra button for your right thumb. These buttons have minimal travel distance, landing your combos as smoothly as a smoothie.
There are five smaller Sanwa OBSF-24 function buttons over the main buttons, but they’re still bigger than most function buttons, so you can forget about those tiny little function buttons that are bothersome to press. Anyway, one reason the function buttons are on top instead of on the side is to conveniently press LS and RS.
(All the buttons are screw-ins, which is the recommended type for this fightstick.)
That said, the fightstick is sized well for wrist resting and lap placement. Just note that the fightstick doesn’t come preinstalled with an anti-slip bottom pad. However, it should still be stable enough without a pad.
The fightstick, which is made of acrylic and with aluminum pillars, is held together by four screws. Not only that, four more screws hold the joystick in place.
Unscrew the fightstick, and you’ll gain access to the neatly wired interior. There, you should find the Raspberry Pi Pico chip that we at The Arcade Stick have grown to become familiar with over time. You see, this chip has low latency. This way, you can anti-air your jumping opponent in time.
Shoryuken!
Now, let’s screw the fightstick back together to explore one last aspect of the hardware: the USB-B passthrough. This passthrough can be found in the fightstick’s back left, and to be honest, it seems that USB-B is pretty popular with the Japanese. Hey, at least this isn’t a Groundhog Day product!
Anyhow, you can buy the fightstick in gray or white, and the pillars can be silver or black. The fightstick can come with a black joystick and buttons by default, but you can go crazy with the parts’ colors.
Though, the same can’t be said about the always black bottom, which isn’t that big of a deal. Hey, let’s summarize the aforementioned colors with a bullet list:
- Fightstick: gray or white
- Pillars: silver or black
- Joystick: any color
- Buttons: any color
- Bottom: black
(Although S2-Gaming LABO assembles its fightsticks with care, your fightstick may arrive with minor scratches. Also, make sure not to wipe down this fightstick with any solvents that are known to make acrylic crack.)
With that being said, this fightstick is a good pick for tournament warriors who like placing a fightstick on their laps while on the go. It’s also cool that the function buttons are of a comfortable size—and conveniently positioned. Furthermore, the color customization is not too shabby at all. Finally, the premium Sanwa parts are the cherry on top.