Qanba Q2-PRO Battle of Wits Arcade Stick Lets You Switch Between Left and Right Handed Use

by iantothemax on February 5th, 2012 at 9:34 am

Chinese arcade stick manufacturers Qanba recently revealed a product geared towards players uncomfortable with the typical joystick and button layout. With a flick of a switch, the stick can but turned around and used from the opposite direction, allowing left-handed players a more comfortable solution to playing on a stick. While the design calls for a straight button layout to work properly, it’s a nice, thoughtful reworking that should help left-handed players acclimate a little faster to playing on an arcade stick. The Q2-PRO ‘Battle of Wits’ is set to release sometime in mid-March of this year.

Source: Qanba, tip via Jebailey

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i love it
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looks sexy
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New Technology lol
- Kevin Wark
  
  You can make similar setups with nothing more than a double-throw, multi-pole switch.
  They’re just doing the same thing with transistor logic instead of physical switches.
- Kevin Wark
  
  You can make similar setups with nothing more than a double-throw, multi-pole switch.
  They’re just doing the same thing with transistor logic instead of physical switches.
- Kevin Wark
  
  You can make similar setups with nothing more than a double-throw, multi-pole switch.
  They’re just doing the same thing with transistor logic instead of physical switches.
http://www.facebook.com/call.me.mr.siddiqui Adeel Siddiqui

THIS IS THE STICK FOR ME! I have no feeling in particular in my right hand, therefore I have a hard time even linking. I had to rely on sound cues to know if I was doing it right. This is perfect for that! Also I am left handed as well so definitely comes in handy!
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5FLRQI2X2LU3IHMCG7HEAEFD5I Cat Astrophy
  
  Does it feel like someone else is doing it if you yank your crank with your right hand?
  - http://www.facebook.com/call.me.mr.siddiqui Adeel Siddiqui
    
    I really should of seen that coming hahaha
    - http://www.facebook.com/people/Rasaan-Miller/749060366 Rasaan Miller
      
      That didn’t answer the question
      - Mikahl757
        
        Pix or GTFO
      - http://www.facebook.com/people/Brett-Gathings/100000335381553 Brett Gathings
        
        How you gunna see his lack of feeeling. For the record, could be worse. Your “crank” could have no feeling. 0_o
      - http://www.facebook.com/people/Brett-Gathings/100000335381553 Brett Gathings
        
        How you gunna see his lack of feeeling. For the record, could be worse. Your “crank” could have no feeling. 0_o
      - Mikahl757
        
        Pix or GTFO
    - http://www.facebook.com/people/Rasaan-Miller/749060366 Rasaan Miller
      
      That didn’t answer the question
    - http://twitter.com/Warpticon Chris
      
      No, he asked how it felt, not what it looked like.
    - http://twitter.com/Warpticon Chris
      
      No, he asked how it felt, not what it looked like.
    - http://twitter.com/Warpticon Chris
      
      No, he asked how it felt, not what it looked like.
http://www.facebook.com/call.me.mr.siddiqui Adeel Siddiqui

THIS IS THE STICK FOR ME! I have no feeling in particular in my right hand, therefore I have a hard time even linking. I had to rely on sound cues to know if I was doing it right. This is perfect for that! Also I am left handed as well so definitely comes in handy!
Anonymous

I was actually just wondering the other day why this has yet to be done of if it even could be practically.
- Anonymous
  
  Because most of the cool lefties ply cross-handed like Seth.
http://handsomefatman.com/ Carlos Alexandre

I like straight layouts more than curved anyway.

If there was some way to actually replace the Japanese stick with a Happ/iL model, I’d grab it in a heartbeat.
Anonymous

“TECHNOLOGY BABY!!! ……technology.”
Anonymous

“TECHNOLOGY BABY!!! ……technology.”
http://www.facebook.com/Name001 Artie Jrvis

Damn. It feels like i just lost so much money. I had this idea a while back! TEARS!
- Kevin Wark
  
  It’s not a new idea. Reversible controllers have been around since at least the 80′s. They were just never successful products.
  - Anonymous
    
    They are the stock stick for V Smiles
  - Anonymous
    
    They are the stock stick for V Smiles
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Damn. It feels like i just lost so much money. I had this idea a while back! TEARS!
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Damn. It feels like i just lost so much money. I had this idea a while back! TEARS!
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Damn. It feels like i just lost so much money. I had this idea a while back! TEARS!
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Damn. It feels like i just lost so much money. I had this idea a while back! TEARS!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HANBIP7VPLXI44JWCPKAIS3LVM Chu

good for people who like the straight button layout design too
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good for people who like the straight button layout design too
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HANBIP7VPLXI44JWCPKAIS3LVM Chu

good for people who like the straight button layout design too
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HANBIP7VPLXI44JWCPKAIS3LVM Chu

good for people who like the straight button layout design too
http://twitter.com/Shugotenshi714 Brian Nguyen

Too bad this doesn’t solve their solution for playing on an actual cabinet heh
- Anonymous
  
  Too bad it doesn’t cure cancer either.
  - Anonymous
    
    What till we have the data before you say it won’t cure cancer.
  - Anonymous
    
    What till we have the data before you say it won’t cure cancer.
- Anonymous
  
  Too bad it doesn’t cure cancer either.
Anonymous

IDK, I’m a lefty and never had a problem using arcade sticks. I think I would actually find it harder to use the stick with my right hand after so many years using my left hand. This is cool for those who would prefer using their right hand
- Anonymous
  
  I’ve always found this concept weird too. I’m left-handed, and I think I have an advantage in using my primary hand on the more precise control, the joystick instead of the buttons. Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve been touch-typing since I was about 10 years old that negates any coordination disadvantage I’d have with the buttons using my off-hand. I definitely appreciate it when a company caters to lefties, but this product probably isn’t for me either.
- Anonymous
  
  I’ve always found this concept weird too. I’m left-handed, and I think I have an advantage in using my primary hand on the more precise control, the joystick instead of the buttons. Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve been touch-typing since I was about 10 years old that negates any coordination disadvantage I’d have with the buttons using my off-hand. I definitely appreciate it when a company caters to lefties, but this product probably isn’t for me either.
Anonymous

IDK, I’m a lefty and never had a problem using arcade sticks. I think I would actually find it harder to use the stick with my right hand after so many years using my left hand. This is cool for those who would prefer using their right hand
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Im gonna buy this because of the design…
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Maybe now Seth “Cloth-hand” Killian wont have to play cross handed.
Anonymous

The stick is better when it comes to pressing buttons as fast as a keyboard since you use all your fingers and not just your thumbs.

The controller is better because you have your hands wraped around it allowing you to react faster.

I also just prefer the hand held. That’s the only difference.
Anonymous

The stick is better when it comes to pressing buttons as fast as a keyboard since you use all your fingers and not just your thumbs.

The controller is better because you have your hands wraped around it allowing you to react faster.

I also just prefer the hand held. That’s the only difference.
Anonymous

The stick is better when it comes to pressing buttons as fast as a keyboard since you use all your fingers and not just your thumbs.

The controller is better because you have your hands wraped around it allowing you to react faster.

I also just prefer the hand held. That’s the only difference.
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Im left hand and what is this
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F*cking smart!
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I don’t understand the purpose of this stick. If a person is left-handed, then why not go out and buy a left-handed stick? That way, they can have the shifted buttons too.
- Anonymous
  
  What about indecisive ambidextrous gamers?
  - http://www.facebook.com/Ramrune Laurence Doyle
    
    Desk will be first in line
  - http://unessential.livejournal.com/ Unessential
    
    Actually that’s exactly why I’m thinking of modding my stick to do the same after seeing this article… modding. not purchasing the Qanba…
- Anonymous
  
  What about indecisive ambidextrous gamers?
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Anonymous

Now, if only the HitBox did that…
- Kevin Wark
  
  There’s no reason it can’t. If you can’t just flip the panel over and reinstall the buttons, you could always make your own. Even a child could build a box with a button panel on it.
Anonymous

Now, if only the HitBox did that…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kevin-Gershkoff/100002493280202 Kevin Gershkoff

Nice, but will it be a tri-mod like the Q4RAF?
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Kownacki/100003183843250 Paul Kownacki

Also perfect if you want to re-create the feel of some older arcade cabs. That, or that one NeoGeo cab that was put together by someone who had no idea what the hell they were doing.
Anonymous

lol, now I can play cross handed
Anonymous

I’m just glad they got rid of the start button off of the front. I wonder if they will come dual modded out of the box.
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Ιs it for xbox 360?What about the price?

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