Nacon Daija Arcade Stick – Review

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While modern times brings us expensive “Pro” controllers on a regular basis, two areas where expensive peripherals have been the norm for years are steering wheels and arcade sticks and today we’re looking at the former and Nacon’s offering known as the “Daija”.

As mentioned in my review for the Nacon Pro Compact controller, I’m a big fan of Nacon, as well as recent releases such as Transport Fever 2, Chef Life & Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, they’re behind my personal favorite controller in the Revolution X.

Before receiving the Nacon Daija Arcade Stick, It’d been quite a while since I’d tried an arcade stick, I’m not the best at fighting games and over the years I’ve become so used to a standard controller, I even turn my nose up at the sound of mouse & keyboard, so test-driving the Daija was always going to be as an outsider rather than a seasoned pro, but hopefully I can help answer the question of whether a fancy arcade stick is going to improve your performance at a range of games.

The Daija arcade stick is quite a hefty beast about the size of a 15-17″ laptop measuring 380x261x70mm, made of a mix of metal and plastics, it’s heavy enough to feel incredibly sturdy without being too uncomfortable for lap-top use, and the underside is mostly covered with a rubber pad which means it’s not going to be sliding around if you’re using it on a table or desk.

The top of the Daija has a large removeable cover held in place by 8 hex screws which you can remove using the included screwdriver to change the background decal. In the box there’s the black used in most promotional images as well as the lighter gray one (which i’ve included images of, as well as a plain white piece of card which I presume is just a backing card,