My index fingers would complete the hold by sitting comfortably on the fightpad’s shoulder buttons. The palms of my hands rest easily on the bottom handles of the controller, while my middle, ring, and pinky wrap around its matte material. The controller seems to melt in my hands when I played with it, which stems both from its weight and form. One of the first things I noticed about the MKX Wired Fight Pad was the fact how light it was, which I’m sure is a result of not including any kind of rumble inside of its plastic shell. But if I learned anything from my time with PDP’s fightpad, it’s that just because something is the first, doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be the best. The fightpad features a precision D-Pad, 6 Micro-switch face buttons, and was designed with fighting games in mind. The Mortal Kombat X Fight Pad also has the ability to be used on last-gen consoles with the flip of a switch, making it quite the adaptable controller.
That’s why last week’s release of the Mortal Kombat X Fight Pad by PDP was such a big deal as not only was it created to help celebrate the game’s official release next week, but it’s one of the first fightpads that’s available for current-gen consoles. We’re now over a year into the current generation of video game consoles, but we have yet to see any fightsticks or fightpads compatible with either the Xbox One or PlayStation 4.
