{"id":14682,"date":"2022-08-05T13:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T04:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14682"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T04:37:32","slug":"20220805-14682","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220805-14682\/","title":{"rendered":"Daigo Umehara is partnering with Hit Box, the maker of popular all-button arcade controllers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220804-213230\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-08-04 23:52<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Professional gamer <strong>Daigo Umehara<\/strong> announced on August 3 (JST) that he has entered <strong>a new partnership with Hit Box<\/strong>, bringing together the biggest name in Japan\u2019s professional gaming scene and the most popular name in all-button arcade controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce3Announcement\ud83d\udce3<br>Today I have entered a new partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hit_Box?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hit_Box<\/a> as an official brand ambassador. I\u2019ve enjoyed using this type of controller for a few years now and am looking forward to continuing with a Hit Box for Street Fighter 6! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HitBox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HitBox<\/a><br><br>(\ud83d\udcf7Taro Kawashima) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5pFonbKhJA\">pic.twitter.com\/5pFonbKhJA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daigo Umehara (@daigothebeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daigothebeast\/status\/1554823609637642242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Daigo is known as Japan\u2019s first professional gamer and has a career full of legendary moments such as the \u201cDaigo Parry\u201d during the <em>Street Fighter III: 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Strike<\/em> competition at EVO 2004. He\u2019s currently an active professional <em>Street Fighter V<\/em> player, and in addition to Hit Box, is sponsored by Red Bull, HyperX, and Mildom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This partnership brings together a legendary pro gamer with Hit Box, an American game peripheral manufacturer known for their all-button arcade controllers that don\u2019t feature an arcade stick. Instead, these controllers replace the arcade stick with four buttons for directional input. They\u2019re considered especially effective in fighting games where 1 frame can be the difference between a win and a loss. Besides Daigo, fellow Hit Box brand ambassador Kawano and pro gamer Tokido also use all-button controllers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220804-213230-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>As an aside, Hit Box refers to all-button arcade controllers made by the company Hit Box, but many players use the term to refer to all all-button controllers, which shows just how much name recognition the company has in the gaming community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daigo and Hit Box first crossed paths back in 2019. Like other players at the time, Daigo practiced with a regular arcade stick and had a sponsorship deal with Mad Catz. that same year, Daigo became interested in all-button controllers and was seen using one for the first time. These controllers being well suited for his main <em>Street Fighter V<\/em> character Guile also seemed to have played a role in his decision. However, instead of a Hit Box, he was using a controller made by fellow fighting game player gafrohair called the Gafrobox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After practicing with an all-button controller, Daigo was going to try participating in Combo Breaker 2019 using the Gafrobox. However, despite it being approved beforehand, it was announced that the Gafrobox was banned from use at the competition. Daigo was left with no choice but to participate using a regular arcade stick. This was due to the Gafrobox being dubbed as able to potentially perform inputs other arcade sticks and all-button arcade controllers could not. When Hit Box caught wind of the uproar, they sent Daigo one of their own controllers which he has continued to use.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you very much for stopping by! Please let us know if you have any more questions in the future. \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C4rj54Y72f\">https:\/\/t.co\/C4rj54Y72f<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hit Box Arcade (@hitboxarcade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hitboxarcade\/status\/1132724855508492288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Now, after 3 years since these two parties came together, a partnership has been formed. Hit Box brand ambassador Daigo Umehara will be competing in <em>Street Fighter V<\/em> at EVO 2022 which is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) on August 5. This will be the first in-person EVO in 3 years, so we can\u2019t wait to see how Daigo performs.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now with the Hit Box logo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELgxNqiNHE\">pic.twitter.com\/ELgxNqiNHE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daigo Umehara (@daigothebeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daigothebeast\/status\/1555391713597857793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional gamer Daigo Umehara announced that he has entered a new partnership with Hit Box, bringing together the biggest name in Japan\u2019s professional gaming scene and the most popular name in all-button arcade controllers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":14685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,17],"class_list":["post-14682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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