BNSUSA Fusion Series Metal Extreme Platform Dance Pad

Pixxel · Basic Member Joined: 21 Dec 2005

I agree with ThePandemonium. By the way: if you get version 2 of the pad, there won't be any square or triangle buttons.
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glfelt · Basic Member Joined: 03 Feb 2006

Okay, so FedEx is telling me that it will arrive tomorrow. I plan on dancing on it as much as possible tomorrow night. If anyone still cares about this pad (considering how often it manages to drift off the front page, I'm not sure anyone does), then I'll do my best to write a decent length first impressions review.

So just let me know if you want me to, otherwise I'm done on this topic and I'll let it drift back into the depths of the board.

ThePandemonium · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2005

mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

kahuna · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2005

This looks like a decent metal pad. The only thing bad about it might be the sensitivity, which shouldn't be an issue with me since I'm 200 lbs.

I still haven't heard about one of these breaking. How about ghosting? Is there anyone that owns one of these that has any ghosting issues?
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ThePandemonium · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2005

Ok, there is one problem that I have noticed but really isn't bad. Well during song selection, if you it the arrow wrong, it will set off the opposite side. This only happens once in a while and never happened during a song. No big deal. Its a minor problem that cannot decide if you should or shouldn't get the pad. It is a very good pad. I like it better than the Afterburner since it was good... for a day.
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mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

well have you used it long enough? the main thing from reading other people's reviews that i was understanding was that this pad requires dancing into (aka, it gets better the more you use it). i'd imagine that those months you've left the thing standing could've at least been used to make the pad more sensitive. other than the money you've spent on it, what have you got to lose now? i mean, you have the pad so you might as well try to see if you can make it work better for you. this pad is probably a helluva lot better than having to deal with individual arrow issues on a CF...and it's not like the CF doesn't have any flaws in it either. plus the BNSUSA fusion series pads seems to be one of the few decent mid-range priced pads that is ALSO compatible with the xbox, compared to the PS2-only CF...

unone · Basic Member Joined: 17 Feb 2006

I got this pad on Friday 2/17. So far my experience has been mixed. This pad definitely has to be danced into. As others have said it gets better with use. I'm finally getting close to being able to get the same scores I could get with my soft pad.

I find I still have a hard time hitting the arrows on some songs. I didn't think I would have a problem with that since the only other pad I've used was the one bundled with extreme 2. Half of the time when a step doesn't register it's because my foot was slightly off. You don't have to hit it exact, but it does seem to have a smaller sweet spot than my old pad.

Over all I'm pretty happy so far. I just hope that it continues to improve. Someone mentioned that all he had to do was brush his foot over the button to make it register. If it gets to that point, then all the hard work will be worth it.

kahuna · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2005

If I end up buying this, I'll bribe the 400 pound lady down the road with a bucket of fried chicken to stomp on it for me. No "dancing in" required.
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mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

i wonder if you still have to speacial-order the v2 by phone or is it finally listed on the website?

trogita · Basic Member Joined: 22 Aug 2005

Well, I recently returned my V1 for a V2, so that was a good change. Currently, I have maybe 3-4 hours of gameplay into it, and it is still horrible, but I am definitely noticing improvement. I even got a 70 combo...I hope eventually it will become bearable, I definietly have hope and am glad to see that at least some form of progress is being made, hope it pans out. I'll post later after I have some more gameplay into it.

XohshitztonysbackX · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006

Anyone know where I can get this metal pad at besides Buynshop?

I dont trust them anymore. Back in 2001, I bought it from them. They said it will come with pc adpater. Not only that, I use the pad about 2weeks and it died. screws were missing. BTW this another pad.

ThePandemonium · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2005

RizaCifra · Basic Member Joined: 25 Feb 2006

Does anyone have any recent reviews for this pad or for how their pad is doing? Sensitivity and stuff? I'm interested in this pad, but I'm worried about sensitivity because I weigh under 100 lbs. I've heard of people lighter than myself using this, but I'm looking for more input? Think I'd be able to break it in?

My decision's between this and a TX-4000 (I have a pretty low budget).

kahuna · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2005

glfelt · Basic Member Joined: 03 Feb 2006

And you'll certainly have to fix it.
The advantage of the BNS pad is that it's much more durable and overall more playable than the TX.

mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

well i guess the way to say it is that if you really need a working low-budget pad that works from the get-go, get the tx4000...but you'll also need to commit yourself to having to fix sensor issues if you do get it.

if you want the fusion metal pad you'll need to commit to using the pad every single day in order to make it more sensitive, but in the end it'll be more durable...and i guess for some people it's hard to do with the busy schedule most people have...but hey, everything has it's flaws

i still hate to have to deal with arrow sensor issues, and also from the arrows themselves breaking. and overall there have only been a few negative comments about this pad regarding said issues, so i'd still put my hopes on this BNSUSA pad.