Hitboxes are Tournament Legal Again Despite new CPT Tournament Rules

The Capcom Pro Tour will be a huge event next year with Street Fighter 6 upping the hype on just about everything. That did come with some CPT controller rules change which spelt disaster for hitbox players! At least it did. A few weeks after the change though, Hit Box has already pushed out a new firmware update which will restore the fight sticks to the Capcom Pro Tour!

New Firmware Update Fixes Rule Change Problems for Hit Box

Source: @Hit_Box

Ever since the original CPT controller rule change was announced, Hit Box has said they were working on the problem. The changes didn’t make hitboxes specifically outlawed, but instead, all controllers that handle UP +Down in the wrong way. Hit Box have made good on its promise to fix things.

Hit Box has announced they’re pushing a new update, firmware 1.04. This allows players to switch between two different SOCD mode. There’s the standard and the new version that’s compatible. L3 and R3 stick clicks have also been added in training mode functionality for good measure.

The new changes will restore hit boxes as tournament legal even with the rule changes. It adds this in on a different mode though. Players using a hitbox on one of the other top fighting games won’t have to deal with the change unless they have to! This is a great balance that will make the controllers usable to everyone again.

CPT Controller Rule Changes

The 2023 Capcom Pro Tour is shaping up to be an exciting tournament, but it will be one with kind of different-looking matches thanks to a recent rule change. Capcom has clarified some rules ahead of the season starting. Specifically, they’ve weighed into what’s always a controversial topic in fighting games, controllers. Capcom has issued new CPT controller rules which are going to have a big impact on quite a few of the best players.

The New CPT Controller Rules

The new CPT controller rules don’t outlaw any one controller type specifically. However, they will no longer allow leveless controllers or boxes that allow two inputs to be pressed at once with one picked. If a controller has up and down pressed, their new rules would need up to be preferred here. It will only apply to Street Fighter 6, not other Capcom games. This did seem like a big change for hit box players though.

Source: @CapcomFighters

The new CPT controller rules meant players had to switch things up. We’ve still got a little while until the Street Fighter 6 release date to see what affected players do.

What Does it Change?

The new CPT controller rules are a bit technical if you’re not too invested in the minutia of controllers, but it is a major change. This was specifically going to hit leveless controllers like hit boxes. While hit boxes are controversial, they’ve come to dominate a lot of the top fighting games.

At last year’s EVO, almost the entire Capcom Top 8 was using hit boxes rather than more standard gamepads. It has reached the point where they have a big impact on the game and those who don’t use them have expressed frustration. This new rule change will force a change in controllers, most hit boxes aren’t going to be legal anymore. Or at least they weren’t, now that Hit Box have rolled out a firmware update it seems safe again.

Hit Box manufacturers have rolled out a firmware update to make things comply in time for the start of the CPT. With such a huge prize pool on offer this time, it’s going to be a steeper competition than ever. It makes sense that Capcom is looking to re-evaluate some of its rules in light of this. We’ll have to see if hit box players continue after the firmware update, or if Capcom changes things again to try and move away from he hit box dominance.

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