For fans of the Tekken series who, like myself, fell in love with the games in their upright arcade cabinet form, Namco Bandai has announced that there will be a special edition of the next installment called "The Tekken 6 Arcade Stick Edition". This version will ship with Tekken 6, as well as a wireless arcade stick controller. The controllers, seen above for the PlayStation 3 and below for the Xbox 360, feature some of the game's artwork and a convenient eight-button configuration, with the Xbox or PlayStation button placed top-center. This edition will also include a 100-page heavyweight art book, containing "a wealth of images chronicling the story, characters and the game’s development".

There will also be a second special edition, called "The Tekken 6 Collectors Edition", which will come with the game, the art book, and exclusive poster, and a limited edition Tekken 6 hooded sweatshirt, featuring different designs for the 360 and PS3 versions.

The press release did not give a price point for either of the editions, but a quick search on amazon revealed that the Arcade Stick Edition will retail for $149.99. That site is not listing the Collectors Edition, but my guess would be that it's going to cost less than the Arcade Stick version.

While $150 isn't exactly chump change, this pricing doesn't seem nearly as egregious as the price points for other games, namely Tony Hawk Ride or D.J. Hero. At least with Tekken 6 you're not required to buy the peripheral in order to play the game. Still though, even as a pretty big Tekken fan, I'm not sure I'm going to fork over that much money for a controller. Am I alone?