Thanks cyborg, I was wandering what they did for the X-ray move on the MK stick makes sense.
As for the TE sticks I don't really care for them when it comes to playing the MK games. Atleast, with them using a square gate. I've never used a round gate/ octo gate in a sanwa or Seimitsu so if you modify the stick it will probably give you a more American/Euro feel on the Japanese stick using the octo gate. what I really like on the Japanese arcade sticks are the buttons they are amazingly responsive you barely have to press them. I've even considered making a stick with an IL stick and sanwa buttons with the original arcade MK layout.
What i'm starting to think given the layout of the stick is the possibility of them including the older arcade versions as an unlockable in the game it definitely would not surprise me given they are going back to the old style of play