Soul Calibur IV and its apprentice
2008-06-06 17:27:02 by Kudgel
Not only Yoda (Xbox 360) and Darth Vader (Playstation 3) will join the roster of Soul Calibur IV, but also the secret apprentice from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. All is missing is the legendary Boba Fett now! In fact, I was hoping for Jango Fett. The unveiling is done through some images and even a trailer.
1 linked game : SoulCalibur IV
7 Images Secret Apprentice
Apprentice reveal
Since 181 Days
2008-06-06 17:45:20 Soul Calibur IV and its apprentice
Hate SW, no need for it in a SC game ;/
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Since 1179 Days
2008-06-06 17:47:34
Love SW, no need for it in a SC game :)
If Yoda is really on my box art, I'm gonna be a little annoyed.
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Since 478 Days
2008-06-06 17:49:03 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-06-06 17:47:34)
If Yoda is really on my box art, I'm gonna be a little annoyed.
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Since 1301 Days
2008-06-06 17:56:53
I don't see anything WRONG with it, as long as they keep the gameplay equal with all characters, I don't see the problem.
Now that apprentice is kind of like a cheap character no? Like, there's nothing cool about him, looks like a bum actually.
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Since 1166 Days
2008-06-06 17:59:58
LAME. It has no place in soul calibur, and makes absolutely no sense.
Since 1186 Days
2008-06-06 18:01:54
How much did someone pay for this to happen?
At least his character looks good, this game is impressive to say the least.
It seems funny that even though they're adding more characters (which would normally only improve something) all the fans seem to be getting more and more annoyed that SC is straying from it's former titles. It's almost like people complaining about titles that go multiplatform.
Since 1108 Days
2008-06-06 18:03:07
I'm assuming including this character was among the price they had to pay to have Yoda and Vader in their games
This is a shameful plug for Force Unleashed if I have ever seen one
I can't deny the fact this trailer is pretty epic though
Since 563 Days
2008-06-06 18:04:48
Nice
Since 190 Days
2008-06-06 18:05:07
I find it a little sad how Namco has to increase the boob size and add in characters from popular franchises just to move copies of the latest game. How about revolutionizing the genre instead? I'm sure that'll move copies as well, even though it's a little harder to do ;)
Since 1109 Days
2008-06-06 18:19:42 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-06-06 17:47:34)
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Since 447 Days
2008-06-06 18:26:39 In reply to chewbacaattack (2008-06-06 17:59:58)
Since 333 Days
2008-06-06 18:34:30
This guy is far better than any of the new anime characters they've been adding. But still, perhaps they should just make a new Star Wars fighting game? They've taking the bonus characters way too far.
At least he should have a more interesting fighting style than Vader.
Since 563 Days
2008-06-06 18:46:16
honestly i dont give a s*** who they add, and may it be Chuck Norris, if the characters are fun to play and well balanced :)
So, gimme Star Wars, Gimme Star Trek, gimme Conan, Gimme Mario, what the heck, it still will be fun to bash them :)
Since 530 Days
2008-06-06 19:31:18
I'll bet Lucasarts gave them the rights to use Darth and Yoda if they used the TFU guy as well. Cross-developer tieins are all the rage these days : Smash Bros, Mario & Sonic Olympics, MGS4, Assassin's Creed...
That said, I have no problems with the Star Wars characters at all. Since when is adding features a minus for gamers (idiots)?
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Since 1179 Days
2008-06-06 19:54:39
Yoda is a "feature?"
LOL
I can think of plenty of features that detract from the overall direction or quality of several franchises, anyway. I don't particularly care for RPG elements in my FPS. I think the create-a-fighter mode from SC3 is gimmicky nonsense. Oh my, I must be a fool!
I think people are mostly put off by the marketing. A lot of Soul Calibur fans would rather talk about Soul Calibur, and learn about the few (as in, Hilde) real new characters, and new game mechanics, instead of having the entire franchises popularly be completely hinged on such a pointless gimmick.
Mind you, I think Link and Spawn were pointless "features" too.
Since 343 Days
2008-06-06 20:00:50 In reply to Jigen (2008-06-06 19:31:18)
That said, I have no problems with the Star Wars characters at all. Since when is adding features a minus for gamers (idiots)?
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Since 1108 Days
2008-06-06 20:06:02
Maybe we should all accept the DC universe in Mortal Kombat then too
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Since 1179 Days
2008-06-06 20:06:59 In reply to Tinks (2008-06-06 20:06:02)
Since 530 Days
2008-06-06 20:09:40 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-06-06 19:54:39)
LOL
I can think of plenty of features that detract from the overall direction or quality of several franchises, anyway. I don't particularly care for RPG elements in my FPS. I think the create-a-fighter mode from SC3 is gimmicky nonsense. Oh my, I must be a fool!
I think people are mostly put off by the marketing. A lot of Soul Calibur fans would rather talk about Soul Calibur, and learn about the few (as in, Hilde) real new characters, and new game mechanics, instead of having the entire franchises popularly be completely hinged on such a pointless gimmick.
Mind you, I think Link and Spawn were pointless "features" too.
Since 1018 Days
2008-06-06 20:12:01 In reply to bombastico (2008-06-06 18:46:16)
So, gimme Star Wars, Gimme Star Trek, gimme Conan, Gimme Mario, what the heck, it still will be fun to bash them :)
Personally, I don't mind bonus characters (it adds variety.) but SC does seem to get less original with every new character they add that doesn't relate to the game. It was fine in SCII but its gone too far in SC4.
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Since 1179 Days
2008-06-06 20:15:37 In reply to Jigen (2008-06-06 20:09:40)
And this being a versus title, with online play, I honestly doubt I'll be able to simply ignore all of the fluff characters that they're adding to the mix. Do you think there's going to be some sort of "pure" filter in the XBL/PSN support for Soul Calibur 4 that disables the ever growing handful of extra, BS characters? There certainly wasn't in DOA4, for example--but at least there we didn't have to fight The Pope and Hitler in between bouts of random marketing bullshit.
Once upon a time, Namco took this franchise seriously.
Since 530 Days
2008-06-06 20:19:38 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-06-06 20:15:37)
And this being a versus title, with online play, I honestly doubt I'll be able to simply ignore all of the fluff characters that they're adding to the mix. I honestly doubt there's going to be some sort of "pure" filter in the XBL/PSN support for Soul Calibur 4 that disables the ever growing handful of extra, BS characters.
All fighting games need filters, I'll give you that. You shouldn't be able to use Tengu online in DOA4 for example (even though he isn't THAT unbalanced). You should be able to disable whatever characters you want, as well as changing damage and time limit and all that standard stuff. Hopefully they'll add that.
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Since 1179 Days
2008-06-06 20:21:02
Why shouldn't marketing bother me when it actually becomes part of the game itself? People complain about in-game advertising all the freaking time. This is in game advertising at its worst.
Since 333 Days
2008-06-06 20:22:53 In reply to Tinks (2008-06-06 20:06:02)
But I don't really understand why the non fans are making such a fuss over the cross over.
Since 530 Days
2008-06-06 20:26:31 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-06-06 20:21:02)