Soul Calibur IV: will Star Wars risk pay off?
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Daniel
Posted on: January 13, 2008 | 17 Comments
Game publisher Namco have taken a massive risk by including Star Wars characters in Soul Calibur IV, some say it’s great to see a brand take a risk while others cannot make the connection of Star Wars to Soul Calibur IV.
With Darth Vader being an exclusive to the PlayStation 3 and Yoda appearing on the Xbox 360 version of the game, this will now make the game appeal to gamers that no nothing of Soul Calibur.
Star Wars is a massive brand with millions of fans, Soul Calibur IV may see many more gamers buy it for this Spin on the game or it could just make the game look stupid and unrelated.
Do you think the risk will work that Namco has taken with Soul Calibur 4?
With no real Star Wars connection, what does this mean for future games?
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no and know, two different words with different meanings which only sound the same.
Well , this is very interesting.
But this is kind of strange.
I say that master chief ( Halo) w/ a gravity hammer or an energy sword would be mad wicked.
Yoda should be replaced w/ him , making a huge hit toward the 360 franchise , obviosly eliminating the Wii and the PS3 to exstinction
Well, the teaser really caught me off guard. At first I thought that it was just a parody of Soul Calibur, but then the CGI was flawless. A real nerd would do such a thing, but I don’t think that there are ones like that.
Now I really want the game just to have a jedi fight.
Your right though, really risky situation.
To me…all of you guys are completely stupid…you should be glad to see collaborations like this….yeah they are unrelated….but I have the game…and its amazing…if u think otherwise then you’re probably neither a Soul Calibur fan or Star Wars fan…and if you’re not willing to pay a little extra for DLC then there’s a lot of games you wont be playing I guess….what kind of GAMERS are you people?..wow..friggin Noobs
In SC2 Heihachi made the most sense since both SC and Tekken are of Namco. Link was appropriate for the GC, but Spawn was a bit random
Personally I don’t see what the big deal is about adding Star Wars Characters. It’s not like they’re taking over the entire game or something, it’s three characters, I heard rumors of being able to download Yoda/Darth Vader depending on your console, as well as two additional characters for DLC, but still that’s only five Star Wars Characters and like Joey said, if you don’t like Star Wars, don’t play as the characters and don’t download them when and if they come out. I’m not a huge fan of Soul Calibur. I bought Soul Calibur II because of Link and loved it and then bought Soul Calibur IV for the Star Wars characters. Gamers are so frickin whiney about the lamest things sometimes. Believe me, in “know” way is this game going to feel or seem stupid to anyone, Soul Calibur or Star Wars fan, or both, it’s just a simple addition. They aren’t even a part of the storyline if you don’t want them to be, and besides, their stories are lame anyways. It’s just fun to fight with them (get over the whole thing about sabers cutting through anything and use your imagination, KOTOR had swords versus sabers, think of it like that, like the swords are made to resist sabers).
Additionally, if you don’t think the Star Wars characters “fit” with the theme of Soul Calibur, you are very wrong. Their costumes may be more “futuristic” and they may be from a science fiction film, but their original design was influenced by medeival knights and tales of old kingdoms, only set in a future science fiction world. Both Star Wars and Soul Calibur are set in a fictional fantastical world, Star Wars just brings Science fiction into the mix, but it’s not like there are no science fiction aspects of Soul Calibur, there are TONS. Look deeper and you will see they are perfect fits, far more so than Spawn was for Soul Calibur II, that would be like throwing Spiderman into Soul Calibur IV, now THAT would be stupid.
By the way, poopy, I agree with you completely. In no way should there even be an arguement about this, either you like Soul Calibur or Star Wars or you like both, in any case this game is perfect for you. It’s an awesome fighting game, way fun and if the Star Wars characters do anything, they only improve on the game by adding a welcomed change of pace to the constant metal clanging on metal.