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IGN: Soulcalibur V: The Missing Fighters

With the confirmation that Soulcalibur V supports downloadable characters, a whole new realm of potential fighters becomes available. Here are the characters IGN's Soulcalibur core would love to see...

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jc485734470d ago

something dead wrong about this list.

jacksonmichael4470d ago (Edited 4470d ago )

Um... Go on...? If you mean the movie characters, then I totally agree. Bayonetta, however... That'd be awesome.

Edit: Oh. Well, what do you expect? Most pieces from IGN are typically short and lacking.

MaxXAttaxX4469d ago

Don't know what IGN was smoking when they came up with the rest the list.

Tanir4469d ago (Edited 4469d ago )

well Leader of project soul said namco rushed him and they were lucky to even have a chance to make SC5.

this game still has 26 unique fighting styles plus 3 mimics.

they ran out of time so we have to wait for the missing characters sadly, but aslong as they come i don't care.

remember SC4 was supposed to be the last one and namco only let them make this one because of the demand and the tekken producer asking namco's president to let project soul make the game

besides other fighters like SF, MK, always make new characters and throw out old ones, its a normal thing in fighting games, but this time it was due to constraints

Baka-akaB4469d ago (Edited 4469d ago )

I dont think that's that , but i might be wrong . They didnt have to beg for a new soul calibur game at over 2-3 million units sold (and that was before sf4 "revived" the whole fighting game scene) . And scIV was not touted as the definitive end of the serie , just the end of the ongoing story arc centered around siegfried and his generation .
The SP team wanted to end the Calibur chapter and switch to a new era and name . Like they did with Edge/Blade . The upper echlon didnt want that .

Now the problem is that Tekken's Harada over namco is pretty much their "Ono" and gets most funding and staff they'd leave for fighting games ... leaving the Soul team in quite a bind . Add it time constraint from above , and you've got a team doing the best they can , and doing it beautifully so far

NovusTerminus4470d ago

Bayonetta - No, great game, but she does not fit into Soul Calibur

Kratos - He fits, but Dart would fit more from Sony
Elite - NO, this makes no sense at all. Get... Something else from MS... Like a Fable Hero or something...

Darth Maul - NO... GOD NO! No more Star Wars in my SC

Neytiri - No... First there are some... Size issues, that race way like... 12ft tall. And second... It's just a stupid idea since they had no real fighting style.

IGN, I am sorry for giving you another hit, I did not realize it was your site.

Kingdom Come4469d ago

I happen to think that Bayonetta would be perfect for a Soul Calibur title.

Baka-akaB4469d ago (Edited 4469d ago )

No way . For starters it's one thing to have a guy with one limited summon in the game , but her array of crap is too much to be handled fine in SC ... or only in a way that would be annoying and dissapointing to fans of Bayonetta .

Just recreate her with Zwei's style or something ..

ANd her look doesnt fit at all the serie , even if that would hardly be the first time

Baka-akaB4469d ago (Edited 4469d ago )

Sophitia is pretty much Elysium . But yeah the rest of the old cast can easily return as a dlc skin and moveset scam .

The rest of their list is ridiculous as far as guest go , but then again it's IGN . They barely know anything about soul calibur and fighting games already .

falsegod4469d ago

These guys have been paying no attention: after all the hate towards the Star Wars guests (although I personally enjoyed using Vader), they want Project Soul to included Darth Maul and the chick from avatar?

Baka-akaB4469d ago

Well again ign pretty much is clueless about fighting games , like gspot and other big sites .

D3mons0ul4469d ago

Raiden, motherfuckers!

Raiden should be in this game.

Oh well, you can probably create an accurate version in the custom creator anyway.

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Soulcalibur 5 will be delisted next week on PS3 and Xbox 360

Soulcalibur official Twitter: "Valiant Warriors - Soul Calibur V is taking its final curtain call on the stage of history and will be sunset on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on June 19, 2023. The base game and all associated DLC will no longer be available for purchase. Thank you for your continued support."

-Mika-312d ago

This is why guest characters shouldn't be on the base roster. Im sure Ezio and the whole Assassin's Creed stuff license expired and that is why it is being removed. The same thing is probably going to happen to Soul Calibur 6 in 10 years.

Terry_B312d ago

I doubt a lot of people still played the worst SC game over 10 years after its release on dead consoles.

blackblades312d ago

Right whoever wanted the game would've had it by now. Also physical is usually the better option

gold_drake312d ago

damn.

alot of games have been delisted recently.

Nyxus312d ago

Meanwhile several big games are going digital only. Good omen for the future...

MadLad312d ago

I've been mainly gaming on PC for 12 years now. I don't think there was ever a game that was actually taken away from me.
Even the multiplayer-focused games, with their servers typically being taken down, you can still host your own.

Not sure why People are so against digital. You still need online infrastructure just to update your games or to patch them. You're stuck to online/digital one way or another.

Nyxus312d ago

Most games play just fine without an internet connection. There are also other reason aside from preservation, digital games are often more expensive (at least the one I'm buying) than what you can find through deals in stores. But most of all I just like to be able to actually own the games as physical objects, being able to lend them out etc. And be assured that I can still play them in the future. Sure you can probably emulate them, but I prefer to play on console and I'd rather play an actual copy than an emulation anyway.

I'm not against digital in itself, I just don't want to be forced to go digital because the physical option is taken away. Just give people the option to either get it physically or digitally, that way everyone is happy and it's also the best way to preserve games for the future.

CrimsonWing69312d ago

Make your peace with it. It’s the direction the industry is going in.

XiNatsuDragnel312d ago

Well industry is pretty much dead in that case.

lucian229312d ago

Can we please get soul cal 7 a year after tekken 8?

darthv72312d ago

Good thing I have both on disc.

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Ranking The Soulcalibur Games From Worst To Best

Bandai Namco's other premier fighting game series, Soulcalibur, has been around for over 25 years, but what game is the best?

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Yi-Long989d ago

Really loved Soulcalibur on Dreamcast. Truly blew all competition away back then when it came to graphics and fluidity, and I liked the roster and arenas.

Haven’t bothered with the newest release because sadly fighting games these days have become too expensive. They’ll release a base-game, then add all the interesting characters through expensive season passes, so unless there’s a Complete Edition released (and if I’m still interested in the game by then), I’m better off just shrugging my shoulders and skipping it completely.

The direction the fighting game genre has picked for itself means it will now only appeal and sell to the hardcore fans of the genre, while the mainstream gamers will spend their money elsewhere.

FinalFantasyFanatic989d ago

I played Soul Calibur 2 on the PS2, it was great and I got pretty good at it, decimated most of my friends at that game. I recently got VI on the PS4 and it just doesn't have the same magic, plus it seems to have stuffed some extra mechanics in there that just complicate it too much for me, although I really do agree they're too expensive, I've always wanted to get all the DLC characters for Central Fiction, but it's way too expensive.

Kaze88989d ago

I prefer SC VI to the SC III. SC II had a really fast pace for a fighting game, when new SC III bursted into the scene it felt sluggish when compared to the second one. On SC VI they brought back the quicker pace of the game, but not as much on SC II, though I think it was a good decision. I wish they would go the MK11 route with their games, but we all know that Bandai Namco is not interested, they hardly gave the devs time and money to support SC VI.

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5 of the Worst Characters in Major Fighting Games

KeenGamer: ''Fighting games have had a long history of wild and iconic characters. But for every Scorpion and Chun-Li, there are groups of Bo Rai Cho's and Lizardmen. This list takes a look at five of the worst fighting game characters to ever exist."

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