June 18, 2008 - Darth Vader. Yoda. Link. Spawn. What do all these characters have in common? They all will have appeared in a Soulcalibur game by the time SC IV ships in July.
That's an eclectic bunch of misfits, to say the least. Where is the rhyme and reason in pitting lightsabers against cold steel? At this point, we've realized any pop culture characters are fair game, as long as they don't use guns. That was an intriguing thought, and we couldn't help but wonder what other characters we'd like to see in a Soul Calibur game. With few limitations, that list got very long, very fast.
Assassin's Creed's Ezio and The Witcher's Geralt have been excellent guest characters in the Soul Calibur series.
Soul Calibur IV launched worldwide 15 years ago, bringing with it the best performance of the series to date.
Hell no. It was the start of the downfall (SCV) of the series. Huge downstep from the giant SCIII
Used to love this series, probably my favorite 3D fighter, perhaps together with the now also dead Dead or Alive (2-3-4), but as with so many games in the fighting genre, their short-term greed (season passes) has made me lose all interest, sadly …
Loved Number 2 and 3( loved all the solo modes like chronicle of the sword ) so was super hyped when 4 came out but the lack of single player content was disappointing. Still love soul calibur to this day though
2 was definitely the golden era of Soul Calibur for me. I was a bit conflicted about it at times because there were 3 different versions (I liked the PS2 version for controls, I liked playing as Spawn the most, and I thought the addition of Link was really awesome). Even so, the single player content was outstanding. Easily the most fun I've had with a fighting game, followed closely by Tekken 5's single player modes
From VG247: "Link suits the world of Soul Calibur. The elf-like little twink fit into the roster as well as any sword-wielding fantasy hero could – facing off against the likes of the machiavellian Frenchman Raphael, the inhuman hellspawn Astaroth, or the horny gimp Voldo, the Legend of Zelda guest character fits right in. Weaponry, aesthetic, move set… all of it gels with Soul Calibur’s camp high fantasy world – even when you’re pulling massive bombs out of God-knows-where and hurling them across the stage. It just fits.
You know what doesn’t fit, though? Lightsabers. No amount of sci-fi reasoning, magic, or blaming it on wizards can make Yoda, Darth Vader, and (eurgh) Starkiller fit in the war-torn European and Silk Road settings of Soul Calibur. It just doesn’t track. Why Bandai Namco decided to shoehorn the trio of characters into the fourth Soul Calibur game, then, remains a mystery; it’s damaging to both brands, it makes no sense canonically, and – more than anything else – it’s just all a bit tacky (or should that be Taki?)"
Cloud or Kratos would rock.
they should have been put kratos in soul caliber even dante but nawwwww namco wants to do their own thing and put in no body anime chicks and yoda oh lets not put in popular video game characters like nariko,hayabusa,cloud,or master chief he could have even use the beam sword but nawwww they could have even picked better anime characters like guts from berserk(he fits perfectly in the time frame) ichigo from bleach or even ru ronin kenshin but nawwwwwwww they's wants do their owwwwwn thing >_< it pisses me off to be honest at least scan over F**king fan mail namco.
this list is a joke and i don't mean that in a funny way its stinks i could really see kratos in soul caliber though the arbiter (dunno if thats spelled right) not at all he wouldn't fit in
All those characters will be added as exclusive downloadable content to the series.
I really look forward to buying and playing this game very soon on my PS3 on July 31st.
Ichigo from Bleach!