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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 6:42PM (Unverified) said

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I was under the impression that the lives of Yoda and Darth Vader took place a long long time ago and, not only that, in a galaxy far, far away. Beyond that, though, my question is relatively simple. Special weapons. Being that Soul Calibur and Soul Edge morph into the wielder's weapon of choice, does that mean a Soul Cailbur lightsaber? I surely hope so!
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:43PM chuckrich81 said

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I guess they really meant it when they said the Soul Calibur story was "transcending history and the world."
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 9:44PM (Unverified) said

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OMG UPDATE THE NEWS

"Fans should note that Darth Vader is an exclusive character in the PlayStation 3 build of the game, whereas Yoda will flip into the air and take down enemies exclusively on Xbox 360."

haha PS3 Darkside so good
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 4:12PM (Unverified) said

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Oww :(
I wanted Vader :(
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 6:48PM SanFranJunglist said

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Who's next? RAMBO?
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:02PM (Unverified) said

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*gets shredded from the gun mount and dissipates into pink dust*
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 4:00AM (Unverified) said

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Rambo would be an awesome inclusion. Toss in Cthulu and the Mythbusters cast, and this game would sell more than porn in a priesthood.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 6:51PM (Unverified) said

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death to the haters, this is awesome!

anyone concerned about the story or silliness of the thing is simply missing the point.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 6:52PM oya said

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I wonder if this occurs before or after they mastered teräs käsi.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 6:57PM (Unverified) said

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LOL @ Rambo.

But yeah this is pretty much WTF material.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:00PM DiamondXP said

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Wow they will put star wars in anything. It feels so cheap to me now. I used to be a true fan but all the mystic of Star Wars is lost.

Are you an Angel?
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:00PM iFester said

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This has certainly locked me into playing this game (or a blind buy for that matter).
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:01PM DiamondXP said

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Ummmmm

Sold out, I have
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:03PM Professor Pie said

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This is almost as awesome as when they put Link in Soul Calibur II. Almost.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 10:07PM (Unverified) said

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Link was actually a pretty good fighter.
Nintendo should let em be in the 360 build, and Microsoft can toss em Master Chief or someone for Brawl.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 11:42PM (Unverified) said

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Master Chief shall never join the dark side!... or actually the less darker actually white side..
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 11:00AM Jakey777 said

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Oh come on...would you rather swap characters with Nintendo or forge some evil dark pact with Sony? Arbiter and Chief for Link and Mario :)
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:18PM mirage said

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I think they should do a spinoff that is in the star wars universe. That would be pretty sweet! I think this is a great idea too though. Vader looks badass as always!
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:19PM PerfectStrategy said

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I was already going to buy soul calibur no matter what because it is the best fighting series out there. But this just makes me want it all the more.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:27PM (Unverified) said

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And just like that, Soul Caliber becomes infantessimally more interesting to me than it was just an hour ago.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:29PM (Unverified) said

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what does this have to do with babies?
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:31PM CassD said

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Just me or does Vader's head seem a bit small for his body. Yoda looks sad :(

They could make an entire fighting game off Star Wars Characters (An no not that xbox Starwars III title it was ok but common it could have been done better).
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 9:32PM (Unverified) said

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lmao yey if you look at the pics on 1up =S its super small haha
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:44PM (Unverified) said

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This is a cool bonus but srsly makes me think of teräs käsi and that makes me LULZ!!!! yea I agree that it isnt as cool as link being added when that happen with SCII. Solid Snake in SSB:Melee is even more exciting than this but whatev im not complaining.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 7:57PM (Unverified) said

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Well I love Star Wars. I love Soul Caliber. However I don't know how well I like this idea. As long as its just Yoda and Vader I think I can deal with it. Anything else though and I might have to kill myself. I really hope this is just a very very elaborate hoax using some shopped SC4 and Force Unleashed screens. Also doesn't seem like something Lucas Arts would do, then again neither was the prequel trilogy.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 8:04PM (Unverified) said

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I sense an elaborate April Fool's Joke.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 11:35PM (Unverified) said

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Wow, and I thought I was going to get this game *before*...

Soul Calibur IV, consider yourself bought. Consider yourself bought -so hard-.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 8:32PM NukeAssault said

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Best news ive had all week! And its only Wednesday!
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 8:33PM Swamp Donkiey said

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Finally the ultimate Star Wars Fighter, hopefully there are more characters. Obi Wan, Darth Maul, and Chewie with a big Axe.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 8:35PM Swamp Donkiey said

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and I guess also Whiny ass Luke. "But I wanted to go into town to get some power converters".
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 9:12PM (Unverified) said

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watch yoda and darth vader be so broken. oh man
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 10:04PM NukeAssault said

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Just read over at Kotaku that Vader is Ps3 only.... =(
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 12:35AM (Unverified) said

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yup, i was gonna get this for 360 but, after lookin at that expressionless Yoda model and how broken these short fighters can be in a fighting game I've decided to just get it for PS3.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 12:40AM NukeAssault said

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=O

Your like bizzaro Ryan. (My names Ryan too). Still... i dont have a ps3 so 360 for me. Ill be getting a Ps3 eventually (when MGS comes out) and maybe ill consider buying it again and selling the other.... highly doubt it though. Vader isint it worth that much to me. Yodas moves are gonna kick ass though.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 10:14PM mikepaul said

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This has now gone from a Maybe sale to a full-blown Wait In Line sale...
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Posted: Jan 9th 2008 10:16PM mikepaul said

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Eventual DLC I hope. Meanwhile Yoda will do. Umm, at least I HOPE Yoda isn't also eventual DLC...
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 1:26AM (Unverified) said

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BAD idea.

Soul Calibur is already a joke. The first two were OK, but then I realized that THEY NEVER DRAW BLOOD and THEY NEVER CUT EACH OTHER in this **sword** fighting game!!!

So what's Vader using, if he can't slice off limbs? A practice lightsaber? No wounds? No blood? No dismemberment? And we're to believe they're using lightsabers?

I can buy the weapons all being made of cortosis or something (resists lightsaber attacks), but when the lightsaber hits flesh, it had better CUT SOMETHING OFF, because if not, it's lame as hell.

If they'd stop wasting their time trying to make up some BS storyline (that resembles every other fighting game anime storyline, btw) and actually just made a bladed fighting game in which people actually get cut, wounded, decapitated, and dismembered, I'd return to the series. For now, it looks like all they have to get people to buy this retread of a retread of a retread are GIMMICKS, and poorly-implemented gimmicks, at that.

Call me when they post a video of Vader slicing off Sophia's hand.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 1:27AM (Unverified) said

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BAD idea.

Soul Calibur is already a joke. The first two were OK, but then I realized that THEY NEVER DRAW BLOOD and THEY NEVER CUT EACH OTHER in this **sword** fighting game!!!

So what's Vader using, if he can't slice off limbs? A practice lightsaber? No wounds? No blood? No dismemberment? And we're to believe they're using lightsabers?

I can buy the weapons all being made of cortosis or something (resists lightsaber attacks), but when the lightsaber hits flesh, it had better CUT SOMETHING OFF, because if not, it's lame as hell.

If they'd stop wasting their time trying to make up some BS storyline (that resembles every other fighting game anime storyline, btw) and actually just made a bladed fighting game in which people actually get cut, wounded, decapitated, and dismembered, I'd return to the series. For now, it looks like all they have to get people to buy this retread of a retread of a retread are GIMMICKS, and poorly-implemented gimmicks, at that.

Call me when they post a video of Vader slicing off Sophia's hand.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 1:30AM ZeroCorpse said

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BAD idea.

Soul Calibur is already a joke. The first two were OK, but then I realized that THEY NEVER DRAW BLOOD and THEY NEVER CUT EACH OTHER in this **sword** fighting game!!!

So what's Vader using, if he can't slice off limbs? A practice lightsaber? No wounds? No blood? No dismemberment? And we're to believe they're using lightsabers?

I can buy the weapons all being made of cortosis or something (resists lightsaber attacks), but when the lightsaber hits flesh, it had better CUT SOMETHING OFF, because if not, it's lame as hell.

If they'd stop wasting their time trying to make up some BS storyline (that resembles every other fighting game anime storyline, btw) and actually just made a bladed fighting game in which people actually get cut, wounded, decapitated, and dismembered, I'd return to the series. For now, it looks like all they have to get people to buy this retread of a retread of a retread are GIMMICKS, and poorly-implemented gimmicks, at that.

Call me when they post a video of Vader slicing off Sophia's hand.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 1:31AM ZeroCorpse said

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Sorry about the TRIPLE post (Yikes!) but the site was acting wonky, and actually sent me a "confirm" email after telling me the post didn't make it through using password.

Sorry sorry sorry.

Delete the last couple, please?
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 4:20AM dargis49 said

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Yeah man, Namco just gave 360 owners a kick in the dick. We get Yoda, PS3 gets Darth Vader. WTF! Vaders coolness in umistakable, while Yoda lameless is just that, lame. My heart just broke a little. That probably makes no sense but, this sucks.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 8:21AM zorniki said

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This is unbelieveable - just as sick as having Link or any other random character in it!
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 7:37AM (Unverified) said

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Ummm, not sure what to make of this! I'm a bit speechless!
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 8:16AM (Unverified) said

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Nice.. this i cant wait for :)
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 8:24AM MadMup said

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Seriously, after they threw in Spawn and Link in the last one, I think that pretty much opened the door for them to do whatever they want.

Looks kinda fun to me.

I want Ninja Turtles in the next one.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 12:02PM (Unverified) said

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Check out the site for the official trailer of the reveal:

http://www.soulcalibur.com/
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 10:01AM (Unverified) said

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Awesome. They just keep making new ways for me to part with my money.

Xbox+Yoda= Green (pun intended)
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 10:48AM (Unverified) said

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I was only mildy interested in this game before, but this just got me pretty dang interested.

It's a shame they won't just put both characters in both versions though. I usually get my multiplatform games on the 360 but I'd much rather have Vader than Yoda so I'll probably pick this one up for the ps3.

I really want to be able to fight them against each other though for some hot lightsaber on lightsaber action.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 11:46AM scrap104 said

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The force is strong with this one.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2008 12:04PM (Unverified) said

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I can't believe it, almost 50 comments and nobody has pointed out that with this platform-specific nonsense, you won't be able to have Vader and Yoda fight each other! Man, that's disappointing... I'm not a big Star Wars geek or anything, but that part in the new Ep where Yoda was bouncing off the walls had me rolling on the damn floor. I was hoping to replicate that against Vader...
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