Is it April already? A quick glance at our calendars confirms that it's still January, and an extended glance at
1UP's reveal of
Soul Calibur IV's secret characters does nothing to evaporate the reigning feeling of utter confusion. The lineup of saucer-eyed assassins, scantily clad combatants and bizarre pain fetishists in
Namco's anticipated fighter is set to be joined by the Sith's darkest lord and the Force's most diminutive master. Our little green friend can almost manage to fit in to
Soul Calibur's ye olde fantasy trappings, but poor ol' Vader appears to have gotten lost and disoriented after leaping over some sharks on his
space jet ski.
Even better news can be found in 1UP's suspicion that even more Star Wars characters will waltz into
Calibur's cantina, possibly via downloadable content. An interesting idea, but we reckon you'd save money by simply buying a copy of
Masters of Teräs Käsi off eBay.
Update: Gamespot reports that Darth Vader is reserved for the PlayStation 3, while Yoda will be included in the Xbox 360 version.
[Thanks, Antonio]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Derick @ Jan 9th 2008 6:03PM
What the hell?
A lightsaber would destroy every fighter that didn't have one....
that's just silly.
ShortFuse @ Jan 9th 2008 7:01PM
In Soul Calibur II, Yunsung best unlockable sword was something like a lightsaber. So it've been done in Soul Calibur
Norm @ Jan 9th 2008 7:21PM
I'm not worried about lightsabers. This is Soul Calibur. I think the real enemy is the Force Push.
ROUND ONE! FIGHT!
RING OUT!
ROUND TWO! FIGHT!
RING OUT!
Vader: "*heavy breathing*"
eldee @ Jan 9th 2008 11:25PM
how does this even work? i can kinda see yoda since he was acrobatic, but vader was a fencer.
Vader would've worked better in bushido blade or toshinden imo.. they should've picked a more acrobatic sith (**COUGH**DARTHMAUL**COUGH**)
Ethan @ Jan 10th 2008 7:15AM
It'll be like Kotor, where suddenly everybody has a 'Cortosis weave' in their swords so it conveniently isn't piss to be a jedi.
rv @ Jan 10th 2008 12:50PM
It is awesome. Therefore, according the the universal law of awesomeness, it makes sense. Simple physics, my friend.
Derick @ Jan 9th 2008 6:04PM
oh haha.
first
Moofree @ Jan 9th 2008 6:16PM
And second apparently.
Jonny @ Jan 10th 2008 7:40AM
I think for every person that comments on a story just to say First should get a 48 hour ban.
Multiple offenders should be banned and have their sexual organs removed.
Jonny @ Jan 10th 2008 8:49AM
I think for every person that comments on a story just to say First should get a 48 hour ban.
Multiple offenders should be banned and have their sexual organs removed.
Big Ed @ Jan 9th 2008 6:04PM
Aren't light-sabers better than conventional weapons?
Moofree @ Jan 9th 2008 6:14PM
Those aren't lightsabers.
They're nerfsabres.
David @ Jan 10th 2008 1:50AM
Not really. Although they are a more elegant weapon for a more civilized age. They're just not as clumsy as a blaster.
rom @ Jan 9th 2008 6:04PM
OMG!
MUST...CONTROL...EXCITEMENT...errr
*Passes out*
Bucket @ Jan 9th 2008 6:05PM
WHAAAAAAAAT?
Fernando Rocker @ Jan 9th 2008 6:05PM
What the fuck!??
Fernando Rocker @ Jan 9th 2008 6:06PM
Jinx
SoxFan13 @ Jan 9th 2008 8:21PM
A Faux Fernando? Wha?
iofthestorm @ Jan 9th 2008 8:50PM
Wait, WTF? What's going on?
Fernando Rocker @ Jan 9th 2008 6:05PM
What the fuckkk???!!!
matthew_neitzer @ Jan 9th 2008 6:08PM
well, it did happen long ago in a galaxy far far away...
ThornedVenom @ Jan 9th 2008 6:10PM
WHAT THE FUCK
Double J @ Jan 9th 2008 6:12PM
In other news, the Fonz was seen in Hawaii attempting another wacky stunt involving water skis.
Ace121212 @ Jan 9th 2008 6:19PM
I bet it involves a shark.
Jerk Face @ Jan 9th 2008 6:20PM
AH ha ha ha ha! Shark jumping reference FTW! (+)
Markusdragon @ Jan 9th 2008 6:33PM
Yeah, first thing I thought of too. Blatant bit of shark-jumping here.
Ghaleon @ Jan 9th 2008 6:12PM
fanboyssssss calm yourselves.
Personally I think this is retarded, but I know it's going to fire a lot of people up. I really wonder how Namco pulled this off though, ya know?
XanthouS @ Jan 9th 2008 6:21PM
It's not like Lucas is shy about whoring out his IPs. He practically invented movie-based licensing.
Altairio @ Jan 9th 2008 6:18PM
duba yoo tee eff
Thierry @ Jan 9th 2008 6:18PM
Is that a joke, the sw chars look out of place.
LaughingTarget @ Jan 9th 2008 6:22PM
This'll be like Smash Brothers and they'll reveal a new character on an irregular basis. Next - Jar Jar.
LaughingTarget @ Jan 9th 2008 6:23PM
Oh, since it hasn't been done yet...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
AirIntake @ Jan 9th 2008 7:58PM
I prefer the Chinese version: DO NOT WANT!
(actually, I do kinda want it a little bit)
bm @ Jan 10th 2008 12:41AM
You're right.
Soul Calibur 4: "OH HI BRAWL I'LL TAKE A BIT OF THAT PIE TOO LOL"
bm @ Jan 10th 2008 12:58AM
You're right.
Soul Calibur 4: "OH HI BRAWL I'LL TAKE A BIT OF THAT PIE TOO LOL"
Undead Priest @ Jan 9th 2008 6:22PM
Regardless of the WTF factor, I have to admit that the character models look absolutely fantastic.
Jerk Face @ Jan 9th 2008 6:22PM
Is this really that much more ridiculous than Link or Spawn being in the game?
LaughingTarget @ Jan 9th 2008 6:25PM
Link makes sense, it was released on a Nintendo console. Spawn...well, I got the Gamecube version for a reason. Heihachi was the worst. Old man in diapers FTW!
Mr Khan @ Jan 9th 2008 6:27PM
I wanted to be the one to point that out :(, but you're right, the precedent to this sort of thing was set before
Kratos and Master Chief would, perhaps, have been more fitting, but both would've been difficult licenses to rangle
LaughingTarget @ Jan 9th 2008 6:30PM
DOA got a Spartan already, can't go copying that now.
Platy @ Jan 9th 2008 10:28PM
Link is a medieval like fighter with a sword (cassandra)
Spawns are a race of demons that existed since the begining of times ...like medieval spawn (inferno)
And Heihach .... well ... he is from tekken (yoshimitsu)
Brett @ Jan 9th 2008 6:22PM
This totally invalidates Soul Caliber's once completely accurate historical storyline.
Norm @ Jan 9th 2008 6:31PM
haha
MasterInsan0 @ Jan 9th 2008 9:38PM
Soul Caliber wasn't his--ohhh, I see what you did there!
dan stabbingworth @ Jan 10th 2008 9:12AM
Listen, Star Wars was a documentary, and the events happened in real time. In the future.
Sheesh.
James @ Jan 10th 2008 9:29AM
Look, you can't just become a Jedi... you have to be born one.
Farseer (GDI) @ Jan 10th 2008 9:30AM
Dan,
Star Wars happened in the future? Oh, you mean the future that happened "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."
:)
creid @ Jan 9th 2008 6:22PM
Double J beat me to it, but this is what shark-jumps are made of.
Donald @ Jan 9th 2008 6:22PM
...
...
... lol wut
V1L3 @ Jan 9th 2008 6:25PM
No... That's not true! That's IMPOSSIBLE!