Vader and Yoda battling in new Soul Calibur IV trailer
by Justin McElroy 
{ Apr 18th 2008 at 8:00PM }
For those of your still with us, isn't it a little unnerving to see someone hit with a lightsaber and not be turned into person fractions? We hope the game includes a "Real World" mode where the fight begins, Yoda casually mentions that he's a Jedi and Mitsurugi puts his own sword in his belly just to save time.
...And yes, we just referred to a world including Yoda and Mitsurugi as the "real world." Please keep the snickers to a minimum.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Ninjakamster @ Apr 18th 2008 8:04PM
Can both platforms do cross online play?
I'm betting Darth Vader will be on 360 but Yoda not on the PS3, I hope thats not true since the PS3 keeps getting shafted in multiplat games.
jman @ Apr 18th 2008 8:21PM
im pretty sure yoda is on 360 and vader is on ps3
Cal @ Apr 18th 2008 10:03PM
360 gets Yoda
PS3 gets Vader
Although supposedly (I didn't see the confirmation), the other can be unlocked via DLC for both platforms.
Carrie @ Apr 18th 2008 8:07PM
This seems very silly. The first part of the trailer was cool with the various characters and their reasons for fighting, (note: Never played a Soul Calibur game) but why exactly are Darth Vader and Yoda there?
Is it supposed to make sense?
Robobagins @ Apr 18th 2008 8:12PM
They're guest characters. It's like having oh I don't know a Halo Spartan in Dead or Alive. It's purely for fun.
Carrie @ Apr 18th 2008 8:16PM
It's weird that they would put them in a trailer like that, they don't really fit and it throws the whole thing off balance I think.
Oh well, it seems the motives of Marketing are unfathomable to us mere mortals.
Vidikron (FU) @ Apr 18th 2008 8:31PM
I guess the marketing worked on me... because I really liked that trailer.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 18th 2008 8:34PM
FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME,
IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ANYSENSE. STOP THINKING TOO MUCH ON IT!!!
Carrie @ Apr 18th 2008 8:36PM
Yes sir Vegeta sir :(
Rususeruru @ Apr 18th 2008 8:47PM
Guest characters are kinda Soul Caliber's things these days since SC2. Hell there may have been guests in SC1 on DC I dunno but I love that ol game.
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 18th 2008 9:34PM
It does because so far they've managed to plot every single character into the story line.And I have no idea how they are going to do it this time.
Cal @ Apr 18th 2008 10:04PM
People see Star wars, people buy Star Wars. From a marketing perspective it makes sense.
WiNG @ Apr 19th 2008 12:29AM
It says it right in the trailer.
Vader's reason: FEAR
Yoda's reason: HOPE
My reason: LITERACY
A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Apr 19th 2008 6:30PM
"Oh well, it seems the motives of Marketing are unfathomable to us mere mortals." Speak for yourself. Taking the story of Soul Calibur seriously is a pretty big mistake; people get chopped up every round and i'm pretty sure Maxi dies in Soul Calibur 1.
Neowyrm @ Apr 18th 2008 8:08PM
Snicker.
M @ Apr 18th 2008 8:40PM
I know im about to ignite some starwars fans hate fire but honestly i dont really care about yoda and vader there.
SW is kinda cool,but i just didnt live through the whole 3 classics time,and the new 3 movies werent good enough to love em.
SC2 with link,that definetly was a -gota buy the game- thing ,just because common its Link on a fighting game ! ,these,its just a bonus and il probably get it because its SC i liked the SC2and its(as far as fighers can be ) a good game,but yoda or vader arent in my priority list.
Bucket @ Apr 18th 2008 9:45PM
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Richie @ Apr 18th 2008 10:54PM
...you do realize that many, perhaps the majority of Star Wars fans are too young to have lived through the release of the original trilogy, right?
heckthor @ Apr 18th 2008 8:24PM
Cool... Very Cool... indeed!!!
rawkersparadise @ Apr 18th 2008 8:25PM
thier both dlc for the console they are not on.
how they hell do you fight yoda, is it all low kick, low punch, low strike?
Pathie @ Apr 18th 2008 8:33PM
It ought to be really easy to hit yoda with a decent vertical attack, and if he 8-way runs then you could get him with a horizontal low or mid. I doubt you can throw him with the standard method, but the special throws of other certain characters might work too.
Lilinka @ Apr 18th 2008 8:58PM
This has never been confirmed, just speculated and widely hoped for, there's a large difference between dreams and reality. A yawning chasm, really.
Bob @ Apr 18th 2008 8:33PM
Impressive. Most impressive.
Seroth @ Apr 18th 2008 8:40PM
Why do people still find it weird that lightsabers don't cut through people in Soul Calibur? I mean, in previous games, did you expect Astaroth's huge-ass axe to cut through people, too?
Cesaria (SSBB: 3136-6466-5083) @ Apr 19th 2008 12:41AM
It's because a lightsaber can cut through anything except for another lightsaber. I know it's not canonical, but come on...
ZeroCorpse @ Apr 19th 2008 1:00AM
YES!!! I expect the Soul Calibur programmers to grow up and go balls-out on an M-rated game so that the big-ass weapons DO cut people!
I DO expect them to stop making this look like they're fighting with toys.
That's why I stopped at the Dreamcast version. In that generation it was acceptable. In the current generation, they have no excuse for this to be so bloodless and unrealistic.
And lightsabers should be cutting through the people, their weapons, and the environment.
Draken Stark @ Apr 19th 2008 3:48AM
In SW:KotOR the lightsabre couldn't cut through a vibroblade (I know it's probably spelled wrong), which is really just a regular sword with a vibrator built-in. Despite this, the game was really accurate to the SW universe from what I could see. I mean, fuck, I loved that game!
Yuccadude @ Apr 19th 2008 1:35PM
@ Draken, In KotOR, it is held that the 'swords' had cortosis ore weaved in with the durasteel, so that a lightsaber wouldn't cut through them easily, while still having a blade that could cut, because cortosis is really weak.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cortosis
Sun-Wukong @ Apr 18th 2008 8:48PM
Well, at least Yun-Seong looks more like Hwang and less like a member of Malice Mizer. I had my hopes up there for a moment thinking that Hwang had made a comeback. It was pretty neat to see some of the force effects of Vader in action, along with the apparent effect that lightsabers have on the environment.
Thierry @ Apr 18th 2008 8:45PM
I have to say it, the force is strong with this one.
The Doctor @ Apr 18th 2008 9:00PM
I can't believe no one's commented on this yet. (Let me preface this with the fact that I don't own any SC games, but have played a bit of SC2). At the start of the trailer, there was a girl. Fully clothed. In non-skimpy armor.
That fact alone should point to this being a great installment.
As for Vader and Yoda, there could be some kind of cool story reason for them being there. The evil-sword-of-doom-thing manifests the being the entire multi-verse deems to be ultimate evil. And the good-sword-thing (there is a good one, right?) incarnates its opposite.
Travis @ Apr 18th 2008 9:03PM
why not just make a Soul Calibur: Star Wars game?
save us the brutality of senseless crossovers and just make a game with all Star Wars characters to satisfy the nerd bomber in all of us...
I think a SW fighting game from this company would sell well...and it would make up for Masters of the Teras Kasi (even though i liked that game)
The Doctor @ Apr 18th 2008 9:12PM
And while were at it, why not have just a plain DC fighting game, rather than having to figure out how Superman vs Reptile could work at all.
eNrique @ Apr 18th 2008 9:06PM
may the force be with you
('''')[==]>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (i think it's sword, the ones used to be called light sabers, i think...)
bounchfx @ Apr 18th 2008 9:12PM
how are they fighting each other if each character is exclusive?
and it's dumb as shit to have console exclusive characters that don't have shit to do with the console - they should both be in both versions. How the hell else can you battle them together!?
plus, ugh. you shouldn't have to choose/get shafted and have your fav be on the other system.
kool_ade13 @ Apr 18th 2008 11:20PM
Vader fucking rules! So glad the PS3 gets him.
Natural Cauzes @ Apr 18th 2008 9:45PM
I have to admit the title of this post was deceiving. To me a red flag went off going "zomg vader on 360 confirmed". However, this is possibly not the case as there was no footage of the two fighting eachother in game. Although I'm quite sure if they were marketing savvy enough to come up with this crossover in the first place, they'll see the giant gravytrain that would come from having the other character available on the other console via microtransaction.
Seattle Yonkers @ Apr 18th 2008 9:53PM
Did anyone else think the title meant that Vader and Yoda were battling ... each other? Cause I did. And that video was a pretty big let down.
Batzarro(A.K.A Rap-Rock Cameo) @ Apr 18th 2008 10:02PM
Awesome! The EMPE-THROW!
Youthinized @ Apr 18th 2008 11:00PM
This game is gonna be awesome!
Search your feelings. You know it to be true.
Kuuma @ Apr 19th 2008 12:51AM
Was that Hwang?!
Sun-Wukong @ Apr 19th 2008 2:55PM
Sorry to tell you that that's just Yun-Seong playing pirate. I got my hopes up, too.
ZeroCorpse @ Apr 19th 2008 12:57AM
Same Old Crap from Soul Calibur.
No blood. Cruddy anime-style people with giant eyes and pointy hair. No wounding. No limb-severing. Just a lot of Japanese-style videogame fighting with big, blunt swords.
If I want to play as Vader, I'll wait for the sure-to-be superior "The Force Unleashed" instead of this half-assed "just for fun" thing.
Like I've said before: I'll come back to the Soul Calibur series when they grow up and recognize that swords CUT people.
Emophia @ Apr 19th 2008 10:47AM
Actually, sadly, Star Wars Unleashed has no limb of body part severing either, since the devs wanted a Teen rating for the game.
Lame as hell...
Li Long @ Apr 19th 2008 2:15AM
To the retards that are complaining about a lack of blood and cutting, go play eternal champions, see how it works out for you. This game comes from one of the very finest pedigrees and probably too nuanced for cretins such as yourselves to enjoy anyways. I am sure your over-hyped prequel game will keep you busy while the rest of us are enjoying these fine works.
Night Elve @ Apr 19th 2008 2:31AM
Seriously what the fuck with the people complaining about Soul Calibur.
This games has always rocks and Darth Vader kick ass!
This game is sick! It's so gonna be mine.
CJLopez @ Apr 19th 2008 3:04AM
"For those of your still with us, isn't it a little unnerving to see someone hit with a lightsaber and not be turned into person fractions?"
Many of them have been in near contact with the power of bouth soul edge and soul calibur. Maybe, thanks to that they are pron to resist some ligth saber hits and are not instantly turned into burned meat, or something like that (I almost killed another catgirl, yay!!!!!)
And for those with the "WTF are Star Wars characters doing here, they unbalance the game". To put it simply
1.- Merchandise. Stars Wars always sells!!!!!!
2.- Second Iteration of Soul Calibur have had guest carchters. On soul calibur 2 was like this
GameCube - Link (and by far, the best selled version of the game)
PS2 - Heihatchi of Tekken (Why him, we don't really know, we would have been better with a Cloud, or Tidus, heck, even a Squall would had been better, they do have sowrds!!!!)
XBOX - Spawn (It's freaking Spawn, with a Axe, who doesn't like this!!!!!)
And know, we have this
XBOX360 - Yoda (Cuz he's green and the XBOX360 is greenier than white)
PS3 - Darth Vader (Cuz he's black. Need to explain more???)
Wii - .............. sad, no Wii version, I would have bought it besides the PS3 version, and besides, who would had been a good character for this one. I was thinking of Qui Gonn or ObiWan Kenobi, but sad, there's no Wii version. Maybe next time
So there you have, if ya don't like it, well, simply don't buy the game, and stop bitching!!!!
Markusdragon @ Apr 19th 2008 5:17AM
My heart is made of Iron. I still think that Star Wars characters are a pretty retarded addition to the game.
Lanman @ Apr 19th 2008 9:36AM
Nice trailer, more "enticing" and "visceral" than the last one.
breton @ Apr 19th 2008 9:54AM
Why are they still using that weak voice actor?