So, Soul Caliber 4

[Josh]

Since when did Yoda and Vader decide they want the soul blades?

[Toshiro]

Since Penny Arcade

[Dehan]

...one of the few reasons I don't go all 'woohoo' over the SC series.

[Raditzu]

This announcement made me sad.

I mean, props for doing something that'll draw tons of fans for no good reason, but did they have to be star wars fans. The only way it could have been worse is if they had made Captain Kirk a hidden character.

That said, I'm still expecting the game to completely kick ass. Soul Caliber has always been one of my favorite game series.

[Saz]

Wait what? Vader and Yoda are gonna be in Soul Calibar 4? GTFO.

[Pink Underoo]

From the looks of the new teaser trailer Vader will simply be a sprite-change for Mitsurugi's fighting style. This is great news for me since Mitsurugi is my favorite character already.

[Raditzu]

They'll probably throw some "force lightning" and "lightsaber throw" crap on top of that.

[Tobias]

Perhaps its because I am a star wars fan but, this is not horrible/ 'Snot the first time alternate universes were incorporated. Also, Force lightining is not crap, your FACE is.

[Dehan]

Heh, I'm a bit of a star wars fan myself, I liked the idea of them putting different characters in the game, Link and the guy from Tekken. It was pretty awesome, made me go out and rent it a few times. Didn't get all googoo eyes over it though. I'll likely rent this one two-three times as well.

[Mowgli]

Heihachi, I think was his name. I thought that was pretty cool too, the whole idea of bringing in people from other games. Spawn was exclusive to XBOX also. The only thing is, I can understand where Rad and the others are coming from. Link is from an rpg where he uses weapons to survive and conquer, so was Spawn. They both used a sword and an ax, weapons that were already in the game. Heihachi was already in a fighting game so it wasnt that difficult to see him there even though he really didn't have a weapon, lol.

Vader uses a lightsaber and just wouldn't fit in the game. If what Dabura said is true, then that means they just threw him in for his name. Not to even do him justice, he might as well just be a costume you can unlock. Now Yoda, omg. Look at how he fights. I don't think they'd be able to even do it right. Plus, why the hell would he be after the Soul Calibur? "Sword thats weaker than lightsaber, I must have."

>.>

Sorry about that. I'm really bored. Ill stop now.

[Janemba]

Though Link is BA, I didn't like too much that they kinda chucked him into one of the games. (2 I think?)

This sounds like a not-so-slick move to me...it'd be better I think if Vader and Yoda were like alternate costumes for a couple characters, since it'd add a comical edge to it. But just kinda being like "Oh yeah, Yoda and Vader are here too." sounds stupid to me.

[Raditzu]

Star Wars has been ruined for me. I'm not kidding. Its not because I don't like the source material, its purely a poor association. Everything Star Wars annoys me.

Its completely irrational, and I'll never try to argue otherwise, but you can imagine how I felt after hearing Star Wars was going to be in one of my favorite game series ever.

[Pink Underoo]

Heihaichi was for the PS2 version of SC2, Spawn for Xbox, and Link for the GC. I owned them all at one point and it was glorious.

Placing iconic characters into other formats isn't new, but it is effective. I enjoyed it ever since Batman and Robin joined the Globetrotters to hunt down a masked nare-do-well on that old Scooby Doo cartoon, and if you guys don't like it you can go suck a lemon.

[Raditzu]

I think its a brilliant move. You want money? What better way than to cater to nerds who spend all their money on stuff like video games? (and no, I'm not trying to say I'm not part of that mass, myself.)

If I ever own a video game series, you better believe I'll try to cram in anything that people will buy just because its there.

[Waffuru]

Maybe they can fix some of the balance issues before adding stupid characters. =(

[Tobias]

Listen it rocks and those who disagree are wrong. Discussion over.

[Raditzu]

Maybe they can fix some of the balance issues before adding stupid characters. =(

*concurs*

I honestly didn't have that big a problem with the (un)balancing in SC3, but I'm also one of those people who don't mind dying 5 or 6 times before winning a fight. (Remember DOA4, Waff?)

That said, I can certainly respect those who hated the way some characters were just stupid powerful. And with on-line play, making sure everyone is on some kind of equal footing will be an absolute must.

[Raditzu]

Since Penny Arcade

And that post loses so hard that it almost got you a temp ban.

[Pink Underoo]

So, what exactly is wrong with these characters... [i]besides already being too popular[i]? The characters in Soul Calibur fight like super jedi with all kinds of unrealistic weapons already, so where's the beef?

[Raditzu]

My beef is with SW. Not with those characters in particular.

I'm curious to see what they do with Yoda without breaking the game. I mean, really, he should be immune to high and mid attacks, but that's retarded.