Sure, Yoda and Vader came out of nowhere, and the inclusion of guest characters designed by numerous famed anime and manga artists were certainly unexpected, but now Namco is really gearing up the shocking character revelations for Soul Calibur IV -- a new batch of shots released today show the startling return of samurai warrior Yoshimitsu, the tonfa-wielding Talim, and the Rhinoceros-wearing Rock!
The XBLA edition of Soul Calibur will be based on the Dreamcast edition of the title.
Includes: HD resolution, featuring all of the standard arcade, training, story and survival modes.
Though online leaderboards will be available, only the original game's local offline multiplayer is planned for inclusion.
Expected to arrive this summer, most likely in advance of the July 29 release of Soul Calibur IV.
"We'd heard rumors that other famous Japanese artists would be contributing newcomers to the fold, and the second one has already appeared -- this month's Shonen Age manga anthology debuts Angol Fia, a female fighter contributed by Mine Yoshizaki (Sgt. Frog). Angol Fia assuredly breaks from the series' historically based norm with her spiked bustier, creepy third eye, and rainbow-hued lance...this chick is straight out of the "magical girl" anime canon."
The boxarts for the game are up on Gamestop's page for the game, and display the console-exclusive characters at the top of each respective unit. Now some have speculated that these are only placeholder, and while that is possible, the designs do hold an uncanny resemblance to the other entry in this series that saw exclusive characters.
According to this, Lizardman, Kilik, and Xianghua are all to be included in Soul Calibur IV. Lizardman’s the brutish guy with the sword and shield, and Kilik’s the button-masher favourite with the big pole. Xianghua’s the woman hardly anyone used.
We got our first look at the multiplatform fighter in motion earlier this year at the Tokyo Game Show but hadn't had the chance to try it until today. However, news of the playable demo was nearly overshadowed by the announcement that Namco and LucasArts have teamed up, with the result that Darth Vader and Yoda will appear as console-exclusive playable characters.
We decided to bring Vader to the PS3 because he’s dark and black. Then Yoda went to the Xbox 360 because he’s green. That’s how it’s going on for now. As for whether we can see them battle, who knows? We’re still not released yet, so things can happen.
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