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[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

http://www.joystiq.com/2005/02/09/dante-joins-the-soul-calibur-3-lineup/

He obviously did not make the cut.

what bothers me more about this article is figuring out how you "borrow an engine for one boss fight"

WTF?

 

[Skilletor]

That is win.

 

[Struct09]

Bahahaha

 

[warpaint]

if it fits well with all in the game, i can't see it not working

 

[Dahbomb]

Is Nightmare a female now? I am totally lost on the SC lore.

 

[Kimosabae]

Is Nightmare a female now? I am totally lost on the SC lore.

No. Rumor was that Sophie was going to be the new Nightmare, but this image deconfirms that. Nighty on the character select screen seems to be his own entity again.

 

[Jay Shadow]

Whoops.

Namco PR Rep should have looked at this pic closer before releasing it.

http://twitter.com/#!/Joukisan/status/126720845279277056/photo/1

Enlarge and you'll see Ezio's theme listed in the song selection.

 

[Erigu]

what bothers me more about this article is figuring out how you "borrow an engine for one boss fight"
WTF?

Hoax. Simple as that.

 

[SolarKnight]

So it's pretty much confirmed now? I've never played Assassin's Creed, but I like the addition.

Rumor was that Sophie was going to be the new Nightmare, but this image deconfirms that.

How does that deconfirm anything?

 

[Kimosabae]

So it's pretty much confirmed now? I've never played Assassin's Creed, but I like the addition.



How does that deconfirm anything?

Whoops, forgot Phyrra replaced Sophie.

Even still, looking at the image of Nightmare, I highly doubt Namco would be dense enough to keep the art of Nightmare so similar if Soul Edge possessed a female.

 

[SolarKnight]

We can only really see its head though, so who knows.

 

[Master Thespian]

sheppard from 8wayrun.com stretched out an off screen image that Namco PR rep also posted:

If that is Nightmare, he/she/it is significantly different.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

For what it's worth, I think I see a hint of eyelashes in the corner of Nightmare's eyes, and they look generally more female. But that might just be because I would want it, since I'm sick to death of original Nightmare.

However, I don't see why a Sophiemare would be in heavy armor, unless the Nightmare armor actually took over her.

Edit: Slim Nightmare? I'd be surprised if Sophie wasn't in it then.

 

[Kimosabae]

If that's an image of Nightmare I guess I'll shut my mouth, then.

 

[TreIII]

Looks quite interesting. I'm just hoping that if it is Sophitia being Nightmare now, her style will be quite different. After all, how many "shield + sword" move-sets do we need?

As it stands right now, I still wonder about what fate will befall Lizardman...

 

[Master Thespian]

I see a smaller sword than Nightmare had before and no shield.

At any rate, if it doesn't leak somewhere else first then:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/episode-503-gt-tv/722440

We'll get it tonight.

 

[Dahbomb]

Female Nightmare would be interesting.... in the portrait his/her eyes look more feminine...

 

[Jay Shadow]

I see a smaller sword than Nightmare had before and no shield.

At any rate, if it doesn't leak somewhere else first then:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/episode-503-gt-tv/722440

We'll get it tonight.

Tomorrow night. When they say 1 AM Thursday, they actually mean Friday 1AM. This confusion happens literally every time the show is mentioned.

 

[TreIII]

Tomorrow night. When they say 1 AM Thursday, they actually mean Friday 1AM. This confusion happens literally every time the show is mentioned.

Yep. Makes you wonder why they don't bother changing it, already. And for that matter, why 1 AM EST, anyway?

 

[Master Thespian]

Tomorrow night. When they say 1 AM Thursday, they actually mean Friday 1AM. This confusion happens literally every time the show is mentioned.

WHAT? Boooooo. Hopefully it leaks out before then.

 

[Jay Shadow]

WHAT? Boooooo. Hopefully it leaks out before then.

I'd prefer it doesn't. More leaks would make them rethink their increased interaction

 

[Lesiroth]

Altair rules Ezio drools.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Danthrax]

It looks like there is gonna be around 28 characters, that's alot to master!

I count 30 slots. Eight in each row, times four rows, minus two slots that have been replaced by what looks like a stone carving of the Soul Edge eye.

By comparison, there were 34 characters in Soul Calibur 4, if you count the five bonus characters.

 

[Chet Rippo]

I count 30 slots. Eight in each row, times four rows, minus two slots that have been replaced by what looks like a stone carving of the Soul Edge eye.

By comparison, there were 34 characters in Soul Calibur 4, if you count the five bonus characters.

One of those is the create a character slot (the one with the sword and shield on it most likely.) So that would really make it 29, unless there are bonus characters like before.

 

[EYEL1NER]

If true, that's pretty cool news.
I never had any real hate for the exclusive characters, they didn't really bother me too much. They were what they were, bonuses. But if this is true and he plays well, I'll have to take some of my Ivy-time and devote it to Ezio.

 

[Master Thespian]

I'd prefer it doesn't. More leaks would make them rethink their increased interaction

Leaks haven't slowed Capcom's interaction. The only reason this is an issue is that every event that comes around we have to wait another 3 or 4 days to hear anything with these embargoes.

The reason Star Wars got *extra* hate was because they also got special stages that also didn't fit in, all in a game short on stages to begin with. And since they so frequently came up in random select, it was harder to just ignore the guest influence this time.

 

[Roto13]

Unlike the guest characters in II, the Star Wars characters were all over the place. The ones in II never came up in Arcade mode and barely in Edge Master mode, while Starkiller was in Arcade mode every time you played it and I'm assuming they were both in Tower of Souls mode at some point.

 

[NeonZ]

Unlike the guest characters in II, the Star Wars characters were all over the place. The ones in II never came up in Arcade mode and barely in Edge Master mode, while Starkiller was in Arcade mode every time you played it and I'm assuming they were both in Tower of Souls mode at some point.

"Arcade" mode in Soul Calibur didn't have any of the console exclusives, not only the guests. Even Lizardman, Assassin and Berserker didn't appear there. They all appeared in "Extra Arcade" though.

I don't remember the Star Wars crew in the Tower of Souls. They also never appeared in Story mode, if you weren't playing with another Star Wars character.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

People hate but I loved to play as Darth Vader.

His style was: Badassmotherfuckery.

 

[L00P]

Yeah, Ezio fits in pretty well with the cast

 

[King of the Potato People]

Sexy Nightmare, Namco responded to my email.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Is that... Lili?

 

[Kimosabae]

I started playing SC4 again last night: Yun better be in this game, in all his flashy, supposedly low-tier magnificence.

 

[Ashodin]

That guy to the right of Ezio.. could it be a belmont!?

 

[GrayFoxPL]

That guy to the right of Ezio.. could it be a belmont!?

No, that's Bahn from FV.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

It looks like there is gonna be around 28 characters, that's alot to master!

Who's no. 17? X-men char? :/

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Most excellent.

Edit: I do not see Cervantes. Don't make Dreams-Visions have to choke a bitch.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Hahaha YES!

This adds more to the fact that Ezio is better than no personality whatsover Altair.

I would pay good moneys for this game on PC, if only for the character creator. I know I would be in that millions of hours.

 

[Slamtastic]

Who's no. 17? X-men char? :/

 

[Chet Rippo]

Who's no. 17? X-men char? :/

 

[Freshmaker]

Day 1 if it's Hwang

But it's always that damn Yun Seong instead.

Baek.

 

[Majukun]

someone know who is the guy with the armor and an hat next to Ezio? ò_ò

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Day 1 if it's Hwang

But it's always that damn Yun Seong instead.

Why so many people banned?

 

[Throavium]

Another good fit for Soul Calibur would be Sephiroth, even though I don't like him as a character.

 

[FrankNitty]

3 is X's daughter yeah?

Who is 6

18 is what 2 swords and a shield?

 

[Roto13]

It's already confirmed that Hwang is not coming back. And so many people were banned for not reading an OP before getting obnoxious and indignant at a thread in Off Topic.

 

[Jay Shadow]

3 is X's daughter yeah?

Who is 6

18 is what 2 swords and a shield?

Yes, 3 is X's daughter

We don't know who 6 is yet. Hopefully we'll find out by the end of the week. IF not, then there's a public event next week and they should tell us by then.

18 is assumed to be the Created Character slot.

 

[Finaika]

Is that... Lili?

Nightmare Lili.

Spoiler

Asuka's nightmare.

 

[Roto13]

I hope Edgemaster is in this. Or at least an Edgemaster type character. Who isn't boring like Charade.

 

[Master Thespian]

I hope Edgemaster is in this. Or at least an Edgemaster type character. Who isn't boring like Charade.

This has been confirmed.