Soul Calibur Thread - Return of Neclord's Waifu

Darc_Requiem · March 31, 2018

Just noticed we don't have Soul Calibur thread. My personal favorite fighting game franchise from Namco, sorry Tekken fans. It seems SCVI is going back to more of a SC2 style of game. Hopefully they don't forget to put in the series stalwarts while they are wasting slots on guest characters. @Neclord , I got a present for you for all your tournament steam updates.

Edited August 5, 2018 by Darc_Requiem

misterBee · March 31, 2018

Never been seriously into SC. If this one's fun I'll give it a shot.

Deadly_Raver · March 31, 2018

4 hours ago, misterBee said:

Never been seriously into SC. If this one's fun I'll give it a shot.

They REALLY pissed me off when they took my boy Kilik out. I know why they brought monkey boy in and I don't care. Add that fucker as a skin if you want, but leave my homey alone. I MAY try six. That's a big if since I barely play at all anymore.

Also: Ivy? Just throw the clothes away. You want to do it, and we want you to do it.

Onyxe · March 31, 2018

Well Kilik is definitely back in SC6. His son Xiba most likely won't ever appear again unless Team Soul does a time line crossing

Makrow · April 1, 2018

Well seeing as how they have Nightmare in the game and they brought back my boy Zas I'm definitely playing 6. Anybody else is icing on the cake really. All that's left is seeing if the gameplay is any good.

GetTheTables · April 1, 2018

I'm looking forward to this. The game has been looking good and SC is the only 3D game I've ever really been able to play.

Waiting to see if Voldo creepily wiggles his way into the roster.

Darc_Requiem · April 1, 2018

Voldo is basically the Yoshimitsu of the Soul Calibur franchise. He'll be in and he'll be as creepy and weird as ever.

GetTheTables · April 1, 2018

Yeah I think he is high %. They seem to be pushing this as a psuedo-reboot of the franchise so I figure they are gonna pull a SFIV and try to hit all the favorites.

My one concern is that in this modern era of waifus I'm not sure a creepy old bondage guy can still get a release spot. But failing that Xianghua and Sophitia are in so the game is already off to a strong start for me.

The_Weasel · April 4, 2018

As a long-time fan of the SoulCalibur series, I'm excited for SCVI. However, I'm also kind of guarded about the game because of Namco-Bandai's track record of treating the series like a red-headed stepchild compared to all of the attention, marketing dollars and development each and ever Tekken game gets.

Personally, I'm waiting on Taki, Astaroth, Raphael, Cervantes and new characters.

Darc_Requiem · April 4, 2018

They better have Taki this time. I prefer Siegfried to Nightmare, but I'm not sure if they are going to have both this time. But we have Geralt Yup, good old guest characters. Taking up slots that could go to series regulars. I wish Soul Calibur got the respect from Namco that Tekken did. I actually enjoy Soul Calibur.

GetTheTables · April 5, 2018

Namco seems to have discovered the Smash phenomenon of adding a character from another thing makes fans of that thing likely to buy your game because video game fans usually have poor impulse control.

I will be massively shocked if Taki doesn't show up. She has always seemed to be a popular character and dear lord her character design and "costume" make her perfect for the modern FG waifu culture. Not like she doesn't already have a spot there, but c'mon who doesn't want to see a current gen Taki?

Neclord · April 6, 2018

Just saw this thread. Shame I didn't notice it earlier.

Anyway.

Soul Calibur is my favorite 3D fighter series. I think I played every game of it.

Played 4 and 5 online until it died. Was fun, but sadly the playerbase wasn't nearly as big as SF4 during the time so it wasn't always easy to find matches.

Well and Ivy is probably my favorite Fighting Game character of all time. I fell in love with her in SC2 and mained her in every SC game since then.

Spoiler

Also first video game crush pls don't tell anyone

I like that she has a younger face this time. Looks fresh. But I hope we get the option to give her her older face from IV as a costume option. Probably won't happen and it's not really necessary but I liked her face from IV a lot too so would be cool. But no preference overall. All her faces in all SC games are top tier imo.

I just hope that gameplay wise they didn't simplify her more. SCV already did that a little bit and I just hope she remains a stance character. That's what made her so interesting to me.

But of course Ivy is not my only interest in the game. I want to see some old fan favorites making it into SC6.

Especially Taki. She derserves it so much to be back after she got replaced by female Naruto in V. She was my secondary in IV.

Other characters I wanna see are Setsuka and Siegfried. I liked to mess around with them in previous SC games. Hated the fact that Setsuka got replaced by Alpha Patroklos in V (V made a lot of bad decisions in that regard).

GetTheTables · April 6, 2018

First off: I never saw the cosplay in the initial post. Damn fine.

I'd be surprised if they changed Ivy much. Her whole two stances/whip sword thing is her jam. They may mechanically make her easier/more streamlined but that is the way the winds are blowing nowadays anyways (though Namco is still making "fuck you get good" games like Tekken 7).

I would love to see Setsuka come back. Her move set was rad as hell and she got shafted in terms of representation. Fuck every version of Sophie's children.

GetTheTables · April 12, 2018

Siggy confirmed, looking tough:

Bea_Iank · April 12, 2018

"Taste the power of my sword"

Yes, yes please, I will.

This development pleases me. I must acquire SC6 when it goes on pre-order.

Darc_Requiem · April 12, 2018

Yes , my boy is back. Good news. I need good news.

GetTheTables · April 12, 2018

I always forget how much I love his attacks until I see them in action again. Something about Nightmare just isn't the same.

Edit: I sort of purged Soul Calibur from my mind after being disappointed with 5. Now that I'm thinking about it I'm pretty pumped to potentially get Cervantes back. He was probably my #1 in those games.

Edited April 12, 2018 by GetTheTables

Darc_Requiem · April 12, 2018

Added Siegfried's video to the OP. Thanks GetTheTables.

Makrow · April 12, 2018

Thank God. Thought I would be stuck using Nightmare. Now I have my true main.

misterBee · April 12, 2018

I used to think I was special because I used Siegfried. Now I realize everyone uses him and I am another nameless scrub.

Darc_Requiem · April 12, 2018

On 4/12/2018 at 1:01 PM, misterBee said:

I used to think I was special because I used Siegfried. Now I realize everyone uses him and I am another nameless scrub.

Nothing wrong with being a scrub. Just sing this and you'll feel better.

I don’t know
What this move’s gonna do,
But I know one thing,
I’m gonna keep mashing…
Baby, 'cause I’m a scrub
All day, every day
Baby, 'cause I’m a scrub
Can’t confirm for the world
Uh huh, 'cause I’m a scrub
That’s right you heard
Baby, ‘cause I’m a scrub
Uh-huh, oh, yeah, mash it out

Deadly_Raver · April 13, 2018

uh oh. Sieg's back? Looks like him and Mitsu are going to be my main problems again.

misterBee · April 13, 2018

3 hours ago, Deadly_Raver said:

uh oh. Sieg's back? Looks like him and Mitsu are going to be my main problems again.

You must have had a terrible time because by my scrub math I think these two characters are like 95% of the user base.

GetTheTables · April 13, 2018

I actually think Siegfried and Nightmare are probably the SC player % equivalent of Ryu and Ken except instead of "I like shotos" its "I like big swords". They seem to be super popular. Throw Kilik and Mitsurugi into the mix and you probably have the vast majority of the player base covered right there.

Deadly_Raver · April 13, 2018

5 hours ago, misterBee said:

You must have had a terrible time because by my scrub math I think these two characters are like 95% of the user base.

well, this was way back in the SC2 days and I was quite lucky. Only me and some guys on the ship were playing. Thankfully, they were playing quite a diverse group. Still, the mitsu, seig, and one Cervantes guy were wrecking my shit more often than not. I ended up picking up some mitsu because of that. Might grab that Seig this time since we ALL know what's gonna happen.

ZioSerpe · April 16, 2018

Where is Seong Mi Na?

Edited April 16, 2018 by ZioSerpe

Darc_Requiem · April 16, 2018

Not sure, hopefully she shows up though. She was one of my favorites.

GreatDarkHero · May 1, 2018

Edited May 1, 2018 by GreatDarkHero

Darc_Requiem · May 1, 2018

Now my waifu has returned

GetTheTables · May 1, 2018

Everyone's favorite almost-but-not-quite-naked ninja returns.

Looks pretty neat-o.

Bea_Iank · May 1, 2018

Miss I wear body paint, not clothes is back. Yay!

The_Weasel · May 1, 2018

Wellp, time to pre-order this bad boy. My Main's back.

GreatDarkHero · May 1, 2018

My Main Goddess Ultra Amazoness Queen Alpha-Bitch Kunoichi Taki is back and she gon' be mine. Scrub gon' cry when they step out of line...

Edited May 1, 2018 by GreatDarkHero

misterBee · May 1, 2018

Taki is back?! WHAT A SURPRISE!

Darc_Requiem · May 1, 2018

10 minutes ago, misterBee said:

Taki is back?! WHAT A SURPRISE!

Nothing was guaranteed. I was sure she'd be in SCV. She wasn't

GreatDarkHero · May 1, 2018

Not to mention quite a few other iconic characters being missing from SCV.

Darc_Requiem · May 2, 2018

The grueling battle ends with the victory of Titty...erm...Taki. You win!

Edited May 2, 2018 by Darc_Requiem

The_Weasel · May 2, 2018

17 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

The grueling battle ends with the victory of Titty...erm...Taki. You win!

This victory strengthens the soul of... Titty! ... Uh, Taki. You win!

GetTheTables · May 17, 2018

Yoshi helicopters onto the scene:

Onyxe · May 18, 2018

Saw Yoshi's trailer earlier and I definitely like his redesign. I just wish Team Soul start revealing unexpected characters. They are revealing too many fan favorites so soon. Save Maxi, Yun Seong, Talim, Mina, Raphael, and Astaroth for later. Start showing off some unexpected characters or some more new ones. Groh better not be the only new character in SC6

GetTheTables · May 18, 2018

I feel like there will probably be a few more, but I could totally see them being really conservative. SCV has sort of a miasma around it and part of what you hear is that people didn't like the new characters (or at least that is what I've heard).

Since I'm sure Namco is trying to push SC towards a Tekken 7-style renaissance I think they'd be sort of conservative with new characters anyways, and I think SCV being close-ish in the rear view would probably make them even more gun shy about including too many new faces. This is going to me more of an SFIV sort of launch where you want as many people as possible saying "oh cool my favorite character is in this one, I'll give it a shot".

That said, SC is at it's best when it is introducing new characters and hopefully they know that. Just don't give us another batch of shit kids and everything will be alright.

Darc_Requiem · May 19, 2018

I'm a fan of Yoshimitsu's design in SCVI. Sometimes less is more. Some of the super over the top designs they gave him recently weren't my cup of tea. Side note: Anyone seen @Neclord lately? Haven't seen him in a bit. I wasn't too concerned at first. However, he usually posts the tournament schedules. There are three going I think and he's MIA. I hope he's okay.

misterBee · May 19, 2018

21 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

I'm a fan of Yoshimitsu's design in SCVI. Sometimes less is more. Some of the super over the top designs they gave him recently weren't my cup of tea. Side note: Anyone seen @Neclord lately? Haven't seen him in a bit. I wasn't too concerned at first. However, he usually posts the tournament schedules. There are three going I think and he's MIA. I hope he's okay.

Did he show up at the other place? Maybe he's just busy. Next week is Memorial Day weekend after all.