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Liquid Gears
02-08-2003, 11:51 PM
Namco Japan announced awhile ago, four new characters to the Soul Calibur 2 family. One new character named Necrid (a Todd Macfarlane creation) will be appearing on all three systems, while Link, Spawn and Heihachi will appear on the GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2 respectively. Namco announced they will release the home version of Soul Calibur 2 for PS2, GameCube and Xbox in Japan on March 27.

Additionally there is a new mode for all three systems that seems to be similar to the classic Edge Master mode found in the PSX version of Soul Blade/Edge. Apparently it will be some sort of RPG mode where you can collect various weapons and attributes for weapons and them use them in other modes such as Arcade and Versus mode.

Here are some images to hold you over until more details come through.

GameCube exclusive - Link
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/link.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/soulcaliburlink.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/soulcaliburlink2.jpg

Liquid Gears
02-08-2003, 11:52 PM
PlayStation 2 exclusive - Heihachi
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/hei.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/soulcalibur2hei2.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/soulcalibur2hei.jpg

xboxman_1
02-08-2003, 11:52 PM
Man, talk about old news...but nice pics.

Liquid Gears
02-08-2003, 11:53 PM
New character (for all versions) - Necrid
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/necrid0.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/necrid1.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/necrid2.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/necrid3.jpg

Liquid Gears
02-08-2003, 11:53 PM
Videos!!!

<a href="http://www.gpara.com/movie/20030115_5.htm">Link</a>

<a href="http://www.gpara.com/movie/20030115_6.htm">Spawn, Heihachi, Necrid</a>

This game is shaping up to be truly incredible.

Liquid Gears
02-08-2003, 11:58 PM
Originally posted by xboxman_1
Man, talk about old news...but nice pics.

Yeah, I know it's old news. But not that old. This was revealed on January 15th. For the last month, I've been extremely busy at school. So I never really had any time to look this info up, until now.

Besides, not all of the XBA members know this info. No biggy ;)

Liquid Gears
02-09-2003, 12:00 AM
THE KING!!!

Xbox exclusive - Spawn
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/spawnxboxhigh.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/soulcalibur2.jpg
http://the-magicbox.com/Jan03/soulcalibur2spawn.jpg

xboxman_1
02-09-2003, 12:03 AM
I personally think Link is the best....and the PS2 one is definitely the dumbest.

Liquid Gears
02-09-2003, 12:06 AM
Originally posted by xboxman_1
I personally think Link is the best....and the PS2 one is definitely the dumbest.

No way man, Spawn's killer!! Even though he looks sweet too, Link definitely takes second place for this one.

Personally, I think Spawn should have his wicked a$$ cape and should use his chains and spells for weapons. Oh well

But, you're right about the PoS2 character being the worst ;)

xboxman_1
02-09-2003, 12:11 AM
Ya, that cape is bad a$$...it's not looking like its goin to be in there though...

Liquid Gears
02-09-2003, 12:20 AM
Originally posted by xboxman_1
Ya, that cape is bad a$$...it's not looking like its goin to be in there though...

Yeah........too bad :(

But it's nice to see Spawn actually looks good in a game for once

xboxman_1
02-09-2003, 12:39 AM
But it's nice to see Spawn actually looks good in a game for once

Agreed.

Even w/o the cape he is still a complete bad a$$.

Liquid Gears
02-09-2003, 12:47 AM
Why would they pick Heihachi for the PoS2 version? :confused:

If anyone, I would've though they'd pick that dude from Devil May Cry. He's the only sweet lookin' guy I could think of for the PoS2.

Whatever, Playstation got screwed over on this one. Ha ha

xboxman_1
02-09-2003, 12:49 AM
Ya, Dante would have been a good pick. Heihachi is already in a fighting game - they are definitely screwed.

Liquid Gears
02-09-2003, 01:11 AM
Originally posted by xboxman_1
Ya, Dante would have been a good pick. Heihachi is already in a fighting game - they are definitely screwed.

Devil May Cry 2 looks wicked!! I hope my best friend buys it for his PoS2. It's one of the few games I like for the crap console.

The Jackal
02-09-2003, 02:40 AM
spawns awesome

bballboy
02-09-2003, 04:10 PM
Originally posted by Liquid Gears
Yeah, I know it's old news. But not that old. This was revealed on January 15th. For the last month, I've been extremely busy at school. So I never really had any time to look this info up, until now.

Besides, not all of the XBA members know this info. No biggy ;)

Actually, month old news is pretty old. Its ok though cause I hadn't ever seen the pics of that Necrid guy. He looks pretty cool. Thanks for the pics.

I think Link looks the best and fits the best into the game. Spawn is second IMO. And I think we can all agree the PS2 got the raw end of the deal here.

I'm still puzzled as to why they chose Spawn for Xbox though. Oh well, he looks pretty good.

Casper
02-09-2003, 04:41 PM
- old news

- wrong forum

- triple posts? :confused:

Nice job LG

GokuX
02-09-2003, 04:51 PM
I've never seen the vids before, so this is new to me. I think Link's got the best moves with the ability to have projectiles -arrows and bombs.

Liquid Gears
02-09-2003, 05:29 PM
Originally posted by casper
- old news

- wrong forum

- triple posts? :confused:

Nice job LG

It's ok casper, we all know you want to be a mod :confused:

Casper
02-09-2003, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by Liquid Gears
It's ok casper, we all know you want to be a mod :confused:

Nah, but if I'm going to brag about being a important around here, or whatever you call your ego trip, I'll at least try and put stuff where it goes, ya know, like try and practice what you preach, if that's not over your head :confused:

Shadow20002
02-09-2003, 05:35 PM
I have already post about it in the general forums but anyway, for someone doesn't know, it's different. Why do we have Spawn instead of something that it's popular on Xbox ? Link is popular in the series of Zelda, Heihachi is also in the best one fighting game Tekken series and we have a anomynous one: Spawn. Why not any character in Dead or Alive 3 ?


P.S. Don't get me wrong, i like Spawn also but this guy is just a newbie for Xbox. Hmm...wait ! Maybe we are getting in the future a spawn game ? This is just a start for the new hero to debut his career on Xbox. Maybe... :rolleyes:

JJaX
02-10-2003, 01:33 PM
Spawn was selected because the creator Todd McFarlane had helped design a new character/boss? called Necrid.

Heihachi was selected because, well um, does tekken and namco ring a bell? Just like yoshimitsu was in SC1.

Nintendo and Link? Shall i go on?

It would be sweet if nintendo went 3rd party and we were able to D/L Link.

Ninja Scroll
02-10-2003, 02:14 PM
Damn, out of da 40 post in dis thread LG gets credit for 38 of dem!

NO wonder it looks like dis thread got alot of love.:rolleyes:

Yo Liquid, what is your purpose? Like, why were you ever born?:confused:

Im confused!:eek: