Is Namco Bandi trying to tell us something here with these Soul Calibur IV box arts? Is the PS3 the evil side and the Xbox 360 the good side? Who cares, they both look amazing. It works out really nicely too. Having Darth Vader accompanied by Nightmare and Ivy who are a couple of the evil characters from the game matches nicely on the normally black system. The same goes for Yoda who's accompanied by Siegfried and newcomer Hilde as the light characters on the normally white system.
The box arts have popped up on GameStop's Web site but it isn't known for sure if these are the final versions. Hopefully it is as they're both fantastic. Plus, they're pretty similar to Soul Calibur 2's box art variations so these could very well be the final versions, hopefully.
So the only question left to ask is which version are you getting: Sith or Jedi?
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9:34 PM on 03.10.2008
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damn.
The star wars characters look lame.
btw, does this mean nada for the Wii? Last time I remember Gamecube getting Link, PS2 Spawn and Xbox a fiery guy. Man is 3rd party games for the Wii blowing that much?
Of course, even Spawn is a better fit for the series than the Star Wars characters, but this is definately not unprecedented.
I think it's one of the best things to happen in the world of video games in a while...... I've always thought to myself that Lucasarts should have given the rights to Namco to make a Star Wars fighting game based on the Soul Calibur engine. This is as close as I'll get to that dream I think.
oh wow, it's only $8.45 at amazon Marketplace
They've already confirmed that each system is console-specific. At first, at least, later the character that werent on the disc might be available as DLC.
The screens for this game are GORGEOUS, too.
the chance that Yoda/PS3 and Vader/360 are DLC later down the line is pretty high.
I'll probably still pick it up though day one, just like the other SCs.
Now though, I heard an interesting theory that Ivy is only there as a place-holder for the other as-of-yet-unannounced new character. And if I'm on the right track, the other new character is going to be EVIL!! My hope, a dual hook-sword weilder that's all crazy looking like Kabal from MK.
That would also explain the whole "Ivy's evil?!" thing that's going around since she's not going to be on the finalized "evil" cover.
besides, it worked pretty well for Soul Calibur 2 with Spawn, Link and Heihachi
Not sure about Nightmare or Darth Vader though...
If only Ivy is art and others are 3D models... Well it has to be fake. If not... 360 has 3D models and PS3 has Concept Art on the cover?
Maybe I'm getting nick picky over nothing special?
With the damn SW characters on the front. It just looks retarded.
If I had this game, I would get some liquid paper or whatever to erase Yoda's stupid face off it. =/
Lame.