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Soul Calibur Legends: Delicious Wii screens for your perusal photo

For those of you itching to experience the world of Soul Calibur with extra waggle, please find enclosed a batch of sixteen shiny new screens from Namco Bandai's spin-off adventure game. While some might be skeptical of Soul Calibur Legends, the fact that these screens contain both a dragon and a floating Egyptian sarcophagus of death is enough to convince me that this game is worth keeping an eye on. There are not enough floating death sarcophagi in videogames today.

Graphically, it's looking how you expect Wii games to look at the moment -- just like PlayStation 2 title, but a relatively pretty one. All I personally care about is that Ivy looks as kinky and up for it as ever, which is the most important factor of all. Also, as a man who is terrible at fighting games, seeing the Soul Calibur series take a brief detour into the realm of action-adventuring has certainly piqued my interest somewhat. Not a lot, but a little. Enjoy the screens and stick with Destructoid for more information as and when we get it.


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Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 03:28
Mxyzptlk
I want to believe this game will be pretty cool. Still being cautiously optimistic. Plus, Ivy looks kinky and up for it.
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 03:39
Riser Glen
Whenever I hear "Fighting Game Spin-off," I think of Death By Degrees starring Tekken's Nina Williams. *Ultra-Shivers*

I really, really, really hope this is nothing like that.
SubOrbital's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 03:43
SubOrbital
I am hoping greatly that this game won't suck. I love me some Soul Calibur.
winojesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 04:41
winojesus
this game will suck. i'm sorry.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 04:44
Justice
Jim what is a perusal?
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 05:09
Justice
Oh dw I know now
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 08:01
Tron Knotts
Ivy's ass looks weird.

The Wii doesn't need this game to be good, as it already has enough good games coming between Aug and Dec. But still, Namco shouldn't be turning out half-assed stuff like this for the Wii or any console.

No pun intended.

Lord_Satorious's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 08:50
Lord_Satorious
I have hope, but the action-adventure and fighting genres really should not be combined. Maybe Soul Calibur Legends will change our minds.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 08:59
Jim Sterling
Tron: We don't know it's half-assed yet. That's not a fair assessment.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 09:43
brad drac
From those screens, it just looks like god of war, but with multiple(well designed) characters, and allegedly 1:1 wiimote swordplay. I'm not terribly sure how people are so certain that this game will suck.
Foe's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 10:07
Foe
This game looks pretty interesting, its nice to see that it didn't turn out like that BS Rygar "exclusive Wii-make", or a bunch of Soul Calibur mini games (The soul still burns, QUICK pump this hydrant to put it out!!)
Mister Disco's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 10:31
Mister Disco
Ah, thar be my ninja lass, Taki. She's lookin' good, and that's mostly all I cared about :P We'll see about the rest when we get closer to release.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 10:40
GuitarAtomik
@Foe

I LOL'd
arcadias's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 11:14
arcadias
This is looking really good. Still optimistic since it doesnt appear to have turned into Death by Degrees. That game turned out awful. Tekken 3's Tekken Force mode was infinitely better.

Fingers crossed!
zardoz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 11:40
zardoz
Generic art direction? Check
Horrible amateurish camera angles? Check
Bland colour scheme? Check
Using characters from a well known franchise in order to sell an otherwise entirely forgettable piece of spftware? Check
PS2 controls with waggle over the top? Check

No one can tell right now if this game is going to be good or not? Surely everyone can see it's a piece of crap.

This game will suck and blow at the same time. How do I know? Just look at it, it's a PS2 bound game, not only in appearance but in gameplay too. It won't feature one to one movement and it won't feel like a step up from traditional control.

I said Umbrella Chronicles will suck and got slated for it, so I maintain UC will suck and so will this. So many developers STILL don't get the Wii, Namco is obviously one of those developers.

Take a look at Mario Galaxy, that is the blueprint for how all action adventure games should handle on the Wii, you can pretty much forget all previous efforts until that game comes out. The Wii remote is designed to free the player, allowing them to express themselves, it was not designed to replace button pressing with waggle.
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 12:15
Oni
I'm cautiously optimistic about this game. I have a feeling that it's really nowhere near done, so they're going to pretty it up a bit more.

I'll definitely give it a rental at some point in the future
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 12:25
F Whipple
This game HAS to be good. The soul calibur fanboy inside won't let it be any different.
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