I posted a topic for SC5 back closer to it's announcement, but now I can finally give it a real crack.

 

 

Name: Soul Calibur V

System: Playstation 3, Xbox 360

Producer: Namco

Rating: PEGI-16, T

Players: 1-2 (offline or online), most likely up to 16 for Tournament mode

Release Date: January 31, 2012

Exclusive content: None

DLC Content: Yes

 

Set seventeen years after the events of Soul Calibur IV, this tale of souls and swords follows the stories of Pyrrha and Patroklos Alexandra, the daughter and son of Sophitia Alexandra, respectively. After the events of IV, Pyrrha was abducted by Tira and has been on her own since. How this ties in with her brother and the other characters is currently unknown.

 

Only about half of the character roster has been revealed thus far. To this date, confirmed characters include:

(I can apparently only post X pictures, even if they are in spoiler boxes, so I'm only posting new characters and central designs.)

 

Veterans

Siegfried Schtauffen

 

 

 

Nightmare

 

 

 

Heishiro Mitsurugi

 

Isabella "Ivy" Valentine

 

Taki

 

Maxi

 

Hildegard "Hilde" von Krone

 

Tira

 

Voldo

 

Astaroth (new Astaroth)

 

Raphael Sorel

 

Geo Dampierre

It is worth noting that there have been no changes to Dampierre's design, though this is his first appearance on a console system. There is talk of him being DLC.

 

Newcomers

Patroklos Alexandra

 

 

Son of Sophitia. Brother of Pyrrha.

 

Pyrrha Alexandra

 

 

Daughter of Sophitia. Sister of Patroklos.

 

Natsu

 

 

Disciple of Taki.

 

Z.W.E.I.

 

 

Relationships unknown.

 

Yan Leixia

 

 

Daughter of Chai Xianghua.

 

Viola

 

 

Relathionships unknown. Said to play an important part in the story.

 

And of course, our very Special Guest

Ezio Auditore

 

 

 

The Critical Finish system has been abolished and replaced by Critical Edge, a series of devestating attacks similar to most fighting games. A guage fills up and when it's full, you can use your Critical Edge. Simple as that.

 

There is no exclusivity between consoles; one version of the game is just as good as the other.

 

Daishi Odashima has said that there will be more than 20 stages with selectable music, and that about half or so will be multi-tiered stages. Look forward to smashing your helpless foes through walls!

 

Character creation returns and it's... I don't think I can say what I was about to but YEAH! Check vid below. There's honestly too much to type.

 

Tokyo Game Show 2011

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsXJYmLTDKU

 

Ezio Announcement and Nightmare Reveal

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0rzhVcaAv8&feature=pyv

 

Character Creation

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAZTv_7yxoA

 

That's it off the top of my head. I'm always following it so if anything happens, you'll all know by my shrieking-fangirl updates.

I don't have any of the Soul Calibur games, but I am considering getting this game because of Ezio from Assassin's Creed and Xemnas's narration.

Yay! I love the character creation! But...Where are Seong Mi-Na, Yun Seong, Talim, Amy, Kilik, Xiangua, Cervantes, Lizardman, Setsuka, Zasalamel, Rock, Bangoo & Yoshimitsu? & Why did they replace the Final Fantasy characters with Ezio Auditore da Firenze? BTW, let me know if I didn't spell a word right, or forgot a character that's not part of the cast.

Yay! I love the character creation! But...Where are Seong Mi-Na, Yun Seong, Talim, Amy, Kilik, Xiangua, Cervantes, Lizardman, Setsuka, Zasalamel, Rock, Bangoo & Yoshimitsu? & Why did they replace the Final Fantasy characters with Ezio Auditore da Firenze? BTW, let me know if I didn't spell a word right, or forgot a character that's not part of the cast.

 

There were FF characters?

Yay! I love the character creation! But...Where are Seong Mi-Na, Yun Seong, Talim, Amy, Kilik, Xiangua, Cervantes, Lizardman, Setsuka, Zasalamel, Rock, Bangoo & Yoshimitsu? & Why did they replace the Final Fantasy characters with Ezio Auditore da Firenze? BTW, let me know if I didn't spell a word right, or forgot a character that's not part of the cast.

 

They aren't FF characters... they're original SC characters.

The reason for why they are not returning, is because this game is set 17 years later, therefore, most would be too old.

However, Leixia is Xianghua's daughter. Unfortunately, not Kilik's. :'(

And Natsu is Taki's apprentice.

Pyrrah and Patrokolus are both Sophitia's children.

And there is this new chick named "Viola," but there is speculation that it could actually be Amy in disguise.

 

 

 

As for me, being a Soul Calibur fan and playing all of the games except the first one, I am not too found of this cast. All the returning characters, are the ones I could care less for. So I don't think I'll be buying this. However, it'll be interesting to play with an almost entire new character selection. I wonder how their fighting styles will differ.

They aren't FF characters... they're original SC characters.

The reason for why they are not returning, is because this game is set 17 years later, therefore, most would be too old.

However, Leixia is Xianghua's daughter. Unfortunately, not Kilik's. :'(

And Natsu is Taki's apprentice.

Pyrrah and Patrokolus are both Sophitia's children.

And there is this new chick named "Viola," but there is speculation that it could actually be Amy in disguise.

 

 

 

As for me, being a Soul Calibur fan and playing all of the games except the first one, I am not too found of this cast. All the returning characters, are the ones I could care less for. So I don't think I'll be buying this. However, it'll be interesting to play with an almost entire new character selection. I wonder how their fighting styles will differ.

 

 

No, Dum Dum! I wasn't talking about soul calibur characters!I was talking about the final fantasy characters!

And Viola & Amy are TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE!!

There were FF characters?

 

Well, there were going to be, but they were replaced with Ezio Auiditore da Firenze.

No, Dum Dum! I wasn't talking about soul calibur characters!I was talking about the final fantasy characters!

And Viola & Amy are TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE!!

 

There was never any official FF characters to begin with, "Dum Dum!" There was talk, but there's always FF talk when it comes to games that have special appearances.

And I never said Viola and Amy ARE the same. I said PEOPLE have their speculations.

The producer said he would like to include FF characters for guests, but it was never an official announcement. Ezio was chosen not only for the booming popularity of the Assassin's Creed series, but the impending release of Revelations next Tuesday. (They did the same thing for Starkiller in SCIV).

 

And I've confirmed that Dampierre's DLC. You'll have to wait to download him, though, if you don't pre-order the game. (Which I'm doing, so it doesn't matter anyways. Collector's Edition, baby!)

I cannot wait for this game to come out! I've been a Soul Calibur girl ever since the Soul Calibur III demo first came out. (It's also all thanks to Soul Calibur that I got into the fighting games.) I'm a bit sad that some of my mains aren't in this one, like Xianghua and Talim(?), but I'm also excited for the new characters, like Leixia and Pyrrha.

One thing I am furious about, however, is the fact that Kilik is not Leixia's father. I mean, that's somewhat of a betrayal to Xianghua's theme, don't you think? "What lies in her soul is Love"? Where is her love?! Where the hell is Kilik?! And this General Yan shows up out of nowhere...

Here's my theory: Leixia discovers that Yan isn't her biological father, and her real father has been missing for a long time. She decides to go on a journey in search of him, and the best way that Xianghua can support her daughter is give her Kilik's necklace (because she has it for some reason) as a good luck charm.

Please let my theory be true...