We've all been aware for some time that the guest characters in Soul Calibur IV would be Darth Vader and Yoda. And at the time there was an assortment of people making darkside-lightside jokes concerning certain platforms, and it seems Namco-Bandai might have found them funny. The boxarts for the game are up on Gamestop's page for the game, and display the console-exclusive characters at the top of each respective unit. Now some have speculated that these are only placeholder, and while that is possible, the designs do hold an uncanny resemblance to the other entry in this series that saw exclusive characters. Now the only battle that needs deciding is which box has the better design! For those day-one consumers out there, Soul Calibur IV is set to release on June the 30th.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
3-09-2008 @ 8:48PM
Pieman523 said...
Hate to say it but the PS3 box art looks way cooler
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 8:49PM
Deck said...
I am sadly going to have to agree with Pieman. The PS3 "Darkside" box art is really good looking.
Not that the 360 box art is bad looking but the Evil shade, is pure awesomeness.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 8:49PM
Jason said...
I read somewhere (maybe even here--I don't remember) that the developer said the other exclusive characters may eventually be available as DLC.
I'd much rather play as Vader.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 8:49PM
PerfectStrategy said...
I had my preorder in for this game so long ago. I just absolutely love Soul Calibur. Best fighting game out there by far (yes, even better than VF and DoA). And if someone doesn't buy this game because of the box art, I am going to slice them with a katana.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 8:50PM
qbix said...
That's one high caliber box art.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 9:04PM
Michael Paul said...
I just don't get it. Yoda was always cooler, and that lightsaber duel with Count Dooku sealed the deal. Yet it's all "Vader, Vader...".
They guaranteed one sale of the 360 version with the choice they made, anyway...
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 9:10PM
Vern said...
Well i like the 360 art it's hot. I think they did the dark side and light side based upon the original color of each system xbox 360 white ps3 blk which would make sense.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 9:29PM
rockeranimefreak said...
Yoda! YoYoYoYo Yoda! lol this made me think of that song by Wierd Al which is a parody of Lola!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ub0nykvHRuc
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 9:35PM
Potato Farmer J. said...
I dunno which is cooler!
A gremlin voiced by miss piggy, or a big penis shaped half-machine villain voiced by Mufasa.
THESE ARE SUCH IMPOSING FIGURES.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 9:38PM
Xav de Matos said...
Yet another reason for me to not like Star Wars.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:06PM
colin said...
am i the only one that thinks these unrelated characters shouldn't be on the box art? this isn't smash brothers.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:06PM
Bryan S. said...
well, I like the 360's more. Then again I've always been more attracted to playing the "good side" in video games. Makes up for my demonic real life tendencies. *chuckle*
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:11PM
ZeroCorpse said...
I still say this is the dumbest idea ever.
I mean, this series has you fight with swords and bladed weapons, but there's never any blood or wounding! No limbs ever leave bodies. There's more blood in STREET FIGHTER II than there is in Soul Calibur.
And now they want to add lightsabers to the mix? Lightsabers that DON'T cut people?
Further, they're putting two lightsaber-wielding characters into the games, but they WON'T BE ABLE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER?!?!
And how will they even fit these characters from long, long ago in a another galaxy that's "far, far away" into the existing storyline?
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
If I hit someone in the neck with a big-ass sword, I at least expect some blood, if not decapitation, instead of a flash of light and them getting knocked back but otherwise appearing unharmed.
Call me when Soul Calibur grows up and the characters actually wound each other with their wicked-looking, apparently blunt & useless toy swords.
And to think I ever liked this series. Pfeh!
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:17PM
sifer2400 said...
lmao the ps3 looks better not that i'll buy these games for the price of 60$ yoda>vader
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:17PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Um... you can download Vader as DLC on the 360, and download Yoda as DLC on the PS3. So chill.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:19PM
PerfectStrategy said...
Zero, have you ever heard of things like 'fun' or 'good gameplay'?
I love Forza Motorsport 2 and it is definitely the best simulation racer there is, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy Burnout Paradise just because it isn't 'believable'.
The stuff in Soul Calibur has never been intended to be realistic. You are talking about Lightsabers cutting people, well how do you explain Ivy's sword? Or how do the Katana's not cut off limbs? I'm sure a Katana could lop an arm off just like a lightsaber, but that's not the point. This isn't Ninja Gaiden II, this is Soul Calibur. It's a fighting game with health bars, not one slice and you are done for the round.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:28PM
PerfectStrategy said...
Furthermore, some dude with slicked hair and a white vest armed with nunchuks, isn't going to stand a chance against an undead, eight-foot tall, 500 pound hellspawn, swinging an axe as large as a bus. But what 'should happen' isn't what the game is about.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:35PM
Anticrawl said...
Bah, Ben is much better than Yoda.
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:39PM
DarkNightRJ said...
360 Version is lame, I dont like the PS3 but they got the cooler version
Reply
3-09-2008 @ 10:42PM
Stephen said...
I agree with some of the other people, i think it was kind of cool when they announced yoda for 360 and vader fro ps3, but i think they are taking it too far with this box art (if it is the real box art) .
Reply