Rumor: Vader DLC to darken SoulCalibur IV
Once thought to be the only good, pure and white edition of SoulCalibur IV may eventually be tainted with DLC from the dark side. Rumor on the internets is that NAMCO's Xbox 360 edition of SoulCalibur IV, which exclusively includes Yoda and a white color scheme, may eventually get the PS3 exclusive Darth Vader fighter as a content download. Proof is in the in-game video pudding and, as you can see above, we have proof that both Yoda AND Darth Vader can battle it out in on the same Xbox 360. If true, are you willing to pay for a DLC Darth Vadar or do you demand your Vadar to be free content?
[Via Joystiq]
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7-26-2008 @ 3:03PM
ryan said...
yes, but the analog stick is just fine, since the game doesn't require EXACT slide inputs like VF5. besides, arcade stick should be the way to go if you are serious about fighting games.
7-26-2008 @ 4:09PM
Andykapped said...
YEs arcade sticks are the best to go but not the 360 nor ps3 controller stick. The D pad regardless is still a better way of fighting on console fight games. Virtual Fighter was clean but I prefer Tekken over Most fighting games. I love SC always played it on ps2. I just prefer the ps contoller on this game.
7-26-2008 @ 4:34PM
ryan said...
i do prefer the PS2 controller for more precise combos like Street Fighter, VF, and Tekken. but the analog stick (and stick position) of the 360 controller works just as well for DoA and SC. games that require simple sweeps and attack buttons.
7-26-2008 @ 2:37PM
Vcize said...
Give it a rest people, having the option to pay for the DLC is better than not having the option at all, which is what you would've gotten otherwise. At least then people who really like the game or really like the character can get him if they choose to pay.
But quit acting like Vader would've been included in the 360 version if it wasn't for DLC, he wouldn't. He just wouldn't be on there at all, with no option to get him just like the only other time SC was released on multiple consoles (SC2) where each console had exclusive characters with the other consoles having no way to get them.
In short, it's better than nothing, which is what you would've gotten otherwise.
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7-26-2008 @ 3:05PM
ryan said...
see, it'd be fine except for the fact that there is a SPACE blank for another character. in short, many feel ripped off, or cheated from a character to fill that spot.
7-26-2008 @ 3:18PM
Exo said...
and its people like you that keep buying the shit companies put up as dlc when they should have been in the final game inthe first place
7-26-2008 @ 10:45PM
Vcize said...
And it's people like you that are too dense to understand that if the DLC wasn't there he WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE GAME "in the first place" anyway.
Just like Link wasn't in the PS2 version of SC2 and Spawn wasn't in the Gamecube version.
7-27-2008 @ 12:08PM
ryan said...
just face it. he would've been in the game from the beginning had they not made the silly decision of exclusive characters, when there is clearly the space for them in the character select screen.
why make exclusive characters if they aren't even going to stay exclusive? just to keep charging us.
7-26-2008 @ 3:10PM
VENOM said...
Wasn't this discussed months ago?
I'd be willing to shell out a bit more for Vader on my 360.
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7-26-2008 @ 3:47PM
Illegal Prophet said...
Of course they are going to charge us for Space Age samurai. I've read of many companies wanting to give things away, and MS making them charge something for it. NG 2's mission mode. WTF?!? That should've easily been in the game. Those outfits for Ryu, should've been unlockable. But, it just goes to show, if people are willing to pay money for these things, then why not charge them. Carrot on string > Donkey. Bottom line is this: We as gamers are interacting with a company. It is a business. After all of the hulla-baloo about for the fans, and we're gamers before designers (and I do believe there are people who make these games and feel that DLC may be ripping us off to certain extents), it is still an exchange for goods and services. Oh, and I'm going to be buying a pale, scarred, angry, confused former Jedi ASAP.
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7-26-2008 @ 6:19PM
drunkenironrabbit said...
I honestly hope that they did this right. First of all if we have to pay who cares. The fact is plain and simple: PEOPLE WANT VADER. Here is the thing that bothers me. I'd personally rather Namco had put him on the disc (and Yoda on the PS3 one) so that whatever storyline of these characters that there are remains in tact on each system so benefit the fans. With this kept in mind it would not have been hard at all for them to make a sort of loophole / activation possible where the DLC acted as a key to make the character active. I sincerely hope that this is the way that went about it, and NAMCO should have done WAYYY more faceplaces then just Yoda and Siegfried.., um can we say eternal sonata and or ace combat?
PS > if youre getting the game add me I'll be on 24/7 im polite a good sport and love a good game [whether your kicking my arse or not ;)]
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7-26-2008 @ 9:19PM
Kracker said...
Actually, moron, DLC by nature is paying for content which is NOT on the disc already, hence the reason you have to DOWNLOAD content and have it saved to your box. All of which I'm perfectly fine with paying for. However, there is stuff that I refuse to pay for, like the Transformers game content which for 500msp UNLOCKS content already included on the disc. That is frigging lame.To have a good game that they add more stuff to is a big thumbs-up. To have a crappy game where they make you pay for stuff that's just frustrating to unlock, thumbs-down.
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7-26-2008 @ 11:23PM
Jonah Falcon said...
This is news? It's been known for MONTHS that Vader would be DLC on the 360 and Yoda would be DLC on the PS3. (Check my past comments)
The only question is if it'll be paid DLC or not.
However, it's probably already on the disc. >:(
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7-26-2008 @ 11:27PM
LFotF said...
I'd pay a few points for him. Yoda vs Vader is pretty awesome!
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7-26-2008 @ 11:59PM
kano said...
vader will prob be creatable from the create a soul mode or something and when you enter the name they'll say it... im surprised no one else guessed this
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7-27-2008 @ 12:09PM
ryan said...
if they did, then those people who've beaten and unlocked everything in the game would've discovered it already. i'm surprised you haven't thought of this. :P
7-27-2008 @ 1:18AM
B-rad said...
hehehe in the video link Yoda is just destroying Vader. I always knew that to be the case.
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7-27-2008 @ 11:48AM
scarface5847 said...
its on training mode dont you see the health go back up after he gets hit
7-27-2008 @ 8:33AM
J.F. said...
Maybe they give you Vader for free when you have unlocked everything else/got all achievements.
For people not fortunate to have time/skills/patience to do that, Namco gives us Noobs/Casual gamers the choice of downloading/unlocking big black mean Vader dude for small fee. Think that's fair.
Besides if you don't like to pay/play to get Vader, Yoda is the better choice, cuz he's one of the good guys (puppets actually): he's in the SC4 'White Edition', he is green, he's the underdog (because of its size and retarded way of talking) but he will probably win over that dark basterd of an evil meanie(Vader) if he really focused and be creative (bit like the console war between evil/dark stubborn PS3 and nice&clean/white&enlightened x360)
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7-27-2008 @ 12:09PM
ryan said...
there are people who've done everything in the game and still haven't unlocked him y'know...