Soul Calibur 3 PS2 Exclusive

[Jonbo298]

First seen here http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=7552

and on IGN http://ps2.ign.com/articles/598/598424p1.html

Disappointing news to GC/Xbox owners. Kind of weird they would exclusive it on PS2 considering the 'Cube version sold more. But oh well. I probably wont be missing much with SC3

[Null]

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1558


dood says he wants an unpresidented amount of content in SC3, wants players to be FULLY satisfied with this one game.

They're putting in a FULL create character mode !!! yes! that was 1 of the 2 big things i was waiting for, being able to make up your own characters is going to be sweet.

the other big thing im still waiting and crossing my fingers on, Online play. they had said after SC2 that they wanted thier next one to have online play.

[Jonbo298]

Sounds great from that read but unless it hits a Ninty console, I dont have as much interest. Granted, its gonna sell but I just didnt see why Namco had to exclusive the game when its a 'series' that did VERY well on all 3 consoles. But I'm not in the business so I dunno :p

[Typhoid]

Sounds great from that read but unless it hits a Ninty console, I dont have as much interest. Granted, its gonna sell but I just didnt see why Namco had to exclusive the game when its a 'series' that did VERY well on all 3 consoles. But I'm not in the business so I dunno :p


Its called money.


Sony probably paid them heaps and heaps of money, to make it exclusive.

[DeathsHand]

Kind of weird they would exclusive it on PS2 considering the 'Cube version sold more.

I wonder how much of that had to do with Link...

[Fox 6]

O_o

Exclusive....... Man that sucks.

[Teuthida]

If twas on cube...just imagine double katana wielding Ganondorf....*sigh*

[Jonbo298]

I wonder how much of that had to do with Link...

I say 90% of it had to do with Link ;)

And thanks for the obvious Typh :rolleyes: :p

[Null]

prolly just woulda been link again.

but no worries. i shall make a link with my create player mode =)

[Typhoid]

And thanks for the obvious Typh :rolleyes: :p


Anytime.



If I was still into playing games, I would probably pick this up, just becuse of the create a character part.


But you have to think, it can only be so extensive. You probably can't create what you want to create. And you have to assign combos and moves to every button and things like that, after a while, don't you think it might get a little tedious?

Thats just me though.

[Null]

all depends on how they go about it, some of the wrestling game create a character were absolutly amazing how much you could do. almost endless. the fight night series has an amazing face creation when creating characters but not so much selection elsewhere.

its quite possible they could do an amazing job with it. however anythings better then using the same characters over and over, always wondered why fighters never had create character modes in em.

[Dylflon]

I'll throw down some Soul Calibur III.

Oh btw, at SCII, Typhoid is a whore with Raphael. 17 straight wins. Good times.

[MuGen]

I own Mitsurugi....

[Null]

I'll throw down some Soul Calibur III.

Oh btw, at SCII, Typhoid is a whore with Raphael. 17 straight wins. Good times.


my friend used to whore raphael, then i became wonderful at defending against him because of it. :) infact its become so easy to stop raphael that none of us ever play him anymore.

[MuGen]

I love fighting Ivy.... :)

[Dark Samurai]

All about Talim, I kick Kyuzo's ass with her all the time...

[MuGen]

Yes with that ever so present Combo that's just so darn easy to do..... infact... not only easy to do, but easy to do a lot.....

I kicked your butt as soon as I went to Maxi....

[Null]

pfft. real men use the random character button anyway. :p

we always used to do the 8 vs 8 all randomly chosen.

[MuGen]

Well I wouldn't say I use the Random character button, but I am a master of
In order of greatness:
Nightmare
Mitsurugi
Kilik
Maxi
Yunsung
and coming SCIII
Hwang (my secret weapon)

[Dark Samurai]

pfft. real men use the random character button anyway. :p

we always used to do the 8 vs 8 all randomly chosen.

You might as well use Charade...

[MuGen]

If you use Random you know which character you'll be before battle. Charade shifts between rounds.

And I agree with Null... Dark Samurai :beerchug:

Alternating between Talim and Link highly seems brave enough for the scours of Soul Calibur fighters.

[Swan]

I don't remeber where I read this but I heard that Dante will be the exclusive character. You may be wondering how they can do this, on account of how he is Capcom's property, but Capcom went to Namco and borrowed the SCII engine for a boss battle and in return they requested that they could use Dante for SCIII. I'll try and find the link. It might all be just specualtion though.

[Jonbo298]

New interview confirms no Online Play :(

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/599/599333p1.html

[Canyarion]

Jonbo actually means ":D", I recognize the same false sympathy that I often use. :)

[Null]

*scratches head*

no online play because "the online aspect would be unplayable for many gamers"








:hmm: YOU MADE IT FOR PS2 ONLY!!! THATS CUTTING OFF A LOT OF GAMERS TOO!

ah well. prolly wasnt going to get it anyway. :sneaky:

[MuGen]

Dante would be sick on SCIII

[Jonbo298]

Another more promising update

Despite what was claimed a few weeks back Namco is working on versions of Soul Calibur III for the next Xbox console and also the Nintendo Revolution. A Namco representative stated the following; “Namco is definitely planning to develop the Soul Calibur series on the next-generation platforms. However, when we started development for SCIII, the specs for the next-generation platforms were not set, and there were no dev kits, which ultimately lead (sic) us to development on the PS2.

“Essentially, Namco wanted to create a game with even more content than in Soul Calibur II, so we made the choice to focus on a single platform. And when we thought about choosing a single platform, we wanted it to be on the platform that has the greatest penetration in the current marketplace, that being PS2. Namco is very excited about bringing SCIII to the PS2 and the team has worked very hard on maximizing the graphics for SCIII, which [we] think will please franchise fans."

So it seems that Nintendo fans will be able to play Soul Calibur III after all, but when it is not known.

http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=7600

So its like good/bad news per se :p Good because it clarifies the reason for doing so (although a straight port wouldnt have hurt?). But at least for next-gen consoles it hopefully takes advantage of all 3 consoles in one way or another

[Null]

yes, its at least good that they're brining it to them. but i just dont understand sometimes. an online mode for ps2 or xbox live is not a hard think to impliment. wouldnt take much time. and would make many many happy. and all they can say for why they're not doing it is not everyone will be able to play online? who cares. many of us could... bah i say. bah.

[Blackmane]

I used to play against the 3rd best player in the country on SC II. I obviously sucked it up. He was a b**** with Nightmare.

I like Talim.

And, as long as it comes out on the console I want, I will be happy.