Soul Calibur III

As many of you may know, Namco's Soul Calibur III is just around the corner.

There have been 3 new Characters Announced so far.
Setsuka, who wields an Iai Sword hidden in an umbrella,
Tira, who wields a large Circle-Shaped Blade,
and Zasalamel, who wields a Scyth.


You will also be able to create your own character. It appears that you will be able to do many things to the character you create. Such as Pants, Shirt, Socks, Skin Color, Hair Color, and more.


Also, your Clothing affects your characters personality in some way.


There will also be a "Tales of Soul" mode. Which, apparently, will be rather similar to the Quest Mode found in Soul Blade.

It appears as though that you choose from the Pre-Existing characters (Kilik, Setsuka, Ivy, etc.), and go through their story. Like in Soul Blades Quest Mode.

But, apparently, after each fight, you get to choose between a certain amount of roads.

Also, during Cut-Scenes in this new story mode, there are little Button Combinations that appear in the upper right corner. You press these combinations to change the out-come of the Cut-Scenes.

There will only be 1 ending per character, but there will be many different ways to get to them.


There will also be a "Chronicles of the Sword" Mode, which seems to be similar to a TBS (Turn Based Strategy Game), but when Groups Engage, a regular Team Battle like in earlier Soul Calibur Games will start. The Winners survive, and the losers don't.

Also, it seems that Nightmare will have a different move set than Sigfried in this one.


According to IGN, the next installment in the Soul Calibur series can be expected this October.



Pictures


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A User-Created Character remenicent of Marth from the Fire Emblem series.

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I must admit, Kilik looks... awesome!


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I have NO idea why she is smiling.


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Looks like Kilik got pwnd.


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Zasalamel, apparently in some sort of demonstration mode similar to the ones found in previous games.


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Tira staring at the camera. I must admit, this picture is a little creepy.


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Setsuka, and she is about to kill the Camera-Man.


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Looks like Talim missed.


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The effects around Setsuka are very good, but the effects around Zasalamels Arm are a little off.


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Use the force, Kilik!


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It appears that Cassandra is dancing.


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Balduin, the User-Created Character on the left, is killing Freya, the User-Created Character on the right.


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Character Creation.


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Ivy killing Nightmare in her own Castle.


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Yes, Kilik! Use your Mind to smack Talim in the face.


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Cassandra is happy.


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A lovely temple.



Movies

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6496&type=wmv - Character Creation

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7010&type=wmv - Story Mode

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=5290&type=wmv - Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6314&type=wmv - Trailer 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6314&type=wmv - 2 People playing Soul Calibur III at E3.



http://ps2.ign.com/articles/640/640025p1.html is where I got all this lovely info!

Soul Calibur III is looking great in my opinion. The Character Creation is also looking really good. But, no online play... it makes me sad...definately a major drawback.


I can create Characters, but I can't show them off to the world!?

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I might look into this only for the perpous of making my own fighter.

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

It does look great and everything.

The only thing I'm worried about is that Namco decided to make Soul Calibur 3 an exclusive to the one system out of the three that had the most slow downs and drops in framerate. And that was with the less impressive looking Soul Calibur 2.

My main concern is how this game will play on the weakest of the three consoles, the Playstation 2.

EDIT: R.I.P. 56k

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/ar...0025021559.jpg
What happened to him there?? It was either Psy or DMKA who was behind him..

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Originally Posted by Shivatheiceprincessrules

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

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My Favorites are Nightmare and Kilik. At one point I liked Raphael, but I have stopped using him.

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It does look great and everything. The only thing I'm worried about is that Namco decided to make Soul Calibur 3 an exclusive to the one system out of the three that had the most slow downs and drops in framerate. And that was with the less impressive looking Soul Calibur 2.

My main concern is how this game will play on the weakest of the three consoles, the Playstation 2.

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Hmm, I suppose that is a good point, but as this is the second Soul Calibur game they are making for the Playstation 2, they probably have more experience making games for this system.

Edit: Also, though un-likely, they might still be thinking about Online-Play. If I remember correctly, X-Box Live does not allow you to play with people outside your own country, and the Game-Cube isn't all that great with Online Gaming.

So in this case, the Playstation 2 is the best choice if you are thinking about putting in Online-Play.

I find it funny because they mentioned how they broadened their fan base by having the guest characters like Link on the GC, yet they're only releasing it on Sony's system, that doesn't make sense to me

THE JACKEL

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That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

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Cassandra! The only character that can fight with a "counter-attacking" style (because Sophitia and Lizardman are gone and Heihachi was a one trick pony.)

But she's not suited to everything, so I use Nightmare, Kilik, Raphael, Cervantes and Ivy as well. And I loathe everyone that uses Talim.

It shouldn't surprise you that Namco are only opting for PS exclusivity this time.
1) It simply didn't sell well on XBox and GC.
2) Neither XBox or GC have a controller suitable for fighting games. Takes a lot of getting used to in my experience.

Not that I care, I'm an arcade player and always have been. So I don't really care about online play either. If I want to show off my skills, I'd rather do it to someone's face than through a cable.

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1) It simply didn't sell well on XBox and GC.

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I'm fairly certain the GameCube version sold the most copies.

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My favorite SC2 character was Link, but then I sold my GameCube and now it's Kilik.

I will use this game purely for evil purposes! I shall commence the creation of a new breed of terrible characters not fit for this world!

Looks pretty good, The new character look a treat...

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That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

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I kill all with Mitsurugi.

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Originally Posted by Shivatheiceprincessrules

That is so awesome. what's your favorite characters from soul calibur II

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Casandra...

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And I loathe everyone that uses Talim.

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And I loathe everyone that uses Talim.

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I use Talim... :(

Yep I can't wait for this to come out my favorite character is Kilik, but I don't like how this kilik looks so I'll go with Nightmare

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And I loathe everyone that uses Talim.

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I use Talim... :(

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Casandra > Talim...

Oh and Necrid got the boot he won't be in SCIII and despite the rumors neither will Dante but I bet most of you knew that. I liked the GC SCII and it actually sold the most copies. I use Mitsurugi myself I pwn all with him I also use Link, Kilik, Nightmare, amd Cervantes but mostly Mitsurugi and my little brother uses Nightmare. This game looks like it'll be a must-buy and I will pick it up. The character creation looks really cool and I'll probably love messing with it. SCII is my favorite fighter actually and from the looks of it this'll surpass it.

Casandra is looking sweet...
I feel like the character customisation is gonna make the main selection of character useless. If you can design your perfect characters, then you would have no desire to play with the original characters.....
I would of prefered it if a larger bunch of newer characters were brought in...maybe 5. And the Character Customisation is dropped. And with an Online mode would be Awsome+. I would like to see people trying to beat me when Im with Casandra....

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Originally Posted by gibbi8

Casandra is looking sweet...
I feel like the character customisation is gonna make the main selection of character useless. If you can design your perfect characters, then you would have no desire to play with the original characters.....
I would of prefered it if a larger bunch of newer characters were brought in...maybe 5. And the Character Customisation is dropped. And with an Online mode would be Awsome+. I would like to see people trying to beat me when Im with Casandra....

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three words...
me using Talim :greenie:

GC version definitely sold the most copies

I used Cervantes, Ivy, Yunsung, Kilik, Talim, Link mainly, but I can use a lot of the characters pretty well. But Cervantes, Talim and Link, I've beaten people with my feet using a GC controller so yeah!

THE JACKEL

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And I loathe everyone that uses Talim.

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I use Talim... :(

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I realise lots of people use Talim. It's why I hate it. She's definitely the best character in the game with an above average number of mix-ups, the best speed, power of ring out that is only bested by Nightmare. Back in the days of B.T.5. (before Tekken 5), the city arcade was filled with SC2 players, a whole variety of 'em as well. From your popular Talim to your not so popular Yoshimitsu. These days, however, everyone that hasn't converted uses Talim. It's a little bemusing because Cassandra's strength is to avoid, GI, block until an opportunity for some 236B (quarter circle forward, B) arises. In that respect, she's a counter-attacker, making her no good for characters like Talim, Taki or Maxi. My other characters, Nightmare, Ivy, Cervantes are all pretty useless against her as well (though Ivy and Cervantes, I might be able to piece together a win if the other Talim's rather predictable). So I pretty much HAVE to use Kilik for Talim, but restrict myself to quicker moves and be a little lucky with the GI.

Yeah, I hate Talim.
(if you live in Sydney, for the love of god, come back to SC2! I miss you all!)

:( I'm sorry you hate Talim so much... I dunno about where you live, but when back when I played SC2 at the arcades (I've since moved and nobody plays here...), it was hard finding a good Talim player... Most people I've played use Mitsu... But anyway, Talim's weakness is her poor range and she flies all over the place when she gets hit... Her little stubby arms also means that she has to get right up in someone's face the do a throw... when I play... I usually have to find an opening and then exploit it... if I'm in and I lose my rhythm, I get screwed since Talim takes a beating pretty easily... I usually have to back out, GI, or get all dodgy to get back in. I love her little grab/swing thing. It works pretty well to confuse some people, and I use it a lot to try and swing things back in my favor. Ahhh... I miss that game... I wish I could find someone to play... my skills have gotten majorly rusty, no doubt.

Anyway, back to SCIII... I find it very odd that Namco is taking this game in more of a single player direction... releasing it on console first, the create-a-character, wealth of single player modes, and lack of online is just wierd. Nobody plays the single player modes of fighting games except to unlock crap. It's no fun beating on a lifeless AI opponent. I really wish they'd put online on this game... that way, I could play all yall who live in other parts of the world! Of course... there's always lag to think about.. .and lag in a fighter is totally killer.

Definitely got to own this game, not only do I dig the fighting engine but the only other games I've ever seen where you can create your own fighter are Fighter Maker and Deadly Arts.

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Casandra is looking sweet...
I feel like the character customisation is gonna make the main selection of character useless. If you can design your perfect characters, then you would have no desire to play with the original characters.....
I would of prefered it if a larger bunch of newer characters were brought in...maybe 5. And the Character Customisation is dropped. And with an Online mode would be Awsome+. I would like to see people trying to beat me when Im with Casandra....

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Actually, I think that you will choose between certain Classes, and then decide what your Character looks like.

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Originally Posted by gibbi8

Casandra is looking sweet...
I feel like the character customisation is gonna make the main selection of character useless. If you can design your perfect characters, then you would have no desire to play with the original characters.....
I would of prefered it if a larger bunch of newer characters were brought in...maybe 5. And the Character Customisation is dropped. And with an Online mode would be Awsome+. I would like to see people trying to beat me when Im with Casandra....

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Yeah, I don't think the created character will be perfect. They'll look exactly as you'd imagine them to be perfect, but you wouldn't necessary prefer them anymore than you'd prefer some character from a previous title. People will still want to play as other characters, if only to view the endings. Chakram-wielding Tira, Scythe-slash Zasalamel, and Setsuka's Iai-brella look like cool enough additions to me. Character creation is only icing on a fine already delicious cake.

Character creation is going to cater more toward the crowd that prefers to play their games solo. Fighting games tend to get really stale in single player mode, so character creation will be a lot of fun. Plus, it's fun to mess around and battle your friend's creation against your own (hopefully there's some sort of 'import' feature). But as for the those who like to be competitive and go to tournaments and such, there's really no reason to use character creation besides to mess around and take a look. There's no way that custom characters will be allowed in tournies besides maybe something like a 'Custom Chara Tourney', but for those who play competitively in the arcades and such, using the existing characters will be where it's at. I'm not saying chara creation isn't cool or anything, because it definitely is. I'm just saying there are too many variables up in the air to have a hardcore competitive tourney with custom characters.

I'm really hoping all this single player stuff won't distract Namco from still delivering a solid, improved, Soul Calibur engine.

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Character creation is going to cater more toward the crowd that prefers to play their games solo. Fighting games tend to get really stale in single player mode, so character creation will be a lot of fun. Plus, it's fun to mess around and battle your friend's creation against your own (hopefully there's some sort of 'import' feature).

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Yeah, I'm sure they could do that in an arcade version. Konami used it for Dance Dance Revolution, there's no reason Namco couldn't use it here.

Also, I find that custom characters are a lot more fun with other players involved. Sort of a "so this is what I did, what do you do? COOL!" My friend Tracy and I used to do nothing with wrestling games besides the create-a-wrestler function. It got to the point where we were so into each others creations that we titled it our own federation. I suspect this feature will lead to much the same thing. We'll probably use many of the same characters FOR THE MOST INSANE CROSSOVER BATTLE OF THE CENTURY!!!! Are you ready to fight? SWF vs. Soul Calibur!!!! FIGHT OF THE MILLENIUM DREAM MATCH BATTLE!!!

Vid about Soul Calibur III's Story Mode:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6764&type=wmv

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Character creation is going to cater more toward the crowd that prefers to play their games solo. Fighting games tend to get really stale in single player mode, so character creation will be a lot of fun. Plus, it's fun to mess around and battle your friend's creation against your own (hopefully there's some sort of 'import' feature).

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Yeah, I'm sure they could do that in an arcade version. Konami used it for Dance Dance Revolution, there's no reason Namco couldn't use it here.

Also, I find that custom characters are a lot more fun with other players involved. Sort of a "so this is what I did, what do you do? COOL!" My friend Tracy and I used to do nothing with wrestling games besides the create-a-wrestler function. It got to the point where we were so into each others creations that we titled it our own federation. I suspect this feature will lead to much the same thing. We'll probably use many of the same characters FOR THE MOST INSANE CROSSOVER BATTLE OF THE CENTURY!!!! Are you ready to fight? SWF vs. Soul Calibur!!!! FIGHT OF THE MILLENIUM DREAM MATCH BATTLE!!!

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I think lag has something to do with it. DOA and Mortal Kombat aren't the most technical of fighters... so they'd be more forgiving of any sort of lag. Namco doesn't seem to want to risk it on current platforms, so we'll probable have to wait until the next Tekken or SC on PS3 before we'll see online in their games.

I wasn't talking about online play, I was talking about arcade machines with card readers built in. Online play in arcades is an idea that people have toyed around with, but it's just not considered a good idea.

I, personally, hope that this game is more like Soul Calibur 1 than Soul Calibur 2.

The Art Direction seemed to be much better in SC1, and also the Music. But that is just my opinion.

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What happened to him there?? It was either Psy or DMKA who was behind him..

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It actually looks like he was "flirting" with her and she didn't want that.