I'll say what I said on a different forum.Originally Posted by Ouch!
And still does. Both Sonic and Snake have appeared on Nintendo consoles; now it's just expanded to third party characters. There's still tangible connections between the two. There's really no explanation for the appearance of Vader and Yoda in SCIV at all.The Smash Bros. series had a Nintendo theme in the first two games.
No one bitched or batted an eyelash when Spider-Man was in THPS2, or when Darth Maul was in THPS3, or at Snake and Sonic being in Brawl, or at Link/Spawn/Heihachi (Spawn was understandable for two reasons I won't get into, though). People thought they were cool extras, and to be honest, I did too.
Snake, who is a lot more mature than Sonic, Mario, Kirby, et al., really has no place in a game like Brawl. He just doesn't fit. But nobody gives Nintendo grief for putting him in there since they're Nintendo and they're always right. And he didn't even originate on a Nintendo system (despite popular belief, he originated on the MSX).
Now, Yoda and Vader, on the other hand, fit Soul Calibur perfectly. The series is full of freaks and weirdoes, and most importantly, freaks and weirdoes with swords. Now, if a mature-rated character who doesn't fit the light-hearted atmosphere of SSBB can be welcomed with open arms, there's no reason why two sword-wielding freaks can't be welcome in a game full of, well, sword-wielding freaks.
Why does the logic that "such-and-such character doesn't belong" work one way but is never allowed to work in the other? That's just illogical. And I'm saying all this as someone who doesn't even give a crud about the Soul Calibur series (give me Street Fighter anyday).
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