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Possible Soul Calibur 6 designs appeared in online portfolio?
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PokéKong;213789531 said:
Tekken and Soul Calibur have always existed beside each other. New games of both series were at times released in the same year. That means their announcements and promotion also overlapped each other. There's no harm in announcing Soul Calibur 6 before Tekken 7 is out on consoles. Tekken 7 is announced for over two years now and is already out in arcades for over one year. It had it's time in the limelight. As long as Soul Calibur is released a significant amount of time after Tekken 7 on consoles (maybe 6 months) they can really just go ahead and at least announce it in it's 20th anniversary year and the longest absence of a new game ever. Anything else would imo be ridiculous and even damaging to the franchise. Yeah, Tekken is more popular and thus more favored by Namco. But they don't have to additionally put a spoke in SC's wheel. It is one of their most prestigious brands too after all.
Obliterator
Member
Legit if Taki isn't in I riot
ScherzoPrime
Member
Hasn't she been in since the beginning? I doubt she'd be cut at this stage.
Anyways I don't get the people worrying about character designs being 'acceptable'; cheesecake games come out all the time, and I doubt this'll be any exception. You don't have to necessarily agree with social critics (lord knows I often don't), but that doesn't mean you should adopt a victimization complex either. There's no way Ivy isn't going to be as trashy as possible, just as God intended it.
Taki was absent in Soul Calibur V.
The only thing that irks/worries me a bit...isn't usually Takuji Kawano the lead character designer and the one who does all character artworks from SC1 to SC5?
The designs in the OP are more or less sketches. Of course he doesn't do all designs and sketching himself...but these here look pretty finished to me:
As a comparison Kawano's art:
yea the fact that it's not Kawano makes me feel it's not SC6.
If Soul Calibur 6 is real, they better be bringing in Bangoo, Zasalamel and Talim into the game. It's so dumb that out of all the characters they brought back in 5, they don't bring any of the characters that would work well in a timeskip (and by extension, wouldn't need crappy excuses as to why they've stopped ageing, like Tira or Ivy).
As for the designs, I actually sort of like what they're going with on Nightmare. Sophitia's great too. Kilik 1 looks good (it'd look better without a helmet). Natsu's designs however are incredibly lame.
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Alternatively, if they do decide to ditch him, please, please let his sword and shield moveset return in some form at least.
As for the designs, I actually sort of like what they're going with on Nightmare. Sophitia's great too. Kilik 1 looks good (it'd look better without a helmet). Natsu's designs however are incredibly lame.
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Alternatively, if they do decide to ditch him, please, please let his sword and shield moveset return in some form at least.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
I will riot also. I love Taki and screw Natsu. She sounded like a boy, tbh.
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
Member
As long as they don't focus on the lame replacement characters.Japan not being able to comprehend milfs and thus depriving us of them in SCV was a travesty.
Also better butts. Capcom are the only Japanese fighting game developers that understand them.
And more Star Wars crossover characters please. Lemme play as Kylo Ren
Also better butts. Capcom are the only Japanese fighting game developers that understand them.
And more Star Wars crossover characters please. Lemme play as Kylo Ren
Master Thespian
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Almost every final piece of character artwork you see from him from SC3 on has initial concept art from someone else as shown in the official art books.
These must be newly uploaded because I was checking out the possible dark souls 3 DLC stuff last night and I didn't see this soul calibur stuff on the page.
Both are good signs...
These might really be legit SC designs, most likely even for SC6. Also that these suddenly appear and Twitter and Facebooks pages have been upping their promotion significantly, might hint at a rather sooner than later announcement.hear , hear.... i am so missing a good SC. please be like II
Pretty sure he scooted away a while ago.
If it isn't ... I need some closure on Kilik and Xianghua
for my 12 year old self of course
Azure Phoenix
Member
Natsu being included means the SCV newcomers won't be abandoned and Pyrrha will probably return, so I'm totally on board if this is from SC6. It'd be cool if we could get some of the oddballs like Olcadan back as well.
Well, Tekken 7 is coming to PC. That's a pretty good sign for the future, no?
Flying Wonkey
Member
Party is over. ;_;
I still think there's a SC6 coming, just probably after Tekken 7 is out the door.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Ok cool I guess but where is Voldo?
Best waifu.
Bring back my boy Zasalamel or get the FUCK out. Can't believe they took him out. Couldn't leave one of the most unique fighting styles in the game eh?
I mean she's a kid...
I mean she's a kid...
This smug justice is dope.
GoodMorningPluto
Member
Nooo... Why do they have to use existing characters for portfolio though? Is that even legal? Maybe that response is just a coverup before official announcement?
The renders scream mobile game
But hey, at least they still remember the series exists. SC6 for 2018 believe!
One big problem is how do you continue after SC5? Do you double down on the cast changes? Or do you straight up retcon it/do a prequel to bring back fan favorites? Because the game is not big enough for 3 staff users.
Personally I would keep SCV characters without the story and bring back everyone who wasn't replaced, also Setsuka and Bangoo (replacing Rock). Elysium takes Omega Pyrrha's moveset, and Kilik is straight up Edge Master now. I would also remove Zwei's wolf and Viola's orb and retool their moves accordingly.
I could make an exception for Taki just because she is that popular, make it a Kilik Seong-Mina situation with Natsu. But I would give her a new look.
Fortunately for you Odashima left the team and is now at Sega
But hey, at least they still remember the series exists. SC6 for 2018 believe!
One big problem is how do you continue after SC5? Do you double down on the cast changes? Or do you straight up retcon it/do a prequel to bring back fan favorites? Because the game is not big enough for 3 staff users.
Personally I would keep SCV characters without the story and bring back everyone who wasn't replaced, also Setsuka and Bangoo (replacing Rock). Elysium takes Omega Pyrrha's moveset, and Kilik is straight up Edge Master now. I would also remove Zwei's wolf and Viola's orb and retool their moves accordingly.
I could make an exception for Taki just because she is that popular, make it a Kilik Seong-Mina situation with Natsu. But I would give her a new look.
But SC5's Kilik looked so badass:
Oh god no.
You're crazy. Cast changes aside SCV played perfectly.
Fortunately for you Odashima left the team and is now at Sega
They had a love child (Xiba) but Xianghua ended up marrying a nobleman and had a daughter (Leixia). Their kids have no idea that they are siblings.
Master Thespian
Member
Welp.
Dash_Riprock
Member
Please retcon SCV.
The Soul Series story has never exactly been top-notch but my God, the bullshit that was SCV's was infuriating.
Or hell, just do a full reboot at this point.
The Soul Series story has never exactly been top-notch but my God, the bullshit that was SCV's was infuriating.
Or hell, just do a full reboot at this point.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
YES PLEASE!
Give me all of the old cast plus the new cast, a healthy selection of modes (bring back survival mode damn it!) and ditch the number 6 and go for another reboot.
EDIT: Just saw the edit in the OP. ;_;
Give me all of the old cast plus the new cast, a healthy selection of modes (bring back survival mode damn it!) and ditch the number 6 and go for another reboot.
EDIT: Just saw the edit in the OP. ;_;
Does the official Twitter/Facebook do random teases?
https://twitter.com/soulcalibur/status/765216495773319168
https://twitter.com/soulcalibur/status/765216495773319168
It's been an ongoing thing for about a month as part of the 20th anniversary. I expect it will all lead up to a SCVI announcement, but when that will be is anyone's guess.
Dash_Riprock
Member
Her SFIV outfit is ridiculous. Just walking very fast should caused a Nip Slip, let alone fighting.
Damn, the dream was even shorter than a typical Soucalibur development period.
Well regardless of the "internal affairs" thing, I still believe we'll be hearing something about Soul Calibur soonish. At least, I hope.
And when it happens, I hope Cassandra is back in some fashion. Even if it's just an unlockable fighting style for the create-a-character, I want to booty-bounce the fuck out of people again.
And when it happens, I hope Cassandra is back in some fashion. Even if it's just an unlockable fighting style for the create-a-character, I want to booty-bounce the fuck out of people again.
sixteen-bit
Member
Would love to see this franchise come back