The February bonanza has started in Japan, and Street Fighter IV has started by selling 58,000 copies on the PlayStation 3 and 28,000 on the Xbox 360. We hope that the PlayStation version will also take the lead in sales when it launches in the rest of the world.
Despite this being the first major series update in 10 years and finally in 3D, it didn’t manage to break Soul Calibur IV opening day record of 92,000 copies.
October 21
Yoda coming to the PS3
This all sound so familiar, but this time it’s for real.
Namco Bandai announced that you will be able to get Yoda on the PS3 as a DLC. Originally an exclusive for the Xbox 360, footage popped up of Yoda fighting Dark Vader a few months back. Some claimed it was very good editing while other were wondering if this would be available to at the launch of the game.
You will be able to get the Yoda from this Friday for around $5. No info on a European add-on date or price.
Namco Bandai Games announced that Soul Calibur 4 has sold more than 2 million units worldwide since being on sale since the 29th of July 2008 in North America/Japan and 31st of July/1st of August 2008 in Europe.
You can read the report by clicking here.
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August 2
No Yoda on PS3 or Vader on 360In an interview Soul Calibur 4 Director Katsutoshi Sasaki spoke about the game with XCN. He talked about his favorite character which is Hilda saying
My favourite is Hilda, who I wanted to express her feminine side without showing her skin. Everyone picks up the exposure of the characters’ skin, but we didn’t emphasize it without their characteristics.
Also stating that the game would contain 33 characters to choose from.
He did not share the concern of the Star Wars players (Yoda, Dark Vader and the Secrect Apprentice) not getting a warm welcome.
On the question if these character would appear as some downloadable content, he comment that there are no plans as of yet to do this. But he can understand the fans interested in such a possibility. But on possible customes, weapons, levels he said the following
We plan to offer enjoyable content in the future. However, I don’t want all of the players to misunderstand, we are sure that everyone will have so much fun with the game itself without DLC. It is not like you must get DLC to have fun with this game.
Some major concern which always exist are that character might be too unbalanced. Especially like the added character if you’ve seen the IGN video review
Read more of the interview here.
Namco Bandai’s fighter Soul Calibur IV was released in North America but which version had the best start? The Playstation 3 version of the game led over the Xbox 360 version in launch sales at Amazon.com on Tursday morning.
The PS3 version was ranked at number 9 while the X360 version came in at number 11. What’s spiked this then? Could it be the exclusive character? Could it be that the game runs better on the PS3?
It seems that the Playstation 3 version of Soul Calibur IV is better than the Xbox 360 version. According to the IGN review, they state “SC4 is more polished and quicker on PS3.”
“Despite the aforementioned concerns, Soulcalibur IV is a lot of fun and I highly recommend it, especially — as I said before — to fans of the series. The game runs well, looks beautiful, sports great music and obviously has enjoyable combat. The PS3 and 360 versions are just about identical (barring the differing guest characters), though I felt that the optional install on the PS3 made things feel even quicker and more polished. In the end, both are worthy members of a long- standing series and you won’t be disappointed with the purchase.
Now get that soul burning.”
So, if you install it onto the PS3’s hard drive your in for a better experience.
The Playstation 3 version of Namco Bandai’s fighting em up, Soul Calibur 4 doesn’t support trophies. It has an in-game achievement system called required honor. Basically when you unlock something, it will pop up on the screen notifying you that you’ve unlocked what you’ve just achieved. To view the achievement you need to head over to the meseum at the battle records.
Also, there is no support for custom in-game music.
The Playstation 3 version of Soul Calibur 4 doesn’t have a rumble option for the DualShock 3 controller. A TalkPlaystation.com member has sent in an email to say that he got the game early (breaking the street date) and simply told us that he looked in every possible menu when he realised there is no rumble in the game. Apparently an update was released on Friday and that didn’t add rumble support either.
Lets hope Namco Bandai will add rumble support in a future update or something.
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UK based Magazine, Play has posted a review of Namco Bandai’s fighting game, Soul Calibur 4. They love the game, one of the best fighting games but one thing they said made me think hmmmmm.
They mentioned that the Playstation 3 version of the game looks better that the Xbox 360 version.
On a decent 720p TV Soul Calibur IV is one of the best looking games on the PS3, and for once better looking than the 360 version, and is the ideal thing to put on when a mate pops round.
I’ve not played either version but according to Play, its better looking on the PS3. Click here to read the full review.
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After the recent article on game install for the Playstation 3, here’s another regarding Soul Calibur IV. The Soul Calibir 4 IV install option is not a whopping 6.7GB, and the confirmed size of the install is 2.85GB.
There are reports saying that this could only be mandatory and will not require an install, but if you want faster loading times and don’t mind almost 3GB of data being eaten up on your hard drive then by all means install it.
Soul Calibur IV Screenshots.
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The latest rumors are saying that Kratos will not be appearing in Soul Calibur IV. Kratos was suggested to be featured in Namco Bandai’s fighting game a few weeks back but if the latest rumors are true a lot of God of War fans will be left slightly upset.
“Afterall, Soul Calibur II featured exclusive characters such as Link on the GameCube version and Heihachi on the PS2 version. However, 1up.com smashed these rumors in their latest podcast, confirming that Kratos is absent from the game.”
For those of you that wants to see something in Soul Calibur IV will be left dissapointed because there will be no bare boobs or bums in this game. The BBFC has deemed Soulcalibur IV worthy of a 12 rating in the UK for its “moderate fantasy violence”.
Looking at the BBFC report:
“The game also contains some female warrior characters with exaggerated ‘curvy’ figures accentuated by skimpy costumes. They are presented in a comic book manner and although the game allows characters’ costumes to be customised, the player is not able to create a character with full breast or buttock nudity.”
Another Soul Calibur IV gameplay video. You will see Amy take on Seigfried.
“On his path of redemption, Seigfried runs into a fierce red-headed beauty also searching for the Soul Swords.”
June 28
Soul Calibur IV gameplay videoA Soul Calibur IV gameplay video involving Voldo vs. Ivy.
“They used to be such great friends…”
