Soul Calibur 4 Seriously Includes Darth Vader, Yoda (Not A Joke, Updated with Screens)
by Chris Faylor, Jan 09, 2008 7:20pm PSTUpdate: Namco Bandai has released a trailer of Yoda and Darth Vader's in-game antics.
Original Story: Star Wars icons Darth Vader and Yoda are officially playable characters in Project Soul's Soul Calibur IV, with Darth Vader exclusive to the PlayStation 3 edition and Yoda exclusive to the Xbox 360 version. Yes, really.
Publisher Namco Bandai announced the news today and then proved it true by releasing pictures of the two squaring off against the ever-unbalanced Tira and the well-endowed Taki, both of whom are returning characters.
Even more inexplicable than the appearance of Darth Vader and Yoda in the fantasy-oriented historic fighting game is the suggestion that the primitive weaponry and armor of the other participants is somehow able to block lightsabers.
It's the first time the Star Wars crew has dabbled in the fighting genre since LucasArts' Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi (PSX) in 1997.
However, it's not the first absurd cameo in the Soul Calibur universe: Tekken's Heihachi, Todd McFarlane's Spawn, and Nintendo's Link appeared in the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube versions of Soul Calibur II, respectively.
"Adding our iconic Star Wars characters to Namco Bandai's great game franchise is a match made in heaven," said LucasArts marketing director Kevin Kurtz.
There are no words to describe the ShackStaff's collective disbelief in light of this news, though we are now hopeful for an in-game appearance of maverick Republican John McCain (pictured above). Soul Calibur IV is slated to arrive on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this summer.
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Since it seems that Japan snubs the X-Box since it's not a home-grown console. Any other thoughts on this?
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Yoda is exclusive to the XBOX 360.
Darth Vader is exclusive to the PS3.
Argh :(
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Soul Calibur = Fantasy, not reality
I don't see the problem. I kind of think it would be cool to play this. Not sure why everyone thinks this is outrageous.
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http://starwars.ugo.com/games/starwars_mastersofteraskasi/default.asp
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Who's with me?
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Are we going to have a ton of "character X confirmed for Soul Calibur 4" jokes now?
In a sword fight Yoda is very short compared to most other fighters so he has only tree solutions:
1) Only aim for the balls. Which in my books is a morally acceptable way of fighting for your life, but probably not so much for Lucas (or for a Jedi, with their fucked moral ways)
2) Be a pussy and have fun telekinesis'ing his lightsaber in the air while scratching his balls at the other end of the room. But then again all Jedi/Sith could do it but none does so let's assumre there's some shit preventing it.
3) Be a real man alien and propel himself in the air.
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what?
I don't care how un-realistic or silly it is. It'll be bloody fun.
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