New Soul Calibur 2 Screenshots!

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25 Apr 2002, 03:45 PM
Reno

New Soul Calibur 2 Screenshots!

Astaroth is The Clown of Doom!

NamcoArcade.com has updated their site with a slew of screenshots for the upcoming fighter, Soul Calibur 2.

The first batch of screenshots introduces a new character, Rafael. Wielding a badass rapier, Rafael is one of the 4 new characters in the game along with Cassandra, Talim, and Hong Sung Phung.

The second update marks the return of THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE ELVIS. Maxi. Finally, NamcoArcade's last update shows screenshots of the 2P costumes for the default 10 characters in the game.

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25 Apr 2002, 04:08 PM
bahn

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I want Seung Mina...why is Reno's cheap characters in the game and not mine?!?

(damn, I said that aloud, didn't I?)
25 Apr 2002, 04:46 PM
Despair

Namco doesnt like you Bahn :)

They dont like me either, I cant even connect to the site now !!!
25 Apr 2002, 04:49 PM
ruhztee

Damn. I can't connect either - 503 error (bandwidth limit exceeded).
Anyone know an alternate link with the pictures? Or maybe a direct link to them?
25 Apr 2002, 05:06 PM
Brotherman

I can't get to it either.

I'll miss Sueng Mina too. Fortunately she wasn't one of my main characters. If Cassandra ends up being a Sophitia clone like I think she is, I'll be fine with her. And I also have... argh... I can never remember how to spell her name. Anyway I still have the girl who's name starts with an X too.

Look on the bright side though. Kilik is a little different but still has similar moves so you aren't completely loosing out. And they may even create a clone character for her too that will be unlocked later.
25 Apr 2002, 05:11 PM
ruhztee

Xianghua.
She was my definitely favorite female character in SC...
25 Apr 2002, 05:18 PM
Brotherman

New pics are on Gamespot too. *looks*

Maxi's Alive!!! :eek:

The curse of the nunchuku has been broken.

*Looks at other pics*

The game looks much improved. Also, (to me at least) it looks like Siegfried is still Nightmare. Someone told me he wasn't going to be this time too. :(

I wonder how they're going to figure it all into the story. I know the game will probably be good, but with the great job with creating a deep story and continuity that they have done so far, I'd be disappointed if they screwed it up now.

Oh yeah. Has anyone noticed that the character that was shown from the old E3 teaser doesn't seem to be in the lineup (at least I don't thing so). I wonder it he'll still appear, or if he got scrapped instead.
25 Apr 2002, 05:44 PM
bahn

We'll get those pics up pronto!
25 Apr 2002, 08:27 PM
FX

Quote:

Originally posted by Brotherman
New pics are on Gamespot too. *looks*

Maxi's Alive!!! :eek:

The curse of the nunchuku has been broken.

Yes! I was thinking the same thing.
26 Apr 2002, 01:51 AM
AaronChance

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/news/02...o/sc2new13.jpg

What is Ken doing in this game? And with a sword?
Does Ryu know about this? :p
26 Apr 2002, 02:03 AM
Ashen Victor

wait... how can maxi be alive? didn't he die in his ending in SC1 ? i'm sure there's a simple explination to it, but i think he actually died, but something having to do with the Soul Blade brought him back from the dead...
26 Apr 2002, 05:38 AM
bahn

Quote:

Originally posted by Ashen Victor
wait... how can maxi be alive? didn't he die in his ending in SC1 ? i'm sure there's a simple explination to it, but i think he actually died, but something having to do with the Soul Blade brought him back from the dead...

He was brought back to life the same way Charlie's been running around some of the latest SF titles. It's a plot paradox. :p
26 Apr 2002, 07:40 AM
AaronChance

several possiblities:

1) Geese liked Elvis (Geese is the master of ressurection... or at least falling off buildings and surviving).
2) It's his twin brother, Saxi (Maxi was always jealous that his brother had a better name so had locked him away until this time)
3) Cloning strikes again! And again! Damn those NESTS bastards!
4) He's an alien who really likes the idea of kung fu Elvis.
5) He really is Elvis.
26 Apr 2002, 02:14 PM
Reno

Because....

Xianghua's ending was most likely the "real" ending of Soul Calibur, since that's the first time the namesake sword appeared in the game. Let's assume that in Xianghua's ending, no one died :)
26 Apr 2002, 02:21 PM
Brotherman

I think they may have just screwed up the story. In the trailor for SC too, they have the sword looking like it did in Inferno's ending when it was turned Evil. I hope Namco reconsiders this because I liked the design of the good for of the sword. Also, I want to be able to play with the thing in more than just one battle.
26 Apr 2002, 03:20 PM
Reno

Official storyline (from Game Watch)

Maxi was fighting Astaroth, but the ground gave way underneath him, and he got trapped in an under ground cave. (Asta's god's power waned, and Asta was sucked back to the God's dimension, but Maxi only got on the fringe of the hoover action and was merely sucked unto an underground cave) When Kilik and Xianghua caught up with where they'd seen Maxi last, all they found was his nuncheaku, and assumed he had been killed, but they had no other evidence to go on.

Maxi didn't do much to dispel rumors of his demise because his injuries had taken their toll, and he was unable to move. A local villager found him, and took him back to his town and cared for Maxi until he recovered several months later. Maxi decided to settle down in the town because it was such a peaceful and carefree life there. (Compared to pirating off Japanese shores, and getting sucked into under ground caves I guess)

Then four years later, the villagers began to hear disturbing rumors of a evil man who was leaving nothing but death in his wake, even going so far as to level entire towns. Maxi overheard that it was a large man wielding an axe, and he suspected Astaroth, (who he thought he had killed) Maxi started nosing around the countryside, and found more evidence and eyewitnesses who confirmed Maxi's suspicions. It was Astaroth. So Maxi leaves the peaceful town to resume his quest for vengence against the purple demon. He also found out that he'd been cured with a fragment of Soul Edge while he was preparing to leave in search of Asta...
26 Apr 2002, 06:14 PM
MechDeus

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Originally posted by Ammadeau
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/news/02...o/sc2new13.jpg

My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Well, I certainly hope the original costumes are unlockable, because the more I see of the new ones, the more I hate them. I swear, it's like Nomura's eye for complete lack of fashion sense is sweeping into other companies... Siegfreid looks cool, though.
27 Apr 2002, 02:04 PM
ruhztee

Damn...
I can't wait for this game...

I think a few of the 2P costumes are pretty cool. Mitsurugi's reminds me a bit of Haohmaru's (Samurai Spirits) because of the black and white color scheme. Voldo's looks very... Italian? Which makes sense. Maxi's looks better than his SC 2P one. Talim's reminds me a lot of Ellis' (Toshinden) 2P costume, for some reason. Cassandra's is probably my favorite of the lot.
28 Apr 2002, 01:53 PM
Green

Does anyone else think Astaroth's costume with the purple mask and tails looks silly? One thing I really hope this game has is for clone characters (like Sueng Mina and Kilik) to have totally different styles of fighting. They are fine as they are, and just a bit more difference in their moves would be fine, but I'm hoping everyone in this game is totally unique. I mean, how many completly new characters are there? The rapier guy is unique, and is there anyone else totally new? Two other new characters are clones of Hwang and Sophitia respectively. Plus, Hwang and Xiangphau share styles, if there is a new character who fights just like them, then that means 3 characters are using the same style, and i think that is overkill. The same goes for the Sophitia clone, because Sophitia and Lizardman have the same style.
06 May 2002, 05:31 PM
Sketchy

Cassandra is the Sophie clone, right? What's up with her looking like Link's sister or somthing? :sweat: