Soul Calibur 2 U.S. box art

[Jeremy]

Cybr, yes it is.

[Josh]

For archaic racial stereotypes there is no power greater than X.

[Andy]

Just FYI; OXM said (apparently in their rumors section) that SC2 would have Xbox Live play.

[Lordmrw]

OXM says alot of things. Screw them. As far as I know, I thought the only exclusive characters would be the individual ones for each version; otherwise every one will have the same roster, including that lame ass Necrid.

[Tain]

I'll be importing the PS2 version. March 27th can't come soon enough.

If, somehow, the XB version ends up having Live support, I'll pick up the US release of that as well.

[Tyler_Durden]

Something about seeing a shitty Tekken character on the cover of Soul Calibur II is depressing. It's like Namco is saying, "In case you forgot, this game was constantly delayed not because we wanted to make the best game possible, but because we were busy putting out two vastly inferior button-mashers on the PS2. Thanks." I'll probably pick up the GC version-- it seems like the GC controller is pretty similar to the DC controller (the analog stick, mainly), and I'm a Link-whore.

[Despair]

Well, I'm going to import Cube version, and then get US Xbox version, this September.

[Diff-chan]

The covers all look horrible. Namco just cannot do a Soul Calibur box art right.

[MechDeus]

Eh. They aren't very good, but they aren't bad either. Solid, but it doesn't look like they actually wanted to design good covers, more like a last minute rushjob by a good designer. Although they make Link look like a girl and Heihachi is just... creepy.

I'll be getting the XBox version, mainly because I like using d-pads. 480p and the possibility of Live only strengthens that choice.

Originally posted by Ste-Von
Even if I don't, the PS2 pad is by far the best for fighting games.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *snicker* Heh... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Green]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden
Something about seeing a shitty Tekken character on the cover of Soul Calibur II is depressing. It's like Namco is saying, "In case you forgot, this game was constantly delayed not because we wanted to make the best game possible, but because we were busy putting out two vastly inferior button-mashers on the PS2. Thanks." I'll probably pick up the GC version-- it seems like the GC controller is pretty similar to the DC controller (the analog stick, mainly), and I'm a Link-whore.

I was thinking about getting the GC version, but then I messed around with the controller and found that it wouldn't work out. There are some moves in SC where you have to roll your thumb from one button to another one, on the DC pad it works fine but the GC's buttons are too oddly spaced and too popped up to work well.

Here are some more pics, including the 2p outfits for the new characters-
http://the-magicbox.com/game021403a.htm