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agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#4051: Mar 16th 2018 at 4:11:58 PM

Wait a minute, you're telling me that Spawn wasn't originally planned to be the guest character? Who was it supposed to be?

Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#4052: Mar 16th 2018 at 5:08:45 PM

Oh no, I meant that Medieval Spawn and a few other characters Neil Gaiman created for Spawn were going under a lawsuit at the time, which was probably the reason why he wasn't an alternate costume.

agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#4053: Mar 17th 2018 at 2:11:38 PM

Jesus, copyright is stupid. I know he's not Al Simmons, but geez how nitpicky.

I also found out apparently Kasumi was supposed to be SC 2 as the X Box exclusive guest according to our wiki's trivia section. Man, that was never gonna happen considering who was in charge for DOA at the time.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#4054: Mar 17th 2018 at 2:28:06 PM

We got five American-made guests (Spawn, the Star Wars characters in IV and Kratos), then a French-made guest (Ezio) and now a Polish one (Geralt)? Western guests are coming in many places.

Ezio is Canadian-made, thank you very much. :P

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#4055: Mar 17th 2018 at 2:47:23 PM

"Copyright is stupid" say people on the internet whenever they are mildly inconvenienced by an extensive legal issue and the direct rights of content creators they don't know.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#4056: Mar 17th 2018 at 3:18:17 PM

[up] Whoa there buddy, I know exactly why copyrights exist to begin with & what their benefits are, but at some point they get a little silly.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#4057: Mar 17th 2018 at 3:21:57 PM

Ya know Geralt really is a good choice for a guest character.

Aside from fitting with the series aesthetic he is the star of one of the most critically acclaimed & successful video-game franchises of the last decade. The Wild Hunt & Gwent just print money.

So they'll prolly get a couple Witcher fans to look forward to the game.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
randomdude4 Since: May, 2011
#4058: Mar 17th 2018 at 4:35:17 PM

[up]And that's a great way for the series to get more recognition too. Hell, I got into the series with SC 2 all because Link was in it. We'll definitely be picking up a couple Witcher fans, maybe even some Tekken fans considering 7's success.

"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -Bur
Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#4059: Mar 18th 2018 at 12:15:49 AM

Glad Geralt is the guest.

But I'm surprised Grohl is the first noridc character. I thought Edgemaster was supposed to be that? He certainly has the look.

BZL8 Yes. from Somewhere Since: Apr, 2017 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Yes.
#4060: Mar 28th 2018 at 1:18:45 PM

Some staff at CD Projekt Red talk about Geralt and the collaboration with Soul Calibur.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#4061: Mar 28th 2018 at 6:22:19 PM

It's unfortunate that that video somehow made me even less excited for his inclusion. I'm sure their work in their own series is very good, but something about him just isn't clicking. Maybe it's because Soul Calibur's seeming desperate with its guest characters? In hindsight, the only guests that didin't seem desperate were Link and Heihachi...

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
MikeBreezy92 Storm King Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Storm King
#4062: Mar 31st 2018 at 1:14:54 AM

Nothing abut Geralt seems desperate to me. He seems like a natural inclusion.

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Emperordaein Grant us eyes from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Grant us eyes
#4063: Mar 31st 2018 at 1:30:36 AM

Because Guest Characters have been cemented in everyone's minds after Soul Calibur II, so it's become a legacy for the series, which is still maintained with guest characters becoming more and more commonplace. If anything Geralt is a perfect fit for Soul Calibur. Right setting, right type of fighting style, and he's a popular, beloved character. I don't think it's desperate at all, no more than Vader and Yoda were. Desperate would be Rey and Kylo Ren.

A corpse should be left well enough alone...
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#4064: Mar 31st 2018 at 7:33:26 AM

Not that the specific character seems desperate or like a reach, but that the entire concept of guest characters in this series seems desperate, as they overshadow a good chunk of the native cast in the eyes of some.

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Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#4065: Mar 31st 2018 at 7:38:58 AM

[up] Even if it's just one?

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#4066: Mar 31st 2018 at 8:01:36 AM

I can't really think of any other series that emphasize guest characters before they even reveal half of the series' originals in the game. It might not have bugged me so much if the developers and fans waited a bit until more of the standard game was revealed before focusing on guest characters.

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agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#4067: Mar 31st 2018 at 2:00:29 PM

I'm pretty indifferent to Gerald since I never touch the Witcher franchise, but he doesn't sound all that different from Link & Link the best guest character of all times all while being shamelessly bias.

I still firmly believe that Yoda was the worst guest character out of all the guest character in any fighting games.

edited 31st Mar '18 2:02:16 PM by agent-trunks

Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#4068: Mar 31st 2018 at 2:07:27 PM

Yoda for Soul Calibur and Gon for Tekken are the oddest choices for fighting game guest characters.

"Shall I use you, or make you mine... I'm not so sure what I'll do." - Dorthy
VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#4070: Mar 31st 2018 at 2:35:23 PM

[up][up] Yet there was also a bear, a training dummy, & severely handicapped old man who can fight by laying on the ground with the occasional crouch attacks. Gon stand out for sure, but he's not out of place either.

[up] Maybe he would've been if he didn't negate half of my movelist.

edited 31st Mar '18 4:32:05 PM by agent-trunks

Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
leader of Inherit
#4071: Mar 31st 2018 at 3:07:22 PM

I wasn't going off of theme in regards to either of them. Both Yoda and Gon are a lot shorter compared to the rest of the roster which makes fighting then a lot more difficult since most high attacks would go over their heads.

"Shall I use you, or make you mine... I'm not so sure what I'll do." - Dorthy
agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#4072: Mar 31st 2018 at 4:32:51 PM

Actually I just remember how small Gon really was, he was even shorter than Yoda from what I can recall.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#4073: Apr 7th 2018 at 10:51:45 AM

They said they aren't going into this with a big E-Sports focus right away, as it's more important that you put out a product the consumer actually likes before you go into the tournaments. Guessing that's an implied dig at certain other recent fighting games...tongue

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#4074: Apr 7th 2018 at 10:53:37 AM

Which? Because that seems more like a dig at SCV than anyone else.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Mr.Badguy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#4075: Apr 7th 2018 at 11:01:09 AM

Marvel vs .Capcom Infinite was released with expectations that it'd be Capcom's big e-sports title.


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