You're upset over Lightsabers? What about Taki slitting peoples throats and they walk away like her knives were made out of rubber. Spawn was as much "shit" as these are. Don't talk physics and stuff when it's about a fightning game, because if they did care, peoples limbs would be lying around everywhere.

Oh man, you made me miss bushido blade so much. I wish people would make HD versions of games where a single sword hit or javelin trust could seriously kill the fighter. Those game matches were intense. And someone needs to make a game with graphics like SC4 but with bloodness of Soldiers of Fortune 2.

But I digress, I just hate the idea that they mix two entirely different genres, sci fi and medieval fantasy. The characters feel out of place and no matter how much you claim they're just extra, they're in the official trailers which means they're more than just fun extras, they're selling points.

We should have all known how shitty it was going to be after seeing Ivy's redesign. Bigger tits wasn't enough. No.... they had to push MAXIMUM EXPOSURE OF THE TITTIES too. Gimmicks barely helped it last time (lol spawn link and tekken guy).... so they felt the need to use tits and the Star Wars fanbase as a hook this time around? It wouldn't be surprised if this was the last game of the series.

Finally, finally someone in this forum too who agrees with me.

I really don't understand how this ruins your experience in the least!
You absolutely hate these characters? Then don't use them. Simple as that. You're only going to see them in character selection, maybe tape some censor-papers on your TV so the problem is solved.

And how about multiplayer? Or survival mode? Or when during arcade I fight one? During multiplayer by the way, guess who two you'll be squaring off against at 99% possibility?

How is playing with Vader shitty?

Steel loses to lighstabers and even the magical swords would meet more than their match, they'd be devastated from single hit. And that's not even counting in the force, which as Vader put it "Powers to destroy worlds is nothing compared to the force." My friend saw the video and thought it was absolutely a horrid idea too and he always has liked Darth Vader and has wanted to see him in a fighting game. As said, the only way to get them to work is to either keep them in character, when they'll become ungodly powerful or tone them down to be equal to others, making them out of character.  In fact, I'll make a bet in advance, I'm gonna ask people at my work, around my surroundings and do a poll and ask people of different genders and age and ask what they think. I predict most of them will think it's a stupid idea.


'sides, if I want to play as novelty characters like that I'll just play Mugen where I can decapitate Ronald Mc Donald with Homer Simpson at my side

Fight Night Round 4 had THE KING as a playable character and it was one of the awesomest product placements I've ever witnessed (being able to play as Pacman and the ghost gang in Ridge Racer comes close second).

Also, Lets Get Ready To Rumble 2 had Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton as playable boxers...

I don't think it's cheapen the game by any means because Soul Caliber is just a fighting game.  It's not like the storyline or anything has MEANINGFUL PLOT POINTS. 

Pacman in racing game? Wow, didn't totally expect that.

Ready to Rumble games are joke games anyhow, only two to three boxers are anything like real boxers and people of different height and weight and gender square off at each other like nothing would matter.

Actually, a good game tries to add these funny easter eggs to the game's universe and the atmosphere. They don't feel out of place unless they're meant to be jokes or such, like Omega Tom Hanks suddenly appearing and making screens explode. From what I know, all the previous cameos have been tied and done well in past. Now comes Darth Vader and Yoda and you expect me to just swallow this as cool idea automaticly despite not making any sort of a sense? Yeah, no.

Cortosis was expensive to mine because it was so rare and it absolutely had to be refined. Pure, unrefined cortosis ore was for unexplained reasons energized, killing anyone who touched it with his/her bare skin, even Hutts, who had energy resistant enzymes in their sweat. Miners had to have filter equipment, or else the cortosis particles would accumulate in their systems, causing hair loss, sickness, and eventually death. The substance was heat and energy resistant, meaning energy tools; such as plasma torches, were virtually useless. The brute force of hydaulic jacks were used to mine it, though it quickly wore the head of the jack to uselessness and its dust would clog the pistons.

This doesn't sound like technology that Soul Calibur era had access to. ALSO as the wiki states too

This effect made cortosis a useful material for anti-lightsaber melee weapons, though with repeated strikes, a lightsaber could still cut through it.

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You know, the best thing coming from this is the fact that now, I can create a knight with a lightsaber  (Well, I hope so...)

Anyway, as long as they're not part of the story (stares at Lloyd in Soul Caliber Legends) it's fine.