[UPDATE] Rumor: Kratos to appear as PS3 exclusive SCIV character
- Posted June 24th, 2008 at 17:20 EDT by
- 46 Comments
According to the rumor mill in the August issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Kratos is to appear as a PS3 exclusive character in Soul Calibur IV.
The magazine states that Kratos will be the next PS3 character revealed, so if the rumor is in fact true, we should be seeing something soon. Also, this will be the first look at Kratos on next gen hardware, and possibly a first glimpse at what to expect from God of War III. Obviously if Kratos appears in SCIV, Namco has cut some deal with Sony, and could be sharing actual assets or character concepts from the upcoming PS3 exclusive.
Update: We have received word from Namco Bandai on the recent rumor, however, as you'd expect, the PR department cannot confirm or deny the rumor.
"We don't comment on rumors or speculations," said a Namco Bandai representative.
Nevertheless, stay tuned to PSU.com, as we will be posting our exclusive interview with Namco Bandai later which will provide all new details on Soul Calibur IV later this week.
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Solid_Squirrel |
ZeroTheSquirrel- 3:53pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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And you contribute nothing moron
This is a awesome rumor if true
Everyone of my friends always wondered how Kratos would be like if he was in Soul Calibur
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princevegeta1980
- 3:58pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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okay, first we have a bunch of star wars characters, know kratos, what about adding Dante, Nariko (heavenly sword) and why not fuçing link aswell, this game is starting to get more and more silly as time goes by!
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TobiUchiha |
TobiUchiha- 4:02pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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Bad idea blades of chaos vs swords and no blood in soul calibur :-s would've been better in mortal kombat where he could actually SLAUGHTER people
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RedOrb_collector
- 4:13pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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If Kratos appears on this then that instantly makes the PS3 version the one to own.
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Drunken Ninja |
dtb3000- 4:30pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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Wow, if this is indeed true than I'm going to be getting this game day one after all...
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Shin-Karazu |
shinkarazu- 4:34pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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Wow. I wasnt even looking to play this game, but they got me with this.
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SonyJunkie |
Bender6191- 4:34pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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That would be awesome, I would use him all the time. He is the man. Really hoping they show something at E3, or announce it soon. Got my fingers crossed.
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edward_moffet |
edd- 4:56pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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that would be awesome but i wish sony would make there own character brawler similar to super smash bros now that would be epic
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evilmonkey501 |
evilmonkey501- 5:22pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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@princevegeta1980: "fucing" link is a nintendo character which would only apear on the wii...mmkay? lol
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gameoholic |
Demented007- 5:25pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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If they put Kratos in the picture, I will buy this game even faster! Darth Vader doesn't make any sense, at all!! PSN ID-Demented007
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DreamsofAnarchy |
DreamsofAnarchy- 6:11pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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Simple as this; this is Namco's anwer to Dead or Alive 4. Remember all the hype about the Spartan character and how everyone was excited to see how that turned out? This is a bold move and I hope it works well.
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Girugamesh |
Shidousha- 7:03pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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Well, at least the Bandai representative didn't deny Kratos. We'll just have to see.
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Traveler1990 |
NightHawk17- 8:18pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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after the way namcos been reating sony this gen i wouldnt give them kratos
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nastanley
- 9:02pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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this is wonderful.Kratos in SCIV...I was already palnning on getting this game, Kratos appearing on it will only give me more reasons to buy this game. I hope he will be well exploited and given a good number of moves.It should be like SCII where Heihachi made no sense at all.I would prefer Kratos in his GoW2 god amor and the blade of olympus should be one of his weapons.
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se7enthsign |
Se7enthSign- 9:04pm BST - June 24th, 2008
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No Kratos!!!! That will totally unbalance the game. Kratos is much too powerful to be in a game with mere mortals!
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MephistoSoze
- 5:44am BST - June 25th, 2008
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After the way Namco has been treating Sony? What do you mean? What has Namco done to Sony? I mean, besides giving them Tekken 6 exclusively? Am I wrong on that? Help me out.
To the topic:
Kratos as a playable character is a better idea than having the Star Wars crew. Why? Because Kratos, at least, was mortal at some point in the game, thus he could be killed. And his Blades of Chaos doesn't exactly kill enemies in one hit. Lightsabers, on the other hand, are supposed to be made of pure energy and will sever anything it touches. Thusly, if Vader were to perform a downward slice with his saber, NO ONE should be able to block it and EVERYONE should die from one hit because of it. In addition, there's his Force powers.
Kratos doesn't have to be "dumbed down" or "weakened" to be a balanced player in SC's catalogue of players; Darth Vader does... meaning, in the end, it's only Darth Vader by appearance.
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TestosteRohne |
TestosteRohne- 7:59pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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Oh I'm in.
But dear Namco you know I'd rather see you do a deal with Square Enix for Cloud, Squall, Seifer and Sephiroth.
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Untildeath89 |
willmakenewonesoon- 9:50pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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are they going to have every major character with sword appear in this game?
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 4:34am BST - June 26th, 2008
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I really hope this is true. I always thought Kratos would make a great character. That get's me wondering though. If the PS3 has an exclusive like Kratos, what is the 360 getting?
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