Official Soul Calibur IV boxart revealed
- Posted March 10th, 2008 at 05:27 EDT by Mike Harradence
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US retailer Gamestop has posted the official boxart for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Soul Calibur IV on its website.
Thematically, it would seem Namco Bandai has decided to take advantage of the “Light” and “Dark” Side setting to represent Yoda and Darth Vader, who will appear exclusively in the Xbox 360 and PS3 version of the game, respectively.
Soul Calibur IV is the second game in the series to feature platform-specific characters, the first being Soul Calibur II, released on the GameCube, PS2 and Xbox. The fourth instalment in the popular fighting series is due for release this summer.
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hush404 |
hush404- 7:34am GMT - March 10th, 2008
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Both are excellent!
If reference to the 360 box, once looked at with detail it looks great but I swear the first thing you notice is Yoda and that could instantly make someone thing Starwars and if they didn't like star wars they'd completely overlook the fact that its soul calibur... while the PS3's Vadar is somewhat more blended and less a focal point.
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djrussell |
djrussell89- 9:31am GMT - March 10th, 2008
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If someone gave me the choice; Vader or Yoda.. i'd take Vader anyday. I do like the 360 cover art though.. but to me they're on par with one another. I like them both equally here.. maybe the PS3 a tad more cause it has Darth on the front. Who doesnt like that bad-ar$e?
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D3v1lwqer23 |
djrussell89- 9:40am GMT - March 10th, 2008
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Platforms specific color scheme all around...nice.
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Die-romantic |
Demon_King- 11:48am GMT - March 10th, 2008
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The evil power of playstation 3 will destroy the xbox3meltme if only we can play against Xbots PS3 players be the dark side while the Xbots get the good side now that's entertainment
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butchyz
- 12:59pm GMT - March 10th, 2008
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Granted, I like both boxes.... this is a Soul Calibur game, not Star Wars. Funny that Namco would put the two "Joke" characters on the boxart. Blending the Star Wars and Soul Calibur Universe's may be fun, but honestly they are completly different and I just find it strange that bonus characters would make the front cover. Soul Calibur can sell just fine without Star Wars influence, thank you very much.
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Marcelis |
Marcelis- 1:00pm GMT - March 10th, 2008
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I'm just a wee bit upset we dont get siegfried on the PS3 cover, but thats just cause he's my favourite character in the series. The PS3 cover is grand, I love it, this is gonna be an interesting game....however..they HAVE to keep the character creation thing
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seedaripper1973 |
seedaripper1973- 1:55pm GMT - March 10th, 2008
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i notice xbox live on the 360 version but nothing about online play for the ps3...if f-ing namco scrEw us ps3owners over (like sega did wih VF5) i will NOT buy it!!!
mark my words...and play the white man namco
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FantasyStar |
Tirin- 3:05pm GMT - March 10th, 2008
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I think they need a better boxart. Looks like a high-school throw away projectkt
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Alakratt |
Alakratt- 4:54pm GMT - March 10th, 2008
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It's already been said that Yoda and Darth Vader will be downloadable characters later on, I read on wikipedia, but originally it's from game informer : "In an article in the March '08 issue of Game Informer, Namco hinted "that the second characters may be available for download on the respective consoles at a later date" such as bonus characters.".
But obviosly the PS3 version is gonna be better, developers are getting less lazier on the PS3. btw, the PS3 box art is better.
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hush404 |
hush404- 6:03pm GMT - March 10th, 2008
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WAIT!!!!
After looking at them for a good few mins, I've notice a lot. A lot of simplistic photoshop skillz that is. A lot of transparency is an easy way to make a boxart look good (see how all the characters fade into the box color at some angle) when you don't have source material to work with. There are also very simple outline and glow effects used around the PS3 weapon, as well as the logo used on both... which is availabe for use all over the internet. I've used the very logo to make my own. I've also noticed that no other newsites are reporting on this, thus I belive they are mega fake. Missed by us mainly because we were going over which version looked better.
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 4:34am GMT - March 11th, 2008
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PS3 boxart is so much better. And Yoda/Darth Vader will only be exclusive for a little while. Namco plans on selling the missing character as DLC later.
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