Soul Calibur IV Boxarts: 360 = Light Side

by Terrence Stasse { Mar 9th 2008 at 8:30PM }

We've all been aware for some time that the guest characters in Soul Calibur IV would be Darth Vader and Yoda. And at the time there was an assortment of people making darkside-lightside jokes concerning certain platforms, and it seems Namco-Bandai might have found them funny. The boxarts for the game are up on Gamestop's page for the game, and display the console-exclusive characters at the top of each respective unit. Now some have speculated that these are only placeholder, and while that is possible, the designs do hold an uncanny resemblance to the other entry in this series that saw exclusive characters. Now the only battle that needs deciding is which box has the better design! For those day-one consumers out there, Soul Calibur IV is set to release on June the 30th.

Tags: namco, namco-bandai, soul-caliber-4, soul-caliber-iv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Pieman523 @ Mar 9th 2008 8:48PM

Hate to say it but the PS3 box art looks way cooler

Deck @ Mar 9th 2008 8:49PM

I am sadly going to have to agree with Pieman. The PS3 "Darkside" box art is really good looking.

Not that the 360 box art is bad looking but the Evil shade, is pure awesomeness.

Jason @ Mar 9th 2008 8:49PM

I read somewhere (maybe even here--I don't remember) that the developer said the other exclusive characters may eventually be available as DLC.

I'd much rather play as Vader.

PerfectStrategy @ Mar 9th 2008 8:49PM

I had my preorder in for this game so long ago. I just absolutely love Soul Calibur. Best fighting game out there by far (yes, even better than VF and DoA). And if someone doesn't buy this game because of the box art, I am going to slice them with a katana.

qbix @ Mar 9th 2008 8:50PM

That's one high caliber box art.

Michael Paul @ Mar 9th 2008 9:04PM

I just don't get it. Yoda was always cooler, and that lightsaber duel with Count Dooku sealed the deal. Yet it's all "Vader, Vader...".

They guaranteed one sale of the 360 version with the choice they made, anyway...

Vern @ Mar 9th 2008 9:10PM

Well i like the 360 art it's hot. I think they did the dark side and light side based upon the original color of each system xbox 360 white ps3 blk which would make sense.

rockeranimefreak @ Mar 9th 2008 9:29PM

Yoda! YoYoYoYo Yoda! lol this made me think of that song by Wierd Al which is a parody of Lola!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ub0nykvHRuc

Potato Farmer J. @ Mar 9th 2008 9:35PM

I dunno which is cooler!
A gremlin voiced by miss piggy, or a big penis shaped half-machine villain voiced by Mufasa.

THESE ARE SUCH IMPOSING FIGURES.

Xav de Matos @ Mar 9th 2008 9:38PM

Yet another reason for me to not like Star Wars.

colin @ Mar 9th 2008 10:06PM

am i the only one that thinks these unrelated characters shouldn't be on the box art? this isn't smash brothers.

Bryan S. @ Mar 9th 2008 10:06PM

well, I like the 360's more. Then again I've always been more attracted to playing the "good side" in video games. Makes up for my demonic real life tendencies. *chuckle*

ZeroCorpse @ Mar 9th 2008 10:11PM

I still say this is the dumbest idea ever.

I mean, this series has you fight with swords and bladed weapons, but there's never any blood or wounding! No limbs ever leave bodies. There's more blood in STREET FIGHTER II than there is in Soul Calibur.

And now they want to add lightsabers to the mix? Lightsabers that DON'T cut people?

Further, they're putting two lightsaber-wielding characters into the games, but they WON'T BE ABLE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER?!?!

And how will they even fit these characters from long, long ago in a another galaxy that's "far, far away" into the existing storyline?

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

If I hit someone in the neck with a big-ass sword, I at least expect some blood, if not decapitation, instead of a flash of light and them getting knocked back but otherwise appearing unharmed.

Call me when Soul Calibur grows up and the characters actually wound each other with their wicked-looking, apparently blunt & useless toy swords.

And to think I ever liked this series. Pfeh!

sifer2400 @ Mar 9th 2008 10:17PM

lmao the ps3 looks better not that i'll buy these games for the price of 60$ yoda>vader

Jonah Falcon @ Mar 9th 2008 10:17PM

Um... you can download Vader as DLC on the 360, and download Yoda as DLC on the PS3. So chill.

PerfectStrategy @ Mar 9th 2008 10:19PM

Zero, have you ever heard of things like 'fun' or 'good gameplay'?

I love Forza Motorsport 2 and it is definitely the best simulation racer there is, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy Burnout Paradise just because it isn't 'believable'.

The stuff in Soul Calibur has never been intended to be realistic. You are talking about Lightsabers cutting people, well how do you explain Ivy's sword? Or how do the Katana's not cut off limbs? I'm sure a Katana could lop an arm off just like a lightsaber, but that's not the point. This isn't Ninja Gaiden II, this is Soul Calibur. It's a fighting game with health bars, not one slice and you are done for the round.

PerfectStrategy @ Mar 9th 2008 10:28PM

Furthermore, some dude with slicked hair and a white vest armed with nunchuks, isn't going to stand a chance against an undead, eight-foot tall, 500 pound hellspawn, swinging an axe as large as a bus. But what 'should happen' isn't what the game is about.

Anticrawl @ Mar 9th 2008 10:35PM

Bah, Ben is much better than Yoda.

DarkNightRJ @ Mar 9th 2008 10:39PM

360 Version is lame, I dont like the PS3 but they got the cooler version

Stephen @ Mar 9th 2008 10:42PM

I agree with some of the other people, i think it was kind of cool when they announced yoda for 360 and vader fro ps3, but i think they are taking it too far with this box art (if it is the real box art) .

Magic Whiskey @ Mar 9th 2008 10:55PM

I agree with some of you guys (anticrawl bieng one)..Obi-Wan FTW...BUT..Yoda is my all time favorite movie character, so no harm no foul!

Anticrawl @ Mar 9th 2008 11:26PM

Obi-Wan is the man, glad someone agrees (Magic Whiskey). I mean considering he was so much weaker with the force he was able to hold his own to several major villians in the movies/animated series. Plus in the first three movies the actor playing Obi-Wan was awesome.

I'll settle for Yoda though, Vadar is too cheesy.

Magic Whiskey @ Mar 9th 2008 11:52PM

Anticrawl, Obi-Wan was never portrayed as 'weaker' in the Force..far from it actually. It's Kenobi who is the only Jedi that's able to use the Force to speak to Luke from the afterlife (after his training from the spirit from Qui-Gon, acts we've never seen actually happen in a Star Wars movie, yet they did happen.)

One road that Lucas showed us, yet didn't really go down was talked briefly about in Phantom Menace. Qui-Gon could sense the potential in Anakin because the Jedi Master was so in tune with the 'Living Force'. You can say it was almost like a Native American sense of life.
Obi-Wan sensed issues "Elsewhere..elusive" because he was more in tune with the larger, less specific 'Unifying Force'. This is something he shared with Yoda; Yoda could sense the evil within Palpatine and felt pains when Anakin turned to the Dark Side. Also, Ben Kenobi felt 'a disturbance' when Alderaan was destroyed.

Anticrawl @ Mar 10th 2008 12:12AM

Eh I guess so. I still felt he was the underdog, relying on his wits and vast experience to take the advantage in a battle.

TheYam @ Mar 10th 2008 12:52AM

I'm not sure who in the Microsoft library would fit, but a GREAT and FITTING guest appearance on the PlayStation 3 would certainly have been Kratos. He, like Link in the GameCube version of SCIII, would at least make a little more sense.

Brian Fantana @ Mar 10th 2008 2:54AM

PS3 wins this one hands down. Being able to play as Vader is 100 times cooler than playing as a little green puppet.

Ryan @ Mar 10th 2008 10:09AM

I actually like the 360 box art better, but I'd much rather play as Vader and can't see how anyone could play a fighting game with the 360 controller (great overall controller, but useless d-pad) so this will be the first multiplatform game that I get on the PS3 instead.

I wonder if they chose which console got which character based strictly on the color of the console...

Jonah Falcon @ Mar 10th 2008 1:25PM

@Brian Fantana:

Once more: XBOX 360 OWNERS CAN GET VADER AS DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT - DITTO YODA FOR PS3 OWNERS.

Sheesh!

Cal @ Mar 10th 2008 2:25PM

The PS3 has the better box art, but it would be so much more fun to play as Yoda...

ZeroCorpse @ Mar 10th 2008 2:35PM

@PerfectSrategy

That's the WHOLE POINT of my rant. The game is ridiculous now. It was cute back when it first came out (on the Dreamcast is was very good) but now, after a few more version, it's looking lame compared to what's out there. Ivy's sword SHOULD cut off limbs! So should the katana and every other big-ass bladed weapon on that game!

It's absolutely, brain-numbingly stupid that you can hit someone with a GIANT BATTLEAXE and they suffer no physical damage whatsoever.

Games have evolved, but Soul Calibur has not. It's stuck in the 90s, and hasn't grown up at all.

Are you guys SERIOUSLY saying you wouldn't think Soul Calibur would be a BETTER game if they started allowing limb-cutting, visible wounding, blood, and special attacks that decapitate your opponent?

Sorry, but I'd consider buying it if Sophia (or whoever replaces her) could slice Voldo's head clean off with her gladius. Hitting him and getting a flash of light as the reward is no longer cool. It's dumb.

This isn't the arcade anymore. They don't have to worry about blood and gore, or making the game suitable for general audiences. It's been a console-specific franchise for a few incarnations now, and it's time the updated it and allowed some REAL sword-fighting instead of this 1980s fighting game engine that ignores the damage swords would really cause.

Noshino @ Mar 10th 2008 5:16PM

Jonah Falcon,

er, could you please provide a link to an article that states that Yoda will be available for the PS3 and Vader for the 360 through DLC?

Because I have only seen 2 articles, the Interview with the producer while in Las Vegas, and the main article from 1up and neither one mention that...

Johnny_Ridden @ Mar 10th 2008 9:20PM

I bet a lot of gamers will take advantage of Yoda's small hit box :/

drdre74 @ Mar 11th 2008 9:37AM

Ps3 cover is the best one from a design side. But I want to play as Yoda lol!

TomLikesGuitar @ Mar 11th 2008 7:45PM

magic whiskey

"It's Kenobi who is the only Jedi that's able to use the Force to speak to Luke from the afterlife"

uh yeah... u might wanna watch episode 6 again

john @ Apr 17th 2008 1:37AM

zerocorpse, every round would be over in ten seconds if they took on real damage when attacked, they would have to make some special move to even wield a weapon if they actually cut off heads so the majority of game play would just be punches and kicks. if i wanted to play mortal kombat then i would buy mortal kombat. list any fighting game that has "evolved" in its execution so much that the damage from each move is prevelant on the opponent. it must be just painful for you to watch sci-fi or fantasy movies, what with them being fake and all.