Swords will be honed and weapons optimized in Namco Bandai's Soulcalibur IV. Delivering new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, Soulcalibur IV will be the definitive fighting game experience. Yoda and Darth Vader are not the only playable Star Wars characters in SC IV as Namco Bandai revealed the Secret Apprentice from Lucasarts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be included on both platforms.Delivering new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, Soulcalibur IV will be the definitive fighting game experience.
Developed by Project Soul, the legendary team behind Soul Blade and Soulcalibur I-III, Soulcalibur IV will re-introduce classic warriors from the series as well as introduce new characters that will bring new conflict and intrigue. Fully realizing the processing power of the PS3 and Xbox 360, Soulcalibur IV promises to propel the fighting genre into the next-gen era. With visually realistic environments, interactive stages, enhanced AI, and a new battle system, Soulcalibur IV will be at the top of everyone’s wish list.
Character Designer Hideo Yoshie aimed to make a character that is the “king” of an ultra ancient civilization and a character that obviously proves the setting of being the strongest character ever in SC series.
So, he’s wearing a costume from the ancient kingdom that isn’t recorded in history, and it was really difficult and troublesome to make the design of his costume as so just by looking at it.
The final motif of the amour ended up being the “bird,” but there were many other ideas like the lion, cobra, dinosaur and more.
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His right hand glows red and his left hand glows blue because he holds the Soul Edge in his right and the Soul Calibur in his left. Also he has 10 kinds of weapons built in his body and shows a variety of fights never seen before, including flying in the air and sitting in the throne. There was an idea for an additional option which he causes an off-site brawl with a pipe chair instead of the throne, but we were not able to put the idea in the game this time.
By the way, the Algol that shows up in the opening demo is Algol when he was still a human.. That’s why his hair has a different color from within the game. There are some more detailed differences, so please go on and find more differences on him for fun through the game.
Xbox 360 Achievements (1000 points)
- Start of a New Era: Welcome to the new world of Soulcalibur! - 5 points
- Encounter with the Unknown: Fight against Yoda - 10 points
- Pursuer of the Secret: Pursuer of the Secret - 10 points
- Mystery of the Swords: Clear Story Mode on difficulty: HARD - 20 points
- May the Force be with You: Clear Story Mode with Yoda - 20 points
- War Veteran: Clear Arcade Mode - 10 points
- Hero on the Battlefield: Clear Arcade Mode with over 450,000 points - 20 points
- Legendary Hidden Treasures: Acquire over 30 treasures in Tower Of Lost Souls - 20 points
- Never Ending Advance: Descend 20 floors in Tower Of Lost Souls - 20 points
- Tower's New Guardian: Clear all upper floors of Tower Of Lost Souls - 30 points
- Scorpion's Sting: Win a battle with Critical Finish - 10 points
- Smasher: Destroy all of the opponent's equipment - 10 points
- Iron Hammer: Land an attack on a taunting opponent - 10 points
- Death on the Battlefield: Perform 100 Critical Finishes - 30 points
- Like a Flowing Stream: Perform 200 Impacts - 20 points
- Lost in the Moment: Perform 20 Just Impacts - 30 points
- Quick Strike: Perform 5 First Attacks in a row in Arcade - 10 points
- Swift Strike: Perform 100 First Attacks - 20 points
- Mad Destroyer: Perform 100 Soul Crushes - 20 points
- Violent Storm: Perform 50 Wall Hits - 20 points
- 10,000 Strikes of Proof: Land 10,000 attacks - 30 points
- Endure 1,000: Guard 1,000 times against attacks - 30 points
- Water Moon: Perform 30 grapple breaks - 20 points
- Distance will not Betray: Reach over 10,000 meters in total movement distance in battle - 20 points
- First Step as an Artist: Customize a regular character - 5 points
- Chosen by History: Create a custom character - 5 points
- Sharpened Teeth: Maximize a style's level - 20 points
- Equal Skill and Power: Use all skill points and set up 4 skills - 20 points
- Engraved into History: Fight 100 times (Online) - 30 points
- World Class Fighter: Fight against 20 different fighting styles (Online) - 30 points
- World Traveler: Fight on all stages (Online) - 30 points
- Gladiator: Win consecutive Ranked Matches (Online) - 20 points
- Unknown Swordsman: Win 10 times (Online) - 20 points
- Hero King: Level up to 20 - 30 points
- Divine Punishment: K.O. with an Unblockable Attack - 20 points
- Reversal Wizard: Win 20 times with low HP - 20 points
- Phoenix: Win with all equipment destroyed - 10 points
- Wandering Assassin: K.O. opponent with over 20 types of weapons - 10 points
- Repel All Blades: Win perfect 30 times - 30 points
- Numeric God: Measure the two passages of time and win - 20 points
- Two Cannot Exist Together: Exhaust each other's power - 20 points
- Gathering of the Best: Complete CHAIN OF SOULS - 20 points
- Observer of Souls: Collect all illustrations in Art Gallery - 30 points
- Sword Hunter: Collect all weapons for 5 characters - 15 points
- The Controller: Get Soul Calibur (Final Form) - 20 points
- Wild Run to Tragedy: Get Soul Edge (Final Form) - 20 points
- Looter of the Battlefield: Collect all accessories - 20 points
- Wandering Weapon Merchant: Collect 350 pieces of equipment - 20 points
- Tower of Gold: Acquire over 1000000 Gold - 20 points
- Transcend History and the World: Acquire all weapons and equipment - 50 points
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