Soul Calibur V Coming 2012!

By Cinderkin — May 11, 2011
Tags: namco namco-bandai news soul-calibur-v

Namco Bandai announced at a press conference in Dubai that Soul Calibur V is coming soon! The game is to feature old and new characters as well as guest characters ala SCII and SCIV. Check it out!

The game will take place 17 years after Soul Calibur IV and add new gameplay elements alongside an improved battle system, and the online aspects have been expanded, as have the character customization options. Again, there'll be a historical story as a backdrop to the fighting for the eponymous weapon, with the tale of Patroklos, the son of Sophitia Alexandra being at the center of the games story.

Are you a fan of the Soul Calibur Series? Are you excited for the return of SC? Tell us what you think in the comments. Don't be a Jimmy!

Source: CVG

[UPDATED] May 11, 2011 1:35:21 PM

May 11, 2011 by goukijones

Here's yer boy right here.

Comments

I was a fan looong time ago, then when they ha the newer ones with custom characters I really didn't care anymore. Maybe this one will reel me back in :D

May 11, 2011 by iorilamia

If the game has Talim, I'm gonna play it ;)

Heres a lame teaser trailer: http://youtu.be/VbIjwEHgtbc

May 11, 2011 by iorilamia

Added the teaser, Sigfried looks the same for it being 17 years later lol!

May 11, 2011 by Cinderkin

I wish they aged characters sometimes in fighting games. Not ongoing in the series, but maybe one game where they actually are a bit older (instead of just different hairstyles....Ken) But Iivy would be old as hell ; gross.

May 11, 2011 by iorilamia

Ivy was born with white hair, she's not that much older than most of the original cast. Japanese can do anything with character designs lol.

May 11, 2011 by Cinderkin

I thought she was like 30+

May 11, 2011 by iorilamia

I don't remember. I may have to pop SC1 back in to find out.

May 11, 2011 by Cinderkin

I'm just curious to see what kind of gimmick characters they add to this one. 2 Had Link, Heiachi and Spawn, and IV had the star wars characters. I'm not a big soul calibur fan, but I might check this out.

The new soul edge they showed looked pretty cool with the face and everything though.

May 11, 2011 by grey walrus

I'll keep picking up the series just because they are fun to play. Not the best series out there, but better than many others. I am curious to see what characters they tack on this time. We've already had Link, Heihachi, Spawn, Yoda, and Vader. How about Transformers or Pirates of the Caribbean? I'm sure they'll find something to try and add some hype.

May 11, 2011 by DragonKiss83

@ grey, great minds think alike

May 11, 2011 by DragonKiss83

YO! Jack Sparrow would totally be in this game.

May 11, 2011 by iorilamia

@ Grey

What about Soul Edge? That was the name of the very first game. Soul Calibur is actually the second in the series. That's why when you go to the character select screen in SC1 the announcer says "Welcome back to the age of history". Most people think he's just saying that because you've come back to the game after first playing it.

But in Soul Edge on PS1 and Arcade the announcer says at the character select screen "Welcome to the age of history"

I didn't know about a new Soul Edge though. I would love and HD Remake of the original. Characters like Mitsurugi, Sophitia, Taki, Voldo, Nightmare and Cervantes were there from the beginning. I've been playing Soul Edge/ Soul Calibur since 1996!

May 11, 2011 by Cinderkin

Transformers was actually the first thing I thought of too.

@ Cinderkin
I must've meant SoulCalibur. Sorry I Played soul edge way back when on the ps1, and From then on out have always called the evil sword soul edge. I guess it's not that anymore then?

Like I said before Not a big SoulCalibur fan.

May 11, 2011 by grey walrus

I'm a very huge fan of the Soul series. I do hope to see all the characters again, as well as some interesting new characters, and characters who was only in the psp game (broken destiny), like Donpiere.

As for the combat system, I really do hope it improves, bringing to players an experience they would be proud of, like that of SC2.

May 11, 2011 by Arthvader

Oh you were talking about the sword in the video. I was getting Hype for a new game lol. Yeah the Soul Calibur is the Blue Ice like Sword that Sigfried wields. The Soul Edge is the Evil looking Sword that Nightmare wields. Funny is that Sigfried is Nightmare. I've never understood how they managed to split the two characters. I'll have to brush up on my SC history.

May 11, 2011 by Cinderkin

Yeah, I was talking about the sword. I knew Sigfried and Nightmare were the same person, but I don't know much other than that. Long story short though I think the new evil looking sword is pretty badass looking.

May 11, 2011 by grey walrus

The weapons have always been more important to me than the characters in this series.

May 11, 2011 by DragonKiss83

it seems that they split at some point in SC3, if I check my Soul Calibur history correctly.

May 11, 2011 by Arthvader

No Arth because Both characters are playable in SC1, so It wouldn't make sense for it to happen storywise in 3. It's been so long though, you could be right. SC3 was the worst in the series though.

May 11, 2011 by Cinderkin

I can't wait until the juggle physic are shown! Hahah!

May 11, 2011 by reipuerto

Don't forget the fact that You can technically play as Sigfried in SC2, but only as a third skin for Nightmare, see as how when you beat the game with that skin, you still have Nightmare's ending.

May 11, 2011 by Arthvader

Zzzzzzzzzzz. Hated these games.

May 11, 2011 by goukijones

Arth Sigfried is his own character in SC1. I still have it on dreamcast, and I have it on xbox live arcade. He had his own story as well.

May 11, 2011 by Cinderkin

Hey Rei you hit u instead of i.

May 11, 2011 by DragonKiss83

well i also have it on dreamcast and I know Sigfried has his own story. basically, after the big battle Nightmare had with Kilik and Xianghua, and defeated, Siegfried was freed from the control of Nightmare and the Soul Edge, albiet for a limited time, seeing as how by the time of Soul Calibur 2, he was transformed back to Nightmare, until Soul Calibur 3, when he is finally split from Nightmare.

May 11, 2011 by Arthvader