Topic: Link in Soul Calibur 2 commercial

[Slavefive]

Has anyone else seen this japanese commercial?  Man....Link is just plain awesome.  Anybody salivating to play something even remotely like that old demo of Link and Ganon are in for something special.  First of all, the music is just kick ass Zelda music.  Second, Link's sound effects are pure Zelda, as well.  He sounds just like he did in OoT/Majora, the grunts and sword noises are spot on.  Link's character render is pretty dang good, too.  It must have been difficult to put more of a whimsical type of character into the gritty world of Soul Calibur, but they pulled it off.  He looks bad ass (think a tunic and pointy cap clad Dante), but still undeniably "Link."  It's really something to see in motion.  

His moves seem to be taken from Smash Bros., but with a few new ones thrown in....and those are the ones that made me giddy with delight.  There is this one where he flips in the air and comes down on the other guy, it was awesome.  

One of the coolest things that I hadn't seen before this commercial is from what is presumably Link's opening intro.  He pulls the Master Sword from its pedestal in the forest and raises it to the sky.  That felt like it should come out of a Zelda game, not some Namco fighter.  Truly cool stuff.  

Anyway, it really seems like Namco did the absolute best job they could have done with this license.  I think I got the video from PGC, so check it out.  I had to download windows media player 9 to view it, but it was worth it.  

[Mario]

Yeah, i totally agree, ive watched that video about a million times now, the gameplay in Soul Caliber 2 looks incredible, and Link looks f'ing unbelievable. I blame that commercial for the puddle of drool on my keyboard, damn commercial. Seriously, i cannot wait for this game, GOTY! When does it come out in America and PAL regions?

[Slavefive]

I believe SC2 is coming out in the fall (so like September/October) in the U.S.  But, I'm not sure about Europe or Australia.  If I lived there, I'd have a modded 'Cube, thats for sure.  I almost modded my cube just to play the japanese version of SC2.  

[boggy b]

Thank God I've got the original. All I can say is that I'm really not happy with any of the new characters being put in. They're all massively out of place.
Still, Famitsu gave it 36, which aint a bad score, but it's not as good as the original (40/40 :-)).

But it should be good, despite the new characters.

[Grey Ninja]

Yeah, I suppose if you must, you can bear those god-awful extra features eh?  I mean, they ruin the game in so many ways.  You might even have to look at them when picking your character!  O_O

[boggy b]

Extras don't annoy me. OUT OF PLACE extras annoy me. Link? In Soul Calibur? Nearly as bad as Spawn. And Heihachi? Keep to your own fighter!

[Grey Ninja]

I really don't see how Link is so out of place, and I still don't see why it would bother you to have an extra character.  It's a fighting game, not a plate of food.

[Slavefive]

That's the thing, Link should be out of place but I think Namco did a great job of incorporating him into the Soul Calibur mythos.  Granted, I haven't played the game yet, but it seems like they did not lose the integrity of Link as a character or the universive of Soul Calibur.  Likewise, I think Spawn is a perfect character for Soul Calibur.  He's one bad ass dude.  Necrid.....eh, I could take him or leave him.  But, Heihachi, the guy doesn't even have a weapon.  Isn't this supposed to be a weapon based fighter?  If I only had a PS2, I'd be bummed out.