Soulcalibur V has '20 - 30' characters, half are new; character creation coming back

[jkipp82]

During our meeting this afternoon with Namco, while a tale of souls was being eternally retold on the screen in Soulcalibur V, a rep from the Japanese publisher spoke to the game's features while we raptly listened on. While only four characters were playable in the hands-on demo we had, two of them were brand new -- something the Namco rep explained was representative of the entire game's roster.

"Half of the roster is all new characters," he noted, before explaining that character creation will make a triumphant return in SC5. And apparently, though the story in past Soulcalibur titles has been ... typical of a fighting game, SC5 will expand upon that with the expressed purpose of explaining the many, many new characters. We only got a chance to get our hands on Patroclus and series favorite Mitsurugi, but we'll be sure to have a preview up in the coming days. Here's a tease: it was pretty fun!

[CloudStrife7x]

thats cool i love soulcalibur, i hope this game is as good as the others

[Paprika]

thats cool i love soulcalibur, i hope this game is as good as the others

Ditto this, its one of the few fighting games that I enjoy

[joshyeo]

hope this is a mint game looks good

[Serious_M]

Nice to know half of the characters are new