Which special characters should the PS2 and Xbox versions of Soul Calibur II had?

[migo]

Soul Calibur II for the GameCube is the best version of the game, because it has Link, and Link, being a guy with a sword and a shield, as well as an iconic Nintendo character is about the best GameCube exclusive possible for the game.

PS2 got Heihachi, which is stupid, because he doesn't even wield a sword, and Xbox got Spawn, well, he uses chains so at least it's a weapon, but still, it could have been better, since if they're going for comics they could have grabbed another sword wielding comic book character, or hell, even Drizzt.

So who would you have preferred to see in both the PS2 and Xbox versions of Soul Calibur II? My first thought was Ryu Hayabusa, but then I realised Ninja Gaiden came out after SC2. For PS2, Yoshimitsu would have been better than Heihachi, as at least he's got a sword. Dante would have kicked ass, and been quite suitable too. On Xbox, Deadpool wields swords, like actual swords, and Wolverine while fighting not much different from Heihachi likely at least has blades coming out of his fists.

Cerebus would have been supremely awesome, but unfortunately I don't think he would have appealed to the Xbox audience.

 

[Dexiro]

PS2 should have Crash Bandicoot with his Wumpa Bazooka Or ratchet with his wrench!

Nah i suck at this ;D

 

[ThatStrangeDude]

Drizzt is the gayest fucking character ever to plague the world of fiction.

... PS2 should've had Dante.

 

[Signa]

Actually Ryu would have been a good choice since he originally was on the NES. It would have been awesome if they used his 8-bit character in the 3D world for fighting, kinda like Mr. Game & Watch in Smash Brothers.

 

[SalamanderJoe]

PS2 should have had God of War's Kratos, (though he did appear on the PSP version) and I know its an obvious choice but...Master Chief for the Xbox version? I'm not sure why the other two had developer-relevant guests and the Xbox had Spawn.

 

[Wayneguard]

For PS2, Yoshimitsu would have been better than Heihachi, as at least he's got a sword.

Shhhhhh!!!! nobody tell him

Spoiler

 

[Joshdemon]

Soul Calibur II for the GameCube is the best version of the game, because it has Link, and Link, being a guy with a sword and a shield, as well as an iconic Nintendo character is about the best GameCube exclusive possible for the game.

PS2 got Heihachi, which is stupid, because he doesn't even wield a sword, and Xbox got Spawn, well, he uses chains so at least it's a weapon, but still, it could have been better, since if they're going for comics they could have grabbed another sword wielding comic book character, or hell, even Drizzt.

So who would you have preferred to see in both the PS2 and Xbox versions of Soul Calibur II? My first thought was Ryu Hayabusa, but then I realised Ninja Gaiden came out after SC2. For PS2, Yoshimitsu would have been better than Heihachi, as at least he's got a sword. Dante would have kicked ass, and been quite suitable too. On Xbox, Deadpool wields swords, like actual swords, and Wolverine while fighting not much different from Heihachi likely at least has blades coming out of his fists.

Cerebus would have been supremely awesome, but unfortunately I don't think he would have appealed to the Xbox audience.

Yoshimitsu is already a character in the Soul Calibur series - always has been.
I do agree though, if you want a tekken character then surely Jin or Kazuya would be better...
or Kunimitsu, as she has a weapon.
Dante would have worked great, and although he has guns they could always just not be usable (although I think that guns are surely no more insane than lightsabres)

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

XBOX could have had Ryu Hyabusa from Ninja Gaiden quite easily.
Ps2 could have had...I dunno tbh, Dante'll do

 

[migo]

Ninja Gaiden came out in 2004, Soul Calibur II for Xbox was 2003, rather hard to do him as a tie in character when prior to that he was on the NES.

 

[Akihiko]

Ryu Hayabusa isn't just in Ninja gaiden though. He was in Dead or Alive games too. Dead or Alive 3 came out on Xbox on the consoles launch I swear.

 

[Diddy_Mao]

Heihachi was a stupid idea not because he doesn't use weapons but because there's already a bunch of fighting games with him as a playable character. If I want to fight as Heihachi I'll slap a copy of Tekken into my console.
I think Dante or Cloud Strife would have been a more comfortable fit as a PS2 exclusive.

Spawn wasn't so much of a bad choice as he was irrelevant. Soul Callibur 2 came out in 2003 a good 5 years after everyone had stopped giving a shit about Spawn.
Unfortunately the X Box hadn't really developed much of a library of memorable characters yet so you could pluck any character from any franchise and it would have made just as much sense.
Wolverine, Batman, Ash Williams, Jason Voorhees, Darth Maul etc...just take your pick.

 

[GloatingSwine]

Heihachi was a stupid idea not because he doesn't use weapons but because there's already a bunch of fighting games with him as a playable character.

Although him not having weapons was pretty cack as well, because it meant he had poor reach, and being Heihachi he didn't have the speed and unpredictability of Maxi or his ilk to make up for it.

 

[the lapalminator]

Your living in the past mannnnn get out of the ps2 era man.

with that said mike vick for the ps2 cus this is the year that madden 2004 came out and he was fucking unstoppable and

master cheif for the xbox cus its fucking master cheif

little late for this but flame shield up

 

[Buizel91]

Xbox: Master Cheif with energy sword.

PS2: Kratos...

i would pay to see that fight

 

[migo]

Ryu Hayabusa isn't just in Ninja gaiden though. He was in Dead or Alive games too. Dead or Alive 3 came out on Xbox on the consoles launch I swear.

Oh, in that case, yeah, definitely him then.

 

[Mikeyfell]

Xbox: Master Cheif with energy sword.

PS2: Kratos...

i would pay to see that fight

I'd like to see Kratos grab Voldo and rip him in half

Kratos should be in Mortal Kombat for the fatalities

 

[Baralak]

I'd keep in Spawn on the Xbox, but I'm a fan of Spawn, so yeah... Didn't care for Link, because I don't like how he plays...

On PS2? Yeah, I think Cloud or someone like that would work better than Heihachi, but then again, both SC and Tekken are NAmco owned games, so it was probably easiest for them. When did Tales of Symphonia come out? I liked using Lloyd in Soul Calibur Legends... He'd also fit on the PS2.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Dante would have worked great, and although he has guns they could always just not be usable (although I think that guns are surely no more insane than lightsabres)

Cervantes has a pistol in his right-hand blade.