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Well, the only ones of the new characters that would even really have real story bits between 1591 and 1607 would be Z.W.E.I. and Viola, simply because the rest of them would be small children who wouldn't be fighting for most of the time. We know next to nothing about Z.W.E.I., but learning his history would be a great opportunity taken to fill the gap between the two games. Same for seeing Amy's turn to Viola, and seeing Viola before she met Z.W.E.I., and just what it is she's doing with her life until she joins Schwarzwind with Z.W.E.I. later. But that's also just new folks, there's room for main character stories too, like Siegfried, Hilde, Raphael, and Kilik, just for starters. SoulCalibur VIII could be the time before and including SoulCalibur V as its own game.
I'm not against giving the second generation characters new styles, by the way, but as has been mentioned, it mostly makes sense for the successors to take on the styles of their predecessors from a narrative point of view, though with their own flavor on the styles to set them apart.
I'm not against giving the second generation characters new styles, by the way, but as has been mentioned, it mostly makes sense for the successors to take on the styles of their predecessors from a narrative point of view, though with their own flavor on the styles to set them apart.