D_Matt_Ma
[10] Knight
You know... Rock may be the best kept secret character in fighting game history. Nobody is expecting him...
Soulcalibur VI General Roster Speculation Thread
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AMillionHP
[13] Hero
Nope, some are expecting him for some fairly legitimate reasons. He is just very unlikable to most people despite that.
DanteSC3
[14] Master
The only stories that Rock would be involved in would be Sophitia's (fought to a draw) or Lizardman's (protected Bangoo from harm), and Sophitia's story is not likely to include him, because we know she'll be involved with Rothion, and will also probably have story with Cassandra, so I'm not sure if there would be room for Rock. And Lizardman is already hinging on bonus character status, who may not get a story, and if he did, being a bonus character in a bonus character's story would be the next closest thing to Arthur as you can get.
Fatal_Exodus
[14] Master
I don't have any particularly strong feelings towards Rock, but the fact that Astaroth has inherited one of his special command inputs lends further fire to him not being included in the game.
Mitalius
BoW To MeH
If Rock does come back at least make him close to Astaroths tier...His moves were just way too slow to play with in three and four.
Ryuhza
[13] Hero
I thought Rock was cool in 3, but they kept giving his stuff to Astaroth. Bled the poor guy dry.
D_Matt_Ma
[10] Knight
Rock could be in the story where they kidnap him to study and create an improved Astaroth. He would also be bonus story fodder like Lizardman.
fjaoaoaoao
[07] Duelist
I don't mind Astaroth, but I don't think he is cool enough to fully act as a replacement to Rock.
Unless Rock is DLC, they are more likely to include some female barbarian than Rock. :)
Unless Rock is DLC, they are more likely to include some female barbarian than Rock. :)
AMillionHP
[13] Hero
Well... the one piece of good news out of TGS is the fembot has still yet to be confirmed. So i can continue to enjoy at least one more day blissfully unaware that she will one day arrive.
DanteSC3
[14] Master
But the bad news is that there wasn't a Hwang reveal, either. Though they said 22 characters have been revealed, when counting Tira, we only really have 21. Inferno doesn't have a trailer, so I don't think it being "leaked" (pretty sure they didn't intend, why the video was taken down) that Inferno is unlockable really counts as a reveal.
AMillionHP
[13] Hero
Yeah its pretty bad if they cant keep track of what is and isnt revealed.
Frayhua
[14] Master
SCVI Astaroth has 4 of Rock's old throws as well as a lot of his own.
DanteSC3
[14] Master
So, while I was reviewing older footage and screenshots, I noticed an inconsistency with Xianghua's weapons. This may just be nothing, that they were using it as a placeholder earlier in development, or something like that, but while I was able to pull 6 weapons of Xianghua's from the museum screenshot in the modes trailer, with the 7th to be assumed to be Krita-Yuga, her default weapon, none of those weapons were Sapara, one of Leixia's curved swords from SoulCalibur V. However:
I wonder if this means that Xianghua will be special and receive 8 weapons? Leixia's order of weapons did place Sapara before Qing Long and Makhaira, so it wouldn't be entirely impossible that the weapon before Qing Long in museum is Sapara, but then that would either mean that Krita-Yuga is not in the museum, which doesn't make any sense, or that Xianghua has 8 weapons, if she does have the 6 shown, Sapara, and Krita-Yuga. Or maybe Sapara was going to make the cut, but it ended up getting the axe.
SomeRandomHuman
[13] Hero
Or there are unlockable weapons and the final count is above 7 per character, which would be nice.
Anyone knows where is the slot of Inferno when he is unlocked ?
I think his position can answer our questions if Hwang and Lizardman are unlockable
If he is put at the middle => It means the 4 small circle are for DLC
If he is put in one of the 4 small circles => It means the small circles are for unlockable char and we can unlock more characters
IIRC Hayate was not allowed to play Mina story mode. Maybe Hwang will be unlocked after finishing Mina's story ?
I think his position can answer our questions if Hwang and Lizardman are unlockable
If he is put at the middle => It means the 4 small circle are for DLC
If he is put in one of the 4 small circles => It means the small circles are for unlockable char and we can unlock more characters
IIRC Hayate was not allowed to play Mina story mode. Maybe Hwang will be unlocked after finishing Mina's story ?
kyrt
whatever
I think there is a very real possibility that every character will receive more than 7 weapons and that the only ones that will appear in the museum mode are a select amount they can give background info on or that have unique designs. I don't see why soul calibur/soul edge or joke weapons for example would be necessary to have their own description in museum mode.
DanteSC3
[14] Master
I don't think there's been any footage of his unlocked position, but being in the center wouldn't prove anything, in and of itself. It's possible that we may see Edge Master, Hwang, and Lizardman as unlockable characters, with Tira taking the fourth slot, because she's Day 1 DLC. Optimistic? Sure. But I think very much possible, and I'll hang on to my hope, even if it does lead to disappointment. I'm still going to enjoy the game, either way, but seeing Lizardman having his own moveset is inspiring. And if Inferno isn't going to be a mimic, but a Nightmare on steroids, then Edge Master can still fill the niche, and makes sense to be across from Azwel.
Hayate wasn't able to play Mi-na's mode, but there was someone who was, since we did see a screenshot of Hwang posted, but I didn't hear if they made it to the end, but someone did say that Hwang wasn't fought in her story, which would imply that they finished it, and you'd think, maybe, that they'd mention that Hwang unlocked, despite not being fought, but maybe they did keep that bit to themselves. I dunno. I don't really want to take anything about that as fact until there is footage proving it one way or the other, or we just find out when we play the game.
SoulCalibur II had every single one of its ridiculously inflated weapons gallery with entries, though, including a copypasted 1P/2P for everyone, along with Soul Edge (Complete) for everyone, with the same text for each character, along with joke weapons. It really wouldn't take much, I wouldn't say, to write blurbs for each weapon, using SoulCalibur II as an example that they managed to do it before.
From the museum screenshots from the modes trailer, Xianghua's Soul Calibur is definitely getting an entry, which you could chalk up to hers being the main one, and Nightmare's Soul Edge is in there too, but that is his primary weapon, unlike Xianghua's being Krita-Yuga, so it also has an excuse, so I guess the true test would be if Ivy's Soul Edge also has an entry, as that's the only other one we've seen thus far. But you'd also think we would have seen a joke weapon on one of the CaS shown off in Libra of Soul by now, if they were in.
kyrt
whatever
Nah they are probably rewards for completing either story or mission mode. In II they were in weapon master mode but were expensive and took a long while before you could unlock them. I also don't think joke weapons would get an entry in VI but they have in the past so it's hard to say. The issue is they have the assets from V and they are reusing pretty much everything else I imagine that these will be in the game at some point...hopefully not as the dlc though as 100 items if 20 of those are joke weapons that's kind of disappointing for those packs.
RyujiSakamoto
Premium Member
The fact that we are less than a month away now makes me think if there are secret characters..they won't be of much substance (Clones/mimics)