Ideas for new characters?

Idk if somebody mentioned it but it should be great to have a black character,from Africa if possible,I know that the story takes place in Europe but, since Zasalamel is gone.......Also the style should be agile,light,versatile and wild IMO it would be pretty cool
 
new characters ≠ new styles.
HOWEVER.. i wouldn't mind seeing a bit of ethnic diversity.
Darken the palette a bit.
Shield & Spear Shaka Zulu.
non steroid-Jesus inspired Rock/Bangoo.
just thoughts..
 
Le_Bello said:
Flails exists because, in medieval times, villages would often get invaded during wars and such.
Now, the average peasant was in no way equipped to deal with a fully armoured bastard, and so flails were created. They required little strength to wield, and allowed the peasants to do some decent damage, even IF they weren't likely to win.

This is why you'll often see them being used by less physically capable classes in RPGs, such as Priests, Mages, etc.
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Isnt this more like a mace or staff you're thinking of? A flail looks like quite a heavy weapon and i generally only see strong people wielding it in movies and such.
 
ChaosK said:
Isnt this more like a mace or staff you're thinking of? A flail looks like quite a heavy weapon and i generally only see strong people wielding it in movies and such.
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That would make sense, but they were adapted from the agricultural tool of the same name and almost same shape. Farmers would add spikes or studs in order to fashion a decent weapon.
 
I remember an old fighting game where a female character had a giant boomerang. That was cool. Oh yeah, Samurai Showdown. I loved that game until I played 3D fighters.
 
d_b said:
new characters ≠ new styles.
HOWEVER.. i wouldn't mind seeing a bit of ethnic diversity.
Darken the palette a bit.
Shield & Spear Shaka Zulu.
non steroid-Jesus inspired Rock/Bangoo.
just thoughts..
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That was exactly was i was talking about! i though nobody in here knew about african stuff.....
 
roxysmash said:
I agree with those who'd like to see a more racially diverse cast. watching asians battle euros gets old after a while. I know expanding the racial make-up of the game would end up reducing ethnic groups to stereotypes but i'd prefer a parade of racial stereotypes to a game with only asians and euros. All of the suggestions for native north americans, africans, pacific islanders (who really did have shark tooth lined swords!) east indians, arabs, and native south americans are super. I'd like to suggest a native american wielding a tomahawk and gun stock club. see the daniel day lewis version of last of the mohicans, daniel's father uses one to kill magua
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I agree we need to see more diversity within the cast. I think adding more demonic/monsterous characters would be a welcome addition to the game, as well. We only have Nightmare and Aeon (Astaroth is too human-like for me) now, I think that is too few for the amount of possibilities out there. I wish I could think about examples right now, but I just got done with an exam, so I am fried...
 
Wandrian said:
This is kind of the problem, too though. It's frickin' hard to portray characters of different cultures and not have them give the intended audience a "dafuq is that" reaction without resorting to cliches that racists claim are racist. Native American wielding any sot of axe or bow? Racist. Native African wielding a spear or any sort of polearm? Racist. Arabian with a scimitar? Racist. Using alternate, historically and culturally accurate weapons would confuse those of us that weren't really familiar with the culture. I mean, imagine if Tira was suddenly claimed to be of ____ origin. Who the hell makes a hula-hoop sword, let alone has it as part of their culture?
...This makes me wonder why white people never play the race card, actually. Why do all the white people have swords? If I was white I'd want to play the race card there just for the shiggles. Why *DON'T* you white people ever play the race card when someone is racist towards you anyways? That's always confused me. Oh well.
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We already had a native american character based character, who was WHITE. Apparently the story is that he was shipwrecked or something and ended up in the New World and was trained by the Native Americans. So, if you were asking Soul Calibur to be sensitive to racial sterotypes you are wrong. We already have/had a Native American white guy. I think it would be more appropriate if we actually matched historic racial backgrounds. I think going with the actual historic racial backgrounds would be better than have a white or asian version of everything... What do you guys/gals think?
 
Remember that cool black Egyptian who had a storyline guaranteeing he'd be in any revision of the cast?

Man, that guy was cool.
 
d_b said:
new characters ≠ new styles.
HOWEVER.. i wouldn't mind seeing a bit of ethnic diversity.
Darken the palette a bit.
Shield & Spear Shaka Zulu.
non steroid-Jesus inspired Rock/Bangoo.
just thoughts..
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I guess I wasn't specific enough with the thread, but anyways I meant a discussion of characters and new styles.
 
Le_Bello said:
Remember that cool black Egyptian who had a storyline guaranteeing he'd be in any revision of the cast?

Man, that guy was cool.
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Oh you mean that guys that in his first time around beat the crap out of that girl that "dresses" herself with underwear.
Yah I remember him.
 
This game needs either a really feminine man or a very tomboyish woman. This should do it:
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I liked Ezio's style and movement so maybe we could have a fighter who uses a long scimitar for slow but powerful ranged attacks and a Shafra for quick pokes. An Arabian fighter wouldn't hurt, too.

EDIT:

Najm al Dim
Birthplace: Safavid Empire, Persia (Modern day Iran)
Birthdate: June 22, 1575
Age: 33
Height: 6' (183 cm)
Weight: 168 lbs. (76 kg)
Blood Type: AB
Weapons: Scimitar
Shafrah
Weapon names: Summer and Winter Solstice
Fighting Style: Southern Claw
Family: Father - Algedi (deceased)
Mother - Saiph
Sisters - Tania, Okda

Why do people like this post so much.
 
ZOo00OOm said:
This game needs either a really feminine man or a very tomboyish woman. This should do it:
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I liked Ezio's style and movement so maybe we could have a fighter who uses a long scimitar for slow but powerful ranged attacks and a Shafra for quick pokes. An Arabian fighter wouldn't hurt, too.
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I'd main the hell out that dude if I could. It would spice up the character roster that's for sure.
 
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