Ivy confirmed by Hisaharu Tago. Hasn't aged.

[Leonyx]

According to this article, Ivy has been confirmed to be in the next game by the producer Hisaharu Tago.

 

[deuxhero]

http://ca.kotaku.com/5809685/what-will-a-middle+aged-ivy-look-like-in-soulcalibur-v

Was anyone expecting her not to return though?

 

[Malice]

Merged.

 

[deuxhero]

Wow, posting the exact same thread at the same minute happened to me yesterday as well on another forum.

Wonder what shape her back is in now...

 

[Malice]

Also, Ivy players around the world now got their mushroom tip swole over this news.

 

[HogisGuy]

Yeeehaaww!! I'm going to Disn- NamcoLand!

EDIT: *cough* Good for you Ivy mainers =3

 

[Windstar]

Given that Ivy has tampered with alchemy before, it's likely she created a homunculus and transferred her soul to it. So that's one way of explaining why she would still look the same (or even different) or why she's still in the game.

Never really cared much for Ivy, but I do hope they don't radically change up her play style again. Must get annoying for Ivy players to constantly relearn her in every iteration.

 

[D.I.N.O]

^^homunculus ala SC4

 

[Vivoco88]

:O
what about setsuka? She just got kimono and umbrella
Maybe she finds a secret anti aging scroll while digging her master's graveyard =D

 

[TerminusEst13]

It figures that the main sex appeal character of the game would return.
It also figures that they would figure out some magic way to keep her sex appeal perfectly intact so that she stays the same fap-fodder character she was ever since the beginning.

Nice to know Namco's marketting derpartment is in full force.

(Nah, not mad. Just jokin' with you guys)

 

[Windstar]

Dang, that was fast. It's almost like you had this up and ready to go as soon as there was a confirmation.

You're not... hiding anything are you? =)

 

[Lasercakes]

I'm kind of glad no one else inherited her weapon/style. They were not just going to remove the most unique and iconic weapon from the series. They could've just as easily given it to a new, younger piece of ass, and that would've cheapened it more for me than keeping Ivy young. It would be stupid to have (or hard to pull off) a new no name character with that weapon.

 

[LollipopInMyHair]

Given that Ivy has tampered with alchemy before, it's likely she created a homunculus and transferred her soul to it. So that's one way of explaining why she would still look the same (or even different) or why she's still in the game.

Never really cared much for Ivy, but I do hope they don't radically change up her play style again. Must get annoying for Ivy players to constantly relearn her in every iteration.

You mean just like FMA? But that does sound very probable. It's a better excuse than just saying "Soul Edge."
Hope we get to see George Washington again. :D

 

[Eli123s]

OMG YES!

 

[IdleMind]

Let the Ivy mainers begin complaining how she isnt top tier enough right...... now.

-Idle

 

[SCPartisan]

Ivy's flight mode needs a buff in SCVI, maybe a few more projectiles while they're at it.

 

[Koz]

Hopefully they'll use the "Maetel"-costume.

 

[Leonyx]

I don't see any exact quotes from Tago, is this a reliable source?

There may not be a quote, but this is Kotaku saying it, so I think you can trust it.

 

[Eli123s]

It doesn't matter what they do to her, in the end:
IVY > YOU ALL

 

[TerminusEst13]

Hopefully they'll use the "Maetel"-costume.

I cannot Like this enough.