SCV Interview With Daishi Odashima At NEC XII

After the conclusion of Saturday’s events at NEC XII, Soulcalibur V director Daishi Odashima and Yoshi Utoh we able to take some time out of their day for a sit down interview conducted by BrewtusBibulus to answer various questions from the Soulcalibur community.

You can check out the interview along with keyframes after the break, or you can view the video by clicking on the icon to the right of this post if you are reading this from the front page.

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NEC XII - Soulcalibur V Interview with Daishi Odashima

Keyframes from Sp1d3r:

0:50 What do Mitsurugi players have to look forward to with the removal of the knockdown of 2KB? (A 1:38)​

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3:30 People are wondering if there is any way to regenerate your guard guage? (A 4:15)​

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8:46 People are concerned that the flash of the Brave Edge moves will be too predictable. How does this factor into your design? (A 10:09 )​

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12:32 What is a clean hit? 13:25 Why is it random? (A 15:31)​

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16:56 Why can’t you be more manly?​

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18:45 Why are so many characters getting their stances removed? (A 19:35)​

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21:05 What do players have to look forward to that enjoyed mechanic-heavy characters like Setsuka or stance-heavy characters like Ivy? (A1 22:30 | A2 23:30)​

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24:47 So you made the Street Fighter IV of Soul Calibur? (A1 25:13 | A2 25:38)​

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26:33 Can you explain Just-Guard?​

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27:30 What is the unsafe part of Just-Guard? (A1 28:00 | A2 28:46 )​

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31:00 What would it take for you to patch the game and how often do you plan on patching it? (A1 32:55 | A2 35:25 | A3 36:50 )​

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37:50 Are there infinites in the game? (A 38:18)​

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38:50 Regarding character balance, would you buff the weaker side or nerf the stronger side? (A 39:40)​

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Wrong thread for that video...
However, I did see Seong-Mina's play style at 5:50, though the guy says that there are one or two fighting styles that are not attached to the listing characters in SCV...
Interesting...could that be the secret "CAS" moves perhaps?

well i dont know what tread to put it in, and I dont know how to make one, but anyway having two Custom created character styles is great, that means we can add 2 new charcter slots to the roster technicly

 

well that was long, but good news i heard their showing yoshimitsu,aeon,xiba,cervantes gameplay at the end of december in a live stream from their office,i sure hope yun seong gets revealed soon i kick so much ass with him in sc4, cant wait for aeon gameplay, im most exited about him, that fire breathing double axe weilding angel dragon if hes really good ill main him of course if yun seong is not in there, also, i think setsuka just got confirmed here, they said "maybe there will be a high execution character in sc5" in the interview but of course thats not 100% sure anyway aeon ftw!!! ill be using him in sc5 along with dampierre! and one last thing you guys should put a countdown clock for SC5 showing how many days left for sc5 release in 8wayrun, gotta do my preorder soon,less than two months to go!

So you think that Setsuka will return for SCV.... I really want back Setsuka...!!! I will be very sad if they replaced her with a guy...!!!

 

When Daishi turned the table on Bibulus and asked him if he noted any big change, I pretty much took that as an answer in itself.

True, true. I'm not too worried about it. I just don't understand the point.

Ah, well. SCV will be great regardless.

 

I'm all for humour and stuff, but the way Bibulus was laughing when the guy was answering the question was really really disrespectful, very distasteful and immature.

 

I agree the manly question was inappropriate, he might as well have replied. "Why are YOU so nerdy". Other than that the questions were fine. I didn't like how he kept referring to "future games will have this" and so on.

 

Do you guys even know what goes on before we can even conduct an interview like this? The questions were fine. Relax.

 

OK, here is what i have to say...

First, the questions of hates was out of place.

Second, Setsuka won´t be back, quote me on that.

Third, they almost admitted that they turned SC into a 3D SF third strike like game with this iteration. Prepare for Daigo "the beast" Umehara to enter the ring and get OWNED!

And the part about removing stances... How could they remove stances like Mitsus relic-stance!? He had this stance even in SoulCalibur for the Dreamcast! What the..!?


But what i really liked about their answers was that a balance patch might never come... Or only very late. I don´t want this game to turn into Mortal Kombat too. The SF influences are really enough...

 

Thanks for arranging the questions by their starting time. I immediately went to the question about Daishi not being manly enough. xD

 

First, Setsuka or a character with her playstyle is going to be in the game.

Second, laughing was almost as rude as asking the manly question. I should ban all things fun and be all professional... or I could just have a good time.

 

U know whoever is saying the interview was unprofessional needs to stop....think about it this way everyone was having a good time at nec, So why not have a lil bit of fun at the interview? Bibulus was doing the interview not u.

 

Overall, it's a good interview though the Why can’t you be more manly? isn't necessary to me, at least with Spider's contribution on key frames you can skip to that time. It could've been better but I like it so far.

Also Bibulus aren't you planning on editing the vid just to cut off Yoshi talking to Daishi?

 

I thought the manly question was great. The laughing, however...

 

First, Setsuka or a character with her playstyle is going to be in the game.

Second, laughing was almost as rude as asking the manly question. I should ban all things fun and be all professional... or I could just have a good time.

U have a good time by embarassing people? Or is that the only way YOU know how to be 'funny'?

 

Bibulus aren't you planning on editing the vid just to cut off Yoshi talking to Daishi?

I was going to have partisan do it, but something went wrong getting it between malice and him. I don't do technical stuff like that so if anyone can help Malice get the file from point A to point B please do, I would like to have an edited version up

 

First, Setsuka or a character with her playstyle is going to be in the game.

Good to hear. I'm hoping for Setsuka herself, but I'd settle for an apprentice.

Any news on Talim?

 

Talim is alive... Take that however you want

 

Sounds like Talim isn't returning then... Took that that how I wanted.

 

Yeah it was rude to ask him the manly question even though they were both laughing about it and Yoshi even had a story to tell about it.

Oh by the way they screen the questions before the interview.

 

That was actually the only fluff question that didn't get turned down

 

I'm glad all you could do was laugh while hearing about the reasons for clean hit, the first time I heard that I'd just have an angry WTF face on.