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[10] Knight
We all remember the 2015 Facebook Popularity Poll held for the Soul series. Some speculated it meant nothing while others thought it might actually determine the roster for the next installment (Soulcalibur VI).
Now that the game has been out for a while and we know the roster, as well as the supposed leaked DLC (Cassandra and Amy) let's take a look back at the pool and see if that did determine anything.
Here are the final standings of the poll:
Now, all the characters in bold are playble characters in the base roster. The first 10 characters on the poll being on the game, the rest are more mixed throughout the poll but are mostly staples and/or expected to be in a retelling of Soulcalibur I.
Here's the interesting part, all the characters that are bold and in italics are DLC/supposed leaked DLC. Now take a closer look... Through data mining we know that the DLC characters are listed as so (ignoring the new "leak" with codenames):
Tira (DLC 1)
2B (2B)
Cassandra (DLC 2)
Amy (DLC 3)
Now look at the poll again, Tira, Cassandra and Amy are listed in that order on the poll, their DLC files being listed in the exact same order. Now of course, this could be a huge coincidence, or could the poll have actually determined the roster and/or the DLC? The fact that the DLC is listed in the exact same order is something to think about.
I'm aware this could be stretch but I just noticed it and thought I'd point it out! All in good fun :)
Now that the game has been out for a while and we know the roster, as well as the supposed leaked DLC (Cassandra and Amy) let's take a look back at the pool and see if that did determine anything.
Here are the final standings of the poll:
- Talim - 862
- Taki - 720
- Mitsurugi - 594
- Ivy - 536
- Kilik - 536
- Siegfried - 500
- Nightmare - 498
- Zasalamel - 471
- Yoshimitsu - 454
- Tira - 438
- Sophitia - 378
- Cassandra - 339
- Amy - 311
- Yun-seong - 295
- Seong Mi-na - 291
- Cervantes - 268
- Voldo - 259
- Xianghua - 257
- Raphael - 254
- Setsuka - 214
- Viola - 201
- Maxi - 199
- Hwang - 193
- Hilde - 154
- Astaroth - 142
- Z.W.E.I. - 113
- Natsu - 100
- Pyrrha - 98
- Xiba - 81
- Lizardman - 76
- Rock - 71
- Li Long - 65
- Algol - 59
- Dampierre - 54
- Aeon - 52
- Pyrrha Omega - 45
- Patroklos - 32
- Alpha Patroklos - 30
- Soul Edge - 30
- Leixia - 28
- Abyss - 27
- Charade - 27
- Olcadan - 26
- Elysium - 23
- Edge Master - 15
Now, all the characters in bold are playble characters in the base roster. The first 10 characters on the poll being on the game, the rest are more mixed throughout the poll but are mostly staples and/or expected to be in a retelling of Soulcalibur I.
Here's the interesting part, all the characters that are bold and in italics are DLC/supposed leaked DLC. Now take a closer look... Through data mining we know that the DLC characters are listed as so (ignoring the new "leak" with codenames):
Tira (DLC 1)
2B (2B)
Cassandra (DLC 2)
Amy (DLC 3)
Now look at the poll again, Tira, Cassandra and Amy are listed in that order on the poll, their DLC files being listed in the exact same order. Now of course, this could be a huge coincidence, or could the poll have actually determined the roster and/or the DLC? The fact that the DLC is listed in the exact same order is something to think about.
I'm aware this could be stretch but I just noticed it and thought I'd point it out! All in good fun :)