I've mained Kilik for over 10 years.
I'm not playing this idiot for even 10 minutes.
I dunno how you guys could've liked playing Kilik in pasts game and then tolerate this new guy. This was my input back in December 20th on SRK.com when Xiba's english-language trailer was first revealed:
"It's official: Namco REALLY doesn't want me to play nor expose this game, because they knew that the most sinister thing they could possibly do to the series is to not only REMOVE Kilik whose been a great and major character since Calibur 1, but REPLACE him AND get Johnny Yong Bosch to do the voice for the new guy. Bosch...the worst, most overused, most same-sounding, shittiest voice actor on the west coast who should've never been given another role after Wolf's Rain. Well played, Namco; you knew my weak point. You wanna see how badly this guy Bosch can ruin something great? Watch Akira.
Speaking of shitty, overused things: Xiba is EXACTLY what I said he was going to be when I posted in that first article that revealed nothing but artwork and screenshots for him (go see it for yourself, it wasn't modded): typical monkey king-archetype, rehashed concept #680,124 with the generic, shonen, Son Goku-ish personality of a peppy, bright-eyed 10 year old retard that thinks about nothing but the excitement of fighting and always wanting to eat food. Well I guess since I already know so much about how Japan overuses all 12 of their character concepts I believe I'm ready to apply for an anime studio and start producing. It sounds like easy money and I seem to have the whole business down so I think I could hang with the best of them. Look for my name in the credits of Bandai's next biggest piece of shit anime (no, I don't mean the new Gundam coming out where they fight aliens)."
With the way Calibur has been since SCIII and how tough it's been for people to take the game seriously/competitvely, you could always at least count on a particular character or fighting style to keep you interested in the game even when most people wouldn't touch the series after SCII. Not something that was considered gimmicky or slapstick-humor bullshit, just something visually appealing yet not overdone that manages to make the game look a little better. Kilik was able to do that despite how fucking lame he was competitively in SCIV post-patch.
But when I watch this character Xiba, all I see is some loud dork who talks way too much during his attacks, treats his staff like a stripper pole, does goofy "ride the pony" shit (or whatever that back-turned move was) and every time he gets beat all he has to say is "SO HUNGRY". And I'm not supposed to feel like I was 100% right about how mediocre this character was going to be? I'm not psychic, it's just that I can tell when Japan is going to do something stupid after seeing a mere screenshot. I guess if you solely play fighting games to win tournament matches no matter how boring or retarded your character is then you won't have a problem with any of this.
Xiba isn't stylish, he's a freak show that makes the game look worse than it already has for over 5 years. It's a digital travesty. Xiba represents everything that is wrong, confused and friggin' immoral with Calibur as well as Japan's current state of (un)creativity showing in fighting games. There's no way I can pick Xiba, play a tournament match, win, and feel like I styled on my opponent when I spent half the match throwing out moves that belong in a gawdamn carnival act. Fuck this stupid character; I'm picking Maxi whom I'm not even half-decent at using. That'll at least motivate me to play SCV for more than 2 hours.
