Soulcalibur IV Unleashed

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 5, 2008 4:45 pm PT

Sith apprentice from LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to cross lightsabers in Namco Bandai's newest fighter.

Apprentice vs Yoda.

When Star Wars icons Yoda and Darth Vader were first confirmed to appear in Soulcalibur IV, would-be Jedi the world over doubtlessly dreamed of epic lightsaber duels. Those dreams were short-lived, as Namco Bandai had made each character exclusive to a single system, forcing the foes to instead beat up on the standard Soulcalibur cast of traditional-weapon-wielding fighters (or stage their own Clone Wars with character-versus-same-character matches).

However, today Namco Bandai channeled Yoda with the announcement that "there is another." Both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game will feature the Secret Apprentice character from LucasArts' upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, allowing for proper lightsaber-on-lightsaber duels in a fighting game for the first time since 1997's original PlayStation game Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi.

The Secret Apprentice stars in Force Unleashed as Darth Vader's first Sith underling. Since the game takes place between the events of Episode III and Episode IV (the most recent Star Wars film and the very first Star Wars film), the Secret Apprentice must live up to his name and carry out Vader's orders while keeping his existence under wraps.

Soulcalibur IV is set for release on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in regular and limited editions on July 29. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will follow for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS on September 16.

245 Comments

  • masterb5

    Posted Sep 10, 2008 3:49 pm PT

    whos kratos

  • masterb5

    Posted Sep 10, 2008 3:49 pm PT

    whos kratos

  • plainelmo

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 5:07 am PT

    Can't wait AU gets an official release tomorrow!! Woooooohoooo!!!

  • Operator01

    Posted Jul 28, 2008 8:27 pm PT

    I read that Vader and Yoda would be downloadable for both consoles later on or did they change that?

  • ray4594

    Posted Jul 28, 2008 7:42 pm PT

    Vader sucks in the game. My cousin already has it for both consoles. Vader is cool al in all but he is very slow and very easy to beat if you aren't an expert with him.

  • RazorBat

    Posted Jul 28, 2008 10:06 am PT

    Just too bad we can't play as Vader on the 360. *sigh*

  • misterblue14

    Posted Jul 27, 2008 7:35 pm PT

    it would be f****** cool if he was!!!!

  • Gameslayer_JDR

    Posted Jul 27, 2008 1:49 pm PT

    lol, u know what would be kinda kool? instead of star wars, they should have kratos for ps3, altair (guy from assassin's creed) for both, and maybe ryu hayabusa for 360

  • nickkcin10

    Posted Jul 26, 2008 10:06 pm PT

    kratos would be cool in this

  • Shadow_Fire41

    Posted Jul 26, 2008 9:32 am PT

    misterblue, thank god, Kratos is NOT in this.

  • misterblue14

    Posted Jul 25, 2008 2:09 pm PT

    is kratos in this game? i heard he was

  • reckeweg

    Posted Jul 25, 2008 12:08 pm PT

    LOL @ diggyman #3 comment and I agree

  • diggyman

    Posted Jul 25, 2008 9:40 am PT

    Seriously guys. there's apparently over 30 characters in this game. Stop whining about the 'Vader, Yoda' split.

    And please, no more complaining about how the light sabers should be able to burn through the conventional weapons or kill you in one blow.

    #1) Light Sabers aren't real (and neither is Santa Clause)

    #2) Technically 99.9% of the moves in this game from any weapon should kill you in one blow, but they don't. no one is complaining about that. (like when Mitsurugi IMPALES YOU...)

    #3) Taki's chest is awesome. Enough said.

  • Gameslayer_JDR

    Posted Jul 25, 2008 5:45 am PT

    *sigh*...... why is there sooo much negative feedback over guest characters? if u dont like them then u dont have to play with them or buy the game. they are cameo appearances ppl. the star wars characters have just as much right to be in it then link, heihachi, and spawn. i can see star wars fitting it but heihachi and spawn? isnt that like two different eras? also ppl are complaining about lightsabers vs. swords. these is fictional stuff ppl. theres no way you'll still be alive if nightmare hit u with his sword but the characters still continue to fight. so plz stop complaining. this game is gonna be awesome, ive been drooling over it for awhile and cant wait to play it on 360.

  • HaLoMaStErJT

    Posted Jul 24, 2008 11:30 am PT

    This game is going to be awesome, I just don't get what star wars characters have to do with the story. The only reason many people wil buy this game is because of Yoda and Darth Vadar, not because they enjoy the soulcaliber series.

  • ultima_weapon21

    Posted Jul 24, 2008 7:53 am PT

    sorry guys but WE get vader hahahah ahahahahah ahahahahahaha hahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahah ah

  • PNOIDSCHIZ

    Posted Jul 24, 2008 7:43 am PT

    Yipee, can't wait!

  • sMeAgOl_VaDeR

    Posted Jul 24, 2008 5:09 am PT

    just 5 more days!

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