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DC Soulcalibur swings onto XBLA

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Apr 16, 2008 5:01 pm PT

Critically acclaimed Dreamcast fighting game headed for downloadable debut courtesy of Namco Bandai.

In more than a decade of reviews on GameSpot, perfect scores have been exceedingly rare occurrences, with only four games receiving a 10. One of those was the original Dreamcast launch fighting game Soulcalibur.

The Dreamcast may be gone and in some cases forgotten, but the standout star of its launch is about to get a new lease on life. Namco Bandai today announced that Soulcalibur would make a Cervantes-like return to life this summer as a downloadable title on the Xbox Live Arcade.

New features for the XBLA edition of Soulcalibur will include the expected high-definition graphics and assortment of character- and mode-specific leaderboards. Unfortunately, cross-continental swordfights appear to be limited to the upcoming online-enabled Soulcalibur IV (set for a July 29 release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3), as Namco Bandai promised only that players could "challenge a friend in local-play Versus mode." Other modes include fighting genre staples like Arcade, Training, and Survival.

For more on the publisher's upcoming slate, check out GameSpot's full coverage of this week's Namco Bandai press event.

291 Comments

  • Xellos123

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 8:46 pm PT

    guys this si gonan suck ass,theres no online play for this game at all,weak,waste of time ...id be beetter off dustin off my dreamcast and polay it on that instead

  • Hunting_prodigy

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 1:36 am PT

    All we need now is for them to release SoulBlade, the original one that evolved to Soulcalibur...hopefully if Namco releases this, they will release the first one too. It was awesome...

  • shattapinks

    Posted May 29, 2008 8:06 am PT

    CrazyRabbi. Are you for real? No games have received a perfect 10 in the last two gens. I guess you didn't check out the review for GTA IV then, huh?

  • Hanner18

    Posted May 8, 2008 11:28 pm PT

    Nintendo owns the rights to killer instinct, I would love to see Rare put that out on 360 but its never going to happen, unless ninendo gives up their rights

  • pycho22solid

    Posted May 2, 2008 5:23 pm PT

    Man, what a great year for fighting games. Soulcalibur4, the original in arcade, AND street fighter 4?

  • kaizerkakai

    Posted Apr 21, 2008 8:42 am PT

    all we really need now is rare's killer instinct.

  • CrazyRabbi

    Posted Apr 19, 2008 3:42 pm PT

    I haven't seen GS give a 10 to any game in the last 2 gens. I'll tell you this, it's not cause games aren't as good... GS reviewers have higher standards now days. We'll probably never see another perfect 10 score which I think is good cause none of the games they gave 10's to were 10's in the first place. No game is perfect and can be improved a little bit in some area.

  • ctg867

    Posted Apr 18, 2008 10:57 pm PT

    Wow, watch them only throw in a cheap HD update for an emulation and charge $15. First the rip off of a Collector's Edition (including features that should be in the full game like extra character customization, and charging an extra $20 rather then the industry standard $10, rather then actually adding any substantial content), and now they don't exactly set this situation up in a proper light by removing the chance of online play. I'll be open minded, since we don't know to much about it, but I'm very skeptical.

  • Senor_Kami

    Posted Apr 18, 2008 12:45 pm PT

    I wish MS would drop some money on Marvel and Capcom so we can get Marvel vs Capcom 2 with online play for XBLA. They don't even have to update the graphics and it'd still be an instant purchase.

  • Vintoks

    Posted Apr 18, 2008 9:34 am PT

    Online please!

  • zyxomma100

    Posted Apr 18, 2008 7:51 am PT

    It's just marketing for SC4... but who cares? This is pretty cool. I've never played the original, but SC2 was enough to make me a fan of the series. Maybe I'll pick this up.

  • _DarKEviL_

    Posted Apr 18, 2008 5:03 am PT

    OMG Yes! Great news for the xbox 360 owners but it may be cool if namco release it on the PSN too

  • MetalZombieII

    Posted Apr 18, 2008 1:49 am PT

    Oh hell yes! Now let's see the DC list grow on XBL

  • 360nly

    Posted Apr 17, 2008 8:53 pm PT

    Soulcalibur in Xbox Live Arcade AWESOME

  • Sydwynder

    Posted Apr 17, 2008 8:52 pm PT

    Say what you want, my first TRUE next gen experience ever came when I went over to a friends house and played Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast. It was so above and beyond the Playstation that I couldn't believe what I was experiencing. I got my own Dreamcast shortly after but sadly, it couldn't defeat the PS2.....which I also owned..............ah the Dreamcast............good times..............good times....................sigh

  • david60639

    Posted Apr 17, 2008 6:10 pm PT

    Worthless to any one who owns it for the DC due to the lack of online functionality.

  • destrozz

    Posted Apr 17, 2008 5:30 pm PT

    I was really pissed when SEGA announced they were getting out of the console market. anyone that owned a Dreamcast during that era, and didn't wait for the "godly PS2" had a very good time gaming.

  • jtthegame316

    Posted Apr 17, 2008 4:45 pm PT

    Cool the dreamcast was full of quality games. great to see them come to xbla. xbl could do with classic saturn rpg panzar dragoon saga cause that is one of the best rpgs i have ever played. Soul calibur on xbla arcade though definetly a good move. dreamcast will never will be forgotten it started the consoles going online revolution. if only sega were in the position to throw money at it cause i for one prefered my sega games being on one system that was made by sega instead of all over the place. but as they are third party it is good to see them not showing any bias like some third parties do. good on namco bandi for getting there best dc game to live arcade. To that guy who said sony fan boys killed the dreamcast not only are you right but sony fan boys will kill anything that is good about gaming.

  • Skreb-Masters

    Posted Apr 17, 2008 4:23 pm PT

    Brilliant. Simply brilliant. If they put it at a sensible price (800 points max) then I will definitely buy this.

  • R-Force

    Posted Apr 17, 2008 4:01 pm PT

    O god I hope this comes to the PSN. The original Soul Calibur is one of my untouched favourites.

    I agree, Franzkill. More SEGA and Namco classics on next-gen systems please.

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