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New Soul Calibur fighter revealed

As Namco's frantic fighter (published over here by Ubisoft) nears release, another character has been revealed. And it's not all about the Star Wars cash-in either. Say hello to Algol...

Hideo Yoshie, character designer, explained, "We aimed to make a character that is the 'king' of an ultra ancient civilization and a character that obviously proves the setting of being the strongest character ever in SC series."

"So, he's wearing a costume from the ancient kingdom that isn't recorded in history, and it was really difficult and troublesome to make the design of his costume as so just by looking at it. The final motif of the amour ended up being the 'bird', but there were many other ideas like the lion, cobra, dinosaur and more. I believe the design combined dynamism and splendor, and is very cool."

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Published: 534 days 17 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360

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HoNgKoNgPh0oEy - 534 days 16 hours ago

1 - Maybe I will Play as Him

Excited for this game I will play as him zasamel and custom characters. But I will definitley miss necrid.

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Bubbles - 534 days 8 hours ago

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hums Character selection screen music from SoulEdge
...now Soul Caliber
....now SC2
....now SC3

hmmmmmmm maybe SC4's'll be a variation of all of the previous games music into 1

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flambeau - 534 days 16 hours ago

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They should of put Kratos in the game. Damn you Namco.

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Dir_en_grey - 534 days 13 hours ago

2.1 - Algol is Kratos with hair...

Maybe in his 2P costume he'll have no hair... and maybe that's how some people saw that and thought it was Kratos, hence the rumor?

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flambeau - 534 days 13 hours ago

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Still Kratos would make the game more interesting, especially for me because when I heard that rumor I was considering buying the game on day one.

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Dir_en_grey - 534 days 13 hours ago

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There's always the Character Create Option =)

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Pistachio - 534 days 15 hours ago

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After long last, a new MALE character!

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fox02 - 534 days 15 hours ago

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he's not new; that's Algol, the game's Boss.

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Fulensenca - 534 days 15 hours ago

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This game really needs some other male characters, i just can't stand using female ones.

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wind_dragon - 534 days 11 hours ago

4.1 - Thats so sexist

whats wrong with playing as a girl? Women fighting characters are some of the most badass when it comes to fighting games imo. just look at Ling, Lilly, or Asuka from Tekken. Of course you just gotta know how to use them. i've never played SC on a deep level like Tekken so i don't no how they differ in complexity.

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Jenzo - 534 days 15 hours ago

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Did they name him after the old programming language? Where are Lisp and Cobol?

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 534 days 14 hours ago

6 - well

That's cool...

I wish Kratos was here.

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Strife Lives - 534 days 14 hours ago

7 - Awesome! Day1

Purchase for me! I played SC 2,3 today.and im playing Soul Blade on my psp right now! So nostalgic.release it quickly! Lol

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Cusco - 534 days 14 hours ago

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This game definately needs more dudes
peace

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ReBurn - 534 days 13 hours ago

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I can't wait for this game. I love Soul Calibur!

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Sitdown - 534 days 13 hours ago

10 - Needs more dudes?

How many more dudes do you guys need? If this website is accurate:
http://www.videogamesblogge...

There are a total of 34 characters revealed so far....with at least 17 of them being dudes.

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joemayo76 - 534 days 12 hours ago

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dam the number of playable characters just keeps rising!!!
NICE!!! :D :D

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Tyrael - 534 days 8 hours ago

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Looks cool and all, and so do Vader and Yoda, but I'm still gonna play with Ivy.

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kiddo028 - 534 days 6 hours ago

13 - there are enough men

and its kinda fun playing as women as some are even more badass than some men, take dynasty warriors some chicks are very strong

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nirwanda - 533 days 20 hours ago

14 - looks like a young edge master

if you look at the pics he uses a lot of different weapons

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Darrius Cole - 534 days 12 hours ago

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Hmmmm......Let's see. We have....

"We aimed to make a character that is the 'king' of an ultra ancient civilization and a character that obviously proves the setting of being the strongest character ever in SC series."

And we have.......

"His right hand glows red and his left hand glows blue because he holds the Soul Edge in his right and the Soul Calibur in his left. Also he has ten kinds of weapons built in his body and shows a variety of fights never seen before, including flying in the air and sitting in the throne."

The King of an "Ultra-Ancient" civilization?, yeah that's nice, but I think I'll stick with Vader.

Soul Edge in his right hand and Soul Calibur in his left.....those are some good swords, I'll tell you what. I'll give you both of them for one lightsaber.

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DFresh - 532 days 7 hours ago

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This boss looks hard which I like.
To make things even more difficult he's wielding both Soul Calibur and Soul Edge this can be a challenge.
Gotta love it.
PS3 version of this game is the only way to play this game and it's so gonna rock the house.
Only 2 weeks to go.
July 29th is almost near.

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