Soul Calibur remake on DS?

The amount of high profile properties on the DS is quite amazing. Regardless of graphics, it really is unbelievable what companies are bringing to Nintendo's handheld.
 
The amount of high profile properties on the DS is quite amazing. Regardless of graphics, it really is unbelievable what companies are bringing to Nintendo's handheld.
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I'm telling you, once one of those collecting type games (like Yugiou, Monster Rancher, or of course Pokemon) or one of those Rockman games the japanese kids love comes out (which shouldn't be too long now), the thing is really going to take off. As if it already hasn't.
 
f_elz said:
Why wouldn't devrs have faith, there are 20+million (?) GB-GBA users, and most of the will go to the NDS. Its logical.
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If by logical you mean completely illogical.
 
Andy787 said:
This is such a horrible, stupid decision. I like my DS, but this should be on the PSP.


Uh.. what?
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Sony should have had more PSP's avaliable to show that they could match DS sales. It's no one's fault but their own.
 
Meh. I like Soul Calibur, I do. But downgrading its graphics would take a lot away from the game.

Now, Virtua Fighter. You could give it PS-1 level graphics and I wouldn't give a crap. Just give me Virtua Fighter DS/PSP!
 
Cruel Bastard Mario said:
Sony should have had more PSP's avaliable to show that they could match DS sales. It's no one's fault but their own.
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Hey, YEAH! Just like how they should have had more PS2s available back during its first year, which is why the GC overtook the system and is the number-one selling system that we know today.

Oh, wait. :P

Blimblim said:
Wouldn't it be a port of Soul Edge (PS1 game) and not Soul Calibur (DC game) ?
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PLEASE read the first page of this thread. :)
 
Cruel Bastard Mario said:
Sony should have had more PSP's avaliable to show that they could match DS sales. It's no one's fault but their own.
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What the fuck does this have to do with what I said? What I said had absolutely nothing to do with sales, and only to do with what would've been the better game, in my opinion. I find it annoying that, whenever you say anything about videogames on videogame message boards, people always have to point out sales to justify their arguements. The PSP could have sold seven units for all I care, it wouldn't change the fact that, in my opinion, a remake of Soul Calibur would be better suited to the PSP than the DS.
 
Lyte Edge said:
Hey, YEAH! Just like how they should have had more PS2s available back during its first year, which is why the GC overtook the system and is the number-one selling system that we know today.

Oh, wait. :P
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Well, Nintendo wasn't the number one home console developer when the GC came out. Game developers and the like had to make a choice, and in their minds the PS2 was already the victor. They could make long range plans around that 'fact', and they did. They had to be soothsayers, in effect :)It wasn't much of a gamble in their eyes, considering the success of the PS1. This time, Nintendo is in that position with the NDS. It's the successor of the GBA in developers eyes, and they had to make long range decisions around that fact. In the end, Sony's 'manufacturing problems' and the NDS's excellent sales thus far are only going to make developers feel better about that decision, and were going to see more announcements like this one in the future because of that. Thus, sony's lack of units ( which equals lack of sales) is a major problem in that regard. The fact that these manufacturing problems are going to continue for some time is the bigger issue, though.
 
Andy787 said:
What the fuck does this have to do with what I said? What I said had absolutely nothing to do with sales, and only to do with what would've been the better game, in my opinion. I find it annoying that, whenever you say anything about videogames on videogame message boards, people always have to point out sales to justify their arguements. The PSP could have sold seven units for all I care, it wouldn't change the fact that, in my opinion, a remake of Soul Calibur would be better suited to the PSP than the DS.
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In my opinion, you seem to be very angry over a very trivial issue.

In my opinion.
 
Personally, I really don't give a shit.

I just like to say fuck and shit a lot, and on the Internet that makes you a very angry person, apparently.

Personally.
 
Andy787 said:
What the fuck does this have to do with what I said? What I said had absolutely nothing to do with sales, and only to do with what would've been the better game, in my opinion. I find it annoying that, whenever you say anything about videogames on videogame message boards, people always have to point out sales to justify their arguements. The PSP could have sold seven units for all I care, it wouldn't change the fact that, in my opinion, a remake of Soul Calibur would be better suited to the PSP than the DS.
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I don't think Namco is that stupid.
 
I like the DS, I really do, but I don't see how Soul Calibur wouldn't be better off on the PSP.

I mean are they gonna have some kind of "one-touch" moves on the touchscreen for people who think fighting games are too complex? Ugh.

I hope the PSP gets Soul Calibur as well or maybe Soul Calibur 2.
 
If SC does come to the PSP it should be SCII. Dunno why so many people say the first is better. I liked the music better in the first SC, but that's about it.
 
RE4 vs. SH4 said:
If SC does come to the PSP it should be SCII. Dunno why so many people say the first is better.
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It's not that hard to figure out. Think about it for a sec. :)

I figure NAMCO's working on a Tekken for the PSP right now.
 
Basically I think any of Namco's arcade games are better suited for the PSP.

Yeah you could make an argument for RPGs like Baten Kaitos being better on the DS, and I might agree there, but fighters and racers ... PSP all the way.

I mean look at Ridge Racers on the PSP vs. Ridge Racer DS.

I hope this isn't a case of Namco giving the PSP Tekken while the DS gets Soul Calibur, because I like the Soul Calibur series much moreso. If I want non-weapon one-on-one fighting, I'll wait for Virtua Fighter thank you very much.
 
Damn. I think Namco now figures that there's more Soul Calibur fans on the Nintendo side because Soul Calibur 2 GCN sold the best.

Wouldn't really surprise me if the DS got Soul Calibur while the PSP gets (ugh) Tekken instead.
 
Well, at least people can't complain about the analog. How about we wait and see what it looks like and how it plays before saying it shouldn't be on DS?
 
Because no matter how good it looks on the DS, it would look better and probably play smoother on the PSP.

A touchscreen on a fighting game is pointless.
 
I don't see where anyone gets this "It would be better suited to PSP than DS" stuff. Fighting games suck on handhelds, period. Just about any other genre could do okay on handhelds (well, FPS will blow on PSP), but fighting games are better of on console.
 
Foobar said:
I don't see where anyone gets this "It would be better suited to PSP than DS" stuff. Fighting games suck on handhelds, period. Just about any other genre could do okay on handhelds (well, FPS will blow on PSP), but fighting games are better of on console.
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Not with wireless multiplayer.

Actually, any game would be better on portable if it had wireless multiplayer.
 
Fighting games suck on handhelds .... until PSP.

The PSP has the horsepower and a large, high quality display to do arcade fighters justice.

Fighters are a nice way to quickly burn some time on the go.

I hope Capcom is already planning Street Fighter III for the PSP.
 
soundwave05 said:
I hope Capcom is already planning Street Fighter III for the PSP.
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I'm pulling for this to come to the PSP:

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f_elz said:
:lol GAF is so full of grahpic whores. >_>
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So you'd rather play Ridge Racer DS than PSP Ridge Racers?

For certain games, yes, absolutely graphics, frame rate, presentation matter. Arcade styled games like Ridge Racer, Tekken, and yes Soul Calibur fall into that categorey.

Not to mention the PSP has a much larger screen and a higher resolution on top of that.
 
Are we talking about RR? no. SC DS isn't out or has scans, and people already are saying it sucks. I have faith in Namco.
 
f_elz said:
Are we talking about RR? no. SC DS isn't out or has scans, and people already are saying it sucks. I have faith in Namco.
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And what exactly is your faith based on? No matter what the game would look better on the PSP, unless the touchscreen is going to magically give the game some revolutionary new function.

I mean shit, I think the DS is a cool hardware, but the people that crap on the PSP all the time ... guess what, there's *a lot* of genres out there where you don't have to reinvent the friggin' wheel every time out. And there's lots of genres the PSP will do better. Arcade fighters like Soul Calibur are one of them.

Namco could do a PSP version of Soul Calibur that could eclipse the Dreamcast version either. Don't even try to compare the DS hardware with the Dreamcast let alone the PSP. And if you don't think the extra horsepower makes a difference, play Soul Calibur arcade and compare it to Soul Calibur DC. The Dreamcast version is a better game because of the extra hardware power the DC provides.
 
Its a shame since it would fit the PSP better. Same kind of thing when i see exclusives on PS2. Then X-Box gets some shoddy port later. They would look much better built from the ground up on X-Box. And in this hand held situation its even worse.

Its good to see DS getting love from developers though despite the games they choose to throw on the system.
 
Has Namco announced they won't port SC to PSP or is this thread just full of anxious people realizing reality?
 
f_elz said:
I am not Namco. They might be cooking up something hot.
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Yeah like maybe they'll make a "touchscreen moves" option for retards who can't figure out how to play or maybe a map of the battle arena so you can uh ... admire the battle arena in SNES mode.

I'm not even sure this is a smart business move. The DS might have a bigger userbase (for now), but I bet a game like this would sell better on the PSP. Ridge Racer on the DS is not going to outsell the PSP version.

There better be a PSP version.
 
We've excellent news for fighting games fans; Namco has announced that a remake of the first Soul Calibur arcade [umm, System 12] is under development for the recently introduced Nintendo DS. Among the game's features, word is that it'll surpass the original in both graphics and sound; in addition, it will include an option to execute special moves with the press of a button. If you are asking yourself if Link will appear in the game, all points that he won't, as Namco doesn't want the story [of the game] to be altered, reason why the "hero of time" will still be an exclusive of the Cube [version].

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soundwave05 said:
Yeah like maybe they'll make a "touchscreen moves" option for retards who can't figure out how to play or maybe a map of the battle arena so you can uh ... admire the battle arena in SNES mode.

I'm not even sure this is a smart business move. The DS might have a bigger userbase (for now), but I bet a game like this would sell better on the PSP. Ridge Racer on the DS is not going to outsell the PSP version.

There better be a PSP version.
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It's a great business move for Namco. This is their "support" title for the DS to show Nintendo that they're still playing for the N-field, but in reality I bet they have their actual budget all allocated to some Tekken game for the PSP. This game isn't going to be very high budget imo (I hope I'm proved wrong and it's something different that blows us all out of the water) but it'll sell very well and make a huge profit for Namco while they hit PSP owners with a big budget Tekken title (which will probably be a worst actual game in terms of being a fighter) but sell big to the same people that will mock and laugh at DS games for having terrible graphics. Namco wins both ways by doing this, so I don't think it's a bad business move, but if they're really going to just port it and do something stupid with the touch screen then it's a bad DESIGN move. :)
 
I can see this as being true.

Remember before Soul Calibur 2 came out, there were strong rumors of Soul Calibur coming to GBA? I believe even Matt from IGN at one point basically confirmed it in a mail bag, but then it suddenly disappeared. Nobody spoke of it since. I'm guessing Namco decided to push it over to DS for more buttons, better graphics, wireless play, perhaps even cool stuff with the touch screen. Do not be so quick to dismiss.
 
As long as there's a PSP version, I'm cool with it. I could care less about touchscreen features for a fighting game.

Now Dead or Alive with a touchscreen ... OK that might be interesting ...
 
Aizu_Itsuko said:
We've excellent news for fighting games fans; Namco has announced that a remake of the first Soul Calibur arcade [umm, System 12] is under development for the recently introduced Nintendo DS. Among the game's features, word is that it'll surpass the original in both graphics and sound; in addition, it will include an option to execute special moves with the press of a button. If you are asking yourself if Link will appear in the game, all points that he won't, as Namco doesn't want the story [of the game] to be altered, reason why the "hero of time" will still be an exclusive of the Cube [version].

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Maybe the touch screen has like an "ultra combo" when some meter is filled?
 
From the description there about the "one touch" moves for beginners, I'm guessing the touchscreen will faciltate "easy moves" for people who don't know how to play. Isn't that how Spider-Man 2 on the DS works? The touchscreen has "icons" for different moves Spidey can do.

Like this:

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I translated the article:



"We have excellent news for fighting game fans; Namco has announed they are developing a remake of the first arcade Soul Calubur, for the recently new Nintendo DS. Their features include improved graphics and audio; besides, it will include an option in which we could do special moves by just pressing a button. You probably are wondering if Link is gonna appear in the game...Everything points to it will since Namco doesn't want the story to be altered, so the Heroe of Time will continue being exclusive of the Cube version.
Since you have probably noticed, the NDS is receiving a lot of support, there is no 3rd party that isn't working in some kind of project for the system, and the best is yet to come."

My opinion is that this is bullshit. The accent is from a latin american publication and we all know how sometimes they confuse dreams with reality.
 
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