Soul Calibur Character Select Screen Evolution

[@ChaosProductionsInc]

What's your favorite SC?

[@m3tl1kv3e9]

Soul Calibur I, III, V, and VI.

[@DanielDavid-g7z]

Soul calibur v

[@BowserMovies1989]

Soul Calibur IV. Due to it being my first Soul Calibur game and the addition of Star Wars thanks to Darth Vader.

[@fikzgaming279]

SCIII

[@emilmadsen8286]

4,5 and 6. Absolutely loved the guest characters. I was so excited when saw Vader and Mitsurugi clash in that intro for 4.

[@이찬우-d5w]

As for Soul calibur 2, it was a real Culture shock.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

4 in 1 compilation: selection screen, versus screen, intro animation, round call. I like them better this way.

[@m3tl1kv3e9]

Welcome to the Stage of History. Soon to be revival of Project Soul Series will making return. I love Project Soul Series.

[@Nujazzdouble]

2:01 peak of fighting games there

[@coelophysisbauri4070]

Seriously..the flames in the background, the dynamic poses, the way the character models load in, and how you see the fighters in their entirety. So badass

[@bigbosssnakecorn8834]

What i love about SC II and SC III select screen is where the chars soul turn into flesh specially SC III for having a lot of features as PS2 hardware

[@JadenOmega]

God i miss this series so much. My soul still burns for more!

[@carlosaugusto9821]

SC2 might be the biggest game that popularized the display of full body 3d models in the selection screen... Which has become more common in the fg world lately. Tag 1 did it first technically but the screen didnt show the whole model and it was just their plain standing fighting pose. Then modern fgs like gave the models unique and personalized animations. I wonder if the next VF and the next fgs from SNK and Arc Systems will follow that style.

[@coelophysisbauri4070]

The full body 3d models always stood out to me as being epic af

[@watcherman222]

SC2 was the reason I main Yoshimitsu in Tekken.

[@Howlingburd19]

SC1, 2, and 3 are still among the greatest fighting games ever. True masterpieces ❤

[@XiaoGege]

Soul Calibur III was my first Soul Calibur game, and I was 12 at that time. When I saw the character select screen for the first time, I was amazed by the presentation. It showed the actual characters instead of just pictures like in Tekken. Tekken 6 wasn't released during that time and it was the first Tekken game to show the actual characters in the character select.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

SC excelled also at stylish presentation in the 00s, doing many unique ideas. And it was also a technology flex from the devs. Other good examples were the real 3d models showing in SC2 versus screen, the battle intro animations showing each character in a "cinematic" closeup camera, and the general battle intro animation showing the stage and followed by an epic narration. It was so much ahead of everything else. The character battle intro animation, that shows the model in a closeup camera, slowly became the staple of the whole genre. They just became more elaborate but the roots are in SC totally. It was quickly adopted by TK, VF and DOA, then former 2d/sprite games like SF4, MK9, etc. In the 90s all battle intros were plain animations before the round start, in Capcom and SNK games, etc. So introducing cinematic intros was vital to improve the presentation in the genre. Nowadays we get game with much flashier cinematic intros like in Arc Systems games, MK11 and MK1, etc, but everyone owes SC.

[@keith108871]

Soul Calibur 3 was my first SC game too but I was 18 when I played it. I love the graphics and the gameplay. The stages were beautiful designed and it was something different from Tekken. I don't understand why it gets negative thoughts from the fighting game fans but it could just be me.

[@XiaoGege]

@keith108871 I don't think fighting game fans hate it, it's just gamers in general. SoulCalibur III on the PS2 had a lot of bugs and glitches, and there was a bug that corrupted your data.

[@keith108871]

@@XiaoGege that bug and glitch is something new because I never had an issue with that. Never my data gotten corrupted either. That's new to me.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

@@keith108871 It's not negative opinions overall, but there will be always the more popular games and the less popular ones in the group. SC's best time was around SC1-2, it really took advantage of being the first "next gen" 3d fg by Namco, before TK4. But after some time it's like it stopped feeling special to the public.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

SC excelled also at stylish presentation in the 00s, doing many unique ideas. And it was also a great technology flex from the devs. The full body models in the selection scren, their faces showing on closeup in SC2 versus screen, the battle intro animations showing them in a "cinematic" closeup camera, and the general battle intro showing the stage and followed by an epic narration. It was so much ahead of everything else. The character battle intro animation, that shows the model in a closeup camera, slowly became the staple of the whole genre. They just became more elaborate but the roots are in SC totally. It was quickly adopted by TK, VF and DOA, then former 2d/sprite games like SF4, MK9, etc. In the 90s all battle intros were plain animations before the round start, in Capcom and SNK games, etc. So introducing cinematic intros was vital to enhance the presentation in the genre. Nowadays we get game with much flashier cinematic intros like in Arc Systems games, MK11 and MK1, etc, but everyone owes SC.

[@maverickg233]

Soul Blade and SC2 will always be my fav growing up as a kid up to my teen years 🙏.......

[@NeoZiggy92]

5:18 My absolute favorite of all time! Lost count on how long I've played this masterpiece.

[@TheHeretic1919]

Sucks how Yoshimitsu never got a Tekken 3 costume . That would be freaking awesome .

[@pn33milan11]

Once again, SC1 is where the true identity of SC started to show, even in the menus. SC6 will still be my favourite, tho. The artstyle and music are just perfect 👌 As much as i'm not the biggest fan of SC4 and its art direction, the music of the menu is still very nostalgic ngl

[@rapidfire9999]

5:18 The best one! And my favorite!

[@burni988]

Idk how SC6 is so nostalgic for me. I barely played it (getting into it more now) but I just feel like it captures the vibe of my favourite Soulcalibur games (2 and 3) so well. The entire series seemed to do well in always feeling familiar in presentation and I appreciate that a lot.

[@irsyadiaryadiva9430]

Soul Edge's skeleton portrait used to scare me when I was a kid

[@rockhyde7775]

I hope a new Soul Calibur game comes out in the future because hey we got Tekken 8.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Weir...still...waiting.

[@69metersbelow25]

Then better be like soul caliber 2

[@carlosaugusto9821]

I hope so but I lack that much hope, because there's a big difference between TK and SC in franchise fame, influence and sales. And we saw it clearly last time with TK7 and SC6. When it was new it was bigger because of the DC hype and the excellent sequel that was SC2, meanwhile TK4 had some controversies.

[@yarh79]

Legends will never die

[@LITTLE1994]

Soul Calibur II is still awesome

[@pekoopekoo123]

Omg the nostalgia is hitting hard

[@featherpheasant3851]

SCV will always be my favourite

[@GuestieyeVids2.0]

I hope you have your defenses ready bc you're in for a swarm of SCV haters 😭

[@featherpheasant3851]

@ True, but I don’t really care. That game was my childhood and loved it every time I played it. I’ve seen loads of hate on this game all the time and it doesn’t bother me anymore

[@GuestieyeVids2.0]

@ As long as you are happy with what you have then I won't try to ruin it. All SC games have their type of feel in the games which makes it so lovable

[@mocchilla]

omg this series has the best guest characters 😳

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like how maxi keeps making soul Calibur despite being dead.😂 Never explains why he's alive. He's everyone's homeboy.

[@zukoulou7464]

"Transcending History and the world a tale of souls and swords eternally retold." * Soul Blade May 1997 Playstation (Euro) "Welcome back to the stage of History !" "The Legend will never die !!!" Soul Calibur * Dreamcast October 1999 SC 2 * Xbox, PS2, Game Cube, PS3(2015) September 2003 SC 3 * Playstation 2 November 2005 SC 4 * PS3, Xbox 360 June 2008 SC 5 * PS3, Xbox 360 2012 SC 6 * PS4, Xbox One 2018 SC Broken Destiny (PSP)(2009) SC Legends (Wii) Soul Calibur 7 (???)

[@anniebanzon1471]

my first SC-game is "Soul Calibur 2" a Gamecube-version!

[@chuckdogg1994]

I’m glad you didn’t include the free one lol

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like how they fill the roster with Random guy's or girls you never heard of.😂 Charade? Edge master? Patrick star:who are you guys?😱

[@burni988]

Kinda how I feel about the SC6 newcomers but at least pretty much all the old characters are there. Charade was just mokukin same with edge master I think but not as sure on that one.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

@burni988 yep.

[@CharlesMiddlebrooks]

"Wait a minute, wasn't Dante from Capcom's Devil May Cry franchise supposed to be a guest appearance in #SoulCalibur3 on #PlayStation2??????????" 🤨💭📱📸💯 #MiddlebrooksFanatics♈

[@felicia4017]

The deal probably fell through.

[@carlosgarciasantalla9540]

Yosimitshu is the same tekken yosimitshu?

[@ChaosProductionsInc]

Yoshimitsu is a title that gets passed down

[@Natureza09-c2s]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@otakusensei3673]

Soul calibur 5 il manque devil jin