Soul Calibur IV

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As for the lightsaber thing... Maybe modern (or in this case, ancient) metal had enough mitochlorians(spelling?) in it to keep the lightsabers from cutting through them. Yeah. Totally the reason.

thanks alot, I just got hit by the starwars reasearcher next to me. if you want the simple answer(aka. ungeeky) skip to the line...

he has also forced me to post the quote/unquote REAL process of lightsaber forging...

the force has nothing to do with the constant use, matinance of(sort of), or protection in relation of the lightsaber. the only way to avoid cutting something/being cut with a lightsaber is simple, get out of the way or use a second lightsaber to block. the reason is simple, even tough the thing is called a lightsaber, it actually emits a concentrated beam of plasma emmited when particals are launched through a specally designed crystal...

you may haver caught on to the fact that they are fighting with messed up flashlights, but I digress...

the only part of the lightsaber that actually uses the force to make it work is the process of creating the crystal. which is a three day process to finalise basic training for a jedi and throws back to samuria swords.(as for the prosess, it's go to moon a, pick the color crystal you want, throw it in a specail forge and use you mind to make it work right).

also, think about the statement that high midiclorians will protect you form bieing cut...

yeah... anakin and luke had the highest counts for anything, ever, and they lost their fair share of hands...


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simply there are two answers to this, A) the fantasy answer that knight said(which is a fancy way of saying a wizard did it...) or B)(star trek jargon) the atmosphere of the planet (or the dark evil aura) if disrupting the flow of the lightsabers, greatly weakening them to the point of near uselessness. like when you shine a flashlight into heavy fog and just wind up reflecting the light back into your face.

also, in before NEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDD!!!!

edit: also page claim for psudo science

Actually...Weapons and armor made from Cortosis ore are able to stand up to lightsaber attacks. In fact, large quantities of cortosis ore can even deactivate a lightsaber when they come into contact. As such, I am going to assume that cortosis is some sort of plasma resistant metal that produces its own electromagnetic field of some sort that can disrupt lightsabers...And I am also going to assume that all weapons in Soul Calibur have at least a small amount of cortosis weaved into them.

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Actually...Weapons and armor made from Cortosis ore are able to stand up to lightsaber attacks. In fact, large quantities of cortosis ore can even deactivate a lightsaber when they come into contact. As such, I am going to assume that cortosis is some sort of plasma resistant metal that produces its own electromagnetic field of some sort that can disrupt lightsabers...And I am also going to assume that all weapons in Soul Calibur have at least a small amount of cortosis weaved into them.

I just think having the Star Wars characters in Soul Calibur IV is cool... Thanks for killing the buzz with your nerdy techno-babble.

(Note: not just picking on you, Zanallen. I hate everyone equally)

I think its cool as well. My babble is just to give a plausible Star Wars explanation as to why the lightsabers wouldn't slice through swords and crap. Plus I like to use my knowledge every once in a while.

Actually, everyone's forgetting that Namco's simply running out of ideas.

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Actually, everyone's forgetting that Namco's simply running out of ideas.

Actually, "everyone" is stupid to say, because not everybody here agrees on ANYTHING, thus it's impossible for them all to do something wrong at the same time. :S

What else is odd is Vader has a freakin' ARMY of guys with guns. Couldn't he just call them all down and shoot everybody, take swords and stuff, do what they wanted the swords for, an obvious stupid reason.

Or just blow the Soul Calibur world to kingdom come with the death star.

Along with Soul Edge? >.>

Seriously, what do you think, why is he coming down himself? It is to get that goddamn soul edge for himself. Not to mention that apparently the cast is Jedi-level threat (unless Vader will be hyper broken or something)...

That's pretty much EVERY character's backstory, even the oddballs.

"So and so, in order to revenge/avenge/prove/conquer/destroy for some person from their past, is searching for the demon sword, to become all powerful/save the world."

Well, half of the cast wants to stop it...

Oh, then replace Soul Edge with Soul Calibur. The rest still stands.

Its not like I play for the story anyway XD

Yeah, Soul Calibur/Edge is the main motivation, though it goes a bit deeper with many of 'em. But what do you expect? In Tekken, everyone is there to win the tournament, that is coincidentally, called Tekken. Same with Mortal Kombat... As far as fighters go, Soul Calibur has a decent storyline, me think.

True, you got me there. Although, Mortal Kombat started getting weirder in later games.

But yeah, story is irrelevant. The game can have a badass story and suck, or a shitty story and rock.

Well It won't stop me from using Mitsurugi to kick Vader's ass on the Ps3 (Yoda's on the 360)

One must think though.

Since both of the Jedi will be on different systems, will that not mean no epic battles between Vader and Yoda?

Or do you think that Microsoft and Sony will settle their differences for one game?

Naaaah...

There should have been a Wii version with Grievous. :'D

But yeah... I kinda doubt a compilation would happen.

Unless there's truth to what Zan says.

Rumor is that more Jedi will be available through DL content.

Meh, I've got no proof, but I've heard things...Something about having to go through licensing agreements with LucasArts and how it would be ludicrous to do it for just 2 characters...

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Yeah, the small profiles are translated on soulcaliburuniverse, though they're a bit spread over a single thread, so here's a quick resume of interesting things for those lazy to track 'em down:

Siegfried and Nightmare fought at the Cathedral with Taki as witness. The battle released strong energies that destroyed the place, Taki barely survived. Sieg was almost killed but SC saved him by bonding with his soul. Nighty almost fell apart, but escaped into Oshtreinsburg.

Back on home, he restored his faux body. The energy released in the fight spread over the world and awoke all shards of the sword, which flew back toward the castle in a rain of light, making SE "technically" complete (Asty has his shard still inside, and Maxi may too). Taki wants to stop the new confrontation between SC and SE, thought, having realized the danger it represents.

Tira - Sent her crows to gather warriors to help protect SE.
Voldo - Answered the call. Was deceived by SE to serve him under the guise of Vercci.
Astaroth - Invited by Tira as well. Accepts since he wants strong souls to grow in strength and defeat Ares.
Cervantes - Absorbed souls and created a fleet of ghost pirates. Let his SE to fuse with the main one so he can get the whole thing in one swoop.
Ivy - Told by someone (apparently Edgemaster) that she can't use SC's power. Tried to make an Homunculus to do it, but was attacked by Cervantes and most of her soul stolen. She takes the artificial soul she was making to survive instead. But she knows it won't last long.
Mi-na - Told Yun about SE being evil. Also learned from Talim that there's an "opposite" to SE. She's interested by this.
Yun - Even after Mi-na told him, he still wants to see it for himself. Bumped into Hwang as well, who told him the same, but he's still wanting to see it for himself.
Cass - Fought Raphael and lost the shard of SE she got. Later heard about the couple healing people in his town, and went looking for them. Ended following Sieg, believing SC is Dvapara-Yuga.
Raph - Found a tribe that claims to have been the protectors of SC. Now believes SC will give him the power to create a world for Amy.
Soph - Discovered her daughter can't survive without SE's aura. Destroying SE means her death.
Maxi - Met with Kilik and X and recovered memories, but left them due to his body having a shard of SE. Later Tira told him that only SE can give him an edge against Asty.
Kilik - Wants to become the "mediator" between SE and SC to keep their powers at check. Wants to not involve X in that, so he has not tell her his plans.
X - Wants to stop Maxi from using SE for his revenge, apparently.
Zas - After seeing a vision of the future, has changed his mind: now he wants to stay immortal and see that future.
Mitsu - Still looking for a good battle. Defeated Greed and Miser in the meantime.
Liz - His soul seems to have been tainted, so he's back to his old animal self, and back as the head of a Liz unit.
Amy - Nothing new from her SC3 profile. Seeks Raph.
Hilde - After a meeting with Sieg, thinks its a good opportunity to lead an attack against Nightmare.

Actually, I see quite a few interesting things in there. For example, the story of Soph. And also, the story of Mitsu making some of the bonus characters canon. Seems like we really are getting a final battle this time around.

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There should have been a Wii version with
Mace Windu. :'D

But yeah... I kinda doubt a compilation would happen.

Unless there's truth to what Zan says.

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