Multiple Platforms Soulcalibur II HD Online announced for PS3, Xbox 360

[Rey]

An exciting announcement at comic con has just brought back one of the best entries in the Soul Callibur series. Soul Calibur II will be brought back in beautiful HD graphics and online play. The official title is Soul Calibur II HD Online.

Remember those exclusive characters to each console? Xbox got Spawn, Ps2 got Heihachi, and gamecube got Link. Heihachi is coming back 100% but Link and Spawn are a "no" in namco's book atm. This might seem a little bit disappointing to fans of the original game. Link is probably not ever going to return unless the game gets a Wii U version.

The game is currently slated for a Fall 2013 release and will be digitally released on psn and Xbox Live.

Bonus: Of course everybody will be excited to use Talim again! Whoever took her out of V needs to be punched!

Soul Calibur's producer is now Masaaki Hoshino.

Trailer

The "online" aspect has not been explained much. It seems like all modes are coming back so do not be disappointed.

Source: Gematsu

I am really excited to see this actually happening. Soul Calibur II was the SC I played the most out of the whole series. This most likely is not the huge Soul Calibur announcement, but it is a huge one nontheless. I just want to say that I will be happy to kick some serious ass online with Talim. It is going to be nice to relive fighters like Talim, Seung Mi-na, Taki and some others.

Uhm... do I spy Inferno as a playable character? Awesome! I always wanted to play as that beast when I played the original game. I know he was playable in the first game.

Namco recently trademarked "Soul Calibur Lost Souls" If this is SC VI.... I swear namco better bring back Talim even if she is gonna be like 35 years old. Talim being taken out was just a stupid move. Hell.. please bring back Seung Mi-na and Taki. I honestly did not like Natsu or Xiba.

To put it simply? SCV was a huge disappointment and is only better than IV(the worst in the series)

I am excited for this and I sure am glad it is coming in the next couple of months. The HD is really nice.

 

[greenyxi]

Hmm, I'll consider this a maybe. The main reason I liked this game was because I liked using Link, so it's disappointing that Link (or a Wii U version) aren't coming). Still, the story mode was pretty amazing. The conditions for the different matches could be tough but fair and really added some variety to the fights. Being able to buy/earn different weapons was amazing too.

Then there's the online mode. This is always one of the best things about arcade fighters. I think I've talked myself into buying it maybe. We'll see.

 

[Shaissa]

"We couldn't bother making a good one after number 3, so we will just release 2 in HD"

About sums this up...

I guess people can see how Soul Calibur use to be...before number 4 where they took a terrible dive on the franchise...

 

[Rey]

"We couldn't bother making a good one after number 3, so we will just release 2 in HD"

About sums this up...

I guess people can see how Soul Calibur use to be...before number 4 where they took a terrible dive on the franchise...

1, II, and III are definitely the best Soul Calibur games in the series. I agree with you that IV was just terrible. V was a huge improvement on gameplay, but the story was just bad. They took out lots of good characters such as Talim, Seung Mi-na, Taki, etc. They gave us crappy newcomers who had next to no story. It was quite frankly a huge mess.

Stats in IV for customization items was the most ridiculous shite in the whole series. It was just really retarded.

Yes, SC II HD is going to give all of us a huge break from the shitty soul sequels that keep on coming. HOPEFULLY in VI they will understand the mistakes they made. You know you pissed off many fans when a fan favourite like Talim gets axed from the character roster, Namco.

I am NOT going to get hyped for the next soul sequel like I did with V.

 

[kryceks]

Oh man oh man! This was my favorite Soul Caliber game. I liked 3 as well but the later games just didn't feel the same. Maybe because I just never got as skilled as I did in SC2. I will be picking this up for sure!!!

 

[Rey]

Whoa. Looks like Spawn is going to be in the HD version as well. No word on link yet or a Wii U version of the game. Spawn was only exclusive to Xbox.

Source: Gematsu

This is great news. Spawn was really fun to play. He made me laugh when I first played the game on Xbox.