12 Soul Calibur Characters We'd Love to See

By The Gamepros
August 04, 2008 14:13 PM PST
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6- Rygar

Tecmo's been sitting on this one for far too long. While the company had no qualms about putting Ninja Gaiden's Ryu Hayabusa in Dead or Alive, the titular character from Rygar hasn't been able to spin his kickass weapon, the Discarmor, in a fighting game. Soul Calibur IV just seems like the perfect game for Ryg to whip that thing out.

5- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Move over, Yoda. It's pizza time! These green heroes in a half-shell are no strangers to martial arts or the arcade fighting genre. Picture this: when these ninja teens aren't busy with Shredder's Foot Clan, they're on a mission to find the elusive sword in which the story revolves. And the turtles could easily find themselves in a situation facing any of the Soul Calibur regulars -- just imagine: Leonardo's katanas, Michaelangelo's nunchucks, Donatello's bo, and Raphael's sai battling against the world!

4- Pit

While gamers may be happy as clams about the inclusion of Darth Vader and Yoda, Link's appearance in Soul Calibur II may have managed to set even more fanboy hearts aflutter. If the impossible happened, and Namco was able to create Soul Calibur IV for the Wii, which Nintendo character would join the fray this time? May we humbly suggest Pit, Kid Icarus' classic cupid-looking kid made badass in Super Smash Bros. Brawl? His versatile weapon is unlike any other in the Soul Caliburverse, transforming from speedy bow to brutal dual-swords in an instant, and his classic look wouldn't totally be out of place in the 16th century, unlike most Soul Calibur cameos. And finally, it would be a nice gesture by Nintendo, who will probably never produce another Kid Icarus game in our lifetimes.

3- Cloud

Remember Ehrgeiz? It's probably better that you didn't. Released not long after Final Fantasy VII became a blockbuster, it was a second-rate fighting game featuring Cloud and a few of his compatriots. The game managed to fulfill a few fanboy desires, but little else. It's time for Square to give the emo-hero and his giant sword a real fighting game to play around in. The company's already sullied the memory of FFVII with Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus, so what damage could an out-of-place cameo do at this point?

2- Ash Williams

Good, bad, he's the guy with the gun. But Ash's sawed-off double barrel 12-gauge shotgun isn't the only thing the hero who hails from Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy is packing. He also has a fully functional chainsaw in place of his right hand which became severed during Evil Dead II.

1- Kratos

Rumors about the God of War series' barbarous protagonist making an appearance in the PlayStation 3 version of Soul Calibur IV have already been printed in the latest issue of EGM, and if we're on tenterhooks to see if this turns out to be true. Sure, the Soul Calibur series has seen its share of impressive weaponry over the years, but Kratos' flesh-grinding Athena's Blades put them all to shame.