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All New Soul Calibur 2 Info! 08.25.2001 09:07PM 

Got my new issue of EGM in the mail today. I've always wondered why they release issues a month early, but it's alright, we'll forgive them about it... this time. Anyways, they have a great feature on Soul Calibur 2 in it, packed with some great info as well as screenshots. Unfortunately I don't have a scanner, so you guys are out of luck. Here's a quick summary of what new info EGM is able to provide us with on this exciting new title.

  • The release date for SC2 in Japan (On Gamecube) is projected to be Spring 2002. If you notice on the release date page, I have it as Summer 2002. I was close! =\
  • U.S. version may have english voiceovers (ack)
  • Fighting arenas are now complete with walls and uneven terrain, a la Virtua Fighter 3
  • Characters make different noises depending on the terrain.
  • Two new features called Avoid and Break. I'm guessing Avoid is to execute some sidesteap move and Break might be either to break someone's guard, or to maybe break a weapon?
  • There will be 16 - 20 characters with at least 5 being totally new characters. The new characters are Cassandra (Sophitia's younger sister), Wovama, a young female warrior, a Korean character (probably the Hwang looking type fellow), a French swordsman wielding a Rapier, and a Pacific Islander brandishing Tonfas.
  • Returning to the foray are Mitsurugi, Taki, Ivy, Siegried, Nightmare, Astraroth, Xianghua, Cervantes, Voldo, Kilik, and Yoshimitsu. No Hwang-bang this time around? I guess I was right about the screenshots the first time.
 

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