Now not that the sport takes position within the 1400s, however possibly that is why we are going again.
There is a transient section on this episode the place, when speaking about Hyperlink’s look in Soulcalibur II, Guillaume references other people over-reacting to “restricted” video clips of Wind Waker’s visuals. He implicitly tied this to why other people had been so hyped to look a extra “mature” Hyperlink in Soulcalibur.
Now, he tousled the timeline. Wind Waker was once out at this level. However, he was once proper that this restricted view of Wind Waker did create the entire “celda” narrative. That mentioned, I am satisfied to look that we not make wild overreactions to quick excerpts from a sport proven all through a press tournament.
In different information, it is 2026 and the Metroid discourse nonetheless makes my mind harm.
Fortunately, Namco did not put Samus in Soulcalibur II as a result of two decades on I am positive we would be listening to a wide variety of revanchist-sounding rhetoric about Metroid being a preventing sport or some rubbish.
They put Hyperlink in. And the remainder historical past. what we are saying about historical past…
Transcending historical past and the arena, a story of souls and swords, without end retold.
This week we’ve got our RetroActive for Soulcalibur II. It is a very complicated factor to jot down about. I do not imply the sport itself – we’ve got a wide-ranging dialog at the hype, the “tale”, the characters, and the gameplay. We even dive into our non-public histories with the sport, the franchise, and preventing video games.
No, it is tricky to jot down about since the identify of the sword everyone seems to be after is the Soul Edge. The Soul Calibur is a distinct sword. The right kind spelling of the sport is “Soulcalbur,” missing the gap that is provide within the identify of the blade – a blade that doesn’t appear to look within the sport in any significant means. Which, once more, is the other of the Soul Edge – who’s within the sport.
Additionally Soulcalibur II is the 3rd sport within the franchise.
Proper, that is our RetroActive. I’m hoping you had a just right vacation season and experience!
