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Look At What's Inside The Soul Calibur IV CE

freespeech — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:04:34 MDT

@SmilingPolitely:

how??????

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yanipheonu — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:11:38 MDT

^OHHHHHHHHH, *Read Famitsu thing* YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

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yanipheonu — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:11:00 MDT

They keep announcing shit, but I just want TALIM IN THE FREAKING GAME!!!

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zakky venom — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:26:20 MDT

i dont pass up special editions very often, i already preordered this. but i am very dissappointed the shirt isnt a medium.

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Illyr — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:39:40 MDT

What the hell is the purpose of the tin? I know you have to have something to hold the stuff in, but besides it being metal Oooo! does anyone really use it? Now a metal lunchbox would be cool....

Illyr

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cjlopez — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:28:19 MDT

Wait, I recall that the special edition was bringing DLC and the normal edition didn't. What DLC would the game bring???? I mean, from 60 to 80 are 20 of difference, wich I can use to buy some Wii games!!!! (sorry, i'm a WiiFanboy and a PS3Fanboy)

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arstal — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:20:35 MDT

There's also DLC included in this. The only time I ever see shirts like those worn are at anime cons and FG tournies.

Glad to see Talim back in, may she at least be mid-tier this time. May no character except Yoda, vader, Sherazard or Angol suck please.

arstal

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Eclectified — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:07:31 MDT

@Fadakar: Honestly, for anyone with kids in the house, the lockbox might be the best thing in the GTA bundle. Good parenting techniques 101... lock your violent movies and games away from the little ones.

CD, unfortunately, will be pirated online within hours of launch if not before. Duffel bag may be useless to many but, it does help justify the price. Art book... honestly, who ever really looks through the art books? One thing nobody ever mentions is the R* keychain, which is pretty nice.

IMO, the GTAIV bundle, despite whether or not you use the junk, is probably the best/most justifiable priced collector edition I've seen.

On-topic... the SCIV pack is garbage, to put it nicely. Tourney card and art book are sure to collect dust in a corner. The screen tee is likely to earn wearers a lovely dose of ridicule and embarrassment. Garbage.

Eclectified

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Antiterra — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:01:31 MDT

For anyone interested, the latest Famitsu issue confirms that Talim, Rock and Yoshi (the samurai with rotating cuffs, not the dinosaur) will be included in SCIV. I haven't found any scans yet, I hope they haven't subjected Talim to the abominable boob treatment they have inflicted on all the other female chars.

Antiterra

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mywhitenoise — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:42:56 MDT

X-L? Is America really so fat that X-L is the new medium?

They never make these things in size Small (not that I'd wear it).

mywhitenoise

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PGGB — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:34:38 MDT

easy answer: no, no it's not worth $80.

hell, i'm not sure if a new soul calibur game is worth $60! series didn't move forward with III, so why should I expect anything other than a lateral move for IV.

show me some SCII style gameplay and fast, intuitive controls and i'll gladly show up with the $60. in fact, if it's a game on a par with how much i loved SCII when i first played it, i'll pay $80 just for the game!

PGGB

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Sam_Lowry — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:25:02 MDT

"That's the "Tournament Kit", which is the most overblown term for a card with a blank tournament tree on it I've yet to come across."

lol, man, that's the biggest word-based con since people would put an add in the paper selling a 'solar powered clothes dryer' the 50's and 60's, and when you would order the thing they'd send you a clothes pin.

@ShaggyB: You won't have to wait 6-8 months. I bet in the first 2 months somebody will have at least a $10 off sale and by 4 months someplace might be selling it for $40. I remember all the sales I saw for games like Bioshock, Assasins Creed, Halo, and Mass Effect after only 3 or 4 months.

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ShaggyB — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:13:57 MDT

Am I the only one who thinks Regular Edition, used in like 6 to 8 months for under $40????

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ShinjiKinomoto — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:54:37 MDT

I kind of like the PS3 shirt. Although it pains me that the shirt is XL, so it'll be fine to wear around the apartment, but I'd look weird anywhere else since I wear small/medium.

I skipped out on SC2 and SC3, but I think I might give this game a chance. The cheesy marketing with Darth Vadar and the Tales of looking character has caught my interest. I think I'll go for the normal edition at this point. The LE's aren't worth $20. :/

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RPGr — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:34:18 MDT

It's an OK collectors package but it should have been $10 more not $20.

I'd also note that Namco has given away both art books and t-shirts before away for free from other Soul Calibur games. A music CD was included in the guide.

So basically for the price of the Collectors edition vs. what was given before, we are actually losing out on a strategy guide in exchange for a .... tin box....

RPGr

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Sinharvest — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:57:05 MDT

Wow you know what i was gonna grab the special edition. But after seeing this...ehhh..no thx. Last year Gamstop was having a promotion or something and i got a free soul calibur 3 t-shirt when i bought the game. But damn 80 bucks for a shirt and a book :/

Sinharvest

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Shad0X — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:22:44 MDT

does not seem worth to me, a shirt that you probably cant wear bcoz its to big/small... a simple card and a book.. :| now the shirt is probably the worst part, I wold have added at last a DVD with some making of stuff.. bcoz thats the only thing why Im buying CE/LE stuff.. :)

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Antiterra — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:08:04 MDT

A tragically oversized dorky T-shirt, a picture book and a card that could have come out of your colour printer. All that for a mere $20, whoop-dee-doo!
Way to milk the not-too-bright fans. But then, if you agree to pay such premium for such "bonuses", you probably deserve to be milked.

Antiterra

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Pieman2 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:37:50 MDT

Another shitty CE. Woohoo!

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phicaluk — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:37:24 MDT

The fact that you consider $80 to be expensive fills me with envy. The price for the standard edition here in the UK will most likely be in the $90 to $100 range. Bah!

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Pinhead — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:08:20 MDT

Don't you just love junk?

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Siye — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:59:01 MDT

XL.... God sucks bein female.
Whatever maybe a Pj shirt then. So Lame.

Siye

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GhostWhoWalks — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:06:21 MDT

Wait, that's it? What about the extra customization options they talked about?

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Kazzahdrane — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:50:18 MDT

Very lazy CE in my opinion, especially making the t-shirt XL. I still have my Baldur's Gate II shirt from the CE and that was a medium I think. Maybe it was bigger in North America, mind you.

Anyway, Bioshock and looking forward, Alone in the Dark and Fallout 3 have shown how to do a really good CE. Tin box and an art book doesn't cut it any more.

Having said that, I really liked that for Dead Rising they had a tin edition but just sold it at the same price as the regular one while it was available (here in the UK at least).

And after all that, $80 is still cheaper than the standard game will cost here so I'd take it for that price!

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kylo4 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:37:11 MDT

@Fadakar: I thought I could carry my PS3 around in the duffel bag and store my money in the lockbox.

This is yet another well done CE. My impressions of most of them are "$15 more for a steelbook case in cardboard packaging with an artbook". Throw in shirts and lockboxes, duffel bags and all kinds of goodies and I'm in.

Btw, where's that lollipop that should come with gta?

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exkon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:26:37 MDT

@#$@ YES.

I'm a young working guy with lots of money to spend!!

Who says in the economy is in a recession!?!?

exkon

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Wookiee1 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:25:45 MDT

What about the extra CAC parts? Will they be available for download at a later date, or are they truly exclusive?

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johnnywashngo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:09:11 MDT

Absolute waste of money and, frankly, a waste of resources on behalf of the people producing this 'collectors edition'

And crap man, I work out 3 times a week and am quite slender. An oversized black tee with crappy screen print would look ridiculous on me :)

Ordinary version for me.

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SpuddOner — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:07:58 MDT

where's the "BOOBS Mousepad"?!! You would think huh!

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Word Man — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:05:29 MDT

This is nothing special, maybe the art book, but not at all worth the 80$. Why must they assume that every gamer is a fat lazy slob that sits on his couch all day with cheeto stains on their shirts? Don't throw in the shirts unless we can choose the size we want, I've had two collectors shirts that I can't wear because it's too big and fits me to my shins. /rant

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Alazar — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:01:57 MDT

A PS3 special edition for me, if it ain't TOO expensive here in Norway.

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mrplow8 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:59:28 MDT

No tournament is complete without a "Tournament Kit."

Which reminds me, I'm thirsty. I'd better go get my "Beverage Kit", which is a cup with a straw.

mrplow8

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Poison — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:58:40 MDT

I will not buy this CE if it has no Ivy bust!
(get it, get it? *nudge nudge wink wink*)

Poison

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zanzibarlegend — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:51:04 MDT

80 bucks for a shirt,a card and a book? no thanks
i have preoredered the LE GTA4 (PS3) and LE MGS4
this will get standard edition treatment, but thanks for asking. and what happened to extra customizable content?

zanzibarlegend

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cheeses — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:47:30 MDT

Siegfried Schtauffen is so dreamy.

cheeses

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Nexus6 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:45:24 MDT

Just the regular copy thank you.

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KeroseneClimax — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:43:16 MDT

Nope. I love Soul Calibur, but this is one big hell no. Eighty dollars for this? I could create those shirts if I wanted to. As for the comic, wait awhile, it'll be scanned online like everything else. Man, this is a boring limited edition in comparison to games like Halo 3 or Grand theft Auto IV.

You kick ass Namco, but if you want people to shell out almost a hundred dollars, step-up what you're offering already!

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Flabyo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:37:38 MDT

No Sophitia on t-shirt = normal edition for me.

Them's the breaks.

Flabyo

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demonknightinuyasha — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:37:21 MDT

YAY! the ps3 shirt is black! (i hate white stuff with a passion >.>;;;) after my wii's warranty has expired i'm going to be changing the case color, just not sure if i want to go with a crazy mod, a case swap, or simply a coat of paint >.>

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Shinryoma — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:32:54 MDT

Mitsurugi is a samurai. Vader's design was inspired by old samurai armour.

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mabman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:26:41 MDT

heh, to each their own

mabman

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relic1980 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:25:19 MDT

Speak for yourself, Luke...I still have the shirt (XL) that I received with the original Soul Calibur for the DC. And I squeezed my fat ass in it at the time (of course now, I ain't as fat an ass ^_^).

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mabman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:16:33 MDT

wow. just wow. id kick my own ass if i was wearing those shirts; nothing screams winner than over-sized shirts with tasteless screenings on it - it would go perfect with all my wolf and deer shirts

mabman

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Pornosaur — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:13:01 MDT

Is that box metal? I'd throw a handle on it and make it a lunch box, probably not worth $89 to me though.

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IcerDragoon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:10:23 MDT

intriguing but the tshirts i think are a little off in theme. yeah i see vader for ps3 and yoda for 360. but the pairing characters don't really work. Yoda/Sigfreid work pretty well but then why is the other Vader/Mitsurugi? Wouldn't it make more sense to throw Knightmare?

I know this is coming down the line of being picky, I guess I'm always looking for a theme or pattern.

But anywho, i'd have to say that if this is all that's going to be included in the set then I'm a little saddened.

IcerDragoon

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KingKevin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:01:26 MDT

I don't want Star Wars mixed in with my Soul Calibur. I don't even like star wars, and this is SUCH a obvious attempt to get their fans to play this game.

Same with the new MK VS DC game. WHY oh WHHHYYYYY cant we just keep our VG characters where they belong, unless it fits (Marvel vs Capcom)

KingKevin

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Eschguy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:58:00 MDT

Hmmmmmmm.....no. I'll just get the regular game.

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Adam_Locked — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:56:50 MDT

I love Soul Calibur, but this CE package doesn't do anything for me. By the way, I'm a small... I hate it when I get t-shirts that are size Xtra Fat.

Adam_Locked

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TheCleaningGuy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:56:05 MDT

Regular edition for me.
If it only had replica of Angol Fia's spiked nipple armor...

TheCleaningGuy

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Kytano-Skorpius — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:50:55 MDT

:O WANT! The PS3 shirt is looking sweet....but I have a 360...

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Nihon no Purin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:49:36 MDT

wasn't interested in this before, but goddammit, I am such a sucker for limited edition tournament bracket cards.

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Hostile — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:47:33 MDT

I'm not big enough a fan of Soul Calibur to buy into this. I'm more of a 2D fighting fan and although I'm interested in SCIV, I definitely will not be buying it at full price.

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Gutter_Trash — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:44:07 MDT

hmmm compared to the ultra cool GTA4 SE and the upcoming MGS4 LE.
This SC4 CE pales in comparison.
That tin case looks incredible unfriendly toward DVD shelves.

Not much clarity on the Tournament Kit thing m'of a jig.

Standard edition for me at standard price

Gutter_Trash

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SmilingPolitely — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:42:26 MDT

The Fallout 3 collector's edition puts all other collector's editions to shame. Including this one.

$80? Pass. Oh so very pass.

SmilingPolitely

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TheTravisCooper — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:39:48 MDT

damn xl. if it was m i would.

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Saint Anima — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:39:23 MDT

Hmm, actually doesn't seem half bad. Then again, I'm a Soul Calibur nut, and I like pretty Collector's Editions.

And to think I wasn't going to get this. Thanks a lot,Namco Bandai.

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FullyShadow — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:38:36 MDT

@Fadakar: good thing i'm not most people!! =D because i'm definitely using all of that stuffs :P

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Black-Dog-Howls — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:37:23 MDT

The black will make you look super nerdy. The white will make you look like you dig men while being super nerdy.

Choose you poison.

Black-Dog-Howls

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Fadakar — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:37:01 MDT

Well look at GTA IV, lock box you don't need, a duffel bag everyone has, a CD most people won't listen to, and an art book most people won't look at. And that's 90 dollars. :P

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neojam — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:36:05 MDT

Heh? No bouncy pair of plush boobs inside? Not buying it! lol -_-'

neojam