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Soul Calibur IV to feature character swapping

chautemoc | June 27, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360 
According to a Famitsu translation, character swapping will be a feature in SC IV's single-player story mode, as well as the Soulless Tower mode. No word on a multiplayer implementation, but this seems common sense. More features and details are listed below.

Soul Calibur IV releases July 29.
- game feature dizzy : getting hit into walls makes you dizzy.
- game feature guard impact : opponent will fall during guard impact.
- game feature instant impact : when opponent attacks during guard impact.

- armor bar : keep blocking, bar becomes red, and eventually blue.

- soul impact : attack until opponent's health meter is red, then make opponent block -or- you can initiate with a guard impact.
- soul impact : when opponent is soul impacted, enter the heavy finish command to execute.
- soul impact : performing soul impact is a victory, regardless of circumstances.

- custom characters : complete freedom for use of parts, color change, and cloth combinations.
- custom characters : body build and muscle are also adjustable, there's a 100 levels of modification.
- custom characters : you can change fighting styles and abilities.
- custom characters : 50 character slots.
- custom characters : use parts obtained and equipment bought; you can build ninja looking characters.
- custom characters : you can edit 20 parts of the character, you can also change voice depths, also equip parts on existing characters.
- custom characters : adjusting both structure and muscle build makes appearance change more visible.
- custom characters : appearance and voice can be modified at will.

- 1 player story mode : there will be character swapping.
- 1 player story mode : character change can be used to perform combos, but it depletes a meter on screen in the lower left/right side.
- 1 player story mode : teammates may suddenly join and leave at the end of the battle.

- soulless tower mode: a one player mode, the goal is to reach the top.
- soulless tower mode: each level has treasure chests filled with goodies.
- soulless tower mode: opponents have the ability to swap out while fighting players.
- soulless tower mode: you can choose multiple CAS or existing characters, CAS may be the key to victory.

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    Storm | June 27, 2008
    Does this mean we'll get a Tekken Tag 2? ^^
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    pwned227 | June 27, 2008
    *drools on floor* this makes me want the game even more, good ideas.
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    Final Blade | June 28, 2008
    Interesting, thats all I have to say about this.

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