Soulcalibur IV director Katsutoshi Sasaki has denied speculation that Yoda will be a god-like character in his guest performance in Soul Calibur IV. After confirming that both the dimunitive Jedi Master and Darth Vader would make appearances in the game rumours abounded as to the super force that Yoda might present in the game.

Outside of online play, one of the biggest tangents of discussion around “Soul Calibur IV” has been Darth Vader and Yoda as playable guest characters. Such inclusions are not new to the “Soul Calibur franchise” — “Soul Calibur II” had Link, Heihachi and Spawn — but Yoda has proven controversial, due to his extreme height advantage. The smaller they are, the harder they are to hit?

Sasaki isn’t worried. “The influences that Yoda will have in terms of gameplay because of his height, [is that] some of the upper attacks won’t hit him,” he said. “However, we always try to make the gameplay fun, so we prepare positive demerits of choosing Yoda and also negative demerits on it. There’s always some give and take.”

But what if Yoda keeps beating me? Unfortunately, Sasaki wouldn’t disclose any secrets for defeating the green Star Wars hero. “[laughs] I don’t know who will be best to use to defeat him, but what’s more interesting is you can use Asteroth to make it like David and Goliath,” he said. “That’d be fun.”

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