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Sasaki: Ring outs evolve in SoulCalibur IV

2008-01-15 02:00:12 by abid in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
...Sasaki, who talks about a myriad of topics ranging from the evolution of the game's ring outs to why the team included Star Wars' most popular character.To be perfectly honest, we were sold on the game after Ivy was *ahem* revealed, but with the newest addition and everything Sasaki said, we think we're starting to feel like those Star Wars...
 
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Soul Calibur IV Director Denies Yodas Unfair Advantage, Talks Online Play And Street Fighter IV

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2008-04-23 13:00:40 by Patrick Klepek in MTV Multiplayer
...Sasaki at Namco Bandais recent Editors Day in San Francisco Sasaki says his latest creation, Soul Calibur IV, was made with people like me (read: button-mashing novices) in mind. Its the largest reason the game has an online component, even though some of Sasakis team was initially against it We even discussed the giant elephant in the room:...
 
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Soul Calibur 4 director on gameplay elements, Vader and Yoda

2008-01-16 01:58:09 by abid in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
...Sasaki talked about Hilde and the returning characters in Soul Calibur 4. In a more recent interview, however, Sasaki-san chose to focus more on the strategic gameplay elements and the guest stars of the latest installment in Namco Bandai's Soul Calibur series.For example, Sasaki talked about other ways to win a match besides gradually...
 
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Soul Calibur 4 director talks online play, guest versus bonus characters

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2008-04-12 22:42:16 by Nicolo S. in Xbox 360
...Sasaki admitted Namco Bandai 's fighting game series intended to bring players together before there was Xbox Live or PSN In a recent blog post, Sasaki explained that Soul Calibur could've been online since its inception. Unfortunately, issues with network infrastructure, communication technology, and servers available made it impossible...
 
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Active Life Pad Is A Revamped NES Power Pad

2008-06-20 15:01:01 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer
 
...Sasaki a few questions, and he answered them via e-mail, translated from Japanese Multiplayer: Did you look back to the old Power Pad for inspiration Sasaki: We did, and actually were looking into using the same design for the Active Life pad initially. However, we decided to update the overall look of the mat and also make some slight...
 
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No Star Wars DLC for Soul Calibur IV, says game's director

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2008-08-01 00:00:00 by Randy Nelson in Joystiq
...Sasaki said in a recent interview, that's what. Specifically, Sasaki responded "we don't have any plans for that" when asked by XCN if we'd ever see both characters from a galaxy far, far away battling each other on the same console You can't get much more official than the game's director, but his comments don't explain screenshots (such as...
 
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Vader & Yoda 'naturally' fit into Soul Calibur IV

2008-01-15 00:00:00 by James Ransom-Wiley in Joystiq
 
...Sasaki describes forthcoming guest appearances by Darth Vader and Yoda in the Soul Calibur universe as an obvious choice in this video interview with GameTrailers . Considering that Sasaki makes it clear that his games are built for "the consumers," we're starting to understand his brand of logic. Forget that Star Wars is set in a galaxy far,...
 
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Yoda won't be overly cheap due to his size, says Soul Calibur IV director

2008-04-23 11:02:58 by Destructoid.com in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...Sasaki offered some insight as to whether or not the regular cast of characters would have a fighting chance against Yoda because of his size factor The influences that Yoda will have in terms of gameplay because of his height, [is that] some of the upper attacks wont hit him, he said. However, we always try to make the gameplay fun, so we...
 
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Yoda won't be overly cheap due to his size, says Soul Calibur IV director

2008-04-23 16:02:58 by Editor in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...Sasaki offered some insight as to whether or not the regular cast of characters would have a fighting chance against Yoda because of his size factor The influences that Yoda will have in terms of gameplay because of his height, [is that] some of the upper attacks wont hit him, he said. However, we always try to make the gameplay fun, so we...
 
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