Katsuhiro Harada Confirms Soulcalibur V Discussion!
Published on 08/20/2010 11:56 PM
Well for the past week, this website and several others have been ablaze, discussing the possibility of another installment in the Soulcalibur franchise. While Soulcalibur IV was hugely successful outside of Japan, the game was obviously designed to be the last in the series; especially since the word around the rumor mill is that Project Soul, the group responsible for SC3 and SC4 had been disbanded. Last week, Katsuhiro Harada, the producer of the Tekken franchise for Namco dropped the bomb that he would only look into another Soulcalibur game if it appeared to him that there was enough interest.
While some may have thought Harada was simply trying to boost his twitter following; this community banded together, with the help of other fighting game communities to show Harada that the interest still exists. In less than a week, 3,000 people signed the Facebook petition to prove to him that we still want another Soulcalibur game! The petition is still open and people should still continue to spread the word about it so that we can show Namco more than just 3,000 people want SC5! But for today, Harada confirms in an official response in the Facebook petition with what we've all been waiting for!
"Yes I'll share this petition with my Staff, Directors, and SC Senior Producer / Leader Mr.Yotoriyama. I promise. ... Our team will be interested in your opinions that much if there are a lot of followers. ... Of course, it becomes the power of the number of these petition. ... I love fighting games. Thanks."
Harada then goes on to mention that he would be willing to accept opinions and requests on his twitter (as long as you are a follower); but to keep the messages short and to the point as English is not his native language. While this is great, I am asking the community here to NOT post opinions and requests on his twitter. Yes, you should follow him, but instead of posting requests and opinions, just simply ask that he coordinate with the representatives here at 8WayRun.Com while developing the game. It would be much easier for a few representatives here to be heard, than a mass of people who may not know exactly what they want.
While this does not guarantee Soulcalibur V, at least we know Namco hears us and knows we exist!
UPDATE: Harada just tweeted the following:
"Yeah i found Soooooul Calibur !! I did co-director. My development team will be create new one .....?"
Q: 8wayrun.com
In Dubai kündigte Namco Bandai auf seiner hauseigenen Level Up Veranstaltung soeben Soul Calibur V für Xbox 360 und Playstation 3 an. Vorgestellt wurde der Titel von Project Souls-Producer Hisaharu Tago, der auch gleich einen ersten Trailer vorzeigen konnte. Diesen werden wir im Laufe des Tages noch nachliefern.
Soul Calibur V spielt 17 Jahre nach den Ereignissen des letzten Teiles und bringt neue, aber auch altbekannte Helden auf den Schirm. Der Protagonist nennt sich Patroclus, während viele neue Spielelemente sowie ein verbessertes Kampfsystem erwähnt werden.
Quelle: Gamezone
