Soul Calibur 2 did best on what system...

slerch666 · Jan 24, 2004

Looks like it's the GCN!

This is kind of impressive considering what people call the "crappy fighter" controller. It probably helps that an arcade stick was available to offset the awkward GCN controller.

Anyway, the graph came from IGN via the NPD research people.

Cranky · Jan 24, 2004

i only played the ps2 version so i can't say much

slerch666 · Jan 24, 2004

Cranky said:
i only played the ps2 version so i can't say much

You can say you were one of 447,138 to have played it

oldschool · Jan 24, 2004

Which company made the arcade stick for the GC and where can I find it?

Arcademan · Jan 24, 2004

Guess I'm not part of the graph...I've only played the arcade version :loco:

Freakit · Jan 24, 2004

i say screw all 3. it's all about the System 246 version. :buttrock:

jethrek · Jan 24, 2004

Surprising it sold co crappy on X-Box. The PS2 ver was much dumber (Heihachi!?)

but no surprise, Link was cooler than Spawn easily.

ray_7 · Jan 24, 2004

Agreed.

Link has got to be one of the main reasons.

Syxx573 · Jan 25, 2004

I got the X-box version which is the best one IMO.

jindo · Jan 25, 2004

I happen to own all 3 versions and I'd pick GameCube version overall. But definitely PS2 version is the most inferior version among the three. :spock:

toy_brain · Jan 25, 2004

There is supprisingly little difference between playing using the PS2 pad snd the GC pad, which suggests that Namco did spend at least a decent ammount of time tweaking the controls for the analogue stick.
I havent played the game using any custom arcade stick though. Nor do I particularly feel the need to.

pyrokilla · Jan 25, 2004

Too bad the game sucks ass

oldschool · Jan 25, 2004

I enjoyed this game a bit but I like the DC version of Soul Calibur better. The DC's graphics hold up quite nice to the sequels graphics on the other next gen systems.

ltron2020 · Jan 25, 2004

Too bad the game sucks ass

"The best and only good 3d fighter ever made......any other 3d fighter is just uncivilized" Charles Barkley

Plisken · Jan 25, 2004

You have to take into account it's quite a niche title for the gamecube, except for Smash Bros Melee and MKDA it's the only 'real' 3D fighter on the system. PS2 has a ton of alternatives and the Xbox has DOA3, MK and crap like Tao Feng.

But yeah, the games crap anyways, such a dissapointment compared to the absolutely steller Dreamcast original.

edit:

thought this was great

Then as if one shitty Tekken game after another wasn't enough, the Sony version of Soul Calibur 2 includes "Heihachi," a 75 year old grandpa, as an extra character: BORING. The Xbox version gets Spawn with a badass axe, and the PS2 version gets a balding geriatric and a bottle of Centrum. For his special move, Heihachi sits in a rocking chair on a porch and passes out Werther's Originals

from http://maddox.xmission.com

seba_boi · Jan 25, 2004

jethrek said:
The PS2 ver was much dumber (Heihachi!?)

I agree... I have this version of the game... I wish I had bought the GC version instead...

pyrokilla · Jan 25, 2004

I don't even know who Heihachi is :spock:

IoriYagami n8 · Jan 25, 2004

While the Gamecube may have fewer 3D fighters, it isn't something that lends to much aid in sales of quality 3D fighters. There are quite a few on the PS2, but only one or two (Tekken Tag being one) sold better then Soul Calibur 2 did on the PS2. There are a few on X-box as well, but only DOA3 seems to have done better as far as I know, which can be attributed to it's early release in the X-box lifespan. It was either DOA3 or Halo.

jeff bogard · Jan 25, 2004

I played all 3, and wathching the guy from tekken on xbox in his pampers (or whatever you call them)is not something very attractive to watch. Spawn is ok, but the xbox controller made me feel it was limited for some reason in comparison to the xbox and gcn version of it. I didn't like the game enough to have a favourite, however yes to have one to hate the most (ps2 [fu and your controller]).

Plisken · Jan 25, 2004

Link was probably a big factor in the Cube versions success, i mean there's like an army of rabid zelda fans that would buy ANYTHING with him in it.

SonGohan · Jan 25, 2004

ltron2020 said:
"The best and only good 3d fighter ever made......any other 3d fighter is just uncivilized" Charles Barkley

LOL

Sorry, Virtua Fighter Evo easily owns this game with both hands tied behind it's back.

pyrokilla · Jan 25, 2004

Plisken said:
Link was probably a big factor in the Cube versions success, i mean there's like an army of rabid zelda fans that would buy ANYTHING with him in it.

Link is teh k00l :buttrock:

Tom · Jan 25, 2004

I have the PS2 version and yes Heihachi is a lame exclusive character. Spawn is so much more bad ass, and link seems a hell of a lot cooler. Again, there are a legion of Zelda fans (my friend Mike included that would by anything with Link.. He even has a tatto(sp?) of the OCT sword and shield and the Triforce). Too each their own I suppose. Yeah, Heihachi was lame, but I would have liked to someone else in his place like Sho from BAT.

Baseley09 · Jan 25, 2004

What's this fandom for the arcad version, it was the last new game my arcade got , and the graphics were crud, no wonder peeps dont go to the arcade when the PS2 version looks a LOT better.

Boring game.

slerch666 · Jan 25, 2004

pyrokilla said:
I don't even know who Heihachi is

Are you being serious? If so, he is the old dude on Tekken.

It's this guy:

I can't even believe they put him in the game and expected it to sell.

I also felt that the graphics in the PS2 version were quite inferior to the others, what with jaggies and texture crawl. The only thing the X-Box version is superior to the GCN on, IMO, is the sound department. Some of the GCN sounds were... lifeless... when compared to the X-Box version.

And as far as it selling so well on the GCN, I don't think it's because there are no fighters on the system. I mean, look at the 3D fighters available on the other systems (VF4 excluded) and really there aren't that many great ones.

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