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Ezio Auditore da Firenze Is Soulcalibur V’s Guest Character [Update: Trailer]

By Spencer . October 21, 2011 . 12:58am

Ezio Auditore da Firenze Is Soulcalibur Vs Guest Character [Update: Trailer]The rumors are true. Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the protagonist from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II is the guest character in Soulcalibur V.

 

Namco Bandai confirmed the news via a Japanese press release that explains Ezio will be playable in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. No split guest characters this time around!

 

Soulcalibur V is slated for release in 2012 and we should have more news soon…


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  • IceRomancer

    Great fit for soul caliber! And a character I actually like!

    “Nulla e reale; Tutto e lucito. Requiescat in pace” :3

  • Advent_Andaryu

    He’s a much better choice than Kratos…

    • Gatchaman1

      They haven’t put in an Eastern designed character since Link & Heihachi Mishima. It’s such an obvious attempt to pull in Western non SC fans. Least Enzio fits more than Darth, Yoda & Apprentice

      But me I’d personally prefer an Anime character like Guts from Berserk I mean they put Spawn in so why not. Or an SNK character like Haomaru from Samurai Spirits.

      • mikanko

        SC actually does a lot better in the west than in Japan.  It’s pretty much unheard of for non-arcade games to get tournament play in Japan.  In its current state there really isn’t a whole lot of hype surrounding SCV there beyond casual interest.

        Picking a character from a popular PS360 video game series makes more sense to them.  They probably see a bigger overlap with demographics between Assassin’s Creed and Soul Calibur than they would a more niche manga or video game character.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=685220688 Vince Vazquez

    Just one character is a little disappointing, particularly since they were already talking to Ubi Soft. I mean, why not put in the Prince of Persia (fights with a sword), or Beyond Good & Evil’s Jade (who fights with a bo-staff). All other SC’s with guest characters had more than one, so I’m hopeful that this isn’t the last guest character that’ll end up in SC5. 

    But it’s an awesome inclusion regardless:)

    • leeorv

      SC: Broken Destiny had Kratos, and only him.

      the PS2/GC/Xbox versions of SC2 each had a guest character unique to them, but it was only one character per version.

      SE, SC1 and SC3 didn’t have any guest characters at all, IIRC.

      so that makes SC4 the only one with more than one 3rd party character. sorry

    • Nemesis_Dawn

      While the Prince of Persia would fit in, Jade would very much not.

  • http://twitter.com/Laith_Rem Laith Rem

    Will not buy the game only because Ezio is in it, will not buy the game only because Ezio is in it, will not buy the game only because Ezio is in it… /Denial.

    Oh god, oh god, Dat Venice Rooftops remix.

  • Gatchaman1

    So who’s going to be in Tekken X Street Fighter?  Nathan Drake?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002395146276 Peace Legacy

      Pacman and MegaMan for in-house guest character
      random-famous-Videogames-character-included-in-the-game-for-the-$$$ for outside guest character

    • http://strictlyapathy.comoj.com/ SoulArbiter

      I kinda facepalmed too…

  • http://twitter.com/#!/kaishou Kaishou

    Ezio! Where your hook blade????

  • Hexen

    Wonder if his training mode will include Rauf from AC1 who says

    “it seems my students do not fully understand what it is to wield a blade. Perhaps you could show them what you know? “

  • LezardValeth

    Sooo….no Bayonetta then? Disappointed.

  • z_merquise

    I just found this recently:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX8yTIXXL7s

    Dampierre is in Soulcalibur V. . . as a pre-order character. 

    Pre-ordered character . . . I didn’t ask for this.

    • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

      Yes… yes.. we know. We were there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JaeWhy SasuleUchiha

    Recently just played Assassin’s Creed , this looks cool , Sold

  • http://twitter.com/KidoCub KidoCub

    EFFING AWESOME!

  • http://twitter.com/JezzSan Jezzy

    Anyone noticed that Leixia’s family name is Yan in that trailer? Wonder who’s daddy.

    • JustThisOne

      Holy crap, good catch.

      BUT KILIK. :<

  • Nemesis_Dawn

    Underwhelmed. Was really hoping for Bayonetta.

  • DemonicX

    You know, this actually works. We already had one Soulcalibur character named Assassin, so why not throw in Ezio as well? Still can’t believe they actually included a character that makes sense..

    Bayonetta still would’ve been awesome to see though.

  • theoriginaled

    He looks amazing. The best parts of Mitsirugi and Setsuka rolled into one badass package.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_472QBVARRYERRGHATSUGCVCTTA Ian

    If bayonetta was in it that would be overkill to others O_o
    I see ezio has Lightning and fire in his blade….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Mc-Devitt/100002626261475 Stephen Mc Devitt

    I wonder if we’ll still have more multiformat guest characters anyway? I want to see Dante and Lightning.

  • SolNeko

    as much as i love the idea of having an assassins creed character and how well ezio fits into the game, i personally hate ezio due to the amount of games ive been forced to play as him. his alternate outfits could be altair, his AC2 outfit and even the new revelations one?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=813705561 Clark Michael Breen

      You mean all two games? Oh dear me, how grueling. Smh

      • http://twitter.com/#!/GuiltyRaioh ShinkaRaioh

        + the third one that’s coming out, still doesn’t make sense though hating a character for the fact that he’s the main in more than just one game….

    • http://twitter.com/Aura_Thunder Ghist

      I don’t have a problem with Ezio being in SCV. I rather like it, actually.

      Also. If you want to play as Altair so badly, you’ll be able to in Revelations.

      • SolNeko

        i dont have a problem with him and i dont literally hate, i guess meant to say i was tired of seeing him since hes in 4 games (i played the ds game and soon revelations) i just want to see a new protagonist in the series is all,

  • raikage

    Most epic trailer this year.

  • MizuMikomi

    Never thought I would hear Xemnas narrating a trailer, guess I thought wrong ~

    Anyway, I hadn’t really been interested in SCV…. well, until now. This pretty much made it a must buy for me, that was epic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Aunna-Terrell/100001267508146 Aunna Terrell

    Another January 31st release. lol, the boyfriend’s going to be broke. D: (FFXIII-2 for me, SCV for him.)

  • Solomon_Kano

    Oh shiiiit. No love for Altair though? Both would’ve been even more awesome, but I’ll settle.

    • Sakurazaki

      Might have to do with the time period. Ezio was more or less around during SC.

      • Solomon_Kano

        That’s a good point. Given the logic behind past guests, I hadn’t considered that. Y’know, since there wasn’t really any logic to it lol.

  • http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/members/55321.html FinalArcadia

    Thank God it’s not somebody stupid like Star Wars characters. Not that Star Wars is bad, but Darth Vader, Yoda, and the Apprentice stuck out like sore thumbs in IV. And I’m glad there’s only one guest this time around.

    Ezio’s probably one of the best characters they could’ve chosen, since he doesn’t look out of place in Soulcalibur.

  • thebanditking

    This is really the best choice they could have made, I will gladly take one well placed character over 3 cheap out of place ones. Ugh those Star Wars characters really over powered the game (and outside of Darth Vader man they were cheap). I felt like I was playing Star Wars Masters of Teräs Käsi all over again, which for those who don’t know is never a good thing…

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