Will there be a soulcalibur 6
Will there be a soulcalibur 6
The developers at Namco's Project Soul division have allegedly been
arguing over the past seven months about how big Ivy's breasts
should be which is causing the development of
Soulcalibur 6 to be repeatedly delayed. While Namco has
declined to make any public statement in regards to these rumors,
Soulcalibur V director Daishi Odashima recently spoke in an
interview with Dengeki about development problems during
Soulcalibur V caused by Ivy's appearance and how it started
all the way back during
Soulcalibur IV.
"While working on the fourth game, people were starting to wonder
if we were pushing it with how big we were making Ivy's breasts,"
explained Odashima, "As I had known in advance that I would be the
director of the fifth game, I decided to secretly make the decision
to have the game take place many years after the fourth one. I
figured no one would want to see an old Ivy. Little did I know that
many staff members at Project Soul really enjoyed seeing Ivy's
breasts."
"I was forced to concede and so the team added a youthful Ivy back
into the roster and we were back at square one," continued
Odashima, "Then the arguments started again. It was about a half
and half split this time with some wanting to cover her up and some
just wanting her almost naked. I said that we should maintain some
level of realism but that didn't deter people from wanting her
breasts to be even bigger than before. After three months, we came
to a solid consensus on her appearance. Now I find myself embroiled
in an even bigger argument."
"I feel that some members of Project Soul are burnt out from solely
working on the
Soulcalibur games," theorized Odashima, "I
have a hunch that some staff members only stay so they can work on
the physics for Ivy's breasts. Some even work overtime on her
character model even if they are not part of the character design
team. Rarely can we focus on the battle mechanics or the blocking
system without some member pointing out that it might impact how
Ivy will move. I should just put my foot down and get rid of her as
a character altogether but then a lot of our staff would probably
quit."
"In a poll asking players what they thought of
Soulcalibur
V, many chose to skip the game altogether after learning that
Taki would not appear in the game. It was the top reason players
chose not to buy the game with the second being that Sophitia would
not appear in the game.