Trigger

Well there you go. Must be because there were only like 3 titles available when that came out.

Galanthas

That must be it.

U.S. N64 Nintendo Super Smash Brothers 2.54 million

Japan N64 Nintendo Nintendo All Stars: Smash Brothers 1.45 million

Trigger

see? told you so.

GatorDeb

Same thing happened with Halo, huh Trigger?

rayw69

I think Halo quite literally saved the fortunes of the Xbox in its first year.

Since the Japanese aren't generally fans of the FPS genre, I think it somewhat explains why the Xbox has been outsold by even the PS1 in japan in many weeks. As far as I know, the GC is still 2nd in the world in terms of sales because the Xbox has failed to make any dent in the Japanese market.

TOPDAWG

HA HA I knew Link would win the sales race I mean if them extra guys was might to help sell the game on each system link was the only one who mattered to the users of the system. Xbox should have used MC and he could of had the energy sword he had in a halo game clip I saw a while back. Not sure what 1st party person Sony could of had them used.

GatorDeb

XBOX with Master Chief and PS2 with the main guy from GTA: VC! (Tony Mottola?)

Now THAT would have been something to be seen.

zero

No, no, and no. I think everyone is missing the point here. OK Im well aware a number of people bought the Cube version for Link (duh) but Soul Calibur (IMO) isnt about added characters. Its about solid gameplay, and a deep fighting engine. This is just my opinion however I could be wrong.

DLogic

what the? do you even follow gaming? or do you just go out and buy games when they're shown on TV? can you explain to me how the hell they fit into a fighting game such as this? Shoot, by the way you're talking, you might as well add Mayor McCheese. Hell, you're probably wondering why they didn't use Mario or Donkey Kong for the GC version... just go... sit down... think of senseless things...

GatorDeb

DLogic care to explain how Spawn and Heihachi fit any better on Soul Calibur? They threw that out the window, so we might as well do it with better characters.

zero

Well Deb its like this. Heihachi is a NAMCO character that has a history on Sony systems. Spawn is having a game developed by NAMCO for all consoles, however NAMCO has no history with Micrsoft, or Nintendo thusly they added Spawn to the Xbox roster and Link to the Nintendo roster. Now then Tony M. from Vice City is a ROCKSTAR GAMES character who kills random people with guns not swords. Master Cheif is a BUNGIE character whom was not developed by NAMCO. Is all this sinking in?

DLogic

My sentiments exactly... to a T. Do your homework...

If I ever meet you zero... i'll buy you a

zero

Are there Action Replays codes for that?

joeblow69

Jeez, there's no need to be so condescending. Some people play games to have fun, not so they can memorize obscure facts to belittle other people with.

xmiyux

I must say i would totally play as a Mayor McCheese. Although even better than that would be the Hamburglar - that guy was tough!

Gromit

No way dude, Grimace would kick the *%^&# out of the Hamburglar. Sure, his arms are only 8 inches long, but he's a giant purple wrecking ball 'o destruction.

namja

DLogic and zero: please read and re-read the above post.

cheapskate

Then why is Han fighting Chewie!??!



Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi

TOPDAWG

MOD EDIT: Your entire post was deleted. No need to be calling a smart ass or a dick. Even in jest. -namja

Decker

Precisely. It was a silly, pointless, spiteful comment that is better ignored.

zero

Just a question here, do you always console bash when posting? And for the record Im having an awesome week .

William Wallace

I don't know what reviews you were reading, because most of them said that the PS2 version had good controls.

As for the graphics, read IGN's comparison and you will see how close all 3 versions are. In fact, I when I go to gamestop and watch all three side by side, I can hardly tell the difference.

Jackskeleton

I believe the reason why Nintendo had the chance to work with Namco and place Link in was because for some time there was rumor that Nintendo was going to have SCII go Nintendo Exclusive only for a short time. they worked together throughout most of the early stages. the game got a bit more popular and they went to all the systems. Todd McFarlane has a hand in all this because his toy company has the rights for the game figures. to scratch each others back Todd designed Necrid and put up Spawn as an offer. Tekken's main ties with Namco really include time crisis and other Gun based games. so to bring in an exculsive I assume they just attached the character at the time of production that was hot. Tekken tag and tekken 4 were hot games at that stage.

Makes sense that Spawn is in there. link is in there because Namco and Nintendo had this in mind for some time. Diaper boy, as I like to call him, got on the PS2 version when talks about console exculsives were in talks and tekken was a hot item.

simple as that. Now which replay code do I get Mayor McCheese? I want a secret background with McGriddle ads all over it.

Two thread craps don't make it smell any better. Your post will only fuel the flame war. it's best for someone to just walk away from it so that the flames of hate are put out and the thread can get some <3 again.

CaptainMarvel

I personally don't think Master Chief would be a bad idea at all... I think Tommy Vercetti (GTA:VC) would be a little out of place.

(Tony Mottola is an old musician; Tommy Mottola is Mariah Carey's ex-husband and a music executive... I don't think either one of them would fit in the game. )

draggoon01

an important corresponding figure would be money spent on advertising for each version.

i know i saw almost exclusively commercials for gamecube version...