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The big, big, big rumor floating around right now is that God Of War's very-own Kratos will be making an appearance on the PS3 version of Soul Calibur IV. That, of course, leads to the thought that an Xbox 360-only character will have to pop up to balance everything out. Who would be the contenders? Let's start with two that would rock, but there's just no way:
Ryu Hyabusa (Ninja Gaiden).
-The dude's a ninja, that's all I need to say. Imagine being able to switch weapons on the fly, dealing out massive death and destruction. There's just one little teensy problem. He's a major character in the DOA series.
Master Chief (Halo)
-MS' poster-boy would also make as much of an impact to the 360 crowd as Kratos would to the Sony faithful. Unfortunately, this one's been done already in DOA.
Well shoot, that takes away two of the most high profile of the 360 stable. Might have to get creative, and only go half-serious:
Altair (Assassin's Creed)
-Ok, he's not exclusive to the 360, but bear with me. Altair is character that would fit into Soul Calibur like a silken glove. His only downside is that his outfit is reminiscent of Zasalamel. But you could always work that into the game. He could have a decent keep-away game with is throwing knives, but still be able to stand up to melees with his step-in and step-out, parrying **** Likelihood?: Pretty good fit, actually. I could see it.
Marcus Fenix (Gears of War)
-Figure that his main weapon is the chainsaw gun. He'd be a slow, plodding kind of player, but you could expect his chainsaw bayonette to deal out some massive damage. I wouldn't actually make him cheap by giving him many ranged attacks, but a quick chainsaw/blast to the chest would be a nice 1-2 combination at close range. Likelihood?: Might be a bit of a stretch, as Marcus is mostly a duck-and-cover, shooting kinda guy. Still, I could see it.
Kameo (Kameo)
-Now that we're well past the launch period, Kameo can safely drift off to "forgotten launch game island." However, her relative lack of clothing, and cool shapeshifting abilities seem like something the Project Soul team would jump all over. She'd probably play similar to Lei Wulong in Tekken, lots of different styIes to mess up opponents. Likelihood?: Nah. Kameo's old and forgotten.
Frank West (Dead Rising)
-By the end of Dead Rising, Frank West has a moveset that rivals some of the fighters. His combat styIe is more suited to crowds, so I'd think his attacks would focus on horizontal attacks. I'm not sure what sort of system you could put in place to give him the random weapons he usually employs. Maybe you could scatter crap all over the arena ala MK4. Likelihood?: Probably not; he's too normal and modern day to fit into SC. Though with Vader in the game, who knows?
Banjo (Banjo Kazooie)
-If anyone can pull off putting a bear into a fighting game, it's Namco. Likelihood?: A definite lock; they just need to borrow Kuma's code from the Tekken guys.
Who else?




