Four New Characters Revealed!

Last night, Namco had a press event in San Francisco. At this event, they revealed four upcoming characters for SOULCALIBUR VI. In addition to the expected staples of Nightmare, Xianghua and Kilik... we also got our first look at a brand new character: Grøh.

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SOULCALIBUR VI - PS4/XB1/PC - The Agent in Black (Character announcement trailer)

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Since SOULCALIBUR VI takes place before other titles in the series, there remains some questions about a few of the characters in this trailer. Obviously with Nightmare and Kilik. Are Siegfried and Nightmare still one person? Is Kilik currently being possessed by the Kali-Yuga; though he appears to be wearing the Dvapara-Yuga. Screenshots to follow.

Screenshots added January 26, 2018



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Getting 4 character announcements makes the long wait definitely worth it. Thanks Namco/PS/whoever.
Now about those characters...

Grøh: Not gonna lie, when i first saw the artwork in the beginning of the video i immediately thought it was Alpha Patroklos... but THANKFULLY, that's not the case. He seems like a mix of Z.W.E.I & A Pat when it comes to the looks. I like it, honestly. Gameplay-wise he's very interesting too. He's got a pretty neat-looking moveset(s). Can't wait for more gameplay footage.

Nightmare: Nice to see Nighty back. The first thing that stood out for me, from the ENTIRE trailer when i watched it for the first time was his Critical Edge. Holy fucking hell, that was beautiful! I'm probably not gonna play him either ways 'cause he's never been my kinda fighting style, but i totally appreciate the idea and work put into this that CA animation. Makes me wonder what they'll do with the rest of the characters.

Xianghua: Nice to see another classic character coming back. I was never into X or her movelist tbh, but it's definitely nice to see her back instead of her daughter.

Kilik: A similar case to X, i was never into Kilik but it's nice to see him back and not as a mimic. About malfested Kilik, am i the only one who thinks that that's just an alternative CA? I mean, he was regular kilik who transformed in a CA-like animation and initiated the punch. I don't think it's an entirely different fighting style.

All in all, this was an awesome reveal and i can't wait for more footage from EVO.

 

I like what I'm seeing! X is back! ♥.

 

Xianghua at last!! Man, I love that art so much.

 

4 Characters is interesting, meaning the roster have 6 characters so far, makes me wonder how many characters they will reveal, batches of 4 seems too good to be true