Soul Calibur: Legends

Developed exclusively for the Wii, Soul Calibur Legends, puts gamers in a third person action adventure that promises a unique access to the series by truly appying the Wii's Remote and Nunchuk. Choosing from characters both old and new, players let go of the special attacks on hundreds of enemies and a host of large bosses. Developed and published by Namco Bandai.

A character listing in a carry through game can be a tricky thing. Come at it from the position of a ground-up game like Ninja Garden or God of War and adding even a second playable character would be gigantic news. But from the position of a fighting series making the change of state to an action game, everyone wants to play as their favorite fighter -- a lesson Namco presumptively learned after 2005's Death by Degrees.

With Soul Calibur Legends, the developers are striking a balance between these two extremes. Company representatives won't commit to an official number yet, but they tell us it'll be larger than we've seen but smaller than in a typical Soul Calibur fighting game, so we're guessing somewhere in the six to 10 range. At E3, we had a chance to try out the first two of those, Siegfried and Mitsurugi, and in a recent updated look at the game, we were able to go hands-on with a third playable character, Taki, as well as check up on the title's progress over the past couple months. Release date will be this November 2007.

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