Talk:Soulcalibur II
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[edit] Hong Yun Sung
In order to prevent an edit war over Hong Yun Sung's name, I have decided to explain the situation to those unfamiliar with why it is written in this way. In Asian names, the family name is one syllable and comes at the beginning of the name. Thus, his surname is actually Hong. In Korea, his given name, or the name by which he is called, is more often than not two syllables--in this case, Yunsung. However, it is only listed as a single word when referring exclusively to his given name, because when referring to his full name, each syllable is written as a separate word when romanized. This is done to match the fact that Korean names are generally written using three characters--one for each syllable. Soul Calibur II was originally coded such that his name was actually written properly as Hong Yun Sung, but the English translators remembered the previous incident with Seung Mi Na and eventually changed most instances of "Hong Yun Sung" in Soul Calibur II to prevent confusion, mostly among Americans. However, you can still see a trace of its original state in the credits to Weapon Master Mode. It is asked that when you see his full name written as Hong Yun Sung, you leave it as such; and if you ever see it combined to simply Hong Yunsung, that you restore it to its original state. Only if his given name is written on its own will he be referred to as Yunsung, as it should be. Thank you for your cooperation.
[edit] In reference to character's changed names in Soul Calibur III
- The names on this page have to be the originally used names (linked to the newly named articles). No-one changed all Prince's previous album covers to feature his symbol instead of his name, and the end credits to Terminal Velocity were not changed when Charlie Sheen wanted to go by the name Charles Sheen. This article isn't anything to do with Soul Calibur III and all information should pertain to the 2002 game; SoulCalibur II. People will find out more information about Seung Mina and how her name changed when they click the blue link that takes them to her page. 86.128.57.200 19:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Story line?
There should be one 172.212.3.5 19:23, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sales data
I have added the following information to this article as well as to Wikipedia's Link article:
"The GameCube version of Soul Calibur II was more popular than its PlayStation 2 and Xbox counterparts (copies sold through December 2003: 500,685 vs. 447,138 and 320,991 respectively); many attribte this to Link’s inclusion as a GameCube-exclusive character. (source: NPD, see http://cube.ign.com/articles/475/475106p1.html)"
Please feel free to reformat the source citation to make it Wikipedia-friendly. -R
[edit] Complaints
Someone forgot to mention that beginners or "noobs" can beat experienced easily through a random frenzy of button pressing, which was one of the drawbacks of this game...
Just needa few more people to agree...
did anyone else have such a problem?
Kashcubed 19:23, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Sadly i have seen this problem. I play for 3 weeks and over 4 hours a day, sit down to play my dad and he wins with straight perfects... I was more then a little annoyed. WillSWC 22:03, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
If you're getting beaten by "noobs" pressing random buttons, then you're a "noob" yourself. Just because you've memorized a lot of moves doesn't mean that you're automatically good. The big flashy moves will rarely hit if you're playing someone who knows how to defend themself. Anyone getting beaten by someone just starting to play needs to practice blocking, guard impacts, and dodging. Pacmanfx 05:30, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Character Analysis
I have posted a comment in the discussion page of Soul Calibur III, please read this and post your thoughts: LINK Mr.bonus 13:24, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Character Article Names
I have just moved all Soul Edge/Calibur character's articles to use the most commonly used name as the article title. After being part of a debate over Street Fighter character article names for over a month, the decision was in agreement of my proposal to use the most common name as the article title and not their full biographical name (this information belongs in the first sentence of the article itself). Please do not move the articles back as this was decided as the correct method for article names. Please see Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-12-21_Street_Fighter_character_articles and Talk:E. Honda for the resaoning. Thanks Mr.bonus 22:21, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Naming
per here I have renamed it to Soulcalibur II... no more cut and paste moves though. Discuss any further moves here. Sasquatch t|c 02:32, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
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- Why don't you guys try looking in the trademark database. No trademarks under Soul Calibur can be found, only Soulcalibur. Here's my source: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=dmp53j.1.1 Type Soulcalibur and you will see a few trademarked names and when you type Soul Calibur you get nothing. Clamticore 16:11, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
"This search session has expired. Please start a search session again by clicking on the TRADEMARK icon, if you wish to continue."
See below for the rest (official website, google search). --HanzoHattori 17:42, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] This game is not called "Soulcalibur" (please read)
The very first hit "Soulcalibur" is for for www.soulcalibur.com/ page named "Soul Calibur 2 - Home" (it's Namco's official, right?). It continues with "Soul Calibur" inside, too.[1] I don't think there's single "Soulcalibur" relating to this game in the entire website.
Also, Google(!) wrote me "Did you mean: "soul calibur II" after I asked for the (nonexsitsing) "soulcalibur II" - go figure. Meaning even google says it's wrong.
The game was always named "Soul Calibur". Don't go the Orwellian memory hole just because they decided otherwise since the third one (but didn't even change their website regarding the older ones!), and you noticed only recently.
Fix this and the links. --HanzoHattori 17:38, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh, and the google search for Soulcalibur II returns only 85k hits (compared with 312k for "soulcalibur II" and 414k for "soul calibur 2" - the name is both official and popular.) Only 38k for "soulcalibur 2", if you ask. --HanzoHattori 17:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
HELLO. --HanzoHattori 08:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Soul Caliber 2 should redirect to this article. --Genosoa 01:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
