How Link, Spawn, and Heihachi Got In Soul Calibur 2 | Be My Guest
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- How did Link, Heihachi, and Spawn get in Soulcalibur 2? I take a look at the deals and partnerships that put these popular characters into the 2003 fighter.
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That batarang thing was from the Batman and Spawn crossover written by Frank Miller. Miller wasn't exactly the most gracious of hosts at the time and acted like, well, a modern Batman fanboy in it. He knew practically nothing about Spawn, but he sure as heck didn't hold back on his worship for Batman in their crossover, often treating Al like crap and even called him an "undisciplined fool" despite the fact that Spawn was ex-military, a highly trained and disciplined hitman who knew how to fight well, with or without weapons.
Also, the maskless appearance isn't even based off of that, there are numerous times in the comics, the movie and even the cartoon where Spawn takes off his mask. He looks that way because his body was burned by the man who hired him.
Pinning this. Everyone listen to this guy, he knows what he's talking about.
Is the alternate color palette also from the comics, or did they just put that in to make his second costume more unique?
@@mbrillon765 Nah, he's colored like that in some of his art. The 90s tended to use blue or purple highlights for black costumes. Still kinda do to this day
@@mbrillon765 I think it's based upon a variant of the first Spawn action figure. There were variants of it in blue instead of black, another maskless dubbed "Hamburger Head" with a shoelace stitching his face showing continuity with the Batman crossover, and a third that is both blue and maskless with no shoelace, but instead a few crawling worms dubbed either "Blue Hamburger Head" or "Worm Head".
@@mbrillon765 Actually his 2nf color is somewhat based on Medieval Spawn, a character from the comics that obviously existed in Medieval times and looked like Spawn except with a red and blue outfit and a bunch of knight armor. There was a whole legal battle between McFarland and Neil Gaiman involving Medieval Spawn and a handful of other characters.
Gotta give Heihachi credit, he's the only weaponless character in a game where you need weapons
He only needs his fists to kick ass
And he's easily the best of the three SC2 guests, and probably in the top third best characters of the game!
Wrong, in SC4 you can have Devil Jin as a character creation fighting style.
@@thosepantus479 SCV not SCIV.
His fists are his weapons. My friend always tries to argue that his gauntlets are his weapons.
@@thosepantus479 Soul Calibur IV was all Star Wars guests, Devil Jin wasn't until SCV.
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When I was like 5 I played soul calibur 2 and I always thought he said something like "sole kaliburn" (English is my second language)
Wouldn't it be cool if Soul Calibur did an "Everyone is here", bringing back all characters in the series history including guests. That would be pretty cool. Just think about it, Link fighting Darth Vader, that would be sweet.
The Switch would do the that
Nintendo will never share link anymore lol
If its not a switch exclusive, don't think about it
Screw LINK, we'd get NECRO
The Xbox Series X, PS5, and Steam versions have everyone except for Link, while the Switch version has Link. But I guess that’s why we have character customization right?
OH NO HE DID NOT MAKE A JOKE ABOUT SMASH NOT BEING A FIGHTING GAME
I kid, of course. I think the whole debate is a bit childish, but smash is definitely a 'fighting game'.
@@Stumblebee of course I was joking myself
@@dvthemaster hah, figured. Can't relax around these goddamn smashers
@@Stumblebee It's true, we are a ravenous bunch
As a Smash player that hurts bro XD
My mom knew Todd McFarland in highschool and said he was pretty much just always drawing during class rather than studying, but I guess it makes sense that he'd go into comic books. Spawns a pretty cool character though, he's one of the few dark and brooding characters I don't actually mind due to him not being this invincible super god who never gets hurt.
It’s always hilarious when your parents meet famous people. Though I guess he wasn’t famous yet.
I can only think of a very select handful of dark, brooding characters in fiction that are "invincible super gods". Most dark characters in my experience are pretty prone to being hurt. I mean, suffering pain is exactly what makes them dark and brooding. That's just my perspective though 👌
Also, around his highschool years, Todd was constantly making sketches to send to comic companies so he could get a job in the industry he was impassioned for. I guess he didn't believe that he'd get there through studying. He was clearly putting all his eggs in that basket, and it definitely paid off. Guy's super successful, haha.
Todd married his high school sweetheart so she might know her too. Spawn's wife is named after her.
Link in Soul Caliber is amazing but Spawn is so random it's great
Ryan Carless he was my main against my friends when they came to play lol
And thankfully Spawn is making his way into Mortal Kombat 11. Sadly next year?
One of my funniest memories of SoulCal II was challenging my local scene’s biggest SoulCall II fan to a $20 first to five, but the challenge was that he had to play Spawn. He easily beat me, even though I played my main!
As someone who is nearly a spawn expert I can say yes though awesome spawn seems random but that's because Todd changes his universe based on his beliefs and kinda forgets to finish storylines and kinda winds them all together while constantly dropping plot bombshells don't believe me? Well he was leading up to some big reveal about god himself and then they did other stuff then they just reincarnated god and the devil yada yada apocalypse four horsemen then granny becomes a badass heaven spawn that killed a lot of demons and spawn shows up after being killed by judas and eating the fruit of power which turned him into a god with the help of the creator of the universe which is the parent of god and the devil but was also a different character introduced much earlier and looked completely different are you getting an idea of how twisty twisty it gets? Don't get me wrong each individual puzzle piece is awesome but when you try and put it all together well umm ok spawn had a dream where all heroes and villains from marvel and Dc and even superman give spawn his powers and spawn gets the family he always wanted and it never comes up again 😮 The brass balls they hurt my face I didn't even get into the after the ending the series just kinda keeps on trucking and adding shit like I know we went through death hell and the apocalypse but spawn forgot to mention that he had a brother that's a priest and a mother who is a satanist and it only comes up for two issues 😮The brass my god my god oh my god now spawn is a vampire/hellspawn for one issue that repeats on loop I am not making any of this up and I'm not even mentioning the 2 times he met batman or the time he met savage dragon in hell
@@josephroszell it's true! As a Spawn fan myself. It's biggest weakness is how confusing and ridiculous the series has gotten to the point where its really hard to follow. Luckily, the series has gotten several reboots that sort of straightened out the whole mess. Along with the awesome, yet underrated HBO animated series.
Great job on talking about the whole history of the guests!
Similar to how Todd MacFarlane created Necride for Soul Calibur 2, I wonder if he would make an original fighter for Mortal Kombat 11 since Spawn is also a guest fighter in that game. I doubt it though, but it would be awesome!
I do love Tekken, but I always felt that Soulcalibur II on PS2 got the least interesting crossover character. After learning about the whole thing with Cloud, I have a heavy sad for what could have been
The least interesting character who is also the face of Tekken. I personally think they should've pick either Jin or Kazuya.
@@FizzyArtCola Yeah but Kazuya was kinda… dead at the time? And Jin was a completely fresh character back then.
@@Adeyum64 well, it didnt made sense for Heihachi to be there in the first place, so having kasuya there despite being "dead" at the time would have been ok. not to mention, they could make a past version of himself travel in time
Cloud not being put in is a terrible missed opportunity. As amazing as Heihachi is combo wise, i always felt like i had the short end of the stick on the ps2 with Link being on the cube and Spawn being on the xbox. It was cool to actually have a hand to hand fighter though.
A switch port with all 3 guest characters would create the definitive version of one of the best fighting games of all time.
Project Soul originally wanted a Dead or Alive character, likely Kasumi, to be exclusive to the Xbox version of Soulcalibur II as the DOA series was exclusive to the brand at the time, but couldn't get the rights due to then-Team Ninja head honcho Tomonobu Itagaki's feud with Namco over the Tekken series. As a result, they got Spawn to be the Xbox guest character
Yes. The PS3/360 ports are incomplete in my eyes.
I really wish SC6 had unarmed and magic fighters just for more creation variety! Also wish Lizardman was playable so I could make a dude with an axe.
@@kevgmei Same. They really should've brought back Zwei, Soul of Devil Jin, and Viola from SCV (and no, Amy doesn't count)
@@otaking3582 Also putting this out there: I'd REALLY love to see a Soul Calibur Ultimate game, similar to what Nintendo did with Smash, complete with EVERY character, costume, stage, weapon, game mode and customization option with all of the gear from every game
lmfao i said 'Middle-aged school children' hahahaha
Project Soul originally wanted a Dead or Alive character, likely Kasumi, to be exclusive to the Xbox version of Soulcalibur II as the DOA series was exclusive to the brand at the time, but couldn't get the rights due to then-Team Ninja head honcho Tomonobu Itagaki's feud with Namco over the Tekken series. As a result, they got Spawn to be the Xbox guest character
What's the music on 10:00
@@Daouz1 SoulCalibur 2 character select theme
"How do you do, fellow kids?"
@leo mendoza no. They are both handled by different developers under Bandai Namco.
It would've been nice to have Cloud in Soul Calibur 2.
A reference you missed. One of Spawns axes is said to have been created by a torturer called Capello. Capello was a writer for some of the Spawn storylines.
More accurately, Greg Capullo was the second artist on the series after McFarlane handed it over.
Bro when I was growing up this game the shit, my cousins in Puerto Rico were obsessed with this game and unlocking everything in Weapon Master, they had the Spawn version and I bought the ps2 Heihachi one. Great video I always wished I had the Spawn version but I never owned an Xbox 🤷🏼
They should have Soul Calibur 7 with all the past guest characters and new ones
But Bandai Namco would convict both Nintendo & Sony to Borrow Link & Kratos in the same roster.
On one point, that sounds like a cheap copy of Súper Smash Bros, like Playstation All Stars Battle Royale.
And on another one, Nintendo and Sony will be quick to say no
Soul Calibur Ultimate
@@Angel_alanis In reality, yes that is true. But I totally agree on that statement though! It would’ve been super dope if the guest characters from the past, current, and future fight each other
Oh man, playing as Link in Soul Calibur 2 was my childhood. I remember going to my cousins house one time and he had a PS2 and Soul Calibur 2 and i was shocked when i didn't see Link in the game.
The detail for link was amazing the fact they refrenced so many of his games pretty much flawlessly... shows the talent of the team
You know, even if we never get a Soul Calibur 2 HD on Switch so we can have all three guests fighting each other, I’m at least hoping someone finds a way to mod all three characters into the same version (although I have absolutely no idea how difficult that would be)
You know.
I'd love to see a remastered SC2 with all the characters
I’m surprised you didn’t mention Yoshimitsu. He was originally a Tekken character and then just started showing up in Soul Calibur. Now he’s a mainstay in both games. As far as I know he’s the only fighting game character that has that status.
Every other character says Soul Calibur 2
Link says: SAYYYAAAA!!!!
Hearing heihachi being voiced by one of my favorite cartoon voice actors is just wild to me 🤣
I was always glad that I had the Heihachi version on PS2. He didn't have the "wow" factor of Link, but he worked a lot better in-universe than the others did. Yoshimitsu's presence helped him feel at home. I always saw the PS2 version as the "canon" version.
7:47 that didn't age well since Haohmaru from Samurai Shodown will be joining Soulcalibur VI.
Also devil jin
@@jedicub3024 When he said "pseudo guest character" I could've sworn he was going to mention Devil Jin.
Isn't Yoshimitsu supposed to be a guest character? Even though he's on... every Soul Calibur I know.
I thought Tekken and soul calibur shared the same universe that's why
He's not 'the' Yoshimitsu from Tekken though, rather an ancestor. Guest characters don't tend to last more than one game (and most of the Mimic characters don't either, i.e. Charade, Olcadan)
Hidden Mark Ancestors.
Isnt Yoshimitsu immortal?
Luis Alfonso Pinto no. The first Yoshimitsu in SC - SC4 died in between SC4 and SC5, Which is why in SC5, he is Yoshimitsu the second. Yoshimitsu is more of a title passed down then an actually name.
SC2 got me into the series and I love it dearly.
Chad Warden....now that's a name I've not heard in a long, long time. Long time.
Dude you gotta go back and watch that video. It's even funnier now. It's seriously amazing.
@@Stumblebee ngl chad warden has influenced my dialect around certain relatives/bestfriends for the past 12 years, and what's even better is that PS3 (and ps4) ended up being quite ballinnnn at the end of the day.
Necrid and Spawn are in SC6. They are called "Azwel"
Naw man necrid is called azwel spawn is called mk11
Technically you can make necrid. Necrid belongs to the Malefic race.
Spawn is not Azwel. Spawn is Zwei from SCV.
The voice announcer always made shit sound extra deep Lol
We need to get soul caliber two HD on the switch so We can have everyone 0/
thi is what we need!
Spawn was my main when I was kid loved playing as him.
Necrid gets a bit of a minor nod in SC 6. In the timeline section it mentions a warrior from another dimension coming into conflict with Soul Edge in the ancient past and that is apparently meant to be him.
Thanks for the Soul Calibur videos m8. Easily the best fighting game series ever.
HUGE missed opportunity to put CLOUD in Soul Calibur. Where's a time machine when you need one.
8:37 THIS DUDE DOING STRINGS!
There was also talks about Dante from the Devil May Cry games being put in PS2's SCII game as an exclusive since Cloud Strife couldn't make the cut. However, that too was also cut at the last minute and eventually picked Heihachi Mishima
Kudos to you for knowing that Soul Calibur II has widescreen support and recording the game footage that way.
My favorite game of all time. Any videos made for it today makes me very happy!
I beat this game yesterday and FINALLY unlocked Assassin, only to learn he can only be played in Team Battle and practice mode...the *FUCK* dude. Lol
What wym he should be playable in all
Wasn't Yoshimitsu the first guest fighting game character in Soul Calibur???
He first appeared in Tekken
Lil Jaluicy
I guess that they’re turning a blind eye to that technicality now.
It's mainly because yoshimitsu was actually established as a canon character in soul blade, being the ancestor for the Tekken yoshimitsu.
@AT Productions Yes, yes he does.
Akuma is canon in the Tekken universe, and he's still a guest character as well.
@AT Productions Yoshimitsu is considered a Legacy Character.
I would say no, because the Yoshimitsu in Soul Calibur is an ancestor of the Yoshimitsu in Tekken, not the same character.
If ninja gaiden on xbox existed at that time, ryu hayabusa could've been a great guest char
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Awesome video bro. Classic and informative. Never knew Todd created that BOI Necrid. Now I gotta make him on SC6. LOL. Keep up the great work
Just discovered this channel thankyou. I own the gamecube and ps2 one I love. Both the guests!
Man what I love is that MK11 will be releasing Spawn sometime this year.
Thus, Spawn makes his Nintendo fighting game debut? Maybe?
Hopefully this year at the rate they are releasing characters.
Literally the only reason I'll buy MK11 when he gets released. ^^
@@Duisburg051 Looking at your name, you might be a fan. Enjoy him and his Fatalities!
@@caleb6755 Indeed I am. ^^
My favorite fighting game series of all time ❤️
This was a great vid.!! Keep it up!
Nice entertaining vid. Keep up the good work!
Even though Lars is a Mishima it doesn't eliminate a possibility of him being a direct descendant of Seigfried. They share strong similarities when it came to personality and appearance(especially possessing facial scars). It would definitely be very cool to see a possible transformation for both of them since Seigfried possesses some mysterious demonic power that is link to Inferno which can possibly be passed down to his descendents, and for Lars which Mishimas never explained their full extent of their powers can possibly be linked to some other supernatural beings or demons.
They are, world of soul calibur so big. If you combine tekken, you see why evil and good always fight.
Can't wait for when he tackles Soulcalibur 4. There's a lot to be said about the guests characters there.
Or at least I think so because I usually have a lot to say about it.
Good times I'll never forget.
I'd totally get SC2 again on Switch just to be link in it!
They need to release this game for the switch this game is bad ass i remember playing it on the gamecube
I'm still bitter than Link wasn't in the HD edition of SC2.
Weapon Master is still one of the best game modes I've ever played for any game, I just sat there for hours and enjoyed it the entire time. I wonder why they never brought it back.
Moving in to new story styles and Extra which I don’t mind at all.
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HE MUST WIN
damn, imagine a soul if soul caliber 2 had Ryu Hayabusa for XBOX. It would've been more impressive to see him use his Dead or Alive moveset with his Ninja Gaiden Weapons. But I feel like Tomonobu Itagaki wouldn't approve. He hated Namco's Tekken at the time and was so competitive with that franchise.
5:48 for remembering Seaman, I give you, the bless award!
Heihachi might be the only weaponless guest from another fighting game but they had Devil Jin as a fighting style for custom characters in SCV and that was hilarious because back then my buddy and I didn't really know how to play SC and we were trying to do some tower mode or something but Kilik was just destroying us but since we played Tekken a bunch we were able to make it reasonably far with that fighting style 😂
I find it funny that Devil Jin's move are in SCV, but not the Character Himself.
You just made a Chad Warden reference. I’m glad I subscribed.
Love these vids brother
Great video!
There is a hack of SCII's GameCube version in the works that mods the game to import Heihachi's and Spawn's movesets. At the time of writing this comment, it hasn't imported the two characters' models yet (apparently importing models is hard), so they're using Mitsurugi and Necrid's 2P costumes as bases for the imported movesets and voice lines. The mod's called SCII Plus, and it also incorporates other features like a playable Inferno.
You gained a new sub. Great video!
I love this video!!👌👌
16:18 high level move by that yoshimitsu player. An enemy cannot defeat you if you defeat yourself - Some Zoo
If Soul Calibur VI gets any more guest characters then ideally I'd like to see Cloud, Alexander Anderson, Father Gascoigne, Xiaoyu, or Kratos (he hasn't appeared in a mainline Soul Calibur yet).
I do hope the other parts come out, I am very curious about the other guest characters in the other games, mostly 4...
I remember when you had 1000 subscriber good job on 20000 great content
Soul caliber 2 on Xbox was so badass I used to play this game nonstop
YO, I thought I was the only one to notice the announcer's hesitation to say the number.
Edit: Ok, you even got a CHAD WARDEN reference in there. I wish I could subscribe twice.
Oh man the SNES Spawn game brings back memories! I remember as a kid I always had a hard time on The Redeemers level.
Soul Calibur 2 is easily one of my favorite fighting games of all time. Its just such a unique fighting games in its time and the indepthness of the characters its hard not to love it. I remember sitting in front of my game cube kicking the crap out of my little brother with links broken ass bombs and arrows before we started to play smash where i do the same to him.
You I just bought soulcalibur 2 yesterday and currently still playing it❤️😭
"put Link into his very first FIGHTING game" couldn't click the like button fast enough with that wink
And I also love this fighting game channel very much!
Soul calibur 2 was my life as a child.. ah so many memories
Not sure if it was a wise move to include what happened at 2:54, but I'm glad you did.
You got me with the Chadwardenn reference. I think I'll be sticking around, after all ✌🏽
I have link to thank for introducing for me to this series...great series especially when high or intoxicated
Heihachi had a mid electric??
Damn
It's absolutely nuts. I think it's one of like three games that had a true mid EWGF.
I got them all, SC on Dreamcast, SC2 on GC, SC3 on PS2, SC4 & 5 and PS3 and SC6 on my PS4 i love the series one of my fav beat-em-up games. SC3 i'd have to say is my favorite of the series, the character creation (which i love) had alot of options and there were just alot of features in general in that game, Chronicles of the Sword and the Lance fighting weapon was awesome.
I was going to buy the game anyway (I had the first game on the Dreamcast) but Link’s inclusion in the GameCube version really helped it outsell even the PS2 version for a period!
Apart from the awkward B + X grapple move, I thought the GameCube controller was great for it. Link was also my favourite character.
LINK IS MY MOST FAVORITE CHARACTER IN SOUL CALIBUR AND SUPER SMASH BROS AS WELL LOVE HIM SO MUCH
Great vid new sub 👍🏾
Heihachi is still my favorite guest character. I love using his 10-Hit Combo. It’s command input is less difficult than Ivy’s crazy whip attack but it’s pretty flashy.
And to think, Spawn is gonna be in MK11 and has shared a universe with the kid-friendly Nintendo character Link :P
Technically he hasn't unless SC2 gets ported to the Switch or something
5:22, the feels :"(
"heihachi is the only main roster character come from another franchise" Yoshimitsu would like to speak with you
Namco needs to return the favor and put a Soul Calibur character in Smash. Once they've ported SCII HD to the Switch, of course. We need a complete version of SCII! It was a fun gimmick back then, but console-exclusive guests are massive double-edged sword, if you'll pardon the pun.
Who should they use tho? Mitsurugi?
@@Stumblebee I'm thinking Nightmare for iconicity and offering something a little different from the other sword users (namely, having a sword bigger than some of the cast members). Maybe they'd be able to add Siegfried as his echo if he returned after that. In terms of whose moves would translate the best to Smash I think Yoshimitsu is the best candidate to represent SC or Tekken (and maybe have costumes from both series), but since he's not the main character that would diminish his chances.
@@GreenChillZone I'm thinking nightmare or yoshimitsu
@AT Productions I would prefer Zasalamel, and he would be even unique in smash, but I know it is pretty unlikely.
I don’t think Smash needs a Soulcalibur Character.
Not including the part where you play with fire on the Smash series, I eagerly await your coverage of the Jedi and Sith in Soulcalibur IV. Something I always wanted personally and still enjoy the hell out of. I'll even defend the justifications of why lightsabers don't cut weapons in the series like they do damn near everything in the movies, mainly from lore in RPG's like Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 and shooters like Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy.
For reference (and pardon the Star Wars nerdiness here, but you might need it for your Jedi/Sith guests video as you got some from Spawn in this video): Knights of the Old Republic and Jedi Outcast cover that some metals are lightsaber resistant, particularly "Cortosis" as in the former, Revan and the Exile (Meetra Suurik in some sources) wield "Cortosis" blades before they get lightsabers, where in Outcast, some Imperial troops wear lightsaber resistant armor. In Jedi Academy, an artifact when fully powered and wielded by a Sith apprentice possessed by a fallen Sith warlord, is also resistant to lightsabers (which is shown in the light side ending), but when it isn't, it CAN be destroyed by a saber.
Watching this backstory on Todd makes Spawn's appearance in MK11 much funnier
As a playstation 2 child I'm glad we got an extra tekken character got me into tekken 4 a few years after this came out love both franchisees ❤❤
I’m getting soul caliber 2 on GameCube for Christmas I’m so excited
I feel proud to have grown up with GC SCII. Link > all the other guests.
If only Cloud made it in tho...
Spawn was my favorite guest character lol love the series 3 is my favorite just was missing the guest characters.
That Chadwarden callout man. Damn, that takes me back.
Namco and image comics should colab on a soulcalibur comic
Voldo is if Vega took drugs
I dunno if anyone in the comments pointed it out but Starkiller in Soul Caliber 4 has a few of Spawn’s moves and animations from 2.
Love soul calibur 3 the most.
Soul calibur 2 is great way to learn crossover character.
They really wanted Dante
Yeah! Soul Calibur 3 is the best!!