Soulcalibur IV getting Vader and Yoda DLC

[wraggster]

It seems when Namco Bandai told us Darth Vader and Yoda would remain trapped in their respective console domains, it was only true ... from a certain point of view. The company has shockingly confirmed that, due to "overwhelming fan response," those suspiciously blank character portraits in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Soulcalibur IV will soon be filled in by a downloadable Darth Vader or Yoda. Good job, fans, we're sure Namco would never have figured out how to make money like this on its own.

The proper Star Wars showdown will begin on October 23rd, provided you're willing to pay 400 and $5 for a hyperventilating throat crusher and his little green friend, respectively. And just so we can work in another tedious reference, we'll add: We pray Namco doesn't alter the deal any further. Good one, us!

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/17/so...-and-yoda-dlc/

[beetroot bertie]

Hmmph. 400 points for Vader. I think I'll pass on that then. Namco really have been seduced by the dark side. And here was me hoping it would be a freebie. How naive of me. I could (and will) get a decent XBLA arcade game for that. And it would have so nice to have Vader in the pack.

Would any PS3 owners care to comment if as a playable character he's worth the purchase, aside from having the joy of facing him off against the springy green one.

From the Yoda point of view, I would say that he's OK and offers a bit of fun, but his size makes things awkward and perhaps unbalanced. Maybe a normal sized character woiuld have been better - someone like Luke or Obi Wan. Anyone else think Darth Maul would have been awesome?