Soul Calibur II

[01d55]

I started out with Link, but I switched to Taki after I figured out how to do her jump move. She's kinda loud for a ninja though.

Talim is fearsome. My sisters favorite character, and the AI's no slouch with her either. (I've pushed it up one step from normal, for the modes where you can choose AI level.) My sister likes that one move where she lunges at you and shouts "Antare!" (Or is it "Antarei?") It reminds me of Speedy Gonzalas. "Antare antare ariba ariba!"

Astaroth is nasty on the higher difficulty levels. My performance vs. him varies, if I can get around his slow attacks and start hitting him, he's screwed. Often I'll score a perfect. Other times, it seems like I'm always running right into his axe.

I hate the destined battle for Taki. Mitsurugi is madness! It used to be he'd kill me 8-10 times in a row before I could get a KO in, and 4 or more rounds more before I could string together two out of three and go on to Inferno. I swear I lose a quarter of my health every time I fall to the ground, he just keeps beating on me. I'm very proud of how I've improved on that; twice in a row now I've gone 2 out of 3 in the first round (Inferno on second round, too. He kicks my ass in the automatic mirror match, though.)

I tried Maxi for the first time since I got his profile, and I got all the way to Inferno without using a single continue (Inferno fed me 4 or 5 helpings of my own ass, though.) I tried him again, and it turns out I just got lucky. I can take Astaroth with him easy, though.

[Mr. Wind-Up Bird]

I always end up using astroroth or ivy. Nothing is better then watching someone scoff at your for picking astroroth then pounding them with almost a chain of throws.

I have a friend who's a beast with necrid.

[Outbounder]

I always used Spawn. His floating moves let me tear my friends apart. I was in the process of mastering Maxi when I got bored with it. Good thing I only borrowed my friend's copy.

[Mr. Viewtiful]

I can play pretty well with most characters. My favorites include Nightmare, Cervantes, Mitsurugi, and Maxi. I am absolutely horrible playing Talim, Ivy, and Taki, but that's just me :D

[VideoDrone]

I do well with Talim and Cassandra but I kick ass like no other with Raphael. My roommate (who gets her jollies by playing on Ultra-Hard mode) is literally unbeatable with Talim. I've never been great at fighting games (with the exception of Mortal Kombat on sega genesis, NO ONE defeats Sub-Zero, no one) so I don't play SCII a lot, however if I played more I think I'd like to learn to play Ivy. I'd kick ass with her if I could ever pull of any of her moves.

[Exoduselder]

CERVANTES ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!! with enough practice with cervantes one can be nigh unbeatable. I know most people think just get him on defense and hes done but thats what pirates tactci/scheme are for. And You have to admit Storm Flare and Geo Dae Ray and flying dutchman are some of the most awesome moves in the game. also if your are quick you can pull of some of the sickest stuff imaginable. I should know i got third place at an invitational with this guy. oh and if you wanted to know the first place guy used yoshimitsu (beleive it.)

[Mr. Viewtiful]

NAMU!

I agree with Exodus: Cervantes is one of the best there is. Using Cervantes, I can usually beat my friends about 70% of the time, but against the AI...well, I'm not that great with the pirate when it comes to AI. But he's still awesome :D

[The_Bear]

I can win 90% of the time against anyone I know with Talim, Link, Voldo, or Maxi. Most veryone else I'm ok with, but I cannot for the life of me play as Cassandra, Sophitia, or Lizardman. I use Cervantes just for his charge move with the stabbing and the throwing, which I use to throw people off the edge. Voldo is the ultimate character if played right. Yoshimitsu is pretty funny too, I usually resort to bouncing and healing. SC2 is actually the first and probably the only fighting game I will ever own, it was just too good to pass up.

[musicalmechanic]

I dunno about anyone else, call me generic, but I liked Link. Course I didn't like him for his moves, just the one throw he uses. I went through probably 90% of the game with ring outs cause of him. Course when it comes to moves, I'm with Ivy all the way. But to save the life of me, I can not pull off her one move where she throws you up in the air, her sword breaks apart, and attacks you from like 20 directions. I've only done it once by accident, but its the sweetest move in the game. Cervantes is kewl, he was my favorite in the first one, and I'm pretty good with Seung Mina (hope that's how you spell it)

[Biran]

Personally I liked Link, too. It was kinda weird, but seriously I suck with all the male characters except Link and Maxi. Though strangely I rocked with Seung Mina, Talim, Cassandra, Sophitia, and Ivy.
...Why are you looking at me like that?

[Exoduselder]

Oh yeah for future refrence I just pulled of what Ivy's as we call it in the Arcades where i live a "one punch" which pretty much means a one punch machine gun like in snatch. A move so powerful it change the course of a game. Of course its freaking hard to do and and it's impossible to do unless in the right situation. But what i actually came to talk about is what i like to call the ninja insanity combo for yoshimitsu this is what the first place guy did.
First Move Ninja Blade Rush (as its called in SC1)
Second Move teleport
Third Move Ninja Blade Rush
Fourth Move Teleport
Fifth Move Ninja Blade Rush... you can go on like this if you do it right for a while i think soe of you migh like it
Oh Must do classic Cervantes Quote
GOT YOU!!! there i am done whew

[Deathosaurus Wrecks]

I usualy prefer the characters with the longer ranged weapons, Mitsurugi with the Sashmir or the Masamune was good, but the guy with the staff or the girl with the Halbreds were also good. my roommate is really good with Talim.

i thought it was an alright game, but i could only play it for a while before i got tired of it. never really was a big fighting game guy.

[Aerozord]

I love Taki, she can do unlimited combos. I also like necrid, talim, cervantes, Raphael, and Xianghua.

PS cheapest person, Mitsurugi (I think with Soul Calibur)
If can find a way to beat that tell me

[Raerlynn]

My 8 man team has continually dominated my oposition, and it's constructed like so:

Talim - Blazing fast, with the right series of combos, can make simply getting to your feet an exercise in frustration

Kilik - The staff thrust and the face slap are amazingly painful, but so is the shots he takes at the opponent's crotch

Nightmare - With just basic Soul Edge I use an infinite hit combo to drop my enemies.

Raphael - Untouchable. That's all I can say. He's just untouchable. Learn to use the auto-dodges and you'll see what I mean

Sophitia - Fast, Graceful, and painful. Heaven's Judgement can pulled off from four different moves, making for long painful aerial combos

Ivy - Worth it just for the distance attacks. HINT: If your enemy is right up in your face, use the long-range one to throw them across the field and relieve them of about 33% of the health bar.

Seung Mina - See Kilik

Yunsung - Mop up guy. Moves fast and some moves pass through regular blocks.

This above team is undefeated with a record of 32-0

My personal favorites Are Raphael, Nightmare, and Talim.

[dragonglove]

To those of you who are undefeated, you are either playing the computer on easy, or you aren't playing any of your friends who are good at it.

I have a three man ultimate team too, its just that my friend's three man ultimate team is just as ultimate. Mine (in order) Xianghua, Ivy, Link; my friend': Nightmare, Mitsurugi, Maxi.

Soul Calibur is great because the fighting styles are really different between characters yet it is near perfectly balanced (with a slight advantage in the direction of Cervantes and Necrid)

And I have never been able to pull off Calamity Symphony, Ivy's ultimate move.

[Forever Zero]

My favorite so far is probably Nightmare... But I'm also currently only playing the demo that has Nightmare and one girl, so I don't have much choice... (I do plan on getting it when my funds are looking a bit better...)

[Mr. Viewtiful]

I have pulled off Ivy's special throws, Calamity Symphony and Summon Suffering, by rotation the joystick clockwise three times and grabbing. However, If I tried that in real competition, I'd probably have sword in my face. I don't like how computers can just hit 'grab' and do it automatically...but that's why the is much smackdown to be layed, and I always aim to please :D

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

I use Taki, Ivy, Xianqiua, Kilik, Mitsurugi, Link and various others when bored. But I'm best wth Link and Taki.

However, they took out my favorite character in Soul Calibur II, Hwang. That shortened the gaming life of that game for me. Also, the mission mode was alot longer, but seemed more daunting and pointless which brought the game pretty much to a halt after I finished Mission Mode. Other factors I can't quite place made me stop playing it, where I am now going back to DOA, Smash Bros, CvsSNK2 and KOF2001 at random. Don't knw what it is, but I just stopped playing SCII.

[Ofi]

For me, it's all about the range. Why put the effort of getting in someones face, when you can just crack a whip in their face instead? My prime characters are Ivy, Yoshimitsu, Nightmare and Astaroth. It's funny though, with Astaroth, I barely throw. I mostly use my axe. Which I DESTROY people with. The only time I'll use throws is against Voldo or Talim, when they're nice and close. Then, they are teh d00m3d.

[Mr. Viewtiful]

However, they took out my favorite character in Soul Calibur II, Hwang. That shortened the gaming life of that game for me.

Assasin is a carbon copy of Hwang in his fighting style, right? He feels a lot more like Hwang than Yunsung does by a long shot, at least in my opinion...but I agree, his character is sorely missed.

[Thnikkaman]

Rapheal is god with a stick. his soul edge (complete) is the "most powerful weapon in the world" (on game cube) you can just be cheap with (down) (down right) (right) (y) (wait) (y)(y)(y) etc.
Edit: Beserker and the other Uber secrets are just fun to use and say, hah i have every secret! (and i do)

[GatoFiero]

I'm a demon with Nightmare. It's all about the timing.

[Blintz_the_Green_Mage]

I'm still kickin' it on the SCII at my local Arcade when I get the chance. I am a Jack of all Trades, but not really a master with anybody. I'm still good with Yoshimitsu and Ivy, though. On the arcade Conquest, I'm still racking it up good for an intermediate player. 11th in my clan and fighting the good fight with Yoshimitsu. Last time I checked, I was 210-90-something.

I played my friend's copy for GC a while back, and looked at Ivy's movelist. I may have good dexterity, but I only had one thing to say: 'These are the most convoluted move setups I've seen! :eek: Eh, I'll get back to trying to learn Mitsurugi now... :fighter:

[Exoduselder]

Alright sorry i am late for the teams but i want to tell you all something funny. One time i took on an 8 person team with just cervantes. Albiet i was fighting a fairly easy foe but that is tough. I only did it once though. Blintz join the dark side be cervantes and take a few weeks for practice, youll be amazed at the results of a team with of ivy and her father....

[01d55]

Ivy's clamity symphony/common suffering throws are crazy. They require six seemingly random directional inputs to initiate, yet the AI does them without taking a single step!

Note: the difference is that calamity requires her sword to be in whip state (not being twirled) while common suffering requires sword state. symphony is more powerful, indeed the most damaging ability in the game.

Vs. hard level AI, I quickly learned that standing in front of ivy is suicide, at any distance. You have to go to the sides. Unfortunately, this make you predictable. Taki's rolls are a lifesaver.

For AI Cervantes, I only have trouble if he hits me with Geo Da Ray. After rocketing me in the air, he'll do his air grab throw, and I'll be out of maybe a third of my HP. That's cost me battles I would have won otherwise. Circling dodges it easy, though. So does Stalker.

Whoever mentioned Link, I agree. His horizontal throw is insane ringout power. He can force close combat with arrows, too.

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

Assasin is a carbon copy of Hwang in his fighting style, right? He feels a lot more like Hwang than Yunsung does by a long shot, at least in my opinion...but I agree, his character is sorely missed.

The changing of his character and loss of oine of my favorite voices in Anime is not all they changed. He also has some moves changed, and one of my faovrites is taken out. For some reason, he really seems different to me. REALLY different.

[01d55]

I thought Assasin was a Hwang/Xianghua hybrid. He has one of Xianghua's exact moves (jump/duck back, lunge sword forward. I believe it's tap-back>B) I tend to think of him as "generic lightweight" where Lizardman is "generic mediumweight" and Berzerker is "generic heavyweight"

[Truce]

Link is good. Real good. Unfortunately he's not on my system.
My best character is Kilik or Nightmare. Seung Mina's also good, and so are Mitsurugi and Talim when I have fought the guy a few times with him.

Of course, when it comes to pure annoyance, Yunsung is the best. No doubt about it, nothing funnier to me than taunting the opponent while Yunsung basically dances around and beats the guy. Only Link with the cane of Byrna and continuously yelling CANE ATTACK!!! has beaten it a few times, but it quickly gets boring. However, it distracted my opponent enough the first time that I managed to win with relative ease.

[Aerozord]

As for how the computer does moves automaticaly, while players need to move is cheap.

Thats why I like DBZ budokai and Super Smash Bros., every move is an attack including the moves you need to preform special attacks

[VeritasHertz]

Ah SCII, what fond memories I've had with you... I haven't played in a couple months and I think I should start up again. My signiture characters are Ivy and Voldo.

Ivy is the queen bitch of the universe. Calamity symphony is one of my favorite moves. Typically I'll extend my sword to grab the opponent and input the calamity while they are being dragged toward me. *Pierce* *pull* *death*... mmm delicious.

Voldo is wonderful because he can perform a series of moves no matter what position he's in. I like his insanity dance moves, they lead into wonderful grabs and stances. Most players can't take that kind of spontinaity.

[Flarecobra]

I mostly use Kilik, as I could never remember that one girl who uses spear-type weapons.

And what was that one guy who copies everyone? Kinda looks like a floating eye during character selection. I managed to beat the game using him once.

[01d55]

Charade is the mimic.

Voldo is madness. I'm sure he has the strongest normal-difficulty AI. Whenever inferno rolled him, it was an oh-shit-I'm-screwed moment. Normal AI can't beat me anymore, not even Voldo, and on hard several characters are as strong or stronger.

I simply cannot pull off Calamity Symphony. I spent a long time in practice mode trying to use it and it just wouldn't take. If the inputs flowed into eachother, it'd be reasonable, but going from diagonal to opposite diagonal and later from down-back to down-forward just doesn't make any damn sense.

[Mr. Viewtiful]

Ecurt- CURSE YOU AND YOUR CANE ATTACK! ARG!

Of course, after that I layed the smackdown with Cervantes on my GC. He then challenged me to a bout on his PS2, claiming that he'd have the advantage, yet I won about 3 times to his four. Haha! He ate Cervantes doom that day, but I think I only won because of my Dr. Pepper/Mountain Dew combo boost. Otherwise, he wins more than I do (barely).

[Death Dealer]

I used to wipe the floor with Nightmare in SC1 for the DC.

Now I use opposite styles. I'm great with Talim and Maxi, and I'm not half bad with Kilik.

Maxi has a certain combo that will wipe the floor with Kilik easily. The person I play against will almost always swing as his first move with Kilik, then I'll charge in and start doing the "Super Duper Stick Boy Beat Down".

With Talim, I like to backstab people. (Jump up, Daggers down! :D)

Kilik is good when I'm feeling random and I mash buttons less methodically than with the other two. (I don't mash buttons so much as I press them in a random pattern.)

[Exoduselder]

My great strength with cervantes was and is i can use him in a varity of ways, although i usually prefer the Geo-Dae opener. Depending on who i am playing i usually let them win a round to find their style then i go to work on them. For Example I was playing your Stereotypical "hey I am good at this game because I can whup on esay AI with Mitsurgi/Rapheal by using the same three moves..." I will Disect this flawless Bout...
First move: I take to the sky shadow flare style and come down on him like a hammer
Second Move: cervantes caperioa style kick while hes down
third Move : as he comes at me with his standard slash i pirate tactics him.
Fourth Move : COMBO: this is my Signiture when i play anybody I use the unbloakable Low launcer Grab him using my non "intercepting" air grab then slash down on him for the hok up for my favirote move
Fifth move: GEo DAe RAy.
by this time hes mad so he plays again and i decide to just go uber cheap on him figuring the way he was treating the new kids to play it like crap. I beat him seven straight times without paying a red cent. He was supposodly undeafeted aginst the people he was playing and i think i converted some people to cervantes Yay!

[Exoduselder]

[QUOTE=Exoduselder]My great strength with cervantes was and is i can use him in a varity of ways, although i usually prefer the Geo-Dae opener. Depending on who i am playing i usually let them win a round to find their style then i go to work on them. For Example I was playing your Stereotypical "hey I am good at this game because I can whup on esay AI with Mitsurgi/Rapheal by using the same three moves..." I will Disect this flawless Bout...
First move: I take to the sky shadow flare style and come down on him like a hammer
Second Move: cervantes caperioa style kick while hes down
third Move : as he comes at me with his standard slash i pirate tactics him.
Fourth Move : COMBO: this is my Signiture when i play anybody I use the unbloakable Low launcer Grab him using my non "intercepting" air grab then slash down on him for the hok up for my favirote move
Fifth move: GEo DAe RAy.
by this time hes mad so he plays again and i decide to just go uber cheap on him figuring the way he was treating the new kids to play it like crap. I beat him seven straight times without paying a red cent. He was supposodly undeafeted aginst the people he was playing and i think i converted some people to cervantes Yay! If you havent guessed i dont know the names to all the moves but i know how to do them.

[Dante Reborn]

Ivy's fancy throws? I've pulled them off a few times... Even against an active computer. Quite helpful. But I still pick Raphael over all of them. I mean, he's got attitude, a rapier, and the grace to go with it. Plus, it's fun to take down some opponents in Weapon Master mode in a single blow.

[Raerlynn]

Ivy's fancy throws? I've pulled them off a few times... Even against an active computer. Quite helpful. But I still pick Raphael over all of them. I mean, he's got attitude, a rapier, and the grace to go with it. Plus, it's fun to take down some opponents in Weapon Master mode in a single blow.

Amen. It's the two stances that auto-dodge. Master those, and lesser players will call you god. Personally, I find Kilik and Berserker the easiest, because one type of auto-dodge avoids most of their arsenal. (A+K for Kilik, just watch for his slap of doom; B+K for Berserker, watch for the bull charge).

Favorite quotes:

Raphael:
"Go away. How does 'reality' feel?"
"Enough! Die already."
"To be honest, I'm irritated."
"You're quite the rude one."

Maxi:
"This is...good-bye!"
"So...you want me to knock you out?"

Sophitia:
"*laughs* Did I overdo it?"
"I can't be defeated yet!"

Cassandra:
"UGH! You're definitly not my type!"

Cervantes:
"Come with me to hell!"

[Ambassador]

I was always more of a Nightmare/Siegfried player, though I'm of the opinion that Nightmare was toned down a bit for SC II. Still, for a good balance of raw power, intimidation, range, and speed, Nightmare is the best there is. Now, if only he weren't quite so predictable...

[Dante Reborn]

Two stances that auto-dodge, eh? How about one of them whatchacallits... Guard Impact? Where you throw the opponent off balance? Try falling into one, only to be immediately attacked, and reverse it.

[SomethingWorthless]

By far my faves are Raphael and Ivy. Both are CRITICALLY annoying and do get braging rights after you win. ^_^ The auto-doge stance with Raphael and his quick moves, plus a good amount of reverse blocking and side stepping lead to a very good charater. But like all good charaters comes there defeats..*Sighs*....Damn you Nightmare, damn you.

[Raerlynn]

Two stances that auto-dodge, eh? How about one of them whatchacallits... Guard Impact? Where you throw the opponent off balance? Try falling into one, only to be immediately attacked, and reverse it.

Actually, a couple of Raphael's stances auto-guard impact as well, I think its the shift between Prep 1 and 2, or 3 and 2... something like that.

Also the retreat/jab attack (Down, Down/Away, Away, B) does this as well.

[01d55]

Yes, Nightmare was toned down for SCII - in SCI tapping B (horizontal attack) would cause him to swing down, then up, then down again. Blocking the first swing only makes the second unavoidable. Siegfried did this too. A friend of mine could beat normal (I think even hard) arcade just by tapping B. Often without being knocked out once.

Because the person who owned the game had lost the instruction manual without ever reading it, neither of us could figure out how the hell to counter that. We were helpless against the onslaught!

He still plays Nightmare, and claims to be able to kick the shit out of the AI while it's on the ground. Which, frighteningly enough, is exactly what the AI often does to ME. I'm good at hitting them when they're knocked into the air.

[Humanoid Typhoon]

My favorite is Kilik. He is totally awesome dude. And stuff. "Rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiggggggghtttttttt. Okay, moving on."
"Help me! Im alive, but Im very badly burned!"

My friend Andrew and I faced off, him with Raphael (Curse his bones, I say!) and me with Kilik. Guess What! He Totally Kicked My Ath, dude. Theriously.

But I hate that Cassandra!! Curse You And Your Mother, YOur "SISTER" and your father. AAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[Mr. Wind-Up Bird]

I once had a an experiment where I gave my five year old cousin the controller and had him play as Raphael. After teaching him how to do that three hit thing, he beat all my other cousins, most of which were almost four times his age.

The moral: anyone can play as Raphael and win.

[Dante Reborn]

That three hit thing is so cheap... But lord knows it helped me out against some of Weapon Master mode.

[Exoduselder]

who's going to take Heihachi over Link?
I WILL!!! Heihachi Kicks supreme @$$!!! If you can pull it off the ten hit combo will screw over most of the unexperienced even up to advanced players, the key with heihachi for me is to go at em like there is no tomorrow and usualy that works also instead of a block you can use heavens wraith i think i'm not sure i'll have to check that out...

[01d55]

On hard mode, Cassandra/Sophitia are probably the two most dangerous Inferno weapons (I can't tell the difference until I see the victory poses, which are distinctive.)

Raphael's three hit thing is pretty cheap, but if you time it right you can stop him with a forward guard impact, and kill him off from there. It's also a high/vertical attack, so anything that will make you sidestep or duck will give you the advantage (i.e. Taki's mizu rolls)

[Raerlynn]

Cassandra jumps in place during her fighting stance

Sophitia just stands there

Personally, it's when I see Xiangua's stance that I start to worry. Also, I just found out that Inferno has a throw I like to call "Flaming Rusty Spike of Death" that he uses with any character.

Essentially, he grabs you by the ankle, flings you into the air, and holds his weapon straight up in to the air. Which you promptly land on. He then flings you off the weapon and relieves you of 33% of your life bar.

[Exoduselder]

BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA!!!! I just beat the my friend using only yoshimitsus Pogo Leap attack!!! Can I get a "NAMU???" Now that is a way to find out how good you are...

[Mr. Viewtiful]

Inferno also gots those cool-lookin' mid-air spinny moves. It's a good thing the Inferno arena has invisible walls, as he went flying off several times in the original SC :D

And about pogo-fighting: My friend Steve tried to pogo me to death when I was Astaroth, but I used his anti-air throw (SQUIRM! SCREAM! SCUM!) and punished him badly. Another time, my brother went pogo crazy when I was Nightmare. I ran up and drop-kicked him just as he started to hop, and he went flying across the arena out-of-bounds! My funniest victory ever!

[01d55]

The Inferno moves are nasty, but the Inferno Spin is a blockable mid-attack, has a huge wind-up, and predictable timing, so it's easy to guard-impact him. I actually like it when he does that, 'cause I get a free throw off after impacting him. You can also dodge it by circling, although he tends to land very far away that way, so you may not get a free hit. The Inferno Throw is practically a guaranteed loss for you, though. I don't think you can break the grip, either.

Sword Pogo is the coolest move ever! It's also a quick and easy way to kill off newbs. Anyone with experience with a character can stop it easy, so it's better to use kangaroo kick or the low slice.

Probably my funniest victory ever was when I was playing vs a friend who had set Mitsurugi's HP to infinite, and I got a ring-out with Yoshimitsu.

[Raerlynn]

Meh. You can cut the Inferno Spiral off if you're fast. I use Nightmare's jumping slash. Inferno suddenly gets a splitting headache, made worse by me stomping a mudhole in him.

And yes, Nightmare's dropkick is that damn cool. I got one shot off and booted Talim to the edge of the level, where she bounced out of the ring.

[Stover]

Raphael, Kilik, and Mitsirugi

Raphael because countering is just so damn fun.
Kilik because of the Super Poke (TM)
Mitsirugi because I have had a 3 second perfect with his ultimate weapon.

[Eli-kun]

I like Voldo the best. He's the only one that I actually try to learn the moves for. My friends get freaked out because I use him. I also like Lizardman, but I don't like what was done to him in SC2. He used to be an actual character.
I'm pretty easy to beat though, because I usually insist on using the joke weapons. I also concentrate more on having skirts fly up, than on actual fighting.

I once beat the game using Nightmare with his joke weapon. His victory quotes and poses were hilarious with it. Imagine someone doing a drammatic pose and saying "Sword, be my strength" using an oar. I also found it amusing when Raphael commented about him being too weak for the oar.

It's fun being cheap with Raphael.

[01d55]

I remember talking with a friend of mine when he first got the Oar. The sound effect for it is so cool. He beat most of weapon master mode extra missions with it, I think.

[Blintz_the_Green_Mage]

You want a funny sound effect match? Try Yoshimitsu's Shepard's Crook vs. Raph's cane! For some reason, the baaing of sheep with Raphael is unsettling. Of course, so is major applause/laughing when Mr. Namu's getting whupped... :cool:

[darthblarg]

I still love Seung Mina's Broom and the chicken sound effects. My brother cracked up when he first heard me use it in a fight.
I have to say though, that Link is the best special character, and Misturugi is the best regular character.
2.56 second ringout with Link is my fastest win time. Link is a ringout master with that throw of his. It's too bad they didn't have his Fierce Diety sword in the game.
The Damascus Sword for Misturugi is just plain awesome. Because as midevil weapons went no steel was better then Damascus steel. I'm wondering though... what kind of weapon would you have if you folded Damascus steel?

[Exoduselder]

Here is the anti spiral move Shadow Flare... as for weird fighting noises try cervantes flying dutchman with the joke weapon.. he sounds like a wood pecker or something, but you also cannot beat the chicken sound effect... as for beating the game in the original SC i did it in 1:10 no ring outs it was cheap but effective (and yes it was normal difficulty...) in the second one i was able to pull it off in 2:00

[Eli-kun]

I spent a few hours with my friends playing the game with infinate life at the ice stage. It's fun attempting ring outs on slippery floor.

I love the joke weapons with the boingy sound. I always have to have the demonstrations done with joke weapons.

[bobthecreep]

Personally I liked Link, too. It was kinda weird, but seriously I suck with all the male characters except Link and Maxi. Though strangely I rocked with Seung Mina, Talim, Cassandra, Sophitia, and Ivy.
...Why are you looking at me like that?
I'm exactly the same. Especially with Sophitia. "Watch me as I sit on our face!" I also kick fairly good behind with Nightmare. "I hit you on the head, why aren't you dead?"

[Ralvuimago]

I spent a few hours with my friends playing the game with infinate life at the ice stage. It's fun attempting ring outs on slippery floor.

I love the joke weapons with the boingy sound. I always have to have the demonstrations done with joke weapons.
Wait a minute, I was able to get everything except the ice floor stage. How do you get it?

[01d55]

The ice floor stage will show up in some of the Weapon Master dungeons. In order to play it in versus mode, you have to use extra versus, and find the egyptian stage that allows you to select alternate versions with the left and right directions (the same way you can switch between night and day for Seung Mina's stage)

[darkt0aster]

Personally, I'm a voldo fan. He's great playing against human opponents because he's so unpredictible and flexible, not to mention his moves are just simply awesome. Too bad the PS2 bonus character (hehachi or however you spell his name) is horrible.