After being announced at EVO 2019, Samurai Shodown’s Haohmaru is ready to cross swords in Soulcalibur VI. Bandai Namco made the announcement that the wild-haired samurai will enter the fray on March 31, 2020. He’ll be available in the game’s second season pass or as a standalone purchase on all platforms.
Basically a match made in heaven, Haohmaru looks perfect standing across from Soulcalibur mainstay Mitsurugi. It will be interesting to see how faithful to his original series Haohmaru ends up being, though Bandai Namco has been pretty good about that. Akuma in Tekken 7, for instance, doesn’t feel like a Tekken character.
Crossovers are becoming all the rage with fighting games as of late. It can be a little lame to see DLC fighters coming from other series, but then this is an excellent way to introduce new fans to particular games. A lot of people are going to pick up Soulcalibur VI now since they can translate their Samurai Shodown knowledge to it.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate basically perfected the art of the crossover. With DLC for that continuing the trend of meshing different series together, it will be interesting to see what comes next. Will Soulcalibur get yet another crossover? Only time will tell.
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