The bottom select is

α Patroklos (アルファ・パトロクロス, Arufa Patorokurosu), a supreme form of the young protagonist. He wields Soul Calibur. He uses a style very similar to that of Soul series veteran Setsuka.

Elysium, an angelic woman who bears a strong resemblance to Sophitia. She fights using any of the female styles.

Algol (アルゴル Arugoru), the Ancient Hero King. He was forced to destroy his own son, Arcturus, because he was possessed by the demonic sword, Soul Edge, an event which caused him to create the holy sword Soul Calibur from a shard of Soul Edge. He uses miniaturized versions of Soul Calibur and Soul Edge which appear in battle in place of his hands, as well as a cannon that shoots violet and black energy spheres of varying sizes.

Edge Master (エッジマスター Ejjimasutaa), an old man with an mysterious past. He has mastered all the weapons in the world and he rescued and trained Maxi. He fights using the styles of all the other characters in the game.

Kilik (キリク, Kiriku), former student of Edge Master. He fights using any of the male styles.

Pyrrha Ω, a possessed variation of the deuteragonist. She wields Soul Edge. She uses a style very similar to that of Soul series veteran Sophitia.


Lets discuss

"Alpha" Patroklos - is a HUGE waste of space and he has a custom Setsuka style? Why?
He isn't Setsuka, let alone a shinobi. He has no business having that style.
I rather them add Setsuka instead and built up her story. I mean they can write it off that she fought Mitsurugai and he spare her so she could either
A. Become stronger for a rematch.
or...
B. Give up the quest to take on a Adapt

Elysium - In my opinion, she very much Sophitia. And i like the mask and the mystery around her character. My only complain is... that she is a novice edge master that uses all weapons used by the female cast.

Algol - is pretty much Algol.. most likely with some tweeks... im not bothered that he is back... my main complaint is he's missing his armor.

Edge Master - Kinda happy that he came back for another run... I just wished that he was the ONLY weapon switcher in the game.

Kilik - I was happy about his return and was willing to forgive the dorky armor since there is customization in the game. But when i found out that he was novice version of Edge Master that used all weapons used by the male characters. I was like... WTF? Kilik has always been my 3rd favorite character and my favorite staff user
I know in his bio it states that he has trained with Edge Master before. But i was under the impression that it was to help Kilik perfect his Staff techique.
Its like they just got Lazy in the end of production.
Why did they replaced him with Justin Bieber "Xiba" if he didn't get to settle with Xianghua. Thats messed up...

Phyrra Omega - Another waste of space character.. but at least she had a modified version of her style. As oppossed to ripping off another character like Alpha Patroklos. These two should have been in the BONUS select screen and save thoughs spots for later DLC.. or brought back Setsuka and Zasalamel

Anyway... whats your opinion on this?

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