Talk:SoulCalibur II

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Technically, the title is Soulcalibur II. This should be altered. Saibh 11:32, 28 March 2008 (EDT)


 * Actually, Namco's sites for the games consistantly type it out as "SOULCALIBUR"... So perhaps the article should be moved to "SOULCALIBUR II"? --Ando (T : C) 14:50, 28 March 2008 (EDT)


 * Okay, I've got the game loaded up on my GameCube right now. All of the good soul weapons, there are three (Nightmare's, Xiangua's, and Talim's), are called "Soul Calibur". The title on the title screen is "Soul Calibur II". No matter how Namco likes to mess up the title on its site, the game's title is "Soul Calibur II". That's it. A move is in order. 02:21, July 4, 2008 (UTC)

I'm not so sure here. Why would Namco consistently spell it out in all caps, as one word? Look at this press release for the third game. But to be fair, this is all for the third game... I'm having a much more difficult time finding convincing evidence towards the second game's spelling. What to do, what to do? 05:45, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, the game is named after the sword. The sword is called "Soul Calibur". Therefore, the logical name is "Soul Calibur II". I'm not entirely sure on this, but I think that Namco likes to refer to its games in caps because of its history with arcade games. Many arcade games are limited to capital letters only. So Namco's spelling its games in caps is just a habit, not the actual name. Remember that the Nintendo system in question is called the GameCube, but the word on the system itself is "GAMECUBE". It is just a habit that companies have because they think it would look better in that situation. In this case, "SOULCALIBUR II" is an incorrect title and is not appropriate for a wiki. "Soul Calibur II" is the proper title. 06:14, July 4, 2008 (UTC)


 * according to the game, the name is SOULCALIBUR II.

I own the game. I'm reading the case, even as I type this. Throughout the booklet, the title is written like this, eg.

"Place the SOULCALIBUR II disc on the disc tray with the label facing up and close the disk tray."

An excerpt from the instruction booklet, that. --Yuvorias, 17:55, 4 July 2008 (EST)


 * Regarding the GameCube, that's mildly different in that the console itself has the logo -- logos can have entirely different capitalization than what the company actually wants. But then again, you say that if the game itself says "Soul Calibur II", that should be the title, not what Namco says. If so, then if the GameCube itself says "GAMECUBE", should not that be the title as opposed to what Nintendo says? Obviously not, as it's referred to as such in one or two instances (in this case, the logo and the logo alone). Throughout the manual and all of Nintendo's press releases and promotional material, they spell it as "GameCube", which is exactly the same scenario as Namco and "Soul Calibur / SOULCALIBUR". 14:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I suggest: moving this page to Soul Calibur III, then stating in the article that the game is also referred to as "SOULCALIBUR II". Fair enough? 14:34, July 4, 2008 (UTC)


 * I'll still hold that "SOULCALIBUR II" is the proper title, but I think that I can live with this. 14:36, 4 July 2008 (UTC)