SoulCalibur 6 Leak Asserts Long-Time Series Staple Is Gay, Plus More Characters Revealed

A massive leak has just made its way online about the upcoming SoulCalibur VI title. Among the new information, we have a few character confirmations, and a huge question mark on the certainty of a Nintendo Switch release. There's a lot of info to dive into from the source, so we'll divvy it up for some clarification. We also bolded the parts the chunks of info are about as well to give the reader a marker for what part of the leaks interested them the most.

According to one reputable Redditor, this is where he is at information-wise regarding the Nintendo Switch version of the game:

My Soul Calibur VI info has grown a lot since I last leaked info about the game here on reddit (I've been posting and sharing a lot more in regards to the game like its roster and story on the Soul Calibur forum 8WayRun). The source who told me about the Switch version is different from the one who originally told me of the game's existence as I've noted before in my Leakileaks post. The Switch source is the one that said Link would be on that version. Not only that, but my main SCVI source who knows a lot of things about the game, only suspected there might be a Fire Emblem character, as I also said before.

Let me just come out and say, what they were speculating over what lead to that Fire Emblem character speculation is no longer the case as more information came to light. Maybe you can connect the dots as to how and why. But it involves a Soul Calibur character. They also never formally and outright heard of a Switch version, other than it was "likely" but couldn't personally confirm it and still can't. Basically, the FE character speculation due to a certain detail they knew about was the only reason why the thought there might be one, but they found out later that it wasn't who or why.

Does it kill the SCVI on Switch's chances of existing? At the moment, let's go with it is uncertain. But they could just be being coy like Bandai Namco has already been about DBFZ getting a Switch version, when that's already in development. If SCVI for Switch is not revealed at the January Direct, then it's either happening later as a port after the PS4, PC, and Xbox One release, or not at all. But I highly doubt it's a "never" situation. I'd advise people to keep some hope to it happening eventually because there is OBVIOUS and loud fan demand for it. And if the SCVI on Switch source is reliable, then if the issues they've encountered for optimization are not deemed too bad and the performance can be kept up to snuff and runs right, then it will happen and release. Though it probably will wind up being an after-the-fact port, since DBFZ will be getting the same treatment. Switch ports are great for business as the Switch is selling like hotcakes. But the optimization is not something developers can skimp on getting right, as you've seen in some Switch port cases just fucking up and getting wrong to try and capitalize on the console's success (WWE 2k18 for a massive instance). So yeah, that's my update on SCVI for Switch, at the moment at least.

One interesting part about the leak was the implication that one beloved character might actually be gay. Does that affect the gameplay at all? Absolutely not, but representation matters so this is one report that is worth addressing, as well as a few other characters that could be making an appearance:

Characters that I've heard that will be a part of SCVI's roster include Kilik (with the staff, obvious as to why now with how the timeline and is being handled), Xianghua, Maxi, Siegfried, Nightmare, Taki, Talim, Ivy, Cassandra, Astaroth, and Tira as well.

I heard that Zasalamel is "very likely" but signs are pointing a bit more to him possibly being DLC.

Story mode is mainly going to cover SC1, but events from Soul Edge/Blade, SCII, and SCIII will be present in some shape or form! Apparently "a lot of the SCIII-V characters will be reserved for DLC. Hilde is likely one of them." And "most of Lost Swords' cast will be in SCVI. You can pretty much deduce who will and who won't. And as for the characters that weren't on V, but were added to Lost Swords that will be in: Taki and Cassandra, obviously Sophitia who's already confirmed, but probably not Mi-Na."

I asked what's up with Amy then since they didn't say her name with those "characters that weren't on V but added to Lost Swords" and they brought up the chance that she might just appear as Viola from now on, but they currently have no confirmation of that for sure.

Maxi might be gay on VI and tied to his story (his lover gets killed along with his crew by Astaroth).

Keep in mind, that nothing mentioned above is confirmed and like all leaks - should be taken with a grain of salt. Still, if this is true - it will be interesting to see some of these returning faces once again in the longstanding SoulCal franchise.