Soul Calibur IV - Christmas Special Santa Claus (Klaus) - The First Edge Master HD

Soul Calibur IV Santa Claus Christmas skytoast Taki Ivy Valentine

ソウルキャリバーIV サンタクロース 1st EDGE マスター

Soul Calibur IV - The First Edge Master
Cast: Santa Klaus (Custom), Cervantes, Zasalamel, Voldo, Sophitia, Seong Mina, Taki, Mitsurugi, Siegfried, Ivy, Reigndeer Boy (Custom)

Somewhere in a secluded arctic region of the north pole, a forgotten elderly wise man looks out to an old ship wreckage and starts to reminisce to happier times long ago. He remembers the days when he was master and teacher to several students in the art of weapons fighting who have long moved on to find their own path towards destiny. There is a feeling of accomplishment and satisifaction in passing on what he knows. Yet to one there is only regret, remorse and painful sorrow to the fate of one of his beloved students who fell to evil and thirst for power. But their is hope, for the child (daughter) of this fallen one will carry on his legacy, perhaps succeeding where the father failed.

Since its nearing the winter holidays, I figure it be fitting to make a seasonal "Christmas" video. So who else to include but Santa himself? Well maybe not Santa really but something close to his iconic image since Namco-Bandai released a Christmas related DLC pack. So the story is a parody and does not follow the Soul series' canon in any way. Maybe very loosely in reference to father-daughter relationship between Cervantes and Ivy.

Since I was pressed for time, the challenge was to make a short video with little or no dialogue and yet still be able to convey emotion and carry at least something close to a storyline. I didn't want to do a straight out music video. Again, using camera technique, slowing down frame rate and picking the right soundtrack to go along with it did the trick. The music is "Healing Winds" by Junichi Nakartasu from the Soul Calibur II soundtrack. I felt it had a nice wintery Christmas-like melody too it.

This is also my first feature done completely in widescreen HD (High Definition) 1280x720p using the Cineform codec. I couldn't ask for a better timing to release this since now Youtube officially supports "High Definition" 1280 x 720p. Compared to the original master, it's still not true vivid HD here on Youtube (when you still have to compression involved) but at it's best Youtube has to offer so far. So click on "Watch in HD" beneath the video!

Merry X-mas '08 (any other holiday around this season) and look forward to making more awesome videos for all of you next year (2009)!

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[MegaBKR]

why didnt u give him a beard?

[skytoast1]

well I tried but none of the custom characters I tried looked good with the beard. besides, its parody anyways - Edge Master - Santa Klaus.

[E123Ultima]

I have tried to download the Xmas costumes but it doesn't seem to have received them. Can only OC characters use them?

[skytoast1]

Every character should be able to use DLC costumes, original or custom. The Santa character in this video is a custom character wearing Santa outfit. Not sure why it isn't working for you.

[WhooFlungPoo]

what was the music?

[skytoast1]

read the description on the right.

[MitsuSC]

Very creative stuff!

I found your editing skills to be fantastic. Keep it up!

[TRANCEconduct]

Dont be naughty kids. Santa knows where you live O.o

[jacobeickmeier123]

@MegaBKR You cant put beards :P

[zottelmischel]

Thank you

[junfaa]

@TRANCEconduct and what weapon you use

[toxicwaste08300]

Boobs and ass @ 2:40 and 3:01

[TicksterxX]

where did you get the music from?



[metcapa97]

epic



[DarkonMK]

Keep pressing the 2 key.

[gannyFushigi]

0:55 looks like gilgamesh :D

[FF2PM]

what colour of red did u use?