@Samstikx is making the most of the Soul Calibur 6 character creation pic.twitter.com/LOtpEgP4bx
— Zack Hampson (@Hampyro) October 19, 2018
SoulCalibur VI released this week, giving players amazing leeway to create their own characters aaaaaaand everything’s on fire. As is often the case when vox populi dictates design aesthetics, sh*t got weird real fast.
People seem to be having as much fun with SoulCalibur VI‘s exhaustive character creator as they had with Lay’s “Do Us A Flavor” crowdsourcing, EA’s Madden GIF generator, boat-naming contests, McDonald’s Make Burger History, and Pacific Rim‘s Jaeger designer. I mean, just look at wide Kylo Ren up there. LOOK AT HIM. You can’t look away. If you look away, he’ll just be even wider when you look back.
Some of the custom-designed fighters are incredibly not safe for work, while others recreate known characters from outside the SoulCalibur universe, sometimes to nightmarish effect:
https://twitter.com/maniadrone/status/1053155355298021376
Detective Pikachu (2019) pic.twitter.com/XMgtleBU7o
— Suriel (@SurielVazquez) October 19, 2018
Others recreated well-known mascots like Ronald McDonald or Mr. Peanut:
https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1053593482118512640
I made a California Raisin. #SoulCaliburVI #PS4share pic.twitter.com/ZKkPrY9o1o
— 🍞 Brad 🍞 (@Baust528) October 20, 2018
Animated characters like BoJack Horseman are now fighters in the game:
Back in the 1500's I was searching for a soul-devouring sword… #SoulCaliburVI #PS4share pic.twitter.com/M1R32zM5tq
— Roast Grief (@TheRoastGrief) October 20, 2018
Gee Louise, this reminds me of that time I starred as a guest character in that new Soul Calibur game ehehehehhehe pic.twitter.com/A00g3DfrBO
— TINK! 🐯 (@TinkrTiger) October 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/DatBoiShew/status/1053731473315020802
Characters from other video games were also popular, with Waluigi finally getting his due:
3 Characters I worked pretty hard on in Soul Calibur 6. I figured I'd share them. pic.twitter.com/dJYdPA21Xw
— @Solbliminal.bsky.social (@Solbliminal) October 21, 2018
the king has arrived pic.twitter.com/fsKYbLcSS9
— maddie (@coolbeans1898) October 21, 2018
It's time to hit ranked boyz. #SOULCALIBURVI pic.twitter.com/yEIcIeA9Dp
— TINK! 🐯 (@TinkrTiger) October 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/Cerojin/status/1054534739355467776
King K. Rool#SOULCALIBURVI #SOULCALIBUR #SoulCalibur6 pic.twitter.com/xCgn5QPZwt
— Jet 🐲 (@JetgoshiEX) October 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/daHydro1/status/1053355895495778305
Lara Croft 2018 pic.twitter.com/q1oMWK5oq6
— Devil May Pie (@devilmaypie0) October 21, 2018
Skeleton-based video game characters were an easy task to create, like Sans and Papyrus from Undertale.
https://twitter.com/IceburstStone/status/1053071620598874114
take soul calibur away from me pic.twitter.com/uTG3zo1S9v
— c o a s t w a r d (@coastward) October 18, 2018
Some people just made whole new skeleton-based characters:
you can be a cool skeleton with nunchucks in soulcalibur 6 pic.twitter.com/vU24Ga48WT
— Ogre (@TactfulOgre) October 20, 2018
Comic book, movie, and TV characters also assembled:
https://twitter.com/BetaCodeBeggar/status/1053579697215430657
Okoye from Black Panther pic.twitter.com/V4Yfsu1J6w
— Devil May Pie (@devilmaypie0) October 21, 2018
My Darth Maul Creation #SOULCALIBUR 6 pic.twitter.com/BLiyQLHRCo
— Shin Abomination (@ShinAbomination) October 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/Alixsar/status/1054242228292317184
And “no cherry tree is safe” now that George Washington has entered the arena:
There are so many options!
My timeline with all of the Soul Calibur 6 character customs. pic.twitter.com/wS6xoq42za
— Chinner (@Chinnerdomain) October 22, 2018
(Hat tip to Game Informer and /r/soulcaliburcreations)