

Author's Saving Throw: AKA the entire point of this reboot.What could have been a Franchise Killer most likely ended up saving it entirely. The fact that they got it greenlit is a testament to this, given that they didn't even know there would be a Season 2 at the time the game launched. The game got an easy ticket to EVO 2019 to the sheer delight of the fanbase, and it was there where Season 2 was announced. In 2019, Namco reported that the launch of the game was indeed successful, and their stock went up in part to it. However, it ended up outpacing V thanks to both physical sales and rising digital sales, and ended up selling over a million units after just a month. When the game was released, it garnered widespread acclaim, but the sales initially seemed lower, making it look like it would be an Acclaimed Flop and a true Franchise Killer, with a prominent narrative on message boards being that VI failed the series. Because of that, it was widely believed VI would be the last installment.

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When the game was announced to much fanfare, Motohiro Okubo stated that if VI didn't perform to expectations, that the series would be dead forever. The series had been out of the limelight for many years, to the point where many refused to believe the possibility that a Soulcalibur VI was anything more than a dream. After V underperformed and was hit with severe backlash, Namco didn't think the series was worth keeping around for anything more than mobile games and pachinko machines. And You Thought It Would Fail: Soulcalibur VI had an uphill battle from the start, right up to just getting made.The fact that he's the very first representation of the region in the series doesn't really help. Oh, and his name is rather sketchy note from a Norwegian perspective, there's no way his name would have an "h" at the end, for starters.
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His design looks completely out of place even in the context of a game full of stylistic designs with his Anime Hair, Impossibly Cool Clothes, and his red Super Mode that basically looks like a Shōnen power-up. The main reason being that unlike the other members of the cast, he draws practically nothing from the culture, and takes more heavily from the Japanese anime archetype (specifically the darker, brooding rival).
