Talk:Siegfried (Soulcalibur)

Siegfried as Main Character?

What's the explanation for Siegy being the "main protagonist"? if anything, since he becomes Nightmare once he's consumed by Soul Edge, he seems like the main antagonist since Inferno is really a face-less boss character and Cervy was defeated. i'm not familiar enough with the back histories of all the characters to choose a main protagonist but it seems like Xianghua or Sophitia would fit the role. Bubbachuck 23:29, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Well, I would suggest that you click on the protagonist link then, because the description definitely fits, especially now that he has possession over both Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, and is guarding them heavily in a cathedral somewhere. The only time he can be described as the antagonist is when he is in the azure armor, but that wouldn't really go on the Siegfried page. At least I wouldn't put it there. And the main antagonist really is Inferno; he is the will of Soul Edge, but since he isn't getting his own page, it can't really be listed. Inferno is a lot more powerful than a faceless boss character. Sophitia and Xianghua are definitely key protagonists in their respective stories, but Siegfried is always clearly the chief character in his story at the time in which he doesn't have the azure armor on. Even his background is just as lengthy--if not more--as any other character, and that's before he even does anything; and once he starts doing things within the games' storylines, he accomplishes a lot. You have to notice that as soon as Nightmare is defeated and he becomes Siegfried again the first time, he is again thrust into the foreground for a whole second half to the Soul Calibur I storyline. --Shackleton (25 July 2005)

OK, read "protagonist" and i see your point now. Bubbachuck 02:36, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

I seriusly disagree with Siegfried being the main protagonist. Surely he is the most evoled character along the history, but during SC1 and SC2, you could consider Siegfried being the antagist and so the main characters would be Kilik, Xianghua and Maxi. I know he is a great character and is even one of my favourites, but just because Siegfried had been given a great importance at SC3 doesn't make him the protagonist of the whole serie. (In fact, I'd bet that his rol will be much minor in SC4 if there is one) -Alexander

OK, this was enough. Let's put it simple: Games like Soul Calibur does NOT have main character or protagonist. In the game, you choose your character, you play with it, and that character is the protagonist of his/her own history, whenever the character is good or evil, it doesn't matter.

Inferno could be considered the Main Antagonist cause he has been the final boss for EVERY character during the first three games, and even came back for SC3: Arcade Edition, and has never been playable (Without hacking the game)

But Siegfried has no way a rol like that, so he is one more of the many characters, just like any other. Proclaming him the hero, protagonist or even main character is only subjective, so stop doing it. (Alexlayer 19:19, 9 September 2006 (UTC))

The soul series has not clearly defined who the protagonsit truly is, Siegfreid, Xianghua, and Sophitia are the most likly candidates for that position, considering Seigfreid's connections to Nightmare, I would consider Seigfreid a protagonist, but that is only my opinion, there are many contrasting ideas about it, for the time being don't add "this character is the protagonist" to any of the articles, it would be entirly speculative. BassxForte 20:37, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Siegfried is a penitent. That's a character who starts as an antagonist and becomes a protagonist. As for the main character is concerned, the main character of the Soul series is not a character but a weapon; Soul Edge. Siegfried is it's main host in the series though, and is the main character of SCIII (and imo SCII as Nightmare), but overall I would consider him the main character. Silver Fang 09:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

First of all, "Inferno" was infact a playable character in Soul Calibur(Refering to the first SC game, not the series in general). You could use him by beating the game with every character and then with Xianghua in her 3rd form. As for the whole "Main Protagonist/Antagonist" is. I'd have to say that the main protagonist changes almost every game. SB uses Cervantes. SC1 uses Nightmare. SC2 is a toss-up but Nightmare is the most likely(SC2 is the most toss-up among all the games when it comes to definition in my opinion). And SC3 has Zasalamel. If anything, the "Main Antagonist" would be either Souledge itself for motivating everyone to start with or Nightmare. Siegfried took the remaining Souledge from Cervantes in SB and became Nightmare. From then on he's been a pretty clear 'bad guy'. SC1 is undoubtable his main point of power. From there, SC2 he's regathering Souledge together. And SC3 he's chasing after Sieg for Souledge. SC4 seems to be using Nightmare as the main Antagonist from what I've seen so far also. But like I said, it's a toss-up. The "Main Protagonist" is abit easier. It changes each game. In Soulblade it was Sophitia, considering she's the one who ended up destroy one of the twin Souledge blades and killed Cervantes(With Taki's help). In Soul Calibur it was Xianghua with her mother's sword/Soul Calibur. Both have no real importance past that. Sophitia still tried to help out in SC1 though. SC2 she was SUPPOSED to be retired. And in SC3 she's only there becuase Tira tried to take her kids so she set out AGAIN after Souledge. Siegfried on the other hand, gained Souledge by the end of Soulblade, was pretty much eaten in SC(stuck inside Nightmare), Fought against Raphael and then sealed Souledge with Soul Calibur. From there he was PRETTY MUCH the main antagonist of SC3, if there was one. So from what I've seen, he's not an antagonist at all excluding SC3 and maybe SC4 if they're going for the whole Good/Soulcalibur/Siegfried VS Evil/Souledge/Nightmare. But I'd undoubtabley say he's the Main Character. It pretty much centers around him. SB:His quest of denial and for SoulEdge, SUCCEEDED and got Souledge. SC: His raise to power as Nightmare. SC2: His regathering of Souledge. SC3: He's protecting both Souledge and Soulcalibur. SC4: Carries Soulcalibur as his weapon. 67.11.46.168 14:12, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Heartcard

With the release of Soul Calibur: Legends, I would dare say Siegfried is without a doubt the main character. SB: The story centers around Sophitia/Cervantes/and Siegfried, in the order of Protagonist/Antagonist/Secoundary Plot Character(Meaning he's the next most plot-involved character) SC:L centers around Siegfried, in some cases him being the only playable character. SC features Siegfried as Nightmare, being the main Antagonist. SC2: He's gathering SoulEdge back together. There isn't really any antagonist in SC2 as it's pretty undefined. SC3: The game pretty much centers around Siegfried as he is hiding both SoulCalibur and SoulEdge. I dare say Siegfried is the main character. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HeartCard (talk • contribs) 01:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Storytelling

Some of this seems more like storytelling than an encyclopedic article. Thoughts? -Raijinili 05:05, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

There're few who are interesting in answering our "thoughts" call, I bet this will not get too far...on topic, I think the same. I've thinking on re-writing it, removing over-detailed details and those subtitles (which I hate). So, if no one has objections, I'll do it. (Johnny Master 04:54, 23 May 2006 (UTC)).

I'll revert once again. The original profile is not better because of the following:

1. Speculation (there's not official account of Kilik defeating Nightmare because he was distracted. Kilik defeating him, nothing more is said.)
2. Over-detailed information (there's no need to write detailed entry about Astaroth or Lizardman's defeat.)
3. Unchanged official info (as already done with Cassandra, the copy-and-paste must go)
4. Things said more than once (there's two instance referring to Siegfried's self-induced ideal of his father's killer).
5. Story-telling (as said above).

The sub-titles can stay, but the profile wrote as it not.

I've found a picture of what seems to be Siegfried! from Soul Edge. The site is in the same picture. Perhaps anyone can confirm it. File:Sigfried!.jpg

Siegfried's Ending

There has been a point in the Trivia added more than once about what happens to Nightmare in Siegfriend's Ending if the players input the code. Now, this point in the trivia it's not only wrong (It's state that Nightmare will be striked by a lighting bolt if the players input the code, when that really happens if the player does NOT input the code)

And the analisys are only speculation, wondering what happened to Nightmare after that, when first: We don't know if Siegfried's Ending is Canon or not (His battle against Nightmare probably is, but that's appart from the endings), and if anyone analyzes that ending, it's easy to deduce that those 3 Nightmare were an hallucination caused by Soul Edge, like the fact that Siegfried saw his hand as Nightmare's just before he appeared, and the fact that, whenever the Nightmares are beated by the Thunder or by Siegfried's attack, they just dissapear leaving nothing and it's the white covering the screen is like it's meaning that the hallucination is over. Nightmare probably wasn't even there, and if he really was, what happened to him is left in shadows, and we'll hardly know until Soul Calibur 4.

Because of all this, the mentioned point in the Trivia is practically ridiculous, I'm deleting it, and please, don't repost it anymore neither in Siegfried's or Nightmare's page. (Alexlayer 16:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC))

Article title

Does anyone else think this page should be moved to Siegfried(Soul series) instead? I think so since the series is referred to as Soul series on the series' page.Leemorrison 17:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I think it should be moved to Siegfried Schtauffen, as with his full name, there's no comparation. --Alexlayer 17:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Confirmation of Soul Edge Phantom.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/227/939465_20070816_screen006.jpg

I added it to the article already, but I may need someone to fix it for me. I'm not quite sure how to.Wingedregent 07:41, 18 August 2007 (UTC) I found it. Nevermind. Wingedregent 07:44, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

SoulCalibur IV Translation

I don't think it's a good idea to post a semi-translation of his SC4 bio. I understand the need to explain his role in SC4, but there has to be a better way than a semi-translation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.198.53.76 (talk) 15:45, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

It's not legible in the slightest. I'm usually good at reading what to some is illegible, but this? It's a mess. I'm getting rid of it. If anyone contests, feel free to re-add it, until then, it would make more sense to remove it in my opinion. Mahare 00:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Updating

The biography needs updating for the events of Soulcalibur Legends. I do not know enough about the game to do it myself, but it needs to be done.

Gameplay

Okay, this is pretty much just like the old character analysis section from before. I'm removing these for the same reason people from before deleted the character analysis section. If you want to find out why, check out Taki's and Kilik's talk pages. If people want a strategy guide, they should go to fansites. Mythmonster2 (talk) 06:29, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Merging Siegfried and Nightmare articles?

On what grounds has someone or anyone brought up the topic of merging these two characters? At one point, Siegfried Schtauffen was redirected to Nightmare's article. In case someone needs to point fingers, I changed it back. I disagree with the choice because there is strong enough evidence from Soulcalibur III onward that the two are separate entities. Each character now has distinct personality traits, goals, background, and story development throughout the course of the series that differentiate the two from each other greatly. Not to mention, why is the discussion link on this topic leading to Nightmare's page, where the topic hadn't even been started, and not a discussion on this page? Thoughts, anyone? Tidus the BlitzStar (talk) 20:15, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

The decision was done because for all the sources, the reception for Siegfried was at a bulk from Soulcalibur II and prior, in which he was still Nightmare. While Nightmare as a separate character got reception, Siegfried as a stand alone character without the Nightmare aspect didn't, and was failing WP:N. Added to this was the issue that the article was rehashing the very same plot up to a certain point as Nightmare's article, and really only a paragraph could be needed to cover Siegfried's role in III and IV. Added to this Nightmare ends up the character with the most promotion. So it came down to two options:

• Split the reception the best one could, but the end result would be a failure for both articles and just merging them into the character list.
• Merging one into the other and covering the real-world aspect of them.

Nobody of course said anything until after the fact. And before someone chimes in with the inevitable "every char should have an article", they shouldn't. Most of them don't, and other fighting game series character articles are going through the same treatment. So do you destroy both to keep them separate or create one good one?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:57, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

There are two points I would like to raise: first is why is page that is kept "Nightmare" instead of Siegfried? In most respect Nightmare is the alter-ego of Siegfried and Siegfried Schtauffen remains the true name of Nightmare. And if you want to argue on a WP:N ground, I would like to see evidence that "Siegfried as a stand alone character without the Nightmare aspect didn't got reception". Second is that what you did is a deletion, not a merge. If it is agreed that only one of them should be kept I believe there should be a section about Siegfried. Feathered serpent (talk) 21:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Same reason Batman is not Bruce Wayne on wikipedia, and Darth Vader is not Anakin Skywalker. Also info was merged between the two: the salvagable content was what little stand-alone story that was separate of time as Nightmare. Siegfried by himself isn't as notable a character, though descriptions and details about him belong in this article just as much as about the animated armor. A separate section is pointless when the information should just as easily be side by side or combined for each section.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 23:03, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm un-merging the article right now. How could you POSSIBLY say Seigfried isn't notable? He's the MAIN CHARACTER OF THE SERIES!!!!! And some other Soulcalibur characters still have articles, so I don't see what excuse you could make for not having one for Seigfried.76.167.244.204 (talk) 00:37, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Did you even read anything or did you walk into this blind? You might read the deletion discussion archived above, and this. Series notability is not as important as real-world notability and reception.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 03:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)