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I'm also a fan of Dead or Alive and Tekken, but I still love Soul Caliber. It's just a great fighting game. Sure, I still prefer Dead or Alive, but since DOA5 is not on the horizon and probably never will be, SC4 is still a game I am looking forward to.

As for the different characters on different systems, you can probably download them at some point--at least that's what I heard. And it also makes people want to buy both copies of the game, or at least different copies to get who they prefer more. I for one think it's ingenious.