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I like the new screen.
On the Cervantes area, will you add Ivy with him? You know, they are father and daughter...
Oh, Voldo in an area too!
All this talk makes me want to play.
Later.

The park looks good, the colors and the archy are pretty good. You should make some coasters some dueling since SC is a fighting game.

Without revealing too much, I will say that Voldo will have his own (hopefully very original) section including dueling coasters. Ivy won't be in the same section as Cervantes as their themes/styles are very different.

Mitsirugi will be in the largest section alongside Seung Mine, Yunsung, Taki, Talim and Kilik. Maybe Assassin too.

Thanks for the comments

Metro

Charade

The man’s life was far from glorious. Although gifted with strength from childhood, harsh reality awaited him outside of the village where he dreamt of adventures as a youth. The strength that was lauded within his village was far from remarkable in the real world. But the man survived through an age ravaged by war and finally attained the key to achieving success.

Pieces of metal belonging to a traveling merchant… The man spent all the money in his possession to purchase every last piece from the merchant, who was selling them as amulets against evil.

That night, as he gazed upon the metal fragments in the dim light of an oil lamp, he recalled a story passed on by a traveling swordsman.

Soul Edge, the ultimate weapon surpassing all others… The drunkards in the tavern did not believe the swordsman’s tale, but he did. He sensed something in the eyes of the swordsman. He followed the warrior in hopes of getting more information about Soul Edge out of him. The swordsman probably thought that he would do the same, so they talked about the weapon. As it turned out, the swordsman knew nothing. They parted ways without wasting any more words.

The tale he heard could have been a hoax. But it was enough to arouse his curiosity and set him off on his singular pursuit of Soul Edge. The people around him dismissed him as an eccentric with a fantastic dream…

And thus the object of his pursuit was in his hands, before his eyes. He believed with conviction that these metal pieces were from Soul Edge.

But fatefully, he was slain by bandits shortly thereafter. Because of his over-protective nature for his precious metal fragments, a rumor circulated in the cities that the man was in possession of something extremely valuable. Naturally, he did not own anything that would have interested the bandits. And as customary with these bandits, they threw their victim’s corpse into a ravine.

The man’s tenacity to protect his precious fragments never wavered in his final moments. The hand of the abandoned corpse in the ravine still had the pieces in its grasp…

Several months had passed. No one bore witness to the fact that the pieces had disappeared over time. They were definitely gone, leaving behind several incomplete corpses in the ravine. There were trails left besides the corpses, as if something had crawled about them. In time, the rains that fell upon the ravine erased the trails.



The life form, or whatever it was, walked under its own will... But the will of that being was not driven by sentience—the force that drove it was closer to instinct.

A being formed by blood absorbed from the hand of a dead man.
A being that wanders the earth to search for its kindred in order to become whole once again.
A being that grows by greedily devouring fragments with the same evil aura as it has.
A being that responds by reading the innermost thoughts of those it meets…

The metal pieces that the seeker of Soul Edge possessed was, without a doubt, the genuine article!

I never use the green tarmac path because I never thought it looked good....I was wrong.

The screen looks really nice, but the supports on the invert's corkscrew look odd. I've never seen supports above the inverted portion of the track...I guess that it's a "foot chopper" effect?

supertrooper

yeah, the green tarmac goes well,
the archy looks great nice colours.
nothing really i suggest u can change.

It all looks lovely, although i'd suggest changing the green path to something darker - dark brown or black maybe? Also, that yellow tower with the black roof clashes a bit too much for me. Other than that, it's all beautiful.

Thanks for the comments. I think the green path is very "hit or miss" At the moment, I will be keeping it as I quite like it, but it's down to personal preference in the end.

Yes, the supports on the corkscrew are very "off" I will try and rework them, but it's hard to make them look under the corkscrew holding it up from that way.

Metro

I think the dark brown tarmac path would look better.

I can just imagine standing in that queue line for Soul Edge, having the track pass overhead so many times - that'd be awesome...

Mitsurugi -- Shishi-Oh

Mitsurugi was born in Japan to a peasant family during a time of war. Nevertheless, this did not stop him from becoming a renowned mercenary. His reputation earned him nicknames such as "The Mercenary of War," "One Man Army," and "Demon."

As a mercenary, Mitsurugi fought in and triumphed over countless battles. Every enemy who faced him in combat feared his invincible blade. That was until a new breed of weapon was introduced. Rifles known as Tanegashima were brought in for practical use by the famous shogun Nobunaga Oda.

For Mitsurugi, who relied purely on his strength and skill, the Tanegashima was a serious threat. Simply by holding this "pipe," even the lowliest foot soldier could become a powerful force on the battlefield. Unable to accept such a preposterous notion, Mitsurugi looked for ways to defeat the rifle. Unfortunately, he could not find a good way to overcome the new weapon. Frustrated, Mitsurugi challenged Tanegashima to a duel, but lost when he was shot through the right shoulder.

But this did not deter Mitsurugi's spirit. He resolved to defeat the rifle by finding a powerful weapon that would enable him to achieve this goal. It was then that he heard a rumor from overseas about Soul Edge. At the time, a man known as Nightmare wielded the giant, grotesquely shaped blade. Hearing stories of its immense powers, Mitsurugi set off across the ocean in pursuit of the sword without a moment's hesitation.

He headed west towards Europe, where Nightmare supposedly roamed. Travels through foreign countries were difficult for Mitsurugi, who was unable to understand the languages of the places he visited. Nonetheless, he continued his travel, making ends meet by fighting battles as a mercenary. The added benefit of his mercenary lifestyle was that he was able to maintain his fighting form.



But time was callous and unforgiving. Eventually, rumors that Nightmare had disappeared reached Mitsurugi, and Soul Edge's trail ran cold. Mitsurugi was still unwilling to give up, and continued his search around the world's battlefields for signs of the ultimate blade.

Four years after his quest had begun, while visiting a castle near the Ming frontier, Mitsurugi stumbled upon the trail of Soul Edge. It was a metal fragment of Soul Edge that he came across by accident.

Walking past one of the back alleys of the city, Mitsurugi came to a halt when he witnessed several assassins surrounding a gravely wounded man. When the assassins saw Mitsurugi, they pounced upon him, intending to leave no eyewitnesses behind. A vicious melee ensued, and Mitsurugi drove back the assailants, saving the man's life as a result.

The badly injured man handed Mitsurugi a piece of metal-perhaps he thought that he would be unable to accomplish his mission with his wounds. He asked Mitsurugi to keep it safe. He seemed afraid to let it fall into someone else's hands, but he would not explain any further. Without another word, the man vanished into a dark alley.

Looking at the metal fragment in his hand, Mitsurugi pondered, "If Soul Edge was so powerful, why would it shatter?"

Mitsurugi had a difficult time believing the man who gave him the fragment, but there was no denying the sincerity in the man's eyes. "Besides," Mitsurugi reasoned, "why would a man on the verge of death lie to a complete stranger?"

Soon after, a grave story circulated through the castle. Apparently, a servant of the Ming Emperor arrived at the castle, demanding the "Sword of Heroes." When the servant steadfastly refused to leave without the sword, the lord of the castle slew him, exclaiming that he could not turn over something he did not have. "War is coming," thought Mitsurugi.

He sensed the same storm brewing that he had felt before in countless battlefields.


Shishi-Oh

Although i like the previous screens quite a bit more, this is pretty good. I like the supports of the exit bridge quite a bit.

its a nice screen though im not kean on the bridge, to much wooden bits around and scrap the mud archs i dont think they fit in at all. but otherwise the theme goes well with the character person well.

It really amazes me to see how many great parkbuilders there are here on this forum
The quality of this forum and it's parks is the highest I've ever seen
I can watch for ours to al those lovely screens
It's not a surprise that im totally honoured to be among such great people
I have no comments at all it looks fantastic

Cervantes -- Lethe

Cervantes de Leon...the dread pirate who terrorized the Atlantic and struck fear into even the grandest of naval fleets. He ceased to exist as a human being the very moment he grasped the male and female swords—Soul Edge—in their original form before they lost their power. His body became nothing more than a puppet of the two swords…a servant until the day his body rotted away to nothing.

That was Cervantes’ fate. He slaughtered his entire crew and stained the streets of his home port with the blood of its people. In the twenty-some odd years that followed, his body and soul were under the control of Soul Edge. And during this time, he took the souls of swordsmen who, drawn by the rumors of Soul Edge, ventured forth to challenge him.

The demonic blades were in a dormant state at that time, so they did not thirst for massacres to satisfy their appetite for souls. But this was only temporary—it was only a matter of time before the dark storm of death terrorized Europe. And Cervantes’s destiny was to stand in the eye of that storm, with both blades in hand.

But the course of Cervantes’ fate was greatly altered before Soul Edge awoke from its dormancy. A holy warrior—sent by a god fearful of Soul Edge—destroyed one of the demonic blades during battle. By losing its companion blade, Soul Edge lost its natural equilibrium and overcompensated its powers to combat another foe. Cervantes, Soul Edge’s host, was a casualty of that encounter. Only the fragments of a Soul Edge on the verge of losing control of itself were left behind. Hellfire that burst forth from the demonic blade devoured Cervantes and turned him into ashes...

Cervantes’ soul was not freed by the destruction of his corporeal form, however.

Some time passed before Soul Edge’s new host appeared before Cervantes’ ashen remains, which now appeared no different than any others’. As the host brought Soul Edge near the remains, the fragments of Soul Edge that cut into Cervantes’ flesh at the moment of its destruction began to resonate. No one knows what Soul Edge’s thoughts were when it sensed the resonance, but it and its new victim moved on…

In the meantime, Soul Edge’s shards came to life and began to move around Cervantes’ remains. After a day had passed, Cervantes stood tall again amidst the ruins. And thus, Cervantes returned to this world.

But there were only a few fragments embedded in Cervantes’ flesh. Although he was resurrected, his mind was not whole. He had lost his memories. Cervantes barely remembered the name of his good ship, the Adrian, from his days as a pirate—his ship was now a half-derelict vessel anchored at port…



Cervantes lived amongst the ruins, unable to remember his name. But he disappeared eventually from the ruins.

Yes, he remembered one night while standing in the middle of a storm. He recalled a memory of attacking a ship in a storm just like that night. The loot he took from his hapless victims. And the two swords he held in his hands!

When all of Cervantes’ memories returned, so did his desire to possess that great power once again. Although he recalled the loss of his free will to the power, it still appealed to him. The man who was resurrected by the fragments of the evil blade sensed the resonance of the other blade. Surprisingly at first, the signs of the other blade were scattered in various locations. But this was to be expected, given that one of the blades splintered into many fragments when it was destroyed. Besides, parts of the demon blade resided within his body as well.

Cervantes set out to follow a strong sign of the evil blade, but as he closed in on that sign, he sensed that Soul Edge’s presence was splintered even more. “It couldn’t be…” thought Cervantes when he arrived at the location of the evil energy. His premonition was correct—the other Soul Edge had been shattered as well!

He picked up several pieces of the newly created shards and gazed upon them. Was his desire to possess that power again for naught?

That was when Cervantes sensed something strange. Two pieces of the sword in his palm began to resonate with his body and began to melt into one. He immediately reached out for another shard… That piece joined the other piece as well. Cervantes realized that the fragments within him caused this resonance to occur with the others. He also sensed what must have been the cry of joy that rose from the sword fragments within him. At that moment, he knew very well what was necessary to restore Soul Edge’s powers.

Four years passed. He took the souls of the strong and found new pieces of the sword to increase the power of Soul Edge. In time, the fragments assumed the shape of a sword and began to emanate an evil aura in proportion to its physical size. But unlike the first time Cervantes held Soul Edge, this time he was able to wield the demonic blade without ceding his will to it—the pieces of the sword within him gave him this ability.

Finally, Cervantes possessed his own Soul Edge. He would probably not sit idly by while strong souls and pieces of Soul Edge gathered together. Now that warriors around the world were compelled into action because of the Soul Edge fragments, Cervantes’ desires must have been reawakened again as well.

When and where will he appear from the darkness with his evil sword in hand?

There is only one person who can answer this question...Cervantes himself.


Lethe

WOW I love that station, this screen is much more promising than the last one! Im all excited about this park now. Keep up this work!

I think it'd be better if you were more obvious with that pirate theme. It's kinda hard to tell that it is one, save the trees and the windows... Maybe add some more dark brown ( did I just say that?) on the architecture to give that dirty, rugged look. Very good otherwise, as with the rest of your park.

i like this screen alot, maybe just cutt down on the bushes a little.
will we see anymore of the wooden.

That screens kicks ass...I really like it...no suggestions there...so the coaster is named Lethe....so I guess you are making a coaster / attraction for each Soul Calibur character??!..

will we see anymore of the wooden.

Probably one more screen.

so I guess you are making a coaster / attraction for each Soul Calibur character??!..

Pretty much, yeah

Thanks for the comments.

Metro