By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, January 31, 2021 15:15 GMT
I always wanted to play as Bernie Sanders in Bandai Namco’s Soul Calibur 6? Of course, and now a new mod brings the gloved politician to the stage of history.
The image of Sanders sitting in his folding chair, arms crossed, mask and wearing his famous gloves, was etched on the conscience of anyone who has accessed the internet in the past few weeks.
A plethora of memes circulated showing the United States Senator from Vermont sitting in Biden’s possession, but perhaps the most commendable effort comes from User 619 and JoeMashups who managed to put Sanders in the game, changing it in place of the other chair-loving combatant Azwel (thanks, NME).
Granted, the game already has a very robust customization suite that allows creative players to invent some really horrible characters, but this was done with a mod using a template that was created by JoeMashups on Twitter.
There may be no animation for the stoic character, but it just makes the whole thing funnier, really – watching Sanders move meaninglessly across the stage, wreaking havoc on enemies from the comfort of his chair … it’s very scary.
You have to be careful with the custom characters you bring to the game’s online modes: you can be banned from playing Soulcalibur 6 if they are too ‘inappropriate’.
Check out our Soulcalibur 6 guide to unlockables if you’re interested in making your own fighter, because how and when you wear the armor is important in the Create a Soul characters.