Kenshin Himura from Rurouni Kenshin in Jedi Academy

[KyleKatarn1995]

For those who happen to love Samurai animes should also would've want to get their hands on Kenshin Himura from the well-known Meiji era anime Rurouni Kenshin. Probably one of my favorite animes that I happen to love, the fact that I think of Kenshin as the "Clint Eastwood of Battousai". He's like calm and friendly, but when he gets into a duel he goes all serious and strikes his opponent with one swift stroke. But I still think he would look good to be in Jedi Academy. Found two models of Kenshin when he's young and happens to live with Kaoru from his PS2 game so if anyone would like to port this model into the game, I would be super glad.

 

https://www.models-resource.com/playstation_2/rurounikenshinenjoukyotorinne/model/5746/

 

https://www.models-resource.com/playstation_2/rurounikenshinenjoukyotorinne/model/5747/

 

[Xioth]

YES PLEEEEEASSSSSEEEEEEEEE.

[Xioth]

Literally I love it when a non-star wars character gets ported or modeled.

 

Why? Because it offers a bigger draw for the game, which means a bigger community.

 

It means even if you aren't a star wars fan (which, honestly, idc what you say, unless you aren't a fan of swordplay and violence in general, you'll enjoy this), you'll still be drawn to this game due to the huge amount of characters. Why would you port Sephiroth to GTA V or Gmod with awful combat systems, when you could port him to this game, with superior swordplay and whatnot.

[Delmi]

I generally hate when non Star Wars models/non Star Wars based models are put into JKA (I know, I know, I'm a purist) but this, I'd love to see.  One of the few anime characters I truly enjoy.  Good luck with your request!!

[Xioth]

I generally hate when non Star Wars models/non Star Wars based models are put into JKA (I know, I know, I'm a purist) but this, I'd love to see.  One of the few anime characters I truly enjoy.  Good luck with your request!!

Everyone has their own opinions, I just think this game is the perfect place to have non-lore-based characters.

 

I'll give you an example:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viWrpE5eWkQ

 

Look how awkward that looks, compared to the fast-paced, over-the-top combat of Jedi Academy which is good for any type of player, its good for Game of Thrones-esque battles, all the way up to DBZ-esque battles and beyond, and its also good for particularly powerful super fast characters like Sephiroth, Vergil, and we've even seen that the flash and Superman are possible.

 

When compared to this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P9ctgo0pBY

 

They just aren't comparable, clearly one is more suited to those characters, and almost any character would be suited to Jedi Academy.

 

Let's not even bring up GTA V:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j3RLvQjec4

 

Or L4D2 (which is relatively cool, but you can only kill zombies, and still doesn't stack to this game):

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO50k8EsZQs

 

OR Skyrim:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTstaVZap5g

 

No, none of these games stack up to what can be had in Jedi Academy, it has one of the most robust combat systems of all time, and with enough dedication, the game could be the next g-mod, with FAR better combat, but people are so focused on just star wars characters that in 2017 it doesn't seem like that's even a possibility, not that that's an issue since this is a star wars game, but it could be SO much more, its MEANT to be so much more.

 

The game can even be JUST as good for effects as G-mod. Once again referencing Cloud vs Sephiroth, I'm sure stuff like Meteor and Supernova could also be possible with gfx, modeling, new animations, and new force powers created, making them ultra-authentic. If thats possible, then anything can be for this game. Sure there are limits but there are less limits for options for combat in this game through modding then practically any game, and that INCLUDES Gmod.

 

And if the game should be focused on Star Wars only, people shouldn't be focused on making a new Luke skin every other day. "Here's my version of Luke. Here's my version of Luke! Yeah but this is my version of Luke guys!" It's true the models can only get better as modeling technology does as well, but instead of porting this model of Luke, and that one, and that one, and the next one, and even modelling them, how about new stuff? If we worked as hard on releasing NEW star wars models instead of sticking in our comfort zone with Luke, among others, we'll never make any progress as a community. We want Jedi Academy to be known as the ultimate star wars game, and thats why we need new models cranked out, whether they be Star Wars or non-Star Wars, ports, models, kitbashes, and skins.

 

It's true, we are getting new stuff, but they are mostly generic soldiers. It's cool that we have Rex and all that but I'd imagine a lot of people wanna play with some comic

 

What about big names, what about some Niche stuff like from the comics and the novels, like Vestara Khai, Ben Skywalker, and a DECENT Darth freakin Caedus.

 

It's actually crazy that we don't have a decent Darth Caedus yet, there have been some made but they don't look much like him at all.

[KyleKatarn1995]

Thanks guys, I always thought of Kenshin Himura being playable in Jedi Academy. Because you know what's interesting is that there was originally planned to have a Rurouni Kenshin: Redemption mod for Jedi Academy made by these modders way back in 2003. You can check out more information in this topic I made a while back.

 

[the_raven]

Wait, you mean Samurai X hasn't already been covered?

That's a crime!

 

One thing though, the Q3 engine isn't very friendly of regular swords

[Xioth]

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[Xanemus]

bump'ed

[the_raven]

Funny enough, i think i actually once saw a Samurai X mod in filefront or on lucasfiles

[Smoo]

Funny enough, i think i actually once saw a Samurai X mod in filefront or on lucasfiles

Yeah, it was cancelled though sadly

[Xioth]

Anyone done this yet?