A fighting game to end all fighting games. A sequel to Soul Blade, Soul Calibur takes place in a time inspired by a mixture of 16th-century ancient China and oriental medieval fantasies and legends.

All characters have weapons and distinct fighting styles with over 100 individual moves per character. In addition to high, mid, and low attacks, characters can hold/throw, block, and perform special attacks -- one or more of which is deemed "un-blockable" and must be avoided by ducking, jumping, or rotating around your attacker.

In addition to several locales in which to fight and alternate models/costumes per character, the Dreamcast conversion of Soul Calibur contains many additional features over the arcade coin-op, including hidden characters and locales, a campaign mode, and tournament mode. There is also a "museum" where you can view character profiles and view motion-captured martial arts demonstrations.

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Alternate Titles

"灵魂能力" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)

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Part of the Following Group

Soul Blade/Edge/Calibur series

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User Reviews

One of he best fighting games to date - just stop the button mashing and start practicing!	Supernintendo Chalmers (10237)
A beautiful, complex and realistic fighting game for Dreamcast - probably the best one	Mumm-Ra (387)
Perfect mechanics, beautiful graphics, clunky story.	kyuzo (18)
Pure arcade fun	BigJKO (69)	unrated
Hands down - the best console fighting game money can buy.	Lucas Schippers (59)	unrated
Amazing, if you can get past the gameplay	Robyrt (51)
The best fighting game EVER!	Bazajt (1925)

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The Press Says

Gaming Target	Aug 13, 2001	10 out of 10	100
Meristation	Oct 25, 1999	10 out of 10	100
Aftonbladet IT	Dec 13, 1999		100
Sega Collectors Guild	May 23, 2003	100 out of 100	100
GamePro	Nov 24, 2000	5 out of 5	100
Power Unlimited	Feb, 2000	9.9 out of 10	99
Shin Force	Aug 09, 1999	9.8 out of 10	98
HappyPuppy	Aug 13, 1999	9 out of 10	90
Game Critics	Dec 06, 1999	9 out of 10	90
ntsc-uk	Jul 30, 2002	9 out of 10	90

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Trivia

In the Korean version of the game, Mitsurugi was replaced by a Caucasian swordsman named Arthur, because the image of the samurai is not very popular with Koreans.

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