Dreamcast

SoulCalibur

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

• "灵魂能力" -- Chinese title (simplified)

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 (10816)
A beautiful, complex and realistic fighting game for Dreamcast - probably the best one	Mumm-Ra (385)
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 (1921)

The Press Says

GamesFirst!	Nov 25, 1999		100
Gaming Age	Aug 11, 1999	A	100
Armchair Empire, The	Sep 01, 2000	10 out of 10	100
GameSpot	Aug 09, 1999	10 out of 10	100
Sega Collectors Guild	May 23, 2003	100 out of 100	100
Game Freaks 365	2000	9.5 out of 10	95
Super Play	Nov, 1999	94 out of 100	94
DreamStation.cc	2000	9.2 out of 10	92
Game Critics	Dec 06, 1999	9 out of 10	90
GameCola.net	Jul, 2008	8.4 out of 10	84

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Trivia

The Dreamcast version of the game was the 2nd game in history to be given a 40/40 score by the respected game magazine Famitsu.