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Soul Blade

Description

In the 16th century, a sword surfaces that is so powerful, so evil that warriors from all over the globe seek it out. It is Soul Edge, a demon blade. From America to Europe to Japan, these warriors fight each other for the chance to obtain it. Soul Blade is a 3D weapons fighting game that chronicles their story.

A complete 3D fighting game that allows for side steps, Soul Blade has twelve colorful fighters (ten standard, two hidden, plus additional costumes for a few fighters), each with various weapons and styles. The first ten can be used in all the combat modes, while the hidden two can only be used in versus and arcade mode.

Namco enhanced the arcade version (called Soul Edge) by adding a well done CGI intro, plus a story mode to the addition of the traditional team, survival, and time attack modes. The story mode goes into greater detail about each character, and is presented in an ancient book format. The story mode also allows you to unlock more of each characters' extra weapons. These weapons, which vary in lengths, stats, and durability, add to the options available players in the versus mode.

Soul Blade's sequel is SoulCalibur, both in the arcades and for the Sega Dreamcast

Alternate Titles

• "Soul Edge" -- Arcade/Japanese Title

Part of the Following Groups

• PlayStation greatest hits releases
• Soul Blade/Edge/Calibur series

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User Reviews

A fun, yet unrealistic, sword fighting game.	ZombieDepot (45)
I don't normally like fighting games, but I loved this one.	Attila (499)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Jul 15, 1999	A	100
High Score	Apr, 1997	5 out of 5	100
Play Magazine	1997	96 out of 100	96
Game Revolution	Mar, 1997	A-	91
All Game Guide	1998		90
Gamezilla	1997	86 out of 100	86
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Mar, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
IGN	Mar 03, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
GameSpot	Apr 03, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
Edge	Feb, 1997	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

The PAL version contains the "suggestive" version of the intro.