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Description

Mortal Kombat-style one-on-one fighting is one thing, but fighting with weapons is completely different. Soul Calibur II continues the tradition set by Soul Blade and the Dreamcast Soul Calibur with intense action and plenty of weapons to deal the massive blows.

A majority of the action takes place in Weapon Master mode, as you choose a character and travel a set map to fight the many other warriors through a collection of different terrain styles and challenges. One minute you'll be fighting in quicksand; the next you'll have to defeat an opponent by only using throwing attacks.

Other modes include the usual arcade, survival, and practice modes, and multiplayer options for two people to battle it out.

Each version of Soul Calibur II also includes a unique character for the platform. Spawn appears on Xbox, Link from The Legend of Zelda series can be found on GameCube, and Tekken fighter Heihachi finds his way to PS2.

Alternate Titles

  • "灵魂能力II" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "Soul Cali 2" -- Common abbreviation

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User Reviews

The soul still burns Ace of Sevens (4228) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars

The Press Says

Lawrence May 07, 2003 A+ 100
GamesFirst! Sep 05, 2003 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
EmpireOnline.com Sep 26, 2003 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Insert Credit Apr 07, 2003 9.3 out of 10 93
IGN Aug 26, 2003 9.2 out of 10 92
VicioJuegos.com Jun 01, 2004 91 out of 100 91
Gaming Nexus Sep 28, 2003 A- 91
Bordersdown Apr 13, 2003 9 out of 10 90
HonestGamers Oct 05, 2003 9 out of 10 90
Boomtown Oct 21, 2003 9 out of 10 90

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Trivia

Link

Link from The Legend of Zelda is an exclusive playable character for the Nintendo GameCube version. This is the second gaming series that he has broken away from the adventure-style gaming to be a playable character in a fighting game. The first series was Super Smash Bros.

Todd MacFarlane

The character Necro, who appears in all three console versions of Soul Calibur II, was created by Todd McFarlane for the game. He also created Spawn, who is exclusive to the Xbox version.

Yoshimitsu

While the Heihachi (in the PS2 version) and Yoshimitsu characters are from the Tekken series, the Soul Calibur version of Yoshimitsu is considered to be from another time, and is in no way related to the Tekken Yoshimitsu, even though they share the same look, moves, and background (both are leaders of the Manji party, a Robin Hood-esque group, and both are missing their right arms).

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Information also contributed by Guy Chapman and piltdown man.


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