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

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Alternate Titles

"Soul Edge" -- Arcade/Japanese Title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Soul Blade	PlayStation	$2.75
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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 (496)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Jul 15, 1999	A	100
Retrogaming History	Mar 04, 2009	10 out of 10	100
Play Magazine	1997	96 out of 100	96
Game Revolution	Mar, 1997	A-	91
Jeuxvideo.com	Dec 23, 2009	18 out of 20	90
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Mar, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
GameSpot	Apr 03, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
IGN	Mar 03, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
Edge	Feb, 1997	8 out of 10	80
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Feb 01, 1999		80

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Trivia

Version differences

In the PAL version, Li Long's weapons is a three-segment-staff due to UK law. In the Japanese version of the game, the opening features Sophitia standing naked in the water. In both the PAL and US versions, she received a bathing suit.