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 spelling (simplified)

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Soul Calibur	Dreamcast	$6.99
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User Reviews

A beautiful, complex and realistic fighting game for Dreamcast - probably the best one	Dreamcast	Mumm-Ra (382)
Perfect mechanics, beautiful graphics, clunky story.	Dreamcast	kyuzo (18)
Pure arcade fun	Dreamcast	BigJKO (68)
Hands down - the best console fighting game money can buy.	Dreamcast	Lucas Schippers (59)
Amazing, if you can get past the gameplay	Dreamcast	Robyrt (51)
The best fighting game EVER!	Dreamcast	Bazajt (1890)

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The Press Says

All Game Guide	Dreamcast	2002		100
SegaFan.com	Dreamcast	Dec 16, 2001	9.9 out of 10	99
Player One	Dreamcast	Dec, 1999	94 out of 100	94
Bordersdown	Dreamcast	Jul 30, 2002	9 out of 10	90
Game Critics	Dreamcast	Dec 06, 1999	9 out of 10	90
Official Xbox Magazine (UK)	Xbox 360	Jul 03, 2008	9 out of 10	90
WomenGamers.com	Dreamcast	Sep 20, 1999	8.5 out of 10	85
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox 360	Jul 04, 2008	8 out of 10	80
The Review Busters	Xbox 360	2008	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Xbox 360	Jul 08, 2008	7.5 out of 10	75

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Trivia

Reception

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.

Version differences

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.

Awards

EGM
- February 2006 (Issue #200) - #22 in the "Greatest Games of Their Time" list
Game Informer
- August 2001 (Issue #100) - #74 in the "Top 100 Games of All Time" poll
GameSpy
- 1999 – Console Game of the Year

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