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.

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Alternate Titles

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

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Soul Calibur 2	GameCube	$4.39
	Soul Calibur 2	PlayStation 2	$0.01
	Soul Calibur II	Xbox	$0.01
	Soul Calibur 2	GameCube	$4.39
	Soul Calibur II	Xbox	$0.01
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User Reviews

The Soul burns brighter in hidef	Xbox	Ace of Sevens (4228)
The soul still burns	PlayStation 2	Ace of Sevens (4228)

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The Press Says

GamePro (US)	Xbox	Aug 26, 2003		100
Mygamer.com	GameCube	Sep 10, 2004	9.6 out of 10	96
XBox Solution (XBS)	Xbox	Sep 05, 2003	9.5 out of 10	95
Gamesmania	PlayStation 2	Oct 03, 2003	91 out of 100	91
Game Revolution	PlayStation 2	Sep 01, 2003	A-	91
MS Xbox World	Xbox	Oct 03, 2003	9 out of 10	90
X-Power	Xbox	Oct 28, 2003	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot	Xbox	Aug 26, 2003	8.5 out of 10	85
GameDaily	PlayStation 2	Dec 31, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GameCola.net	GameCube	Oct, 2003	7.4 out of 10	74

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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).

Awards

GameSpy
- 2003 – #10 Game of the Year (together with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time)
Golden Joystick Awards
- 2003 - Runner-up to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for Xbox Game of the Year 2002

Information also contributed by Guy Chapman and piltdown man.

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