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 Title (Simplified)
"Soul Cali 2" -- common abbreviation

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Soul Calibur 2	GameCube	$0.99
	Soul Calibur 2	PlayStation 2	$0.02
	Soul Calibur II	Xbox	$0.01
	Soul Calibur 2	GameCube	$0.99
	Soul Calibur II	Xbox	$0.01
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User Reviews

The Soul burns brighter in hidef	Xbox	Ace of Sevens (4231)
The soul still burns	PlayStation 2	Ace of Sevens (4231)
The Halo is damned.	Xbox	The Imperial Darkhorse (128)

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The Press Says

Lawrence	Xbox	May 07, 2003	A+	100
GameSpy	Xbox	Aug 26, 2003		100
ZTGameDomain	GameCube	Aug 25, 2005	9.5 out of 10	95
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Sep 25, 2003	19 out of 20	95
GameZone	GameCube	Sep 02, 2003	9.5 out of 10	95
Game Chronicles	GameCube	Sep 24, 2003	9.2 out of 10	92
DarkZero	GameCube	Dec 19, 2003	9.2 out of 10	92
Edge	GameCube	Jun, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Factornews	Xbox	Oct 13, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Game Freaks 365	GameCube	Oct 21, 2003	8.9 out of 10	89

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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).