SoulCalibur (Dreamcast)

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Description

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)
• "ソウルキャリバー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusives: Dreamcast
• Console Generation Exclusives: Xbox 360
• Launch title: Dreamcast (North America)
• Soul Blade / Edge / Calibur series

User Reviews

A beautiful, complex and realistic fighting game for Dreamcast - probably the best one	Mumm-Ra (410)
Perfect mechanics, beautiful graphics, clunky story.	kyuzo (21)
Pure arcade fun	BigJKO (71)	unrated
Hands down - the best console fighting game money can buy.	Lucas Schippers (59)	unrated
Amazing, if you can get past the gameplay	Robyrt (54)
The best fighting game EVER!	Baza (1905)

Critic Reviews

Meristation	Oct 25, 1999	10 out of 10	100
The Video Game Critic	Jan 18, 2006	A	100
Revista Oficial Dreamcast	Jan, 2000	10 out of 10	100
Game Vortex	2000	100 out of 100	100
Dreamcast. Das offizielle Magazin	Nov, 1999		100
Video Games	Sep, 1999	4 out of 4	100
Power Unlimited	Feb, 2000	9.9 out of 10	99
neXGam	Dec 27, 2009	9.6 out of 10	96
RetroGame Man	Sep 16, 2016	9 out of 10	90
WomenGamers.com	Sep 20, 1999	8.5 out of 10	85

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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
• Retro Gamer
  • September 2004 (Issue #8) – #75 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Big John WV and CaptainCanuck

Related Web Sites

• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Soul Calibur.)