Soul Blade
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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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Soul Blade Arcade Naginata used to slash

Soul Blade Arcade Taki is ninja - attack back

Soul Blade PlayStation Soul Edge has some ridiculously powerful attacks. This is one of the more harmless ones though.

Soul Blade PlayStation Note the reflections on Siegfried's armor.

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"Soul Edge" -- Arcade/Japanese title
"ソウルエッジ" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

A fun, yet unrealistic, sword fighting game.	PlayStation	ZombieDepot (48)
I don't normally like fighting games, but I loved this one.	PlayStation	Attila (582)

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Critic Reviews

Play Magazine	PlayStation	1997	96 out of 100	96
Hobby Consolas	PlayStation	Apr, 1997	95 out of 100	95
Game Revolution	PlayStation	Mar, 1997	A-	91
Retroage	PlayStation	Jun 27, 2011	8.7 out of 10	87
IGN	PlayStation	Mar 03, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
GameSpot	PlayStation	Apr 03, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	PlayStation	Mar, 1997	33 out of 40	82
Edge	PlayStation	Feb, 1997	8 out of 10	80
RetroGame Man	PlayStation	Sep 12, 2017	7 out of 10	70
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Arcade	Feb, 1996		60

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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.