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 PlayStation Who needs lightsaber? Special attacks, like Hwang's here, are often pretty, and many are fairly easy to learn.

Soul Blade PlayStation There are many impressive backgrounds, such as this burning castle.

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Alternate Titles

"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

Tokyo Fan	PlayStation	Jul 01, 1997		100
Retrogaming History	PlayStation	Mar 04, 2009	10 out of 10	100
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation	Jul 15, 1999	A	100
All Game Guide	PlayStation	1998		90
Retroage	PlayStation	Jun 27, 2011	8.7 out of 10	87
Gamezilla	PlayStation	1997	86 out of 100	86
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	PlayStation	Mar, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
GameSpot	PlayStation	Apr 03, 1997	8.3 out of 10	83
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	PlayStation	Feb 01, 1999		80
Edge	PlayStation	Feb, 1997	8 out of 10	80

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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.