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 Character introduction: Heishiro Mitsurugi

Soul Blade PlayStation Falling Towers. Siegfried escapes from a siege in the beautiful CGI intro.

Soul Blade PlayStation Edge Master Mode > Menu

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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

Retrogaming History	PlayStation	Mar 04, 2009	10 out of 10	100
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation	Jul 15, 1999	A	100
Game Revolution	PlayStation	Mar, 1997	A-	91
Mega Fun	PlayStation	Feb, 1997	91 out of 100	91
Video Games	PlayStation	Feb, 1997	88 out of 100	88
Retroage	PlayStation	Jun 27, 2011	8.7 out of 10	87
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	PlayStation	Mar, 1997	33 out of 40	82
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	PlayStation	Feb 01, 1999		80
Edge	PlayStation	Feb, 1997	8 out of 10	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Arcade	Sep, 1996	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

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.