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Soul Blade

The console version of Soul Edge adds more content to the original arcade game such as new characters and additional game modes. Added features - The inclusion (besides the standard "Arcade" mode) of "VS"…

20 December 1996

Soul Blade is an arcade developed by Project Soul, released 20 December 1996 on PlayStation.

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What Soul Blade is

Soul Blade is an arcade game developed by Project Soul and released in 1996. It was published by Namco. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the 16th century, an extremely powerful sword named Soul Edge surfaces and attracts evil warriors from around the world who want its power. From America to Europe to Japan, these warriors fight each other for the chance to obtain it.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the SoulCalibur series

Soul Blade is the second of 27 entries we hold in the SoulCalibur series. It arrived 10 months after Soul Edge. The next entry was SoulCalibur in 1998.

See all 27 SoulCalibur games in release order →

What it launched against

Soul Blade launched on 20 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper and Mega Man 8.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper, Mega Man 8.

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When did Soul Blade come out?
Soul Blade was released on 20 December 1996 for PlayStation.

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