Soul series

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Namco's Soul series is a fighting game series of arcade games. Each installment has seen its own port to a home console. The series revolves around a sword that, after years of bloodshed and hatred, gained a soul of it's own, the Soul Edge, and the sword forged to counter it, the Soul Calibur. The series is very popular and has spawned five games so far.

Contents

[edit] Overview

[edit] Installments

The game has 4 installments, with Soul Calibur IV on the way.

[edit] Fighters

Character Soul Edge Soul Calibur Soul Calibur II Soul Calibur III
Nightmare Yes5 Yes Yes Yes
Amy Sorel No No No Yes
Siegfried Yes Yes Yes4 Yes
Yoshimitsu No Yes Yes Yes
Seong Mi-na Yes Yes Yes Yes
Isabella "Ivy" Valentine No Yes Yes Yes|
Necrid No No Yes No|
Link No No Yes 1 No
Spawn (comics) No No Yes| 2 No
Heihachi Mishima No No Yes| 3 No
Voldo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Notes:
  1. Available only in GameCube port of Soul Calibur II
  2. Available only in Xbox port of Soul Calibur II
  3. Available only in PlayStation 2 port of Soul Calibur II
  4. Only as an alternate costume for Nightmare
  5. Only as an alternate costume for Siegfried

[edit] Original soundtracks

Every game has its own original soundtrack CD. The installments are:

[edit] Trivia

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Soul Edge • Soul Calibur • Soul Calibur II • Soul Calibur III  • Soul Calibur IV