16 Facts About Soulcalibur

Soulcalibur is a weapon-based fighting video game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

All games in the series before Soulcalibur III were originally released as arcade games, and subsequently ported to home consoles.

The title Soulcalibur became a trademark title to be used throughout the series since.

Soulcalibur II was released in arcade format three years after the previous release in the series, and was ported to all three active sixth-generation consoles.

Soulcalibur III contains a new single-player mode called "Tales of Souls", a story mode in which the player can make course-altering decisions.

Soulcalibur III is the first game in the series to feature a character creation system, and features a story mode called "Chronicles of the Sword" which is a mode with some strategic aspects for created characters.

Soulcalibur IV introduces new gameplay mechanics into the series in the form of damage-absorbing armor and Critical Finishes.

The game's features are similar to Soulcalibur IV, including its customization features, but it introduced a new character named Dampierre, a conman who wears twin blades on his wrists.

Elemental system makes a return from Soulcalibur: Lost Swords; players can mix the cards with one of the five elements: fire, water, wind, light, and dark.

All the games in the Soulcalibur series retain some specific features while others features vary from game to game.

In Soulcalibur, Namco introduced new Guard Impact techniques: Parry and Weapon Strip, while the original repelling technique was renamed as Repelling.

Soulcalibur V introduced a new aspect of Ring Outs; if a Ring Out is declared on certain stages, the battle will continue in a new location that is below the point where the Ring Out occurred.

Soulcalibur was sacrificed to complete the sword's ritual which would then be protected by a cult; no one knew that Soul Edge would reform on its own later on.

Soulcalibur managed to do so, and Inferno took a physical form to become the "second Nightmare".

Soulcalibur eventually found her now-dead nemesis Sophitia's daughter, Pyrrha Alexandra, whom she had once kidnapped to blackmail Sophitia, who had Soul Edge's power in her blood.

Soulcalibur was disappointed when Patroklos was hesitant in accepting her, and decided to follow Tira again.