Editing Soul Edge (section)

==Reception==
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| GR = 91% (PlayStation)<ref name="GR">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198704-soul-blade/index.html |title=Soul Blade for PlayStation |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=2013-12-21}}</ref>
| MC = 89/100 (PlayStation)<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/soul-blade/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation |title=Soul Blade for PlayStation Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=2012-02-11}}</ref>
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| CVG = 3/5 (Arcade)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lomas |first1=Ed |title=Video Drome |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=12 January 1996 |issue=171 (February 1996) |pages=74–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_171_1996-02_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n73/mode/2up}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4.5|5}} (PlayStation)<ref>{{cite web |last=Sackenheim |first=Shawn|title=Soul Blade - Review |publisher=[[Allgame]] |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url=http://allgame.com/game.php?id=2291&tab=review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116011049/http://allgame.com/game.php?id=2291&tab=review |archive-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>
| EGM = 33/40 (PlayStation)<ref>''Electronic Gaming Monthly'', ''1998 Video Game Buyer's Guide'', page 74</ref>
| Fam = 34/40 (PlayStation)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8752 |title=ソウルエッジ まとめ [PS&#93; / ファミ通.com |publisher=Famitsu.com |date=2014-11-27 |access-date=2015-11-29}}</ref>
| GameFan = 292/300 (PlayStation)<ref>''GameFan'', volume 5, issue 2 (February 1997), page 30</ref>
| GSpot = 8.3/10 (PlayStation)<ref>{{cite web |title=Soul Blade Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=February 12, 2018 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/soul-blade-review/1900-2549388/ |date=April 3, 1997}}</ref>
| Hyper = 90% (PlayStation)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=R.I.P. PlayStation: The best of 1995-2001 |magazine=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]] |date=28 February 2001 |issue=90 (April 2001) |pages=44–51 |url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-090/page/44/mode/2up}}</ref>
| IGN = 8.3/10 (PlayStation)<ref name=IGN/>
| NGen = {{rating|5|5}} (Arcade)<ref name=ng/><br />{{rating|4|5}} (PlayStation)<ref name=NGen28>{{cite magazine|title=Cutting Edge|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=28 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=April 1997|page=122|url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_28/page/n123}}</ref>
| OPMUK = 8/10 (PlayStation)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Play Test: Soul Blade |journal=[[Official UK PlayStation Magazine]] |date=1999 |issue=Platinum Special |pages=86–9 |url=https://archive.org/details/Official_UK_Playstation_Magazine_1999_Future_Publishing_GB_platinum_special/page/n85/mode/2up}}</ref>
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===Arcade===
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Soul Edge'' on their March 15, 1996 issue as being the second most-successful arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=514|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 March 1996|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref> On the annual 1996 ''[[Gamest]]'' chart, ''Soul Edge'' was the 20th highest-grossing arcade game in Japan that year.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=第10回 ゲーメスト大賞 |trans-title=10th Gamest Awards |magazine=[[Gamest]] |date=December 27, 1996 |volume=188 (January-February 1997) |pages=46–63 |lang=ja}} [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v188.html alternate url]</ref> The arcade game was more successful in the United States, where it became one of the top five highest-grossing [[arcade conversion]] kits [[1996 in video games|of 1996]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Coin Machine: AMOA Announces JB Award Nominees |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=August 3, 1996 |page=26 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/90s/1996/CB-1996-08-03-OCR-Page-0026.pdf}}</ref> Despite this, it was not able to achieve the same level of arcade success as Namco's popular ''[[Tekken]]'' series. According to ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' magazine, ''Soul Edge'' "enjoyed less success than it deserved" in arcades.<ref name=NGen28/>

''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the arcade version of ''Soul Edge Version II'', rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "there is still the slight control delay, but character movement is still fluid and seamless, and the trailing slashes of light in the wake of weapon movement is as gorgeous as ever."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=21|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=September 1996|page=164}}</ref> The PlayStation conversion, ''Soul Blade'', was a bestseller in the UK.<ref>Gallup UK PlayStation sales chart, August 1997, published in [[Official UK PlayStation Magazine]] issue 22.</ref> Due to its popularity, the game has been re-released as part of the [[Greatest Hits (PlayStation range)|PlayStation Greatest Hits]], the [[Essentials (PlayStation range)|PlayStation Platinum]] range, and the [[The Best (PlayStation range)|PlayStation The Best]] series.

===PlayStation===
The PlayStation game received very positive reviews. It holds aggregated scores of 91% on [[GameRankings]]<ref name="GR"/> and 89/100 on [[Metacritic]],<ref name="MC" /> including high ratings by [[IGN]] ("extremely fun, and has just enough new elements to make it worth playing multiple times"),<ref name=IGN>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1997/03/04/soul-blade |title=Soul Blade - PSX - IGN |website=[[IGN]] |date=March 3, 1997 |access-date=2012-02-11}}</ref> and [[GameSpot]] ("a great fighting game with its share of flaws").<ref>{{cite web|last=Robertson |first=Ed |url=http://www.gamespot.com/soul-blade/reviews/soul-blade-review-2549388/ |title=Soul Blade Review |publisher=GameSpot.com |date=1997-04-03 |access-date=2012-02-11}}</ref> ''Next Generation'' praised it for "filling in all the blanks with great gameplay, superb characters, unique graphics, and combines them into one solid package."<ref name=ng>''Next Generation'' 14 (February 1996), page 177.</ref> They later commended the PlayStation port for retaining all the characters, levels, graphics, and gameplay from the arcade version.<ref name=NGen28/> ''[[GameFan]]'' called it "without a doubt the most stunning graphical fighting feast ever to grace any console."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamefan.com/reviews/playstation/soul_edge.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970215182625/http://www.gamefan.com/reviews/playstation/soul_edge.html |archive-date=1997-02-15 |title=Review: Soul Edge (Soul Blade) |access-date=2013-08-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The four reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' particularly applauded the [[full motion video]] intro and the new story mode.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Soul Blade |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=92|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=March 1997 |page=50}}</ref> They awarded it "Best Intro" in their ''1998 Video Game Buyer's Guide''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Good the Bad and the Silly |magazine=1998 Video Game Buyer's Guide|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=March 1998 |page=32}}</ref> A reviewer for ''[[GamePro]]'' stated: "Bow down to the new king of fighters, and the first gotta-play-it game of the year."<ref>''GamePro'' 102 (March 1997), pages 66-67.</ref>

In 1997, ''[[PlayStation: The Official Magazine|PSM]]'' named ''Soul Edge'' as the fourth [[List of video games considered the best|top game]] on the PlayStation,<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[PlayStation: The Official Magazine]] |date=September 1997 |volume=1 |issue=1 |title=Top 25 PlayStation Games of All Time |author=Staff |page=34}}</ref> and ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' listed the PlayStation version as a runner-up for "Fighting Game of the Year" (behind ''[[Street Fighter Collection]]'') and "Best Music" (behind ''[[PaRappa the Rapper]]'').<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Editors' Choice Awards |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=104 |date=March 1998 |pages=88, 96}}</ref> ''PSU'' listed this game as the sixth "PSone classic" most deserving to be remade for the [[PlayStation 3]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psu.com/a013801/10-PSOne-classics-we-want-remade-for-PS3--10-6 |title=10 PSOne classics we want remade for PS3: 10-6 - PlayStation Universe |date=3 December 2011 |publisher=Psu.com |access-date=2013-08-10}}</ref> That same year, ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' ranked ''Soul Edge'' as the 19th best fighting game of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rubin |first=Peter |url=http://www.complex.com/video-games/2011/03/50-best-fighting-games/soul-blade |title=Fatality Day: Relive The 50 Best Fighting Games Of All Time |magazine=Complex |date=2011-04-19 |access-date=2015-11-29 |archive-date=2013-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627224443/http://www.complex.com/video-games/2011/03/50-best-fighting-games/soul-blade |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The PlayStation version's opening sequence won the [[SIGGRAPH]] '97 award for the best game video of 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/gallery/wg/siggraph/soulblade.php|title=ナムコCGアートワールド｜バンダイナムコゲームス公式サイト|website=www.bandainamcoent.co.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> It was also included on the list of the ten all-time best game cinematics by Cheat Code Central in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheatcc.com/extra/top10openingcinematics.html |title=Top 10 Opening Cinematics - Cheat Code Central |date=July 20, 2012 |publisher=Cheatcc.com |access-date=2013-08-10}}</ref> {{clear}}