Editing Soul Edge (section)

===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.