A fighting game series published by [[Namco]]. Compared to its sister series [[Tekken]], the series focuses on weapons combat and features more freeform 3D movement - a mechanic referred to as the "8-Way Run". The setting takes place in the late 16th and early 17th century and focuses primarily on the tales surrounding two legendary weapons, the eponymous [[Soul Edge (weapon)|Soul Edge]] and [[Soul Calibur (weapon)|Soul Calibur]]; the former is a corruptive weapon born of death that seeks to reap souls for power, while the latter is the diametric opposite and aims to destroy or otherwise stop its sibling.

h4. Characters

h5. [[Soul Edge]]

* [[Cervantes de Leon]]
* [[Hwang Seong-gyeong]]
* [[Mitsurugi Heishirou]]
* [[Nightmare (Soulcalibur)|Nightmare]]
* [[rock_(soulcalibur)|Rock]]
* [[Seong Mi-na]]
* [[Siegfried Schtauffen]]
* [[Sophitia Alexandra]]
* [[Taki (Soulcalibur)|Taki]]
* [[Voldo]]

h5. Soulcalibur

* [[astaroth_(soulcalibur)|Astaroth]]
* [[Chai Xianghua]]
* [[Isabella Valentine]] (Ivy)
* [[Kilik (soulcalibur)|Kilik]]
* [[lizardman (soulcalibur)|Lizardman]] 
** [[Aeon Calcos]]
* [[maxi (soulcalibur)|Maxi]]
* [[Yoshimitsu (namco)|]]

h5. [[Soulcalibur II]]

* [[Cassandra Alexandra]]
* [[Charade]]
* [[Hong Yun-seong]]
* [[Raphael Sorel]]
* [[Talim]]
* Guests:
** [[Link]]
** [[Mishima Heihachi]]
** [[spawn (spawn)|]]

h5. [[Soulcalibur III]]

* [[Amy Sorel]]
* [[Hualin]]
* [[Lynette]]
* [[Miser]]
* [[Night Terror]]
* [[Olcadan]]
* [[Setsuka]]
* [[Tira (Soulcalibur)|Tira]]
* [[Valeria]]
* [[Zasalamel]]

h5. [[Soulcalibur IV]]

* [[Algol]]
* [[Ashlotte Maedel]]
* [[Hildegard von Krone]] (Hilde)
* [[Kamikirimusi]]
* [[Scheherazade]]
* [[Shura (soulcalibur)|]]
* Guests:
** [[Darth Vader]]
** [[Yoda]]
** [[Galen Marek]] (The Apprentice)
** [[Angol Fear]]

h6. Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny

* [[Geo Dampierre]]
* Guests:
** [[Kratos (god of war)|]]

h5. [[Soulcalibur V]]

* [[Elysium (soulcalibur)|]]
* [[Natsu (Soulcalibur)|Natsu]]
* [[Patroklos Alexander]]
** [[Alpha Patroklos]]
* [[Pyrrha Alexandra]]
** [[Pyrrha Omega]]
* [[Viola (Soulcalibur)|Viola]]
* [[Xiba]]
* [[Yan Leixia]]
* [[Zwei (Soulcalibur)|Z.W.E.I.]]
* Guests:
** [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]

h5. [[Soulcalibur VI]]

* Azwel
* [[groh|Grøh]]
* Guests:
** [[Geralt of Rivia]]
** [[Haoumaru]]
** [[2b (nier:automata)|Yorha No. 2 Type B]] (2B)

h4. See also

* "Soulcalibur on Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulcalibur
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