Soulcalibur Legends

Soulcalibur Legends (ソウルキャリバー レジェンズ, Sōrukyaribā Rejenzu) is an action-adventure game for the Wii console. It is a spin-off of Bandai Namco's successful Soulcalibur fighting game series and primarily features two of its most popular characters: Ivy and Siegfried.[1]

Soulcalibur Legends
North American box art depicting Ivy and Siegfried
Developer(s)Project Soul
Publisher(s)Namco Bandai Games[lower-alpha 1]
Composer(s)Masaharu Iwata
Mitsuhiro Kaneda
Kimihiro Abe
Noriyuki Kamikura
SeriesSoulcalibur
Platform(s)Wii
Release
  • NA: November 20, 2007
  • JP: December 13, 2007
  • EU: August 28, 2008
Genre(s)Action-adventure, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game features competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes in addition to the single player story mode.[2]

Synopsis

Plot

The story of Soulcalibur Legends takes place between Soul Edge and Soulcalibur, and is based around Siegfried Schtauffen's transformation into Nightmare. The game begins as Siegfried finds Soul Edge on a ship. He battles Cervantes on the deck of the ship. Later, Siegfried is tasked by the Masked Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to find the remaining pieces of Soul Edge in order to use it to win the war against Barbaros of the Ottoman Empire.

Characters
Main article: List of Soulcalibur characters

The game features seven playable characters: Siegfried, Ivy, Sophitia, Mitsurugi, Astaroth α (a prototype for the character in other games), Taki and Lloyd Irving, who is a guest character from Tales of Symphonia.

Marketing and release

Soulcalibur Legends was released on November 20, 2007 in North America, and was released in Japan on December 13, 2007. The game was eventually released in Europe, including the UK, on August 28, 2008.

A manga adaptation was published during the first year of the Japanese publication Kerokero Ace. The adaptation featured Siegfried, Iska and Ivy joining together on the main quest of the game. The adaptation's style was mostly comedic, including frequent 4-komas with running gags (such as Siegfried's annoyance that Ivy towered over him).

Reception

Reviews for Soulcalibur Legends have been mixed. Metacritic lists the aggregate score for Soulcalibur Legends at 52/100. It scored far lower than the main series games and is the lowest selling of the series.[3]

Notes
  1. Published in Europe by Ubisoft.

References
  1. Joe, "Soulcalibur Legends: Can't Stop The Chop," Game Informer 177 (January 2008): 94.
  2. "Bandai-Namco E3 Lineup". 5 July 2007.
  3. "SoulCalibur Legends for Wii Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
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