My fondest memory of this game is playing it with a pair of DK Bongos at my friend's house when we were like 13. I found out where to hit the bongos to make Link shoot an arrow and spin, and that was enough to camp my friend out every match

When I was graduating from elementary school we had a class party on the last day and were allowed to bring in video games. I brought my gamecube and this game and all the cliques basically dissolved for a full class Soulcaliber 2 tournament. Still one of my favourite memories.

I remember playing this as a kid having no idea what SC even was other than it having Link, so I ended up treating it as a Zelda fighting game with a bunch of OCs to fill in the roster rather than it’s own thing. Really funny to think back on.

Personally I think the intro to the original Soul Edge/Blade is the untoppable intro for the series - between the song and all the pumpy moments it's absolutely the bearded & horned farmyard animal

Weapon Master mode with Link was cool. Get to unlock a bunch of iconic equipment like the razor sword, megaton hammer, and the great fairy sword.

Probably the best entry in the series, I'm not big into 3D fighters but something about Soul Calibur just hits

This game is one of those where every sight and sound is forever etched across the meat of my brain as the most potent of sense memories. Like, even just switching options in a menu is sending me backwards in time. That intro, man.

You bringing this video after Harada through the biggest Soul Calibur was a great timing, my guy.

I play the GC version a lot. It's amazing how good it still looks all these years later. And then the fact that one of Link's grabs involves him snapping his opponent's arm and tossing them is still wild.

SC2- the highest calibur of soul. Back in the 2000s, I was fortunate enough to have access to a cabinet at a small local arcade. The Conquest Mode claimed many quarters, but my AI Nightmare ensured that our team ruled the land 🥇

Definitely the game that propelled this series.

I played this on a CRT a few weeks back and I swear it looks better than most modern games. The craftsmanship in some of these games is truly unparalleled.

Necrid's design is SO Todd Marfarlene lol
There's alot about his design I like, but I just wish he didn't have one massive arm, and said massive arm didn't have those two horns

Inferno is the demon that inhabits Soul Edge/he’s Nightmare for 3 & 4.  Just reanimating the armor

Then in 5 at some point, Raphael was killed and used as the host lol

Soul Calibur 2 is the best Soul Calibur, and i gonna die on that hill.

weapon master mode is so fuckin cool

SC2 takes me back. I was at an anime convention, and they had the game available to play. I picked Link, and had a ball. So much fun.

I eventually bought SC2 for the GameCube. Loved it

I remember the day I picked up my pre order. My friends and I had finished our college lectures for the day just after lunch and popped into town. We ended up playing at our friends house near by until about an hour and a half before college the next day 😊

I'm 99% certain Raphael is ALSO the sub-boss for Spawn and Heihachei.

I remember Raphael being a beast in this game.  He had so much stuff that was safe on block that you could just get in once and spend the whole round attacking.  Vary your timing to bait out a couple of parry attempts to land some unsafe stuff to keep it going and mix in a liberal amount of his awesome low options to watch the hits add up.