Soul Calibur (Intro)

[@Mrjmaxted0291]

Just to throw it out there, but this intro was customizable in the options menu. You could substitute anyone that appeared in the shots with any of the other characters.

[@XVINutkabob]

All inferno intro?

[@milkandcereal22]

I used to swap Sophitia for Lizardman all the time and thought it was peak comedy

[@nathanielpanganiban1527]

@@milkandcereal22 i personally preferred putting nightmare on that slot

[@brorianszk]

@@milkandcereal22 Haha same.

[@JonCom3dy]

I know and it was amazing!

[@shinkazama3959]

This intro still gives me the chills, when you 'hear' NNNAAAMMMCCCOOO' & that animation starts, you know you're in for something special, a truly legendary game!❤

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

Soul Calibur for Dreamcast... FOREVER!

[@blakenapier3125]

They should have Released this in 2000 for PS2 and 260

[@gabe_lamas_art]

This was literally one of my top 5 for DreamCast!

[@chrisual]

soul blade intro was better though!

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

@@chrisual more Epic yes but less Personal

[@lostn65]

Some of the best intro music ever. SC1's OST is seriously amazing.

[@JMSLionheart]

Too bad videogames don't have epic intros like this anymore.

[@ZanerG]

then you never played Tekken 3, & 5 has good intros

[@JMSLionheart]

Zane Gardner In fact, I've played both of them. But Tekken 5 is a title from 2005... I was talking about nowadays... we are in 2014. Nine years have passed since Tekken 5.

[@ZanerG]

yeah but boy where has the time go by

[@nigen]

JMSLionheart back them theyjsut cut the intro to the rate of the music. they need better music....

[@sethmyers1751]

+JMSLionheart did you like Soul Calibur II and III intros? I thought III was epic.

[@alexpearce4095]

Still get chills every time the narrator says: "Soul Calibur."

[@melzsmilez4928]

Who remembers being able to change the characters of the intro??? Hilarious making Nightmare do the part that Sophia normally does!! 😂😂😂 memories... Nostaligia... Sigh.

[@seknight2835]

this game is older than me but i heard the graphics were revolutionary for its time

[@blakenapier3125]

Namco

[@BloodRainKnightX]

Hell yea bro this game aged great back then it looked great

[@Gubalicious]

Still looks good today!

[@diazdelosmuertos1503]

They were, quite literally. The power of the Dreamcast had surpassed the coin-operated hardware of arcade machines, and Soulcalibur, on the Dreamcast, demonstrated that very fact by surpassing its arcade counterpart.

[@hamzah5643]

i was a young teen and played the demo of this in my local gaming store before it was released, and yes, it freakin blew me away both the graphics and gameplay

[@matthewblake8485]

I always loved the part at 1:14 where Sophitia gets up and the music changes to go along with it. So calm and tranquil along with her being one of my favorite characters in the game.

[@YakobtoshiNakamoto]

Gay

[@AlphonseRobichu]

The Sega Dreamcast. Shenmue I and II Jet-Set-Radio, Soul Calibur, Nba2k1, Record of Lodoss War, Soul Calibur, Sonic Adventure... I think nostalgia is a big part of this feeling but those games were huge... Intros, OST... Honestly, I think this was the last period when creating videogames was a passion, with an incredible dedication. Nowadays, they are just a product. I will always love my Dreamcast and keep it as a treasure. I remember I was so sad when my first DC stopped powering on. I immediatly bought another. Im not a true gamer or smth like that, but when I am in a gaming-mood, I always want to get back to my DC. Thank you SEGA, for this wonderful experience.

[@decadentgamer3108]

I swear the graphics for this game were breath-taking for it's time. :)

[@23Scadu]

+Decadent Gamer I remember when I got my Dreamcast with Soul Calibur. I couldn't imagine graphics ever getting any better - you can't improve on perfection after all. In retrospect I may have been a bit too hasty. :D

[@decadentgamer3108]

StraightOuttaJarhois So true lol And contrary to popular belief, I find the old style of Soul Calibur (Soul Calibur 1, 2, & 3) better than 4 & 5. The problem I have with the aesthetic in the newer gen games is they go overboard with the highlighting and make everything so glossy. I also missed when they made the characters look like their ethnicity as to now where they look so anime-like.

[@23Scadu]

Decadent Gamer Actually, I personally think the design is best in the original SC. The characters only get more cartoonish as the series goes on. They also go overboard with the gigantic breasts later in the series. Not that there's anything wrong with big norks, but moderation in all things and that.

[@decadentgamer3108]

StraightOuttaJarhois Well like I said, I prefer the art direction of the older games, Soul Calibur 3 being the last one. Seriously, did you see the promotional art for Soul Calibur 3? The characters looked awesome. :) But then when Soul Calibur 4 came out, that's when the art direction in character aesthetic changed to more cartoon/anime.

[@mjolnir_swe]

They were insane. Went from PSX to this!

[@GodStripsArmani]

i loved how the costumes and backrounds changed each time you started the game up... such a good trip down memory lane

[@AlphonseRobichu]

1999 Christmas, watching this intro with whole family: O_O. 1:24: "Here is my character".

[@AlphonseRobichu]

referral madness +1 dood ;)

[@AlphonseRobichu]

referral madness I signed :)

[@ThomasJeff1898]

The reason why you did not see the other characters in this intro (other than the selected ones) is because the intro to this game is customizable from the "Opening Direction" option in the "Museum" menu.

[@jasongates-]

When I customized, I put Mitsurugi on Sophitia's part, because I thought it was funny to see him stand up and turn like that.

[@blakenapier3125]

I would Love to see Cervantes Delieon in the Field to see Him Stand up and turn around to look at The Camera, than the leaf would cut to Himself in the Fire.

[@milkandcereal22]

Jason Gates i used to do that with Lizardman and thought it was the funniest thing in the world

[@blakenapier3125]

They need to go back and bring Li Long on here so he can have a Turn

[@FireBomberBassist]

This made me cry. Nostalgia hits so hard crazy.

[@AlexCole272]

i remember you can create your own intro

[@JJB11]

Me, too.

[@XSPXtremesimmerproductions]

I still have it how do you do that?

[@elusivecure57]

The start of the intro for us was either Kilik or Edgemaster when we customized

[@RealSaintClare]

I’d like to make an intro largely featuring Mitsurugi and Siegfried.

[@larrym5150]

Greatest fighting game of all time. Ever.

[@tracexl]

WELCOME BACK... TO THE STAGE OF HISTORY! When I unlocked the intro editor, I always set it up so that Edge Master opened the whole thing (since he can use all of the weapons dropped in the foreground) the first half were villain characters, since the music seemed to fit that a little better. I put Seung Mina in Sophitia's place in the windy plains, and then after Cervantes' moment in the flames... the heroes: Taki, Maxi, Kilik, and finally Xianghua (because she has Soulcalibur in this game so she faces off against Nightmare). I filled the black and white sections with characters I didn't give moments in the rest. Seemed to work better.

[@user-ou5ls2xc7v]

I always put Siegfried at the very end where the character turns towards the screen. Such a legendary game feature.

[@blakenapier3125]

Li Long needs to be added on here including Scheherazade & Shienroneck as 12 Returning Chararacters Abelia Schillfelt Arthur Roskie & Aurelia Dichala Doliacek as 12 New Chararacters

[@matthewlasalvia7026]

This is the greatest fighting game of all time!

[@MightyMoose2000]

"The legend will never die."

[@Star-wz2kw]

This is like the old SSB intros.

[@OX1994AU]

And featuring.....LIZARDMAN!

[@tgmamka9014]

I was there, Gendalf...I was there 3000 years ago...

[@Sykroid]

2:01 this is one of the most epic things I have ever seen, but 2:08 gives me chills from just how BADASS it is. THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE

[@Naitoraven951]

soul calibur for the DC....is......IMPRESSIVE.

[@zukoulou7464]

+Naitoraven951 YES, you are RIGHT !!! soul calibur is : great ! super ! ultra ! giga ! méga ! hyper ! top ! must-have ! best-seller ! hit ! uncanny ! incredible ! unbelievable ! wonderful ! marvelous ! awesome ! amazing ! cool ! immortal ! intemporal ! impressed ! excellent ! outstanding ! nifty ! very good ! extraordinary ! fantastic ! dude ! sweet ! OMG ! oh my god ! for god's sake ! for god's heavens !! shocking ! this game has a good rating mark in a japanese book "Famitsu" on August 1999 ! 40 / 40 Look at wikipedia if you don't believe me !

[@blakenapier3125]

Someone needs to put this out on PS2 and 260 Have Their Voices Normal Pitched always even when Moving Forward to the Next Oppoentt Losing Playing Practing and Stuff to make it Stronger rather than High Pitched Voices Voldo Aeieon Calcos and Shienroneck needs to have a Japaness Voice Actor in this Game so They can Speak to have Quotes like The other Characters Inferno needs to be Removed from the Character Selection Screens He can only appear in the Openings Random does not need to be in any Character Selection Screens They get in the way!

[@Suntro]

I'm about to fucking cry

[@puxtbuck6731]

I never noticed how similar this song was to a lot of Final Fantasy tracks. It’s great

[@glenphillips4916]

Just gives me chills

[@janusan89]

Shit, I remember this game BLOWING MY FUCKING HEAD when I played it: these kind of graphics were just unreal for the time. And the customizable intro was such a fun thing to do, I spent HOURS finding the best possible intro. Damn I miss this game so much.

[@Dante-Balisk]

This type of intro looks like a style Smash Bros would do

[@SamuelHale-fk9ij]

Still the best Soul Calibur intro. I remember first seeing this on the Dreamcast and I was like WOW. The graphics have obviously come on ALOT in the new games. But the original game just felt so EPIC and the music is so dramatic.

[@YoshiCookie]

Best intro ever. It was fully customizable.

[@Seven70307]

MAN, this takes me back... Remember the selective Theater mode, where you can arrange which characters you wanted to appear in certain sections of this entire intro? Dude, I made sure of it that Hwang was the biggest star in this trailer, from start to finish. DAMN, they don't make games with that much creativity anymore.

[@cristianr.f6465]

Chills ..... Like the first time I saw him, in 99 😍

[@damdumah2552]

I loved how you could edit this and have any char you wanted in it

[@DeathNeff]

It blew me away back in 1999

[@Noble_Savage704]

soulcalibur always was and always has been THEEE SHEEEIIIT!!

[@cliffdixon4211]

One of - if not THE - best reasons to get a SEGA Dreamcast on US launch . . . just under 25 years ago (at time of typing)!

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy 22nd anniversary soul calibur!!! :3

[@Muhammad-bw7mf]

This opening characters just like the same like every Dynasty Warriors.

[@hyuugabunk]

2:00 goosebumps

[@anthonyvo1963]

The best fighting intro game ever made!

[@DSMTheEditor]

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY DREAMCAST

[@bloodguzzler]

A customizable intro. Imagine this being made today with the option to use custom fighters included!

[@pedromaria6315]

Use Translate:And to think that i had this game on Dreamcast!

[@Knightclsh6]

There is one thing the soul calibur games can never outdo. The intro to Soul Edge.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Soul caliber 3

[@blakenapier3125]

Soul Edge/Soul Blade (Soul Calibur 1) Soul Calibur 1 (Soul Calibur 2) Soul Calibur 2 (Soul Calibur 3) & Soul Calibur 3 )Soul Calibur 4) only has The Best Intros

[@zukoulou7464]

Soul Calibur : 40 /40 by Famitsu !!!

[@bnjay29]

The way the eye on soul edge moves is always random before the evil seed rains down. You should have replayed the intro repeatedly until the eye looked up. And then uploaded it. It's more dramatic that way. 😅

[@bricecarter196]

nice memories

[@SuperKillerdreams]

I’ve always wondered Why they didn’t keep the dreamcast intro the exact same as the arcades intro... was kinda bummed on that but I red somewhere that Namco wanted to creat an into that literally showed off the power of the sega dreamcast a ability’s and how it can take arcade hardware graphics and make them better by 💯%

[@TheAxgraham]

.....I miss my Dreamcast. Soulcalibur, Sonic Adventure 2, Crazy taxi, Jet Grind Radio and tons of others were all awesome games......I WANT MY FUCKING DREAMCAST BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@saukete6257]

SC 2 3 4 5 6 , but this one is the best.... no more SC, we need a real remaster of this one

[@davida419]

Exchanging Sophitia by lizardman was hilarious

[@simonecampolmi1239]

When i saw It in the shop i was very excited, Namco made a game fantastic and much more Better than the arcade version,

[@benhaubrich6692]

OMG i was in love with Sophilia!

[@alexcarter00642]

This is where Soul Calibur 6 came from.

[@prisma_nana]

Amazing

[@paulunga]

Watching this when I got the DC for Christmas in 99 blew my tiny mind. And the gameplay actually impressed my grandma who thought all games were Tetris. xD Though she thought it was too violent.

[@DanielAspajo9930]

Let's GOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[@thew3ld]

Childhood Memories!

[@colinmarques1506]

The first appearence of the Queen of Soul Calibur Rule34, Ivy Valentine!

[@rossmadibo]

Soul Blade's intro is so much more epic than this. Also, Soul Calibur 2 was such a huge step up in terms of graphics and gameplay. So perfect that an HD Online version was released after SC 3, 4 and 5 were already out!

[@worldsendace]

Soul Blade has the Same Intro. Because its the Same game. I guess you mean the into fmv Video with the sung title song. That comes before this. This is the in Game Intro. Or attract Intro.

[@blakenapier3125]

3 Soul Calibur Games doesn’t have The Best Intros

[@lululu793]

Goosebumps like... Nostalgia overload 😮😮😮😮

[@jordanpeterson5038]

Probably the only one I never played

[@stillwinston3765]

To this day, our souls still burn

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

Such an unspeakable step back from the Soul Edge intro.

[@steveowisdom2486]

Damn I remember renting this from Easy video and popping it into my Dreamcast for the first time. All the anticipation with my family members gathered around and watching this intro for the first time after growing up with soul blade. Ahhh what a time!!! 🥲

[@xclinteastwoodx]

How did they manage to move from such a masterpiece like Soul Blade intro to this amateur clip?

[@mjolnir_swe]

these were the god damn days!

[@bxundxm]

1:44 There are marijuana leafs on the back...

[@Brian-ti7xm]

Literally a maple leaf like the Canadian flag Marijuana is mich thinner Feel encouraged to do research

[@robinhoot910]

1:56 Edge Master replaced Nightmare at intro, if he unlocked Edge Master.

[@CabooseAzul]

+Razar Raven Not quite how that works. You can actually replace every character in the intro. There is an option that is unlocked that allows you to customize the intro.

[@blakenapier3125]

All of Them can be in Soul and Sword 1 and 2 A Girl In The Wind The Heroes Of History 1 and 2 and Time To Fight in that!

[@swineliasthegamer7686]

Blake Napier nope

[@blakenapier3125]

Swinelias the Gamer Yep

[@Santiago-wm4or]

Uno de los mejores juegos de lucha con espadas

[@colinmarques1506]

Astaroth scares me, but he has a nice body

[@legendaryhero132]

I'm getting Soulcalibur 6 tomorrow.

[@nalmunati]

one of the games I mastered !!

[@e69alpha]

I remember you can edit the character appearances so I made it all nightmare

[@bangeenanwer4604]

OMG its amyzing!

[@LoudPackNapLife]

epic announcer

[@Moxy_1984]

SOUL CALIBUR

[@blakenapier3125]

We need Realistic Announcer again for the other Soul Calibur Games!

[@jasongates-]

I wish I had his voice.

[@blakenapier3125]

You do

[@n3onf0x]

@@jasongates- Jeff Manning voiced him

[@johnnyace2396]

Best intro in video gaming history.

[@Scrumshiz]

I can't believe Namco ripped off Jirard's intro. Shame.

[@SSJKamui]

The music reminds me on smash bros

[@nathanjedrej792]

Naaaamcooo. Hire that man forever.

[@BurntPie]

OH SOPHITIA I LOVE YOU !!!!

[@labyrinthworm4511]

Soul Edge intro still better in my opinion!

[@deathnoteexe]

つまんねーオープニングだな！と言う人もいるだろうけど、これ自由に編集できるんだよね。それ含めて面白かったから、許してほしい。

[@DarkLordVeil26]

Not the best Intro, but is the Best Soul Calibur game for me Everything in this game is Beautiful, Characters appearance design, Soundtracks, Some Balance in fights, Stages, tip everything. Intro compared to other ones is not that good but Soundtrack is Epic :)

[@caioalexandre3885]

Em questao de jogo 3D a Namco é muito foda!!!

[@TheRealStrayWolf]

Man this had nothing on the intro for the original game

[@nigen]

where's Mina?

[@wilder9777]

good work EnciclopediaLusa

[@HarakiriGTR]

A minha Dreamcast tem lugar cativo ao lado do meu monitor com este jogo lá dentro... :)

[@c.9900]

*N A M C O*

[@Medinacampbell44]

Garrett Thomas Dickson 6:

[@Medinacampbell44]

Score, Number 90

[@blakenapier3125]

Numbers

[@johng3817]

As awesome as this intro is, it doesn't compared to its predecessor.

[@steveowisdom2486]

Facts!!!

[@blakenapier3125]

Scheherazade Li Long Abelia Schillfelt Shienroneck Arthur Roskie & Aurelia Dichala Doliacek needs to have their Turn being in The Opening Direction including Soul And Sword 1 A Girl In The Wind Soul And Sword 2 The Heroes Of History 1 The Heroes Of History 2 & Time To Fight

[@DodderingOldMan]

This did look amazing, and the game was, well, the best looking game I'd ever seen, but I have to admit, I was a little disappointed by this opening back in the day. It just didn't recapture the magic, drama and character of the CGI intro of Soul Blade. Plus the music in Soul Blade's intro is just one of the best title tracks ever.

[@galacticsucc2409]

this game was my life when i was 3 years old. too bad it only works on the dreamcast that i have but it crashes every 2-5 seconds

[@blakenapier3125]

Kilik Charline Xianghua Abelia Schillfelt Maxi Dimot Heishiroe Mitsurugi Taki Scheherazade Voldo Sophitia Archuleta Astaroth Nightmare Isabella Valentine Hwang Sung Kyung Yamoguchie Siegfried Schtauffen Rock Seung Mina Cervantes Delieon Shienroneck Edge Master Aeieon Calcos Aurelia Dichala Doliacek Arthur Roskie Li Long

[@nigen]

where is Mina in this intro?

[@johnnyace2396]

+nigen She was absent. As in taking absinth with Dracula.

[@nigen]

I meant, Seung mina...

[@Shmandalf]

+nigen She was unlockable. They didn't want to give too much away in the opening cutscene :P

[@nigen]

not too much or a give away if she was a default int he last gae...

[@RDarthur91]

try th soul calibur 3 intro with soul blade intro music (the full theme)

[@TungstenViper]

1:55 epic