Talk:Soul Edge

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I was hoping to find out the plot to the soul caliber games. Is there an over all plot? Or is it different by character? if anyone can help me by saying what the plot of these games is, I would be very grateful. I don't mind an in game pov at all. I just want to know the storyline. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.228.218 (talk) 13:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Seung Mi Na
In order to prevent an edit war over Seung Mi Na's name, I have decided to explain the situation to those unfamiliar with why it is written in this way. In Asian names, the family name is one syllable and comes at the beginning of the name. Thus, her surname is actually Seung. In Korea, her given name, or the name by which she is called, is more often than not two syllables--in this case, Mina. However, it is only listed as a single word when referring exclusively to her given name, because when referring to her full name, each syllable is written as a separate word when romanized. This is done to match the fact that Korean names are generally written using three characters--one for each syllable. When Soul Edge was originally released, her name was actually written properly as Seung Mi Na, but was eventually changed in Soul Calibur to prevent confusion, mostly among Americans. It is asked that when you see her full name written as Seung Mi Na, you leave it as such; and if you ever see it combined to simply Seung Mina, that you restore it to its original state. Only if her given name is written on its own will she be referred to as Mina, as it should be. Thank you for your cooperation.

In reference to character's changed names in Soul Calibur III

 * The names on this page have to be the originally used names (linked to the newly named articles). No-one changed all Prince's previous album covers to feature his symbol instead of his name, and the end credits to Terminal Velocity were not changed when Charlie Sheen wanted to go by the name Charles Sheen. This article isn't anything to do with Soul Calibur III and all information should pertain to the 1995 game; Soul Edge. People will find out more information about Seung Mina and how her name changed when they click the blue link that takes them to her page. 86.128.57.200 19:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Edge vs. Blade
call me the ignorant American, but if it's called soul blade in North America, Europe, and Australia, where is it called Soul Edge? I imagine that once you take these three fairly large regions out of the picture, you're left with mostly Asian countries (as far as gaming is concerned, usually). Doesn't the game have a title in the native language of each area where it was released? Is there another market where it was released with an english title big enough to make North America, Europe, and Australia the exception?--CallmeNiel 09:09, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Games can have English titles in Asia. Take a look at the Japanese box art; it says Soul Edge. Since the game was probably released in Japan first, that would make Soul Edge the original name, and Soul Blade the renaming, so the article is correct. -VJ 07:47, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I think I heard somewhere that the cause of the name change was because of... something in the music industry. Some band or one of their albums (if my memory serves), reportedly was already named Souledge, and rather than get involved with disputes over naming rights or whatever, Namco just changed the title of their game when it came to the States. Can anyone confirm this? --71.124.52.178 00:04, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Judging by recent news it may have had something to do with Edge Games who claim the Trademark for the name Edge. Here's a legal doc: http://ns3.patent.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-challenge-decision-results/o23698.pdf Paul Sinnett (talk) 13:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

maybe its just because "edge" doesnt translate directly to sword for some people here, who knows marketing is pretty crazy sometimes. they probably spent alot of money trying to figure out whether or not they should change it, spent more trying to see what would relate to western gamers most, and eventually just changed it to blade after months of research and testing lol

This is a tad odd. Shouldn't gaming articles bear the names of the English localizations whether or not the original name is in English? It's not like Samurai Shodown is named as Samurai Spirits... That said, I was always under the impression that the name Soul Blade was for the PSX version of the game. Here in Europe, I saw the game in an arcade way back when, and it was called Soul Edge. --130.232.131.47 23:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The arcade version is correctly called Soul Edge in the USA. Saying the game was renamed Soul blade for the American market is 100% incorrect.  Like User:130.232.131.47 said, Soul Blade is the name of the American PSX version of the game.  The two versions of the game are very different.The Goat 15:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Movie
Was the Soul Edge/Calibur movie rumor true? Trosk 21:46, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

NPOV
Even for pages covering video games, this page and others on the Soul series seem rife with obvious NPOV violations. I can try to clean up what I can but some of it is so deep that it might be hard to separate the facts from the opinions. I hope that those of you who read this will take note and try to edit out some of the NPOV violations. These entires have lots of great information but the NPOV violations ruin them. --Ryuukuro 22:11, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Nunchucks
In the PAL version, Li Long has a 'three-sectioned staff' or something, instead of Nunchucks. I heard this was due to British censors being very strict with regards to nunchucks, and slapping R ratings on everything with them. My PlayStation is broken, so could someone check the official name for the weapon in the PAL version? It may even be in the users manual.

Soul Series Page
I think there should be one. The Soul Edge article would be about the game and the new one would be about the whole series. - The 4th Snake

Character Article Names
I have just moved all Soul Edge/Calibur character's articles to use the most commonly used name as the article title. After being part of a debate over Street Fighter character article names for over a month, the decision was in agreement of my proposal to use the most common name as the article title and not their full biographical name (this information belongs in the first sentence of the article itself). Please do not move the articles back as this was decided as the correct method for article names. Please see Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-12-21_Street_Fighter_character_articles and Talk:E. Honda for the resaoning. Thanks Mr.bonus 22:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

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More About Soul Edge.
It Has Vesion 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.214.65 (talk) 17:06, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That's mentioned in the article. Erigu (talk) 14:01, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Edge Trademark Issues
During EA's legal battle over Mirror's Edge, I remember reading a statement from a Namco spokesperson that the name change on Soul Edge because of the edge trademark was a bit of an urban legend. The EDGE guy did come after Namco, but they were confident that they could win the case if it came down to it. The spokesman said that the name change for western markets happened for reasons that were independent of the trademark issue. I can't remember where exactly I read it though. If I can find the article I'll change the page and add a citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.160.209.204 (talk) 17:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

1996, not 1995
It was released in 1996, not 1995. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.245.246.147 (talk) 19:16, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

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