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| Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger III | |
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 Game Logo | |
| Developer(s) | Created by Dan Pankrat |
| Platform(s) | PC, PlayStation, Xbox |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Media | Blu-ray Disc, DVD-DL, Digital download |
| Input methods | Keyboard (PC only), Gamepad |
| Previous Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger II |
Next Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger N (By release date) Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger F (Chronologically) |
- "This is another Stage of History"
- — game slogan
Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger III is the third instalment in Blade Trigger fan fighting game series. The game takes place immediately after the events of Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger II.
Updated version, Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger III - Dirge of the Celestial, was released after Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger N V-II and Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger II - Anniversary Edition.
Story[]
The destruction of Edge Calibur allowed the spirit forms of Soul Edge (Inferno) & Soul Calibur (Elysium) to appear in human world.
While Inferno was collecting souls to eat, projections of Elysium began to appear in all over the world:
“My name is Elysium. You know me as the spirit sword Soul Calibur. This is my message to all mankind.
You, humans, were trying to reach comfort too long. Your species had mutated, you became disgusting weaklings! Your world is ruled by pathetic douchebags, who never knew how to fight! Why do you still blindly follow rules and laws, created by these cowards? Open your eyes, foolish humans!
I will change those absurd rules, which the world is obeying. In MY new world will be only those, who will proof their battle mastery!
And so, I announce the beginning of Holy Tournament!
Come, if you think you’re strong enough. Lead your way to the top by your weapon! But remember: the losers will await death along with their countries!
C’mon, humans! Unleash the dogs of war!”
Gameplay[]
Due to disappearance of both swords, fragment mechanic were removed. However, the game introduces new mechanics, such as Soul Attack, Resist Impact & Equipment Destruction.
The most notable change is return of Soulcalibur IV’s version of Soul Gauge: now it is a colored gem beside the characters' HP Gauge. The gem changes color when the player guards and is attacked. The color gradually changes from Cyan to Purple and eventually to Red and then Flashing Red. The player's own Soul Gauge will regenerate if the he or she makes an attack and hits the opponent, guarding or otherwise, performing Guard Impact. Additionally, performing a Reversal Edge will actually damage the Soul Gauge of the character, who missed the attack.
The ratio of damage and regeneration is next:
- Player is attacked: 1 times damage
- Player guards: 2 times damage
- Player attacks: 1 times regenerate
- Player performs Guard Impact: 2 times regenerate
- Player wins Reversal Edge: 3 times regenerate
- Player loses Reversal Edge: 3 times damage
While Soul Gauge on its Flashing Red state, player can try to perform Critical Edge. If player fails, Soul Gauge’s colour becomes White. In that case, Soul Gauge can become empty very easily, but, if player manages to regenerate it, Soul Gauge will become Red, and in Flashing Red state, player will get an another chance to perform Critical Edge.
Once player’s Soul Gauge becomes empty, player’s character will be put into a special stun animation, during which he can't attack, block, move, or attempt guard impacts. The same can be said about his opponent. Soul Gauge itself will remain that until the end of the battle.
However, if opponent of the character with empty Soul Gauge has only one point to remain win, that character can perform Trigger Finish, which automatically win the battle.
Trigger Finish is a special move, similar to Critical Finish. It can only be performed on three conditions:
- The character has empty Soul Gauge
- This character has low HP
- The character’s opponent has only one point remain to win the battle
Despite Trigger Finish allows automatically to win the battle, the player has only one chance to perform it.
Some of Trigger Finishes are similar to Critical Edge from Soulcalibur VI, while Critical Edges in this game are as they were in Soulcalibur V.
There are also some changes in other mechanics: if your Soul Gauge is Cyan, Purple or Red, you can perform Soul Attack, which destroys a random part of the opponent's equipment and cracks their Soul Gauge, making it deplete faster, but your own Soul Gauge will become White. Resist Impact also cracks opponent's Soul Gauge and now can counter Soul Attacks. Once Resist Impact used, your Soul Gauge will change its colour (from Cyan to Purple, from Purple to red, etc.).
Game Modes[]
- Story: New cinematic mode, which appears in most fighting games, such as Tekken, Injustice & Mortal Kombat. However, this format is new for the series.
- Tournament: This mode is similar to Story Mode in Soulcalibur IV. All bosses are unlocking here.
- Tower of Lost Souls: This mode returns from Soulcalibur IV and contains over 200 floors. It also contains bonus characters.
- Arcade: Fight through 11 stages without equipment and weapon effect. The 9th stage will be your character's Destined Battle. As the sub-boss you’ll face Elysium or Inferno (randomly selected) with Void as final boss.
- Boss Battle Mode: New game mode with the challenging fights and rare weapons as reward. (Clear Story to unlock this mode)
- Archive Mode: It’s similar to Museum from Soulcalibur VI. It contains artworks, music and glossary of Blade Trigger series.
- Shop Mode: This mode returns from Soulcalibur III. All shop girls also return.
- Customisation: This is Soulcalibur IV's version. Equipped items have characteristics and allow to equip skills & bonuses.
It also includes standard fighting game modes: Versus, Tutorial, Online, etc.
Characters[]
Returning characters[]
- Siegfried
- Sophitia
- Taki
- Cervantes
- Nesmeyana
- Trent
- Cleo
- April
- Pocket
- Alberto
- Milon
- Nora
- Surtron
- Tarlok
- Shinzo
- Lokum
- Gadget
- Gray
- Assol
- Patty
- Meowlody
- Timmy
- Damian
- Phillip
- Griff
- Badour
- Vortex
- Misty
- Masami
- Daisy
- Junior
- Karina
- Danny
- Vivica
- Nefeliz
- Mitsurugi
- Kilik
- Maxi
- Amy
- Cassandra
- Voldo
- Seong Mi-na
- Azwel
- Gaz
- Emma
- Lightning
New playable characters[]
- From Soul series
- Grøh: a member of Aval Organization, who secretly enters the tournament to eliminate “the current enemy of mankind”.
In this timeline, he isn’t infected by Soul Egde’s power.
- Setsuka: a beautiful student of Shugen Kokonoe (bonus character from the first game), who is being pursued by Vortex, who wants to make her “his lovely wife”.
- Zasalamel: a mysterious man, who can use unusual powers and magic.
- Tira: originally, she was a member of “Bird of Passage” third unit. Once, she encountered Vivica, who was possessed by Soul Edge that time. The latter killed her, by splitting in half. However, Soul Edge’s power turned these halves into two separate beings with a mental connection - Jolly & Gloomy.
Jolly is available by default, but Gloomy can be selected as alternate costume.
- Hilde: a princess, and now a queen of Wolfkrone Kingdom. Recently, she found out about Lokum’s brutal & sadistic experiments on her people, and now she wants to make him pay for all the suffering he brought to this kingdom.
- Xianghua: a cheerful Chinese woman, who travels with Kilik. In his ending from Blade Trigger II it was revealed that Xianglian’s body had mysteriously disappeared from Ling Sheng-Su Temple Ruin. Now, they are trying to find out what happened to her.
- Rothion: Sophitia’s husband returns with brand new weapon - Big Hammer.
- Astaroth/Mass Produced: As original Astaroth was destroyed by Lokum, the series of golems were created to kill him.
- Primrose: She survived the attack of Edge Calibur and was saved from the explosion of her laboratory by her loyal servant, Lighting. He also brought a prototype of her Crystal Sword, because she needed a weapon to protect herself. Primrose made her mother, Gadget, know that she is still alive. Now she, Lighting, and her new servant Blaze join Azwel to help him save humanity from the incarnations of Spirit Sword & Cursed Sword.
- Luise: a character from “Dawn of the Souls” mode from Blade Trigger II. It was revealed that now she is forced to serve the Five Sages of Exilar Republic. She hopes to earn freedom one day.
Currently, Cleo is looking for her, as she was the previous Oracle of her village.
- Original Characters
- Corza: an outcast wandering dealer, who is also known as “Half-animal merchant”. Despite the discrimination towards to him, his reputation makes other people search Corza to buy something rare. He decided to stop warriors of the world, who want to join Elysium’s tournament.
His weapon - Wind Saw (spear with spinning daggers)
- Scarlet: a woman who was born & raised in the desert. Recently, she began to see a strange priest in her dreams. Now she is searching the world to find this man and seek for the truth.
Her weapon - Dual Kamas
- Blaze: Primrose’s personal hitman, also known as "Unit-02". She has fragments both of Soul Edge & Soul Calibur in a machine, implanted in her chest, called “Soul Generator”, which allows to use the energy of both swords. She can switch between “Egde Mode” & “Calibur Mode”, like Tira in Soulcalibur VI.
After first encounter with Blaze, Kilik understands that she reminds him someone from his past.
Her weapon - Psycho Blades
- Dumas: a masked fencer, who appears in the Holy Tournament. No one knows, what the intention has the man behind this mask.
Bosses[]
When one of the bosses is your opponent, you can’t perform Trigger Finish on them. But their playable versions lack that option.
- Edge Master: a returning boss from Blade Trigger. Now he mimics opponent’s weapon. This is related to the game’s events.
- Algol: a returning boss from Blade Trigger. Because of Nefeliz’s failed attempt to return into Astral Chaos, he managed to escape from that realm.
- Inferno: one of the main antagonists of the game. Now the living incarnation of Soul Edge is taking form of Succubus and mimics weapons of female characters.
- Elysium: one of the main antagonists of the game. Now the living incarnation of Soul Calibur is taking form of Seraph and mimics weapons of male characters.
- Void: the fusion of Night Terror & Elysium, created during their confrontation. So, it mimics weapons of all characters.
Void is the final boss of the game.
- Solaria: the secret final boss of this game.
Algol’s daughter and Arcturus’s younger sister, whose soul was sacrificed to create Soul Calibur. After the destruction of Void, she is finally released into a human world back again.
She has a weapon & fighting style, based on her father’s.
Her weapon listed as “unknown”.
Guest characters[]
Blade Trigger III is the first game of the Blade Trigger series, which features guest characters. Some of them are certain game platform exclusives, like in Soulcalibur II.
- Peko Pekoyama: (Guest Character, Danganronpa franchise) is a high school student, bodyguard of Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, and is also known as Ultimate Swordswoman.
She uses Katana as her weapon, but her fighting style differs from Mitsurugi’s.
She appears in all versions of this game.
- Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu & Natsumi Kuzuryu (Guest Characters, Danganronpa franchise) also appear in this game, but as customization parts. Both of them can be re-created in Character Creation. Fuyuhiko can use all weapons of male characters, while Natsumi uses all weapons of female characters (except Peko).
They are available in all versions.
- Ratchet: (Guest Character, Ratchet & Clank franchise) is a lombax mechanic, who travels through the space, and one of the main protagonists from Ratchet & Clank series.
He fights with the OmniWrench as his main weapon. He also uses some gadgets.
Ratchet appears only in PlayStation version of this game.
- Black Orchid: (Guest Character, Killer Instinct franchise) is a secret agent and highly trained assassin who boasts mysterious powers and one of the major characters from Killer Instinct fighting game series.
She uses Electrified Eskrima Sticks as her main weapon.
Orchid appears only in Xbox versions of this game.
- Suki: (Guest Character, Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise) is the leader of Kyoshi Warriors and a character from Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series.
She uses Metal Fans as her main weapon.
Suki appears only in PC versions of this game.
Boss Battle Mode[]
All bosses in Boss Battle Mode have golden Soul Gauge. That means, that you can’t change its colour. They fought on a difficulty, similar to Legendary Souls in Blade Trigger.
Despite that, they can perform both Critical Edge & Trigger Finish, when their HP is low.
Boss list[]
- Original Inferno: Inferno, as he appears in Blade Trigger. He can switch weapons of male characters during the fight.
- Original Elysium: Elysium, as she appears in Blade Trigger. She can switch weapons of female characters during the fight.
- Unlimited Void: it switches weapons of all characters during the fight. That version appeared in Story Mode.
- Unlimited Blaze: in this form she uses power both of Soul Edge & Soul Calibur. She also has some new moves & unique Trigger Finish. That version appeared in Story Mode.
- Unlimited Edge Master: he is here to show you the full potential of your character’s fighting style and its weapon.
- Unlimited Nefeliz: Nefeliz, as she appears in Blade Trigger.
- Night Terror: Nightmare has corrupted Danny’s body once again, but absorbing Inferno transformed him into Night Terror. He has unique Trigger Finish.
- Ultimate Despair Peko: Peko, as she appears in Danganronpa 3: future.
Rewards[]
If you manage to defeat one of the bosses, you’ll get a specific weapon for your character. Some bosses have special rewards.
- Soul Edge: defeat Original Inferno (beat him at least once to unlock Inferno’s alternative form)
- Soul Calibur: defeat Original Elysium (beat her at least once to unlock Elysium’s alternative form)
- The Void: defeat Unlimited Void
- Hi-Tech: defeat Unlimited Blaze (beat her at least once to unlock Blaze’s third costume)
- The Master: defeat Unlimited Edge Master
- Astral: defeat Unlimited Nefeliz
- Midnight: defeat Night Terror (beat him at least once to unlock Nightmare as Danny’s alternative form)
- Monokuma: defeat Ultimate Despair Peko (beat her at least once to unlock Peko’s third costume)
Boss Routes[]
Arcade[]
- Edge Master: Don’t let Soul Gauge change its colour to Red during first three battles. No continues & Ring Outs. He will appear on stage 4.
- Algol: Don’t let Soul Gauge change its colour to Purple during fight with Edge Master. No continues & Ring Outs. He will appear on stage 8.
- Elysium: Possible sub-boss
- Inferno: Possible sub-boss
- Void: Final boss
- Solaria: Beat Edge Master & Algol & don’t let Soul Gauge change its colour to Purple during two last fights. No continues & Ring Outs.
You have only chance to beat Solaria.
Tournament[]
This mode contains five stages. Final boss will be chosen, depending on player’s choices, actions, skills and equipment. During the character’s journey, some companions may join in. Their partners are Miser, Greed, Revenant, Lupi, Aege, Elua and Heal-Do. Each partner changes the final encounter. If you are alone in stage 4, your final opponent will be Nefeliz. If you travel with Elua or Aege, you will encounter Inferno. If you travel with Lupi or Heal-Do, you will encounter Elysium. If you travel with Miser or Greed, the final boss will be Void, and Revenant will lead you to Night Terror.
However, there are some conditions:
- Your character’s health must be more than 70% from heath bar by the end of stage 1. Your partner will be chosen randomly. No one joins you, if you lose stage 1.
- Your partner will leave you if you lose stage 2 or you let Soul Gauge change its colour to Red and your total health will be less than 150%.
- Your partner will leave you if you lose stage 3 or you let Soul Gauge change its colour to Purple and your total health will be less than 180%.
You’ll start stage 5 alone in any case.
Summary,
- Nefeliz: Fail to reach any requirements; you’ll fight Unlimited version of Nefeliz
- Inferno: Reach stage 4 with Aege or Elua
- Elysium: Reach stage 4 with Lupi or Heal-Do
- Void: Reach stage 4 with Miser or Greed
- Night Terror: Reach stage 4 with Revenant
You can also find a secret boss:
- To fight Solaria, you must defeat Void and your character’s health must be more than 70% from heath bar by the end of stage 5.
- To fight Blaze, your character’s health must be more than 95% from heath bar by the end of stage 5. You’ll fight Unlimited version of Blaze.
If you lose, you have only three attempts to continue. If you lose them all, the game will over.
Unlocking the characters[]
Bosses[]
- Edge Master: Beat him and complete Arcade Mode
- Algol: Beat him and complete Arcade Mode
- Solaria: Beat her in Arcade Mode or Tournament Mode
- Elysium: Beat him in Tournament Mode
- Inferno: Beat her in Tournament Mode
- Void: Beat it in Tournament Mode after unlocking Inferno & Elysium
All of them can be unlocked, if you manage to defeat Unlimited Blaze in Tournament Mode and complete it without using a continue.
Bonus characters[]
- Luna: clear Floor 30 in Tower of Lost Souls
- Abelia: clear Floor 60 in Tower of Lost Souls
- Li Long & Arthur: clear Floor 90 in Tower of Lost Souls; they will be available as costume swaps of Maxi & Mitsurugi exactly
- Valeria, Hualin & Lynette: clear Floor 100 in Tower of Lost Souls
The full walkthrough of Tower of Lost Souls will unlock all boss characters, Boss Battle Mode (if it isn’t unlocked), and everything in Archive Mode.
Blade Trigger III - Dirge of the Celestial[]
Soulcalibur: Blade Trigger III - Dirge of the Celestial - is an updated version of Blade Trigger III.
This installment introduces additional story mode, new guest character and new boss.
Story[]
Two years passed after the events of Blade Trigger III. However, new threat to the humanity is coming!
A mad scientist continues her experiments...
The heroes rise their swords once again...
Characters[]
- Kum Haehyun: guest character from Guilty Gear series, who replaces all guest characters in this version.
She is is the head of the Kum family, who rides inside of the humanoid artificial body Jeonryeok Kum ("Full Power Kum").
Testament and A.B.A are also planned to appear in this game, but were rejected. However, their weapons and designs were included in character creation.
- Chai Xiangfei: also known as "Nemesis" and "Unit-03". Once, she was kidnapped by Primrose, who brainwashes her and makes her another servant. Due to mutual destruction of Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, Primrose used the only piece left from Void to create the Void Generator (same as Blaze's Soul Generator). When her Soul Gauge is cracked, Xiangfei changes her appearance: Generator produces more energy within her body, turning her skin and eyes purple, and also making her stronger and faster.
Her weapon - Neo Electric Claws (updated version of Lightning's weapon)
She is the sub-boss of this game.
- Maxus Xiangfei: Xiangfei, corrupted by Void energy, as her Void Generator was broken, giving her unlimited amount of Void energy and transforming her into another, monstrous form.
She is the final boss of this game.
This character is unplayable.
Other changes[]
- In this version Arcade Mode is different: Fight through 11 stages without equipment and weapon effect. The 9th stage will be your character's Destined Battle. As the sub-boss you’ll face Xiangfei, and Maxus Xiangfei as final boss.
- However, Arcade Mode from original game is also included: in this game it is called "Original Arcade".
- All guest character items from previous versions were removed. In Boss Battle mode new boss added - Malfested Vivica, and new reward weapon - Bonecrusher.
Destined battle[]
An asterisk (*) denotes a mutual battle.
Kilik - Blaze*
Cervantes - Corza*
Zasalamel - Scarlet*
Primrose - Gadget*
Cleo - Luise*
Hilde - Lokum*
Setsuka - Vortex*
Astaroth - Emma*
Gray - Tira (Jolly)*
Assol - Tira (Gloomy)*
Siegfried - Milon*
Grøh - Junior*
Karina - Rothion*
Badour - Daisy*
Shinzo - Masami*
Mitsurugi - Lighting*
Danny - Patty*
Nora - Phillip*
Griff - Meowlody*
Gaz - Tarlok*
Vivica - Surtron*
Damian - Pocket*
Misty - Alberto*
Voldo - Trent*
Azwel - Nefeliz*
Sophitia - Cassandra*
Maxi - Xianghua*
Taki - Seong Mi-Na
Seong Mi-Na - Masami
Timmy - Taki
Dumas - Amy*
Raphael - Nesmeyana*
Abelia - Sophitia
Arthur - Mitsurugi
Hualin - Xianghua
Li Long - Taki
Luna - Milon
Lynette - Patty
Valeria - Nesmeyana
Edge Master - Kilik
Algol - Trent
Elysium - Azwel
Inferno - Lighting
Void - Zasalamel
Solaria - Primrose
Peko - Mitsurugi
Ratchet - Grøh
Orchid - Damian
Suki - Misty
Haehyun - Cleo
Xiangfei - Xianghua
Custom character - Blaze
Trivia[]
- The events of Blade Trigger, Blade Trigger II and Blade Trigger III are happening in the same year, 1581. It’s comparing to Soulcalibur 1590 A.D. Trilogy.
- All bosses from Blade Trigger returned in this game. Malfested Vivica didn't appear in original versions, but she returns in Dirge of the Celestial.
- Number 3 from Soulcalibur III logo was used in Blade Trigger III logo.
- As Elysium & Inferno are genderless spirits, Elysium has male incarnation in this game, while Inferno - female. Their original appearances also available as costume swap.
- It was revealed that Elysium’s & Inferno’s gender swap happened because of Edge Calibur’s birth and destruction.
- Raphael is the second character with alter ego (masked fencer Dumas), the first was Karina Smith and her “Nick Powers” identity.
- Rothion is the fourth bonus character with original weapon and fighting style: other three are Lyla, Johan Dürer & Charade in first Blade Trigger. Aeon doesn’t count, because it was his weapon, which he used in Soul series.
- Rothion also is the second bonus character, who became one of the main characters: first was Charade in Blade Trigger II, while Luise from “Dawn of the Souls” is the third.
- All shops & storekeepers from Soulcalibur III return in this game.
- Although Li Long & Arthur are available as costume swaps, they are counting as bonus characters; they have their own Critical Edge & Trigger Finish.
- Luna, as the leader of Klessirpemdo, has unique winning poses with each of her comrades in Tournament Mode.
- Nintendo is the only platform, where this game wasn’t released. However, next game in the series, Blade Trigger N, became Nintendo exclusive.
- Many of modes and features from Soulcalibur IV appear in this game.
- Badour is the only character, who changed her main weapon - after she became a Malfested ghost in the end of Blade Trigger II, now she uses only one Saber and numerous curses.
- Grøh is the only character from Soul series, whose weapon (Double Saber) appeared in first three games of Blade Trigger series (it was used by Orzal in Blade Trigger & Curtis in Blade Trigger II).
- Elysium’s message to all humanity is similar to Kazuya Mishima’s speech in Tekken 8.
- Tira “was divided” to Jolly & Gloomy, as Blaze now presents “switching” gameplay.
- Trigger Finish is Blade Trigger's version of Instant Kill mechanic from Guilty Gear series.
- All new characters, who debuted in Soulcalibur III, appear in the third numbered part of Blade Trigger series.
- Seong Mi-na is the only character in this game, who turns into Malfested once her Soul Gauge is cracked.
- Although Seong Mi-na, Azwel and Lightning don't appear in addition story mode, they are still playable characters.
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