{"id":132736,"date":"2023-03-27T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-147120"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:00:00","slug":"anniversary-soulcalibur-ii-is-20-years-old-and-so-is-nintendos-best-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/27\/anniversary-soulcalibur-ii-is-20-years-old-and-so-is-nintendos-best-cameo\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary: Soulcalibur II Is 20 Years Old, And So Is Nintendo’s Best Cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bandai Namco’s Soulcalibur II<\/a> turns 20 in Japan today. The classic fighting game \u2014 a sequel to what many already considered one of the best<\/em> fighting games ever, Soulcalibur<\/a> on Dreamcast \u2014 launched on 27th March 2003 in Japan on GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2.<\/p>\n

But, c’mon, we all know the GameCube version was the best version, and for one big reason \u2014 the Hero of Time.<\/p>\n

Not only is Soulcalibur II adored by fighting game fans around the world (I and II regularly duke it out for which is the best in the series), but the console versions each brought a specific cameo character to the game in a time where cameo characters were a bit more of a novelty rather than an expectation (Final Fantasy XV<\/a>‘s Noctis and Negan from The Walking Dead<\/strong> in Tekken 7<\/a>? Sure).<\/p>\n

The Xbox version gave us Todd McFarlane’s comic book antihero Spawn, while on PlayStation 2 Tekken’s Heihachi Mishima was playable. Both fun crossover characters, for sure. However, the GameCube got the<\/em> Link from The Legend of Zelda, and there’s no competing with that really.<\/p>\n