1999 in video games explained

1999 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Heroes of Might and Magic III, System Shock 2, , Final Fantasy VIII, Age of Empires II, Crash Team Racing, , Grand Theft Auto 2, , Chrono Cross, Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold and Silver, and Donkey Kong 64, along with new titles such as Super Smash Bros., Silent Hill, Syphon Filter, Driver, EverQuest, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and .

The year's most critically acclaimed video game was the Dreamcast title Soulcalibur, which remains among the highest-rated games of all time on Metacritic. The best-selling home video game worldwide was the Game Boy title Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow for the second year in a row, while the year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was Sega's Virtua Striker 2.

Events

• British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards.
• March – Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children is republished as Game Over: Press Start to Continue.
• March 15 – Game Network hosts the 1st annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) at GDC.
• March 15–19 – Game Developers Conference (formerly Computer Game Developers Conference); moves to San Jose, California where it stays for six consecutive years; hosts the 1st annual Independent Games Festival.
• May 12 – Nintendo has started working on what will eventually be the GameCube, under the codename "Project Dolphin".^[1]
• May 13 – Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (at E3); inducts Sid Meier of Firaxis Games to the AIAS Hall of Fame.
• May 13–15 – 5th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3); the 2nd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E3.^[2]
• September 7 - The SegaWorld London amusement park shuts down for good exactly three years after its original opening date in 1996. The bottom two floors of the park continue to operate as a generic arcade until 2011. ^[3]

Hardware

Month	Day	System
January	23	PocketStation
March	4	WonderSwan
March	16	Neo Geo Pocket Color
May/June		Game.com Pocket Pro
September	9	Dreamcast[4]

Top-rated games

Game of the Year awards

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1999.

Awards	Game of the Year	Platform	Publisher	Genre
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Soulcalibur	Dreamcast	Namco	Fighting	[5]
GameSpot					[6]
Hyper					[7]
GamePower	Soulcalibur	Dreamcast	Namco	Fighting	[8]
GameSpy	Soulcalibur	Dreamcast	Namco	Fighting	[9]
BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards		Nintendo 64	Nintendo	Action-adventure	[10] [11]
Video Software Dealers Association					[12]
GameSpy	Unreal Tournament	PC	Epic Games	First Person Shooter	[13]
Digitiser	Pokémon Red / Blue	Game Boy	Nintendo	Role-playing	[14]
Edge	Gran Turismo 2	PlayStation	Sony	Racing simulation	[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Final Fantasy VIII	PlayStation	Squaresoft	Role-playing
Game Informer	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater	PlayStation	Neversoft	Sports	[16]
GameSpot	EverQuest	PC	Sony	MMORPG	[17]
Japan Game Awards	Doko Demo Issyo	PlayStation	Sony	Strategy	[18]
Japan Media Arts Festival	Seaman	Dreamcast	Sega	Simulation	[19]
RPGFan	Chrono Cross	PlayStation	Squaresoft	RPG	[20]

Critically acclaimed titles

Metacritic and GameRankings

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.

1999 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR)^{[21] [22]}

Game	Publisher	Release Date	Platform(s)	MC score	GR score
Soulcalibur	Namco	August 5, 1999	Dreamcast	98/100	96.56%
Chrono Cross	Square	November 18, 1999	PlayStation	94/100[23]	92.28%[24]
Gran Turismo 2	Sony Computer Entertainment	December 11, 1999	PlayStation	93/100	92.42%
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater	Activision	September 29, 1999	PlayStation	92/100	93.67%
Unreal Tournament	GT Interactive	November 22, 1999	Microsoft Windows	92/100	93.57%
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe	Nintendo	May 10, 1999	Game Boy Color		92.63%
Homeworld	Sierra Entertainment	September 28, 1999	Microsoft Windows	93/100	88.81%
System Shock 2	Electronic Arts	August 11, 1999	Microsoft Windows	92/100	92%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri	Electronic Arts	February 12, 1999	Microsoft Windows	92/100	91.88%
Age of Empires II	Microsoft	September 30, 1999	Microsoft Windows	92/100	91.81%
Medal of Honor	Electronic Arts	October 31, 1999	PlayStation	92/100	87.31%
Crash Team Racing	Sony Computer Entertainment	September 30, 1999	PlayStation	88/100	91.78%
FreeSpace 2	Interplay Entertainment	September 30, 1999	Microsoft Windows	91/100	91.58%
NFL 2K	Sega	September 9, 1999	Dreamcast		91.53%
Pokémon Silver Version	Nintendo	November 21, 1999	Game Boy Color		91.35%
Pokémon Gold Version	Nintendo	November 21, 1999	Game Boy Color		91.35%
	Interplay Entertainment	December 12, 1999	Microsoft Windows	91/100	90.63%
	Capcom	September 22, 1999	PlayStation	91/100	88.21%
	Eidos Interactive	August 16, 1999	PlayStation	91/100	88.16%
The Longest Journey	IQ Media Nordic	November 18, 1999	Microsoft Windows	91/100	88%
Mario Golf	Nintendo	June 11, 1999	Nintendo 64	91/100	87.32%
	Ubisoft	November 5, 1999	Microsoft Windows		90.7%
Ape Escape	Sony Computer Entertainment	May 31, 1999	PlayStation	90/100	90.44%
Final Fantasy VIII	Square	February 11, 1999	PlayStation	90/100	89.42%
Beetle Adventure Racing	Electronic Arts	February 28, 1999	Nintendo 64	90/100	89.1%
	Ubisoft	October 29, 1999	Nintendo 64	90/100	88.83%
Syphon Filter	989 Studios	February 17, 1999	PlayStation	90/100	86.93%
Donkey Kong 64	Nintendo	November 22, 1999	Nintendo 64	90/100	86.73%
Shenmue	Sega	December 29, 1999	Dreamcast		89.34%
Wipeout 3	Sony Computer Entertainment	September 8, 1999	PlayStation	89/100	87.17%
Resident Evil 2	Capcom	October 31, 1999	Nintendo 64	89/100	86.93%
Grandia	Entertainment Software Publishing	June 24, 1999	PlayStation	89/100	85.87%
Descent 3	Interplay Entertainment	June 17, 1999	Microsoft Windows	89/100	84.36%
Flight Unlimited III	Electronic Arts	September 17, 1999	Microsoft Windows		88.5%
NBA 2K	Sega	November 10, 1999	Dreamcast		88.3%
NBA Live 2000	EA Sports	October 31, 1999	Microsoft Windows		88%
Worms Armageddon	Team17	January 29, 1999	Microsoft Windows		87.71%
All-Star Baseball 2000	Acclaim Entertainment	April 8, 1999	Nintendo 64		87.69%
EverQuest	Sony Online Entertainment	March 16, 1999	Microsoft Windows	85/100	87.68%
Mario Golf	Nintendo	August 10, 1999	Game Boy Color		87.65%
Driver	GT Interactive	June 25, 1999	PlayStation	87/100	87.57%
RollerCoaster Tycoon	Hasbro Interactive	March 22, 1999	Microsoft Windows		87.54%

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame

The following video game releases in 1999 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.^[25]

Title	Platform	Publisher	Genre	Score (out of 40)
Soulcalibur	Dreamcast	Namco	Fighting	40
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram	Dreamcast	Sega	Shooter	39
Final Fantasy VIII	PlayStation	Squaresoft	RPG	37
	PlayStation	Enix	Roguelike	37
Sega Rally 2	Dreamcast	Sega	Racing	36
Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 6 (Power Pros 6)	Nintendo 64	Konami	Sports	36
(Resident Evil 3: Nemesis)	PlayStation	Capcom	Survival horror	36
Chrono Cross	PlayStation	Squaresoft	RPG	36
Um Jammer Lammy	PlayStation	Sony	Rhythm	35
SaGa Frontier 2	PlayStation	Squaresoft	RPG	35
	PlayStation	Atlus	RPG	35
Culdcept Expansion	PlayStation	Media Factory	Turn-based strategy	35
	Super Famicom	Nintendo	SRPG	35

Financial performance

Best-selling video game consoles

Rank	Manufacturer	Game console	Type	Generation	Sales
					data-sort-type="number"	Japan	data-sort-type="number"	United States	data-sort-type="number"	Europe	data-sort-type="number"	Worldwide
1	Sony	PlayStation	Home	32-bit	2,570,000[26]	7,040,000	11,750,000	21,820,000
2	Nintendo	Game Boy / Game Boy Color	Handheld	8-bit	4,180,000[27]	2,680,000+[28]		17,450,000
3	Nintendo	Nintendo 64	Home	64-bit	940,000	[29]		6,490,000
4	Sega	Dreamcast	Home	128-bit	950,000[30]	1,700,000[31]	500,000+[32]	3,150,000+
5	Bandai	WonderSwan	Handheld	16-bit	1,400,000			1,400,000
6	Sega	Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)	Home	16-bit		,000		431,000+
7	Nintendo	Super NES / Super Famicom	Home	16-bit	30,000	,000		280,000
8	Nintendo	Famicom (NES)	Home	8-bit	50,000			50,000
9	SNK	Neo Geo Pocket Color	Handheld	16-bit		25,000+[33]		25,000+
10	Sega	Sega Saturn	Home	32-bit	< 10,000			6,100+

Best-selling home video games

The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) of 1999 in Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.

Rank! rowspan="2"

Title	Platform	Sales
Japan		USA	UK	Germany	Combined
1	Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow	Game Boy	998,666	[34]			+
2	Final Fantasy VIII	PlayStation	3,538,000	1,000,000+[35]			+
3	Pocket Monsters: Gold / Silver (Pokémon Gold / Silver)	Game Boy Color	4,444,000				4,444,000
4	Super Smash Bros. (Dai Rantō Smash Brothers)	Nintendo 64	1,520,000	1,300,000			+
5	Donkey Kong 64	Nintendo 64	739,000	1,900,000			+
6	Pokémon Pinball	Game Boy Color	765,263[36]	1,800,000
7	Pokémon Snap	Nintendo 64	634,000	1,500,000
8	Dance Dance Revolution / 2ndReMix	PlayStation					1,904,441+
9	Gran Turismo	PlayStation	234,652	1,300,000		100,000+	+
10	Driver	PlayStation		1,200,000	200,000+	200,000+	+

The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1999 in the United States and Europe.

Rank! rowspan="2"

Title	Platform(s)	Sales revenue
United States[37]		Europe	Combined	Inflation
1	Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow	Game Boy		€		$
2	Gran Turismo	PlayStation		€94,444,000		$
3	Donkey Kong 64	Nintendo 64		€20,561,696		$
4	Tomb Raider III	Multi-platform		€96,591,106	+	$+
5	Driver	PlayStation		€43,112,063		$
6	FIFA 99	Multi-platform		€86,316,959	+	$+
7	Final Fantasy VIII	PlayStation	+	€26,549,294	+	$+
8	Pokémon Snap	Nintendo 64				$
9		Nintendo 64		€70,023,810	+	$+
10	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64			+	$+

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1999.

Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Genre	Sales	Revenue	Inflation
1	Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow	Game Boy	Nintendo	Role-playing			$
2	Donkey Kong 64	Nintendo 64	Nintendo	Platformer	1,900,000		$
3	Pokémon Pinball	Game Boy Color	Nintendo	Pinball	1,800,000		$
4	Pokémon Snap	Nintendo 64	Nintendo	Photography	1,500,000		$
5	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	Nintendo	Fighting	1,300,000		$
6	Gran Turismo	PlayStation	Sony	Racing simulation	1,300,000		$
7	Driver	PlayStation	GT Interactive	Driving	1,200,000		$
8	Spyro the Dragon	PlayStation	Sony	Platformer	1,200,000
9	Final Fantasy VIII	PlayStation	Square EA	Role-playing	1,000,000+	+	$+
10	Frogger	PlayStation	Hasbro Interactive	Action	[38] [39]

Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1999.

Rank	Title	Platform	Sales	First-day sales revenue	Inflation
1	Pocket Monsters: Gold / Silver (Pokémon Gold / Silver)	GBC	4,444,000			[40]
2	Final Fantasy VIII	PlayStation	3,538,000	¥17,200,000,000 ($151,000,000)	$	[41]
3	Dance Dance Revolution / 2ndReMix	PlayStation
4	Nintendo All Star! Dai Rantō Smash Brothers	N64	1,520,000+
5	(Resident Evil 3: Nemesis)	PlayStation	1,465,000
6	Gran Turismo 2	PlayStation	1,410,000
7	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories	GBC	1,208,000
8	Pocket Monsters: Red / Green / Blue / Pikachu (Pokémon)	Game Boy	998,666	[42]
9	Derby Stallion '99	PlayStation	890,000
10	Minna no Golf 2 (Everybody's Golf 2)	PlayStation	843,000

Europe

In Europe, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1999.^[43]

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Genre	Sales revenue	Inflation
1	Tomb Raider III	Multi-platform	Eidos Interactive	Action-adventure	€96,591,106	$
2	Gran Turismo	PlayStation	Sony	Racing simulation	€94,444,000	$
3	FIFA 99	Multi-platform	Electronic Arts	Sports	€86,316,959	$
4		Nintendo 64	Nintendo	Action-adventure	€70,023,810	$
5	Pokémon Red / Blue	Game Boy	Nintendo	Role-playing	€	$
6	Tekken 3	PlayStation	Namco	Fighting	€57,209,778	$
7	Tomb Raider II	Multi-platform	Eidos Interactive	Action-adventure	€54,477,514	$
8	FIFA 2000	Multi-platform	Electronic Arts	Sports	€53,519,616	$
9	Colin McRae Rally	Multi-platform	Codemasters	Racing	€51,584,666	$
10	Driver	Multi-platform	GT Interactive	Driving	€43,112,063	$

In the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of 1999.

Rank	United Kingdom[44] [45]			Germany[46]				France
	Title	Platform(s)	Sales	PlayStation	Sales	PC	Sales
1	FIFA 2000	Multi-platform	200,000+	Driver	200,000+	Tiberian Sun	200,000+	Gran Turismo[47]
2	Driver	Multi-platform	200,000+	Metal Gear Solid	200,000+	Age of Empires II	200,000+	rowspan="4"
3	Metal Gear Solid	PlayStation	200,000+	Need for Speed 4	100,000+	Die Siedler III	100,000+
4	Gran Turismo	PlayStation	200,000+	FIFA 99	100,000+	SimCity 3000	100,000+
5		Multi-platform	200,000+	Gran Turismo	100,000+	RollerCoaster Tycoon	100,000+

Australia

In Australia, the following titles were the top ten best-selling console games of 1999.^[48]

Rank	Title	Platform	Developer	Publisher	Genre
1	Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow	Game Boy	Game Freak	Nintendo	Role-playing
2		PlayStation	EA Canada	Electronic Arts	Racing
3	Gran Turismo (Platinum)	PlayStation	Polys	Sony	Racing simulation
4	GoldenEye 007	Nintendo 64	Rare	Nintendo	First-person shooter
5		Nintendo 64	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo	Action-adventure
6	Mario Kart 64	Nintendo 64	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo	Kart racing
7	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo	Fighting
8	Crash Bandicoot 2 (Platinum)	PlayStation	Naughty Dog	Sony	Platformer
9	Pokémon Pinball	Game Boy Color	Jupiter Corporation	Nintendo	Pinball
10	Pokémon Snap	Nintendo 64	HAL Laboratory	Nintendo	Photography

Highest-grossing arcade games in Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1999.^[49]

Rank	Title	Developer	Manufacturer	Type	Genre	Points
1	Virtua Striker 2 ver. 98 / 99	Sega AM2	Sega	Software	Sports
2	Dance Dance Revolution / 2ndMix	Bemani	Konami	Dedicated	Rhythm
3	Street Snap	Hitachi	Towa Japan	Other	Purikura	3934
4	Beatmania CompleteMix / 4thMix	Konami G.M.D.	Konami	Dedicated	Rhythm
5	The House of the Dead 2	Sega AM1	Sega	Dedicated	Light gun shooter	3545
6	Time Crisis 2	Namco	Namco	Dedicated	Light gun shooter	3164
7	Street Fighter Zero 3 (Street Fighter Alpha 3)	Capcom	Capcom	Software	Fighting	2946
8	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (JoJo's Venture)	Capcom	Capcom	Software	Fighting	2891
9	Super Purikura 21	Atlus	Sega	Other	Purikura	2381
10	Puri Puri Canvas	Konami	Konami	Other	Purikura	2295

Notable releases

Notable releases of the year 1999

Release	Title	Windows	5th Gen	6th Gen	Handheld	Arcade
January 15	WCW/nWo Thunder
January 21	Super Smash Bros.
January 31	Guardian's Crusade
January 31	Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
January 31	Silent Hill
January 31	SimCity 3000
February 1	WCW Nitro
February 8	Mario Party
February 11	Final Fantasy VIII	(2000)
February 12	Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
February 13	Power Stone				PSP (2006)
February 24	Street Sk8er
February 28	Army Men 3D
February 28	Beetle Adventure Racing
February 28	MLB 2000
February 28
March
March 1
March 3	Heroes of Might and Magic III
March 4	Dungeons and Dragons Collection
March 4
March 15	The King of Fighters '98
March 16	EverQuest
March 17	Legend of Legaia
March 18	UmJammer Lammy
March 19	King of Fighters R-2
March 21	Pokémon Snap
March 22	RollerCoaster Tycoon			Xbox (2003)
March 31	[50]	Yes
April 7	Team Fortress Classic
April 10	Warzone 2100
April 30
April 30	Aliens versus Predator
April 30
April 30
April 30
April 30	Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
May	Midtown Madness
May 12				DC (2000); PS2, Xbox (2004)
May 28
May 31	Ape Escape
June 8
June 19	Counter-Strike
June 17	Descent 3
June 18	Heavy Gear II
June 24
June 28	Pokémon Pinball				GBC
June 30	Croc 2
June 30	Driver
July 1	Attack of the Saucerman
July 7	Dungeon Keeper 2
July 14	Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (Japan)
July 20
July 23	Jagged Alliance 2
July 26	Mario Golf
July 27	NCAA Football 2000
July 31	Biomotor Unitron
July 31	The New Tetris
July 31	Outcast
July 31	Seven Kingdoms II
August 11	System Shock 2
August 12	Syphon Filter
August 16				DC (2000)
August 18	Re-Volt
August 27
August 31	Shadow Man
August 31	All Star Tennis '99
August 31	Gauntlet Legends
August 31	Madden NFL 2000
August 31			PS1 (2001)	DC (2000)	GBA (2002)
September	Jet Moto 3
September 1
September 9	Sonic Adventure	(2004)		DC GC (2003)
September 9	Soulcalibur
September 17	Flight Unlimited III
September 22		(2000)		DC (2000); GC (2003)
September 28	Homeworld
September 28	Kingsley's Adventure
September 29	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater		PS1, N64 (2000)	DC (2000)	GBC (2000)
September 30
September 30	Crash Team Racing
September 30	Final Fantasy VI	(2015)
September 30	Freespace 2
September 30	Pac-Man World				GBA (2004)
October 4
October 11	Jet Force Gemini
October 16	Dead or Alive 2			DC, PS2 (2000)
October 19	Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (North America)				GB
October 22	Grand Theft Auto 2			DC (2000)	GBC (2000)
October 29				DC, PS2 (2000)
October 31	Ballistic				GBC, iOS (2008)
October 31	Pharaoh
October 31	Nocturne
October 31	Septerra Core
October 31	The Nomad Soul			DC (2000)
October 31
November 2
November 2	Asheron's Call
November 3	Sim Theme Park
November 10
November 10	Rippin' Riders Snowboarding
November 11	Medal of Honor
November 11	Age of Wonders
November 13
November 15	Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine[51]
November 16	Tomorrow Never Dies
November 16	Toy Story 2 Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue
November 18	Chrono Cross (Japan)
November 19
November 19	The Longest Journey
November 21
November 22				DC (2000)
November 22	Unreal Tournament			DC (2001), PS2 (2000)
November 23
November 23
November 24	Donkey Kong 64
November 24
November 26				DC (2001); PS2 (2005), Xbox (2009)
November 30	South Park Rally		PS1, N64 (2000)	DC (2000)
December 2	The Legend of Dragoon (Japan)
December 2	Quake III Arena			DC, PS2 (2000)
December 10	Urban Chaos		PS1 (2000)	DC (2000)
December 11	Gran Turismo 2
December 12
December 17	Mario Party 2 (Japan)
December 20	Crusaders of Might and Magic		PS1 (2000)
December 20	Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
December 22	Harvest Moon 64
December 22	Valkyrie Profile				PSP (2006), Android/iOS (2018)
December 29	Shenmue
December 30
December 31	Zombie Revenge

Business

• February 22 – Sierra reorganizes to cut costs in what is widely referred to as the "Chainsaw Monday" Layoffs, closing several studios and their iconic former headquarters in Oakhurst, California. Some employees were given the option to relocate to their new headquarters in Bellevue, Washington.
• Midway Games stops using the Atari Games brand.
• New companies: 3d6 Games, 7 Studios, BAM!, Liquid Entertainment, Bohemia Interactive, 7FX

Acquisitions

• Activision acquires Elsinore Multimedia, Expert Software, and Neversoft Entertainment
• Infogrames Entertainment, SA acquires Accolade (Renamed Infogrames North America), Gremlin Interactive (renamed Infogrames Sheffield House), GT Interactive (GTIS), and Ozisoft
• Take-Two Interactive acquires TalonSoft
• ZeniMax Media acquires Bethesda Softworks
• Codemasters acquires Sensible Software

Lawsuits

• Nintendo v. Bung Enterprises Ltd.; Nintendo sues Bung over patent infringement
• Sony Corporation v. Bleem LLC

See also

• 1999 in games

Notes and References

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5. Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 128, March 2000, page 139
6. Web site: 18 August 2000. GameSpot Console Game of the Year 1999 – Archived from original videogames.com web site. https://web.archive.org/web/20000818042635/http://www.videogames.com/features/universal/game_year/p15_01.html. 18 August 2000. 31 July 2012.
7. Hyper Reader Awards Results. Hyper. 79. May 2000. 40–5.
8. Web site: 2000-11-21 . GamePower Holiday Gift Guide '99 - Console Game of the Year: SoulCalibur . 2024-10-08 . GamePower . "The fact that we can play this stunning fighter on a platform that costs $199 is proof we live in amazing times. Motion capture is impeccable, art is dazzling, and the controls are smooth. This is the game of the year for any console. " Bernie Yee.
9. Web site: 2001-04-17 . GameSpy.com - Console Game of the Year - Winner: SoulCalibur (Dreamcast) . 2024-10-08 . GameSpy.com . The success of Soul Calibur seems to revolve around the replayability. There are hundreds of different moves. There are many strategies. The characters all have their own technique, some focusing on speed, others raw power. There are attacks and counterattacks. And we can't get used to the graphics -- every move looks like a special move, every animation is superb, and the character models are excellent. Even people who normally can't stand fighting games have a place in their herat for Soul Calibur. It's the best console game, for any system..
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