{"id":1072,"date":"2022-05-13T18:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2022-07-17T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T21:07:46","slug":"retro-replay-soulcalibur-ii-gamecube-version-issue-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/retro-replay-soulcalibur-ii-gamecube-version-issue-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Replay \u2014 Soulcalibur <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span> (GameCube version) \u2014 Issue&nbsp;41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1058\" src=\"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulCalibur-II-31-1024x787.png\" alt width=\"584\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulCalibur-II-31-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulCalibur-II-31-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulCalibur-II-31-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulCalibur-II-31-390x300.png 390w, https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulCalibur-II-31.png 1171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24pt;\">Heart and soul of calibur<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Some\u00adtimes, when you\u2019re the sequel to one of the great\u00adest fight\u00ading games of all time, you<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-880\" src=\"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Retro-Replay-227x300.png\" alt width=\"156\" height=\"202\"> need no intro\u00adduc\u00adtion and you\u2019re allowed to have repeat praise heaped on your shoulders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">We pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly reviewed the PlaySta\u00adtion 2 ver\u00adsion of Soul\u00adcal\u00adibur <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span> in <span class=\"caps\">4Q2010<\/span>, yet here we are again talk\u00ading about it in glow\u00ading terms for the Game\u00adCube ver\u00adsion. There isn\u2019t much new to say oth\u00ader than this port is just as beau\u00adti\u00adful as the <span class=\"caps\">PS2<\/span> version.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">With the addi\u00adtion of Link to the cast for this ver\u00adsion, the game is even bet\u00adter. Link fits right in with the pro\u00adceed\u00adings and man\u00adages to unbal\u00adance the game heav\u00adi\u00adly in his favor. He\u2019s the per\u00adfect addi\u00adtion, to be honest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">With a killer sound\u00adtrack, beau\u00adti\u00adful graph\u00adics that hold up after 20 years, a deep sto\u00adry\u00adline and supe\u00adri\u00ador game\u00adplay to almost every\u00adthing avail\u00adable on the mar\u00adket at the time, Soul\u00adcal\u00adibur <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span> is a wor\u00adthy suc\u00adces\u00adsor in every way to one of the great\u00adest fight\u00ading games ever&nbsp;made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Soulcalibur II -- Issue 41 -- RETRO REPLAY\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yGtxGt5l7OY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Soulcalibur II - 4th Quarter 2010\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aKBMSS1xrB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heart and soul of cal\u00adibur Some\u00adtimes, when you\u2019re the sequel to one of the great\u00adest fight\u00ading games of all time, you need no intro\u00adduc\u00adtion and you\u2019re allowed to have repeat praise heaped on your shoul\u00adders. We pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly reviewed the PlaySta\u00adtion \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/retro-replay-soulcalibur-ii-gamecube-version-issue-41\/\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[244,167,192,271,278,279,251,82,193,277],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retro-replay","tag-bandai-namco","tag-fighting-game","tag-gamecube","tag-issue-41","tag-link","tag-lyndsey","tag-lyndsey-beatty","tag-nintendo","tag-retro-replay","tag-soulcalibur-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}