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The ***Soul*** series of fighting games began in 1995 with the release of ***Soul Edge*** (known in the West as ***Soul Blade***) It was one of the first fighting games to include full Z-axis movement, giving the player complete 3D control of their character. This is the first game in the series to introduce a “Destined Battle”**, in which the player character will encounter their story-centric counterpart at the beginning of the penultimate (second to last) level and fight them.