Soul Blazer
Soul Blazer, known in Japan as Soul Blader, is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System action role-playing game developed by Quintet and published by Enix (now Square Enix). Soul Blazer was released on January…
Soul Blazer is an adventure developed by Quintet, released 31 January 1992 on Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Soul Blazer is
Soul Blazer is an adventure game developed by Quintet and released in 1992. It was published by Enix Corporation. It is available on Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Master sends one of his heavenly divine companions in the form of a human warrior to the Freil Empire, where the evil spirit Deathtoll has destroyed all villages and incarcerated the souls of all living creatures in his monster lairs, leaving the world empty. The warrior must defeat the monsters and liberate the inhabitants from the lairs, gradually repopulating the kingdom. The Hero (Blazer) is the protagonist, a divine angel, deity or lesser-deity, or avatar, sent by The Master to restore the world's creatures to life. Skilled with a sword and possessing the ability to speak with any living thing and be understood, he battles the hordes of Deathtoll with the assistance of his Soul…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 12 hrs.
What it launched against
Soul Blazer launched on 31 January 1992, within three weeks of X-Men, Baseball Stars 2 and Romancing SaGa.
Released around the same time: X-Men, Baseball Stars 2, Romancing SaGa.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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