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Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers

Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers is a 2013 fighting video game developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It features characters and the story of Masami Kurumada's manga series Saint Seiya. It is the first Saint Seiya game to be released in North America.

Gameplay
Brave Soldiers is a fighting game featuring over 50 characters from the Saint Seiya manga. The super gauge in the game is referred to as the , which characters use to perform their finishing attacks, , , , and their special . A character's strength can be increased through the use of an . The game mode has the player progress through battles based on the three main arcs of the original manga: the Sanctuary arc, the Poseidon arc, and the Hades arc. Also in the game is the mode, a tournament mode. ==Playable characters==
Playable characters
Many of the playable characters have multiple forms that are separate playable characters, each with unique move sets and Big Bang Attacks. The God Warriors and Polaris Hilda are added in ''Soldiers' Soul''. ;Bronze Saints • Pegasus Seiya (CV: Masakazu Morita) • Original Bronze Cloth • New Bronze Cloth • Gold New Bronze Cloth (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth • Sagittarius Seiya • Odin Seiya (DLC) • God Cloth • New Bronze Cloth Original Color Edition (Exclusive Seiya Edition DLC) • Training Wear (DLC) • Plain Clothes (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth Original Color Edition (DLC) • God Cloth Original Color Edition (DLC) • Dragon Shiryū (CV: Takahiro Sakurai) • Original Bronze Cloth • No Cloth • New Bronze Cloth • Gold New Bronze Cloth (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth • Libra Shiryū • Plain Clothes (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth Original Color Edition (DLC) • Cygnus Hyoga (CV: Hiroaki Miura) • Original Bronze Cloth • New Bronze Cloth • Gold New Bronze Cloth (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth • Aquarius Hyoga • Plain Clothes (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth Original Color Edition (DLC) • Andromeda Shun (CV: Yuuta Kasuya) • Original Bronze Cloth • New Bronze Cloth • Gold New Bronze Cloth (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth • Virgo Shun (DLC) • Plain Clothes (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth Original Color Edition (DLC) • Phoenix Ikki (CV: Katsuyuki Konishi) • Original Bronze Cloth • New Bronze Cloth • Gold New Bronze Cloth (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth • Leo Ikki (DLC) • Plain Clothes (DLC) • Final Bronze Cloth Original Color Edition (DLC) • Unicorn Jabu (CV: Hideo Ishikawa) • Hydra Ichi (CV: Masaya Onosaka) ;Silver Saints • Eagle Marin (CV: Fumiko Inoue) • Training Wear (DLC) • Ophiuchus Shaina (CV: Yuka Komatsu) • Training Wear (DLC) • Lyra Orphée (CV: Hiroshi Kamiya) ;Gold Saints • Aries Mu (CV: Takumi Yamazaki) • Plain Clothes (DLC) • Taurus Aldebaran (CV: Tesshō Genda) • Gemini ???/Gemini Saga (CV: Ryōtarō Okiayu) • Gemini Kanon (CV: Ryōtarō Okiayu) • Cancer Deathmask (CV: Ryōichi Tanaka) • Leo Aiolia (CV: Hideyuki Tanaka) • Training Wear (DLC) • Virgo Shaka (CV: Yūji Mitsuya) • Libra Dohko (CV: Kenyu Horiuchi) • Scorpio Milo (CV: Toshihiko Seki) • Sagittarius Aiolos (CV: Yusaku Yara) • Training Wear (DLC) • Capricorn Shura (CV: Takeshi Kusao) • Gold Cloth Original Color Edition (DLC) • Aquarius Camus (CV: Nobutoshi Kanna) • Plain Clothes (DLC) • Pisces Aphrodite (CV: Keiichi Nanba) • Former Aries Shion (CV: Nobuo Tobita) (Pre-order DLC) ;Mariners • Sea Horse Baian (CV: Sho Hayami) • Siren Sorrento (CV: Yoku Shioya) • Chrysaor Krishna (CV: Masaharu Sato) • Scylla Io (CV: Issei Futamata) • Lyumnades Caça (CV: Keaton Yamada) • Kraken Isaac (CV: Ryusei Nakao) • Sea Dragon Kanon (CV: Ryōtarō Okiayu) • Plain Clothes (DLC) ;Specters • Aries Shion (Surplice) (CV: Nobuo Tobita) • Gemini Saga (Surplice) (CV: Ryōtarō Okiayu) • Cancer Deathmask (Surplice) (CV: Ryōichi Tanaka) • Capricorn Shura (Surplice) (CV: Takeshi Kusao) • Aquarius Camus (Surplice) (CV: Nobutoshi Kanna) • Pisces Aphrodite (Surplice) (CV: Keiichi Nanba) • Wyvern Rhadamanthys (CV: Takehito Koyasu) • Garuda Aiacos (CV: Shin-ichiro Miki) • Griffon Minos (CV: Kōichi Tōchika) ;Gods • Poseidon (CV: Keiichi Nanba) • Tuxedo (DLC) • Hades (CV: Akio Ōtsuka) • Thanatos (CV: Toshio Furukawa) • Hypnos (CV: Issei Futamata) == Reception ==
Reception
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Adam Ma of Gaming Union praised the game for its emulation of the anime series. However, he also highlighted that this same quality was also its main weakness: "Brave Soldiers is not a game designed to be balanced, but rather a game designed to emulate the show with the greatest accuracy possible." ''Soldiers' Soul received mixed reviews from critics, albeit more positive than its predecessor. It has an aggregated score of 59/100 on Metacritic. Popular Japanese video game magazine Famitsu'' gave the game an overall score of 30/40. Eurogamer Italy gave the game a score of 7/10, stating that "Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul is the classic more of the same, with a bunch of new characters and items added to the contents of the previous game. The combat system is fun and entertaining, but the lack of any kind of balance between the fighters can ruin the overall experience." IGN Spain also gave it a 7/10, saying that "Dimps hasn't delivered once again. They could have made much more out of the universe of Saint Seiya." PlayStation Universe gave a lower score of 5.5/10, describing the game as "A simplistic yet visually attractive take on anime that’s been around longer than most of the people reading this, Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul is a decent prospect for newcomers to the role-playing genre but ultimately holds far less appeal for long-time scrapping veterans who want a little more depth from their digital brawlers." ==Notes==
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