However, when his allies came under attack and either defeated or abandoned him, and he himself was beaten by Xianghua who wielded Soul Edge's antithesis "Soul Calibur". After the credits, there is a short sequence showing the true Nightmare (or at least his foot) and Soul Edge Male.Īllying himself with Astaroth, Ivy, and Lizardman in the city of Ostrheinsburg, Nightmare attempted to completely restore Soul Edge. When Siegfried attempts to reject Soul Edge's power, Inferno emerges and takes on Nightmare's shape to stop him. Soulcalibur Legends, which takes place between Soul Edge and Soulcalibur, presents Nightmare as a boss fight. However, in Soulcalibur the concept was expanded: giving the armor a blue metallic appearance instead (hence, his nickname of the "Azure Knight"). He has no story nor ending, and only used Siegfried's Soul Edge without effects. This early version was much different from the former Nightmare, having crimson armor and a more flesh-like design, almost as if he were part of Soul Edge itself. "Siegfried!" was an alternate version of normal Siegfried taken from his no-input ending, where he was consumed by Soul Edge. In the home version, an extra character named "Siegfried!" was added as an unlockable character. His fighting style was altered from Soulcalibur II to Soulcalibur III because Siegfried was now a distinct character in terms of both gameplay and story.Įven though Nightmare originally debuted on "Soulcalibur", its predecessor, "Soul Edge", featured a prototype of his character. Nightmare has appeared in all the sequels to Soulcalibur, visually different for each game. Appearing in every game of the series, Nightmare has served as a recurring antagonist in contrast to the protagonist role played by Siegfried, as well as serving as Siegfried's archenemy. Ever since then, Nightmare has been the main antagonist and owner of the Soul Edge, and thus the objective of most other characters in the story. In the sequel Soulcalibur, he was given a name and featured as a central character. Nightmare first appeared in one of the possible endings for the Siegfried character in the game Soul Edge. The evil alter-ego of Siegfried Schtauffen ( ジークフリート・シュタウフェン, Jīkufurīto Shutaufen ?), he later becomes an entity separated from Siegfried in Soulcalibur III.
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Nightmare ( ナイトメア, Naitomea ?) is a character in the Soul series of fighting games. Nobuyuki Hiyama, Fumihiko Tachiki ( SC3), Kōsei Hirota ( SCL, SCIV) Ted D' Agostino ( SCII), Patrick Ryan ( SC3, SCIV) Nightmare as he appears in Soulcalibur IIĪya Takemura ( Soulcalibur II-IV), Takuji Kawano ( Soulcalibur II-IV, Soulcalibur Legends)