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''Soul Blazer'' (or '''''Soul Blader''''' in Japan) is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game by Enix and Quintet released in 1992 . Similar to Enix and Quintet's other video game, '' ActRaiser '', the player takes the role of a deity sent to restore normalcy to a world overrun with evil by battling its agents on the earth. As in ''ActRaiser'', the player frees a series of towns by fighting monsters in traditional dungeon-crawl battles (''Act Raiser'' was side-scrolling; ''Soul Blazer'' is top-down). ''Soul Blazer'' eschews the '' SimCity ''-like aspect of ''ActRaiser''. Unlike ''ActRaiser'', the player frees the towns incrementally -- each time the player wipes out a group of monsters belonging to the same "monster lair", a "soul" belonging to a former occupant of the town is liberated, and the corresponding body is reincarnated. This is occasionally a human, but in the variety of towns it could be anything from a dolphin to a talking tulip. The freed town occupants give the player advice and items. When the player defeats the monster imprisoning the "soul" of the head of each town (who is typically a " Boss " -- a powerful monster, in game jargon), the town is cleared and the player can continue. The game's backstory concerns a king (Magridd) who made a pact with an evil entity called "Deathtoll" ("Dark Gaia" in the Japanese version). The empire was called the Freil Empire, ruled by King Magridd. Deathtoll offered the king one gold piece for each soul from his kingdom; the king was more than happy to take him up on the offer. As a result, the villages were destroyed, every living creature was captured, and the world became empty. Deathtoll, who lies in the "World of Evil" is the final "boss" in the game -- when the player defeats Deathtoll, the game is over. To open the "World of Evil" the Hero must obtain six stones in this order: brown, green, blue, silver, purple, and black. ''Soul Blazer'' spawned two sequels: '' Illusion Of Gaia '' and '' Terranigma ''. It was Scored by Yukihide Takekawa . SYNOPSIS The synopsis appears when the player waits a five seconds at the title screen, then the ''Soul Blazer'' logo disappears and the sword below the title rises to the top of the screen, and then shows the text of the synopsis. The synopsis at the title screen appears as follows: ''Wise men tell a tale late at night of a great King destroyed by the temptation of evil.'' ''The Freil Empire, as it was called in those days, was ruled by a powerful man, King Magridd.'' ''It seems most people thought the King was a fair and kind ruler. There were some, however, who felt the King himself was ruled by greed.'' ''One day the King happened to overhear two guards talking about a man named Dr. Leo. Now Dr. Leo was considered by all to be a great inventor and a genius.'' ''The King stayed up many nights wondering how he could use this great inventor to make him even more wealthy.'' ''All of a sudden the King had an idea. He ordered his guards to capture Dr. Leo and bring him to the castle at once!'' ''Soon Dr. Leo was brought to the castle.'' ''The King confined him in a small room and ordered him to invent a machine that would summon the King of evil, Deathtoll.'' ''Dr. Leo finally completed the machine. The King instantly called upon Deathtoll, hoping they might strike a deal.'' ''After many days the deal was complete. The King would bring Deathtoll all living creatures, and in return, Deathtoll would give him a gold piece for each.'' ''One by one, all living creatures began to disappear. Soon the world was completely empty.'' ''Two people were watching this catastrophe, the Master, and you ''(Eiyuu), ''his follower.'' ''"The King was very foolish to be tempted by evil, however I will give him another chance. You must go down to Earth and revive the World!" the Master said.'' ''On a ray of light you descended to Earth..... ..A warrior sent to revive the living and punish evil. A SOUL BLAZER!!'' CHARACTERS
SOULS Souls in the game take on the appearance of a glowing orb of light that rotates counter-clockwise around your character. As you encounter friendly spirits in your quest, some of them will merge with this orb to offer you various abilities. They include:
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