Though Soulcalibur games are few and far between these days, this series still played a huge role in creating the fighting game genre as we know it today. Back when the Soulcalibur series was still finding its footing in the late 1990s, it was becoming known as one of the most fun and visually stunning fighting games out there, growing so popular that it would even become a rival to Tekken for many years to see which was the better 3D fighter of the two.