Soulcalibur Legends (ソウルキャリバー レジェンズ, Sōrukyaribā Rejenzu) is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Project Soul and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Wii. It is a spin-off of the Soulcalibur fighting game series. The game features seven playable characters, most prominently Siegfried and Ivy; it is set in-between the first two installments in the series, Soul Edge (1996) and Soulcalibur (1998), and follows Siegfried's journey as he seeks the true power of the legendary sword Soul Edge. The game features competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes in addition to the single player story mode. The story of Soulcalibur Legends takes place between Soul Edge and Soulcalibur, and is based around Siegfried Schtauffen's transformation into Nightmare. The game begins as Siegfried finds Soul Edge on a ship. He battles Cervantes on the deck of the ship. Later, Siegfried is tasked by the Masked Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to find the remaining pieces of Soul Edge in order to use it to win the war against Barbaros of the Ottoman Empire.