
In Tales of Soul mode, using Kilik or Yun-seong, Hwang appears as "Unknown Soul" in the Grand Labyrinth: Darkness.Additionally, Xianghua and Yun-seong can wield his weapons, Blue Storm and Blue Thunder, respectively.Although Hwang is not playable, the character “Assassin” uses a variant of his moveset from Soulcalibur mixed with moves from Yun-seong.Along with Li Long, Hwang can be seen briefly in the opening of Weaponmaster mode.Yun-seong's alternate costume might be a reference to Hwang.However, Hwang still retains some of Mitsurugi's moves such as "A+B," additionally Hwang still has his unique attacks from Soul Blade such as "3AAB" and "66KKK." His movelist for the most part is now based off Xianghua rather than Mitsurugi.Hwang's "A+G" throw move in is reminiscent of one of Hwoarang's from Tekken (Falcon Dive Kick).

In the versions where Arthur replaced Mitsurugi, Hwang is available from the start while Xianghua is a time-release character.According to Soul Edge Official Fanbook ~Chronicle~, Hwang is a good cook but cannot handle spicy food.

In the arcade version, he is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa, which is also the voice actor of Hwoarang in Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament (the original), and Tekken 4.Mitsurugi fights quite differently in the Calibur games when compared to Soul Blade. In later games, both characters were given new attacks, but Hwang ended up keeping most of the ones that both had used in Soul Blade - this is most likely because Seong Han-myeong was also given these attacks (although he naturally matched Hwang more so than Mitsurugi) so it made more sense to keep these attacks as Hwang's. In Soul Blade, Mitsurugi and Hwang were very similar with the exception of a few attacks.In Hwang's bad ending, "you" changes to "tou" in the English subtitles.With Voldo highlighted, press Down, Up, Down, Up. With Li Long highlighted, press Up, Up, Down, Down. For player two, at the character selection screen hold Start with Siegfried highlighted and press Up, Down. He is unlocked for Player 1 by holding the Start Button (during the entire code) with Mitsurugi highlighted and pressing Up, Down, highlightingTaki and pressing Up, Up, Down, Down, highlighting Rock and pressing Down, Up, Down, Up. He appears in other localizations of Soul Edge Version 1 (the Arcade version of Soul Blade) as a secret character. Hwang originally doubled as a replacement for Mitsurugi in Korean releases of the game, where depicting Japanese samurai is a culturally touchy subject.Hwang's moves, along with that of Yun-seong, & even Seong Han-myeong, are used for Lin Fong Lee's armed fighting style in Urban Reign.In Naruto Shippūden, Konohamaru Sarutobi resembles Hwang's Soul Calibur III appearance.


