[icopyu]

does anyone else wonder why they chose ventus to be backhanded, i am starting to see it everywhere, so why cant they do it in every single series? i like doing it myself (i did it before it became popular, at least i think)

[IamKeybladeMaster]

well i like the back handed keyblade...i think its cool...but idk we dident see any of this before in the other kh series... if your talking about real life fighting...i think back its cool but i wouldent do it personaly in real live...cause for me its hard to get the blade around

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[Tsubasa Uehara]

icopyu, on 10 January 2011 - 05:43 PM, said:

does anyone else wonder why they chose ventus to be backhanded, i am starting to see it everywhere, so why cant they do it in every single series? i like doing it myself (i did it before it became popular, at least i think)

My guess is that they wanted to put some variety in how you can hold a Keyblade. It can be held various ways and they just didn't want to be doing the same thing over and over again. Plus I think it's coool how's he holds it backhand, in my opinion, it made him stand out and that's why I always know Ventus holds the keyblade backhand.

[skydash]

Maybe because he is ambidextrous.
With backhand, it is easier to swiftly move the keyblade from one hand to another while sustaining a firm grip.
That's just my opinion though

[Number11]

I also think its purely for variety. I like it a lot. The thing that gets me though is that if thats Ven's specific style, shouldnt Sora, Vanitas, or even Roxas have inherited it in some way? Oh well... It might have fit Vanitas perfectly now that I think about it...what with his twistedness and all.

[Rob]

Ven is backhand because he chose to be.

[Michael_S]

IamKeybladeMaster, on 10 January 2011 - 06:14 PM, said:

well i like the back handed keyblade...i think its cool...but idk we dident see any of this before in the other kh series... if your talking about real life fighting...i think back its cool but i wouldent do it personaly in real live...cause for me its hard to get the blade around

yeah its a cool fighting style but doesnt seem very practical in real life, though i prefer to play table tennis this way.

[skydash]

I just thought of another reason. Maybe it's connected to Ven's good point, i.e. his agility.
I mean, wouldn't holding keyblade with backhand reduce air friction when moving forward?
That way, he could move faster.

[Day]

It think it's something different. Riku's weapon stance looks the best. Ventus looks awesome as well. Sora's stance is the oddest of them all. It's like he's holding a baseball back with his butt all the way out lmao, Nomura did took some influence from Star Wars. With the back hand keyblade thing.

[Neo Hartless]

Day, on 03 March 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

It think it's something different. Riku's weapon stance looks the best.

Yes, putting your sword to the same level of your head and your hand stretching outward so that anyone can chop it off is the best pose ever!

Day, on 03 March 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

Ventus looks awesome as well.

Yes he does, but that pose is too inconvenient, it takes more unnecessary arm movement to use and it forces you to move your wrist upwards, which is much more limited tha moving it to all directions like you can do with holding it fornt handed.

Day, on 03 March 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

Sora's stance is the oddest of them all. It's like he's holding a baseball back with his butt all the way out lmao.

You seem to have something against normal poses...

Day, on 03 March 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

Nomura did took some influence from Star Wars. With the back hand keyblade thing.

You mean Ahsoka? Whose fist appearence was in 2008?

To me, the coolest stance is Master Xehanort's, just holding it with one hand and the other ins his pocket, like he doesn't even care.

[Tsubasa Uehara]

Day, on 03 March 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

It think it's something different. Riku's weapon stance looks the best. Ventus looks awesome as well. Sora's stance is the oddest of them all. It's like he's holding a baseball back with his butt all the way out lmao, Nomura did took some influence from Star Wars. With the back hand keyblade thing.

To me, I don't think Sora's stance is odd at all. I mean, like other people said, his stance is like showing that he's good at defending himself. I think his stance can show that he can attack and defend at the same time depending on the situation. I think it looks cool and his stance is my favorite stance out of all the characters who has weapons. But on the other hand, Ventus' backhand and stance I like; he's getting ready to attack and I like it how he swings his keyblade or I thinking it was spinning, but not as much as Aqua's. Besides Sora's, Aqua's would be also my favorite because it shows her elegance and strong attitude.

[Day]

Neo Hartless, on 03 March 2012 - 08:26 PM, said:

Yes, putting your sword to the same level of your head and your hand stretching outward so that anyone can chop it off is the best pose ever!


Yes he does, but that pose is too inconvenient, it takes more unnecessary arm movement to use and it forces you to move your wrist upwards, which is much more limited tha moving it to all directions like you can do with holding it fornt handed.


You seem to have something against normal poses...


You mean Ahsoka? Whose fist appearence was in 2008?

To me, the coolest stance is Master Xehanort's, just holding it with one hand and the other ins his pocket, like he doesn't even care.

Ahsoka wasn't the only Star Wars character who held her lightsaber backhanded. Adi Gallia was the first to demonstrate the technique in 2002 for the playstation game Star Wars Jedi Power Battles.

I never said I had anything against Sora's pose. I said that his pose was the oddest of them all.

And yeah, I agree with the Master Xehanort one. One handed his keyblade like a boss.

This post has been edited by Day: 04 March 2012 - 04:19 AM

[blinkystorm]

backhand=awesome is there a problem with that logic?

[Day]

blinkystorm, on 04 March 2012 - 04:22 AM, said:

backhand=awesome is there a problem with that logic?

I have no problem with it at all. Who cares about logic, who cares if holding the keyblade backhanded is slow.
I think its freakin awesome.

[Rob]

blinkystorm, on 04 March 2012 - 04:22 AM, said:

backhand=awesome is there a problem with that logic?

Backhand is badass, especially when finishing your opponent off in a cool way.

[Tsubasa Uehara]

But maybe just thinking, that Ventus is very quick and swift in attacks (it says so in the tutorial book I believe). Maybe the reason to his backhand is that he can makes quick and swift attacks by doing that stance. Plus I think that stance makes it way easier to strike your opponent down quickly and then after making an attack you can easily recover and get ready to counter or defend themselves.

[Day]

Tsubasa Uehara, on 04 March 2012 - 05:12 AM, said:

But maybe just thinking, that Ventus is very quick and swift in attacks (it says so in the tutorial book I believe). Maybe the reason to his backhand is that he can makes quick and swift attacks by doing that stance. Plus I think that stance makes it way easier to strike your opponent down quickly and then after making an attack you can easily recover and get ready to counter or defend themselves.

Exactly. I don't think Ventus looses timing on his swing at all. Because he's using offense attacks with his blade, and also defending himself from attacks quicker than others since he wields his keyblade backhandedly.

[Rob]

Day, on 04 March 2012 - 05:17 AM, said:

Exactly. I don't think Ventus looses timing on his swing at all. Because he's using offense attacks with his blade, and also defending himself from attacks quicker than others since he wields his keyblade backhandedly.

Which is why he's speed based.

[Neo Hartless]

Day, on 04 March 2012 - 04:30 AM, said:

I have no problem with it at all. Who cares about logic, who cares if holding the keyblade backhanded is slow.
I think its freakin awesome.

I care!

I think it looks dumb.

It wouldnt be AS dumb if he didn't spin his Keyblade while fighting.

It would make more sense if he had Sora's.

Day, on 04 March 2012 - 04:17 AM, said:

Ahsoka wasn't the only Star Wars character who held her lightsaber backhanded. Adi Gallia was the first to demonstrate the technique in 2002 for the playstation game Star Wars Jedi Power Battles.

I doubt Nomura played Jedi Power Battles.

And eve if he did, he wouldn't use Adi Galia when there was the much more awesome and yellow light sabered Plo Koon.

[Tsubasa Uehara]

Neo Hartless, on 17 March 2012 - 01:04 AM, said:

I care!

I think it looks dumb.

It wouldnt be AS dumb if he didn't spin his Keyblade while fighting.

It would make more sense if he had Sora's.

But then again and this is just my opinion. But maybe the reason why Ventus holds his Keyblade backhand is probably because Nomura wanted him to be at least different from Sora. So, in that way, people don't go thinking that Ventus is just another "clone" of Sora or vice versa. To me, Ventus' backhand is unique.

[Captain Hazama]

Back-Handing weapons is freakin awesome to do! It's so fun trying to do it. Anyways, yeah, I think Nomura wanted to make him special because if Ventus used Front-handed weapons, then he'll just be another Roxas-type clone.

[Rob]

LoveIsOver, on 17 March 2012 - 03:57 AM, said:

Back-Handing weapons is freakin awesome to do! It's so fun trying to do it. Anyways, yeah, I think Nomura wanted to make him special because if Ventus used Front-handed weapons, then he'll just be another Roxas-type clone.

I agree, which is why I tried doing back hand when I played as a kid.