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** Hector, of the lords in ''Blazing Sword'' (the main character if you choose his mode) uses axes. This is in contrast to the other two lords (each one being the main character at one point during the "normal" mode) who use swords. However, upon promotion, Hector also gains the ability to use swords.
** ''Blazing Sword'' also discusses and attempts to defy it briefly: [[Chivalrous Pervert|Sain]] insists early on that "the lance is more heroic. A knight should look heroic, don't you think?" and so refuses to [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|use a sword against the axe-wielding]] bandits they're fighting. It doesn't last.
* Most [[Nippon Ichi]] [[Turn-Based Strategy]] games avert this simply by the fact that they allow your characters to arm themselves with any weapon they like, although promotional images and videos may associate them with a certain weapon, and/or they start with a certain weapon. That said, three of the four protagonists from ''[[Disgaea]]'' start with, and have proficiency in, swords, but Adell from ''[[Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories]]'' fights with his fists. Prier from ''[[La Pucelle Tactics]]'' is nominally shown wielding a baton, but she's just as likely to [[Groin Attack|kick evil in the junk]] as she is to bash it upside the head. Ash and Marona from ''[[Phantom Brave]]'' are often shown not using weapons at all, although Ash again often plays it straight like Laharl. Nippon Ichi's first heroine, Cornet from ''<nowiki>
** Also, said games, specifically the [[Disgaea]] series, may tailor the characters specifically to wield a certain weapon even though the player still has a choice in the matter. [[Disgaea Hour of Darkness/Characters|Laharl]] usually has a much higher sword mastery, although he is fairly good with other melee-type weapons.
* In the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series, the [[Original Generation]] characters technically use [[Humongous Mecha]], but some of these mechs utilize swords as their main melee weapon, and some don't.
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