Reverse Grip: Difference between revisions

** His descendant Ezio Auditore follows in his footsteps with his own short blades. He actually draws and replaces them from his belt in a standard grip, then flips it over in the transition to his fighting stance.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', Judge Magister Gabranth holds the smaller of his two blades, ''Highway Star'', in this manner when he splits [[Double Weapon|his weapon]] in two. Which is odd, because the artwork (particularly the iconic logo) depicts him wielding both blades in a standard grip.

** To say nothing of Saïx, who reverse-grips a frickin' ''[[BFS|claymore]]!''

*** And in ''358/2 Days'''s Mission mode, secret character Sora flips to a reverse grip for the last hit of his ground combo when wielding the Dream Sword.

* More ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' fun. Taki carried two ninjato into battle; her primary seemed to be held conventionally, while her secondary, on the rare occasion it's used, is held this way. In addition, in ''Soul Calibur 3'' you could give the 'Wave Sword' skill set to a generic character; these were twin swords used normally that just curved around the wielder's hands like a basket hilt then continued downwards.

* ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'s'' Nakoruru seems to use this form often. It also applies to Cham Cham; even though it's a giant boomerang, when she holds it in paw and swings it, it's done this way. Starting with the 3rd game, Ukyo Tachibana holds his sword this way for several of his attacks, usually strong normal sword strikes. Sogetsu Kazama also uses it, mainly in his standing strong slash.

* The Crowmaster enemies in ''[[Prince of Persia]]: Warrior Within'' are seen wielding scimitars in a reverse grip.

** The titular character in the ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' reboot shifts his scimitar into this position when in a defensive/blocking stance.