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Could we protect this page soon, all this anon editing is getting on my nerves? | |||
Buster Sword Appearance in FF9[]
In the Lindblum weapons store, there's a Buster Sword hanging on the wall. When Zidane looks at it, he says something like: I once knew a guy with spiky hair, he would have bought one of those.
I think this should be added. --Fishead
I can't really see the sword too well, as Zindane's word bubble is blocking my view. I do remember Zidane saying this, but none of the swords on the wall looked anything like the Buster Sword to me. | |||
I Added it already. | |||
I'm trying to emulate my spanish version of FF9 in the PSX Emulator, in order to snap a clean image of the Buster Sword but i'm getting technical problems... My emulator doesn't emulate original games... WFT? | |||
 At last I've been able to run the emulator!!! Mmmmn, it doesn't seems to be the buster sword... If anyone needs another FF9 screen shots, just tell me Amigos!!! | |||
Yup. That doesn't look like the Buster Sword at all. All those blades have hilts, when the Buster Sword is just a hunk of metal with a grip sticking out. Let's all give Square a big hand! (Applause). | |||
The shop in the second screenshot is a different shop than in the first screenshot. That is why any of those swords seem like the Buster Sword.
Born from Darkness Talk · Contribs 23:12, 4 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
Yep, the first one is from the first visit, and the second is in the later disks after Lindblum gets destroyed. | |||
Actually, it doesn't matter if the Buster Sword is there or not, as the spikyhaired guy would "buy" any big sword. It's just a size reference. | |||
Bartz[]
In Dissidia, Bartz can be seen wielding Squall's Gunblade and Cloud's Buster Sword in a battle against X-Death. I get a snapshoot, but i'm too lazy to upload it :P | |||
NeoBahamut - Rise my demon of death! TALK - Time to take over the world! Let my shadow be casted among all who obey and oppose me! {{{time}}} | |||
Get the snapshot, or else we will not know if this is true until Dissidia is released in other parts of the world. | |||
Of course it's true, it's in the trailers, duh. Bartz is a mine so he can use all the hero weapons. Drake Clawfang 21:21, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
In Dissidia, if I remember correctly, Bartz is the Mimic character. If you're unfamiliar with fighting games, the Mimic character is a character who can use any character's fighting style but doesn't have one of their own (best example is Edge Master/Charade/Owl Guy from the various Soul Caliburs). Mentioning Bartz can use the Buster Sword doesn't seem note worthy, since he can use everyone else's weapons as well. However, I could be dead wrong, since I haven't played the game yet and am relying on pre-release info. EDIT CONFLICT: It is true, I've seen the trailer in question. And I don't see why we have to wait until the American release. Some users already have the Japanese release and can use that. EDIT CONFLICT 2!: Thanks for confirming that Drake. | |||
I thought Bartz in Dissidia is a Freelancer, but Mime has more sense. Wait for the US release? Why? I'm from Madrid and I'm playing Dissidia since 18th. | |||
The default job for all characters in FFV is the freelancer so that is more likely than mimic(Which hasn't equiped anything as far as I'v seen in any games). Plus, Freelancer job is like a better version of Onion Knight and can equip everything even two swords. A mime would weild ONLY the Buster Sword or ONLY the Gunblade. | |||
Henryacores - "É que esta noite vou lançar ao mar/A bruma que houver em mim./Vou beber e cantar este luar/vou dançar até ao fim." TALK - 21:57, 2 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
No, he's a mime, really. His combos are based on other heroes' and some are virtually the same. His HP attacks are also "stolen" from Cecil, Terra and Onion Knight. | |||
From what I'v seen, he's unique in that he can "copy" two fighting styles at the same time. | |||
But a mime only imitates the actions of one ally in battle while freelance was the job that let him "borrow" other job skills and weapons (more like Soul's Charade). | |||
Ok, I feel like an idiot leaving that up there. Truth be told, I've only used the Tactics version of Mime so I thought they had something in common. And just for Clarification, Bartz has been shown to have more in common with Necrid of SC2 | |||
Zack uses the Buster Sword more often, but:[]
There isn't really space to put this picture somewhere in the main article, but it might be important to know that Zack tries to use the blunt side of the sword:  | |||
time[]
Wasn't IX set before Dissidia? I think it was. or how would Chaos and Cosmos know who to ask for help? 1stclasswarrior 19:31, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Dissidia seems to be a nexus between the FF worlds. It seems to be set INSTEAD of the actual games. AJ Werefang 14:11, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Full size scale model[]
does anyone have any sort of idea who was commissioned to make the buster sword replica seen at the ACC premiere in Tokyo? if i can track them down, i would offer quite a bit to have them make me one. Thanks in advance!---- Ian Mac Pharlaine
Actual size?[]
I know this is stupid... but the sword seems to change size a lot from game to game, and even from scene to scene within a game. im making a replica for a cosplay, however... im thinking i made it a tad too large. Its 6 feet long nad the blade is 10" wide. the handle is just under an inch in diameter (though im going to build this up to just over an inch with leather).
looking at the Crisis Core video game box cover art, and the scene in Advent Children, it looks smaller... like 5' to 5' 6", and i have no idea how wide.
for those whove seen it, how big is the scale model seen at various events including the ACC premiere?
im asking cuz i want to make another buster sword thats as close as possible to the size, dimensions, and proportions as the original from crisis core and advent children to replace my old one.
thanks in advance
Ian
Master Conjurer — (talk) 04:12, 6 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
As it turns out, Ian, the Buster Sword is a magical shape-shifting piece of equipment. Look at images in which Zack is holding it. It's exactly as tall as he is. Now look at images in which Cloud is holding it. It is shorter than he is. Now compare the heights of Zack and Cloud. Zack is taller than Cloud. Basically, when Cloud took it from Zack's corpse, it shrunk considerably. What you should do, Ian, is make your sword look good on you, and not on the games' characters. It will look good as long as it comes up to between the top of your shoulder and the top of your head. I suggest around nose or eye level. | |||
well... on CC's cover art, its WAY shorter than Zack. What about angeal? it seems to be either just below his own height, or almost a foot shorter than he is. damn... what were the CG tech guys on? i mean, the buster sword even changes its appearance between Crisis Core, FF7, ACC, KH, and Dissidia! haha
Perhaps they're deliberately making it somewhat inconsistent and confusing for one reason and one reason only... and I reckon that reason is: so that it matches the rest of the Compilation! XD -- Sorceror Nobody 
22:40, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
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Devil Breaker - And I'm alone now, me and all I stood for. We're wandering now TALK - 10:55, 29 June 2009 (UTC) - All my fears turn to rage. | |||
Guys I saw a Buster Sword on MHFU while I was browsing in, and it kinda is like a huge sword and looks like the Buster Sword, although without a different end. Should I put it in? | |||
Carrying the buster sword[]
Hey im not sure if this is true but when zack carries the buster sword the blade is pointing in while cloud is carrying it...... the blacde is facing out......
The Reason For My Changes[]
I made some quick corrections to the page that were seemingly ignored, so I changed then back, and decided to explain why I did so.
The two holes on the Buster Sword are in fact Materia slots (not often mistaken as them), the SOLDIER harness that Cloud wears to sheath the sword uses a magnet to hold it in place, in no way are those slots used to hold the sword. With the increased graphical quality of the subsequent Compilation entries, the Buster Sword's two holes are even shown to resemble a linked Materia Slot.
As for the Final Fantasy X depiction of the Buster Sword, there is no slant, as the picture shown has the weapon displayed at a slight angle, as you can see the face and side of the handle, hilt, and blade. Derekoe 07:40, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Actually this is wrong. The character designer tetsuya nomura said they are for fastening the blade to the back, and are not materia slots. For the life of my I can't find that link now...
If you revert this change at least acknowledge that there is no reliable source saying they are materia slots, and that coming to the conclusion they are is original research. 174.19.48.125 09:59, May 14, 2010 (UTC)
Slots?[]
The holes aren't materia slots, they are used to afix the blade to a sort of harness on Cloud's back.187.10.76.158 00:16, December 17, 2009 (UTC)
Backwards?[]
I don't recall Zack or Angeal ever using the blunt side of the weapon? I don't know, haven't played Crisis Core in a while. --Adonzo 10:41, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
- Not in the game play HarpieSiren 14:34, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
- Zack uses the blunt side pretty often. I decided to pay attention to the way he swung it once I got that clip on the DMW, and indeed, he seems to swing it without actual regard as to which side is sharp and which side isn't. (As though he were still using his original sword, which was sharp on both sides.) Perhaps an excuse for not rewriting the animations too much, but nevertheless the case from what I've seen. - Saethori (T / C) - 23:49, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
9, I am creating... the Buster Sword[]
Likeacupcake - Never are we more free, than when we are confined to the realm of dreams. TALK - 10:15, May 14, 2010 (UTC) | |||
Just finished watching the movie 9 (Tim Burton will never be normal will he? And that's the way we like him). Anyway, 8 uses his blade attached to a nail as a sword, but I noticed it look remarkably similar to the Buster Sword like that. Image below, for reference (if someone's got a better one, show us, typing things like 9 8 into a search engine doesn't get too many results.) [1] | |||
Kind of interesting, but nothing more than a very vague similarity - the shape of the blade itself is very different. The other weapon, on the other hand (literally), has a blade that is a similar shape to Squall's Revolver gunblade -- Sorceror Nobody 10:54, May 14, 2010 (UTC)
Buster sword in Lufia[]
In Lufia & the Fortress of Doom there's a weapon called 'Buster Sword'. Any relation between the two or just coincidence? Kupo1705 17:11, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Never heard of this game, but sounds like it can be a FFVII reference. Does it at all look the same?Keltainentoukokuu 18:37, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Lufia was released 4 years before FFVII. And it has no appearance. The icon is a generic sword icon like all swords and all weapons look the same in battle.
About the YouTube Man At Arms link[]
I've edited the link on the line containing the Man At Arms episode because the steel replica they made is not a full-size one at all but almost double-size.
Anyone can watch that video through a new tab and compare the sword made in the video with the scale model picture made for Sony Building press screening and they BOTH don't look the same in height at all so after my edit don't edit the link back as "A full-size steel replica" again. Smackdown599 (talk) 06:52, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
- Eh? The video gives a measurement of six feet long by twelve inches wide. That may not be exactly correct but that sure as hell is not double size. Are you trying to make your assertion using this image? Because without any measurements, trying to compare with that is pointless. -- Some Color Mage ~ (Talk) 10:15, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
There is another YouTube video I found: REALer Buster Sword and the group's flickr set: Buster Swords 2 of the Buster Swords they completed are the Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children versions, the AC version of the Buster Sword is molded from the scale model that's in Japan and the blade is not even 6 feet long by 12 inches wide, weighs only 54 pounds and can be wielded by one person but with both hands though. Smackdown599 (talk) 11:30, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
- I don't think it matters at all whether or not it's comparable to that, since the best most people can do to approximate the size of the weapon based on how it compares to Cloud's height. It just strikes me as picky.HarpieSiren (talk) 11:35, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
Hey! I'm not picky fella, it's just that this article is about the Buster Sword and I thought what the Man At Arms crew made was the actual sword until I found that video then I realized they measured the blade by just seeing the Crisis Core game and not the scale model which they don't get the chance to physically see.
So how about it? Shall the YouTube link put in the article be replaced with the one I put up here or have that link remian? Yours and this wiki's admins' choice, I don't need say anything anymore and I won't replace that link because I know you fellas will mercilessly replace it back. Smackdown599 (talk) 11:48, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
I've removed this link from the trivia twice note. To note it here, while I'm subscribed to that channel because they do cool stuff, what makes them so notable above the many other real-life replicas of Buster Swords that we note them here? Drake Clawfang (talk) 02:56, November 13, 2013 (UTC)
Buster Sword material and weight[]
Apparently the Buster Sword is made of unrefined steel based on Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Reunion Files (don't have a link or a picture, sorry). Does anyone here have an idea of how heavy that would make the Buster Sword, assuming a negligibly light handle (thus, just the blade)? Not as a realistic or feasible weapon, just based off of it being made out of unrefined steel. Would this essentially be equivalent to the blade's weight in ordinary steel, or does unrefined steel weigh more/less? EDIT: Did some loose math working off of the measurements given here. Apparently if the blade was made entirely out of solid steel, it is around 4.5 cubic feet, with steel weighing 489 pounds per cubic feet? I feel like I made a wrong calculation somewhere, carrying a literal ton of metal feels like it would be a bit much even for Cloud. Maybe I needed to account for the fact that the blade isn't a slab but rather has a slanted edge? Hamstermer (talk) 21:26, August 16, 2019 (UTC)