User blog comment:PinkiepiePartyMonst/Weapons, What is acceptable and what just isn't/@comment-1942179-20130106055338

Alright so here's my say on these.

Hammers

I do have to agree with you there. There is also a much bigger variety to hammers than just a Piko Piko hammer and a warhammer. You have the mallets, like Mario, Sledgehammers, though those seem pretty morbid, and heck, even work hammers like for a blacksmith or even for hammering in nails. It's one thing if they're female hedgehogs, but I've seen other people (who're male for that matter) wielding them. Why everyone's going around with Piko Piko Hammers is beyond me.

Swords

Now, Swords are generic, yeah. That much we can agree on. But I've never even seen a talking or bouncing sword on this wiki. My first thought was Mack. Anyway, you probably find it more appropriate to use a hammer than a sword because swords are 'old fashioned'. The Sonic universe is in a generally modern era, so there really isn't much place for a sword.

Guns

You can have quite a variety of guns if you put your mind to it. But personally I try to avoid the use of actual metal bullet firing guns, outside of my darker plots. None of my good guys use them, anyway. But I digress; Shadow with a gun and motorcycle in a dark and edgey city under seige by aliens, that whole thing just sounds like an excuse to make Shadow 'even cooler' and boast his badattude.

Boxing Gloves

Whether they're efficient in battle or not isn't really an issue when it comes to originality. The issue here is when people used spiked gloves. It's shameless if the user is an echidna. Otherwise, any kind of gloves/gauntlets for battle are okay in my book.

Wooden Weapons

I don't see what the problem here is. If you're going on about how practical it is, that's the character's problem. They may be at a disadvantage, but if everyone had the same amount of balance in their weaponry and other such stats, where would be the fun in that? And if a guy actually won using a wooden sword, I'd have to praise em. It sounds unbelievable at first if he was going up against a guy with a real sword, but you'd really have to know the context of the match before judging.

Enchanted Swords Etc.

Fortunately I've yet to encounter any of these things. They sound pretty blatantly cheap though.