9 Video Games That Make Stupid Weapons Awesome

Despite basically peddling the exact same game to us since the second entry in 2000, Dynasty Warriors and its related Samurai/Orochi franchises have maintained popularity due to their steadfast refusal to budge on their painfully repetitive yet deeply satisfying hack and slash model.

However, after realizing that there are only so many ways you can interpret swords, axes, and spears, Koei Tecmo started to diversify their weapon choices with choices like tonfa and nunchucks. As time went on, they started to get a little wacky with their choices, before completely jumping (or rather sailing over) the shark with their 8th mainline entry.

Cue Huang Gai, who dropped in with a large, curved piece of wood strapped to his forearm sporting a blade across the underside. Initially referenced as an ‘arm blade’, the true function of this bladed bucket becomes apparent in Huang’s Musou special attack, when he jumps into the weapon and begins sailing it over the heads of his enemies. Koei Tecmo even abandons all pretense when designing the ultimate ‘arm blade’ by flat out calling it an ‘Imperial Warship’ .

Climb aboard sailor, cause this assault on historical accuracy sure is an awesome voyage.