What is the Keyblade

[Ariel]

You could say it's a sword with a few notches. =P But all in all, I'll agree with what's been said above. It's a unique weapon.

And gunblade fanatic... why should Sora have to be some musclebound weightlifter type guy, anyway? From what I gathered, the Keyblade master was supposed to have inner strength, which was why (SPOILER)Riku, the original wielder, couldn't wield it.

[TasteyPies]

Its a key thats given the properties of a sword through magic. The keyblade is not sharp or have any edge by itself but it is incredibly shrap through magic

[Dark Songstress]

it a key and sword...morph together

[Bahumat]

Well, it depnds on what form the keyblade is in... It always acts as a key, so thats given. But it seems to be slightly different each time...

For instance, the kingdom key is just a rod. there is no 'blade' persay. Its like hitting someone with a staff.. except worse becuase it has the little key-bit thing on the end. Ouch.

But keyblades like lionheart, pumpkin king, and oblivion are all thin metal, and could conciveably be sharpened so as to be a 'blade'

Then there's the metal chocobo, which is basically a long metal 2x4.

There was others that were more blades like, and others that were not so much... oathkeeper was a blade, but if memory serves, fairy harp was a short, long-knife length magic enhancer.

Keyblade= thingy to beat baddies over the head with

Oh, and the other keyblade weilder (ansem? or was that riku's... anyway) was definatly a blade. and a nasty one at that.

Yea, your right, but i think that the key blade is a sword, like the gunblade (gun-blade, key-blade). it is a multi-purpose weapon that has different uses in different situations, but still a blade.

[Bomber]

The syllable "blade" brings it down to either a sword or an axe. And by the way Sora fights with it, I'd say it has the likeness of a sword.

[MoonZapdos]

Definetely a sword.
In the start of the game you had to choose a weapon right?
Look at Donald and Goofy, they have a rod and a shield.
I'll let you guess who remains with the sword :rolleyes2

[SomethingBig]

blade
n.
The flat cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool.

A sword.
A swordsman.

There. It's a sword. Rather, a mix between a key and a sword, though you can argue that the Oblivion and Ultima Weapon are more swords than keys.

[GhandiOwnsYou]

I'll go with the Keyblade as an original weapon, but it's definitely meant to be taken as a sword, albight an odd one. look at Tidus' usual sword style in FFX, it's got that little hooky type bit on it. That the closest thing to it i've seen. or in actual weaponry, you're looking at more of a shortened halberd, with a wicked edge on the staff part.

[Chibi Youkai]

It's an enlarged key. That's all. Origional, not your ordinary, run of the mill weapon.

[chu52]

A blunt instrument, because heartless are metaphysical it cuts them, it can support magic like a stave, and just whacks non heartless things so there you go.

[Giga Guess]

A sword, but on the other hand, a kind of mace perhaps?

BTW, I'm a "leafer" too! But then, I think up some wierd things, so...

[Ryth]

It is a KeyBLADE therefore it is a keysword and (SPOILER)if you get the Ultima Weapon (strongest KeyBlade in the game) you can see under all that gold stuff is a sword.

[Pheesh]

I found a few raesons why all signs point to it being an axe.

1. They probably called it the keyblade to make it sound cooler. I mean it keyaxe wouldn't sound too good.

2. the dictionary says that a sword is "a weapon with a long, strait or slightly curved, sharp edged on one side or both sides with one end pointed and the other side fixed to a hilt" and it says that an axe is " an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve". Compare these two and see which one the keyblade relates too.

3. look at these pics (first is a kingdom key, then a sword and then an axe) and tell me which two look more alike.

[Ashton]

It's a sword thingy....