Vincent's left arm

[Mo-Nercy]

Ansem: *cough*That's the arm that he was shot in*cough*

That's what I thought. That is, until I remember the exact order of events.

1) Vincent goes in. Harasses Hojo
2) Hojo fusses with his hair. Gets obviously stressed before pulling out a gun and shooting Vincent.
3) Vincent falls over and screen fades to black implying that Vincent went unconscious or fainted or...was shot in the eyes?
4) Vincent wakes up. Hojo is gone and he screams. Comes out as a funny Bio noise.

If one was to subscribe to your theory. Vincent was knocked out cold because he got shot in the hand...

It also suggests that Hojo is a really really bad shot.

[Polaris]

But before he wokes up someone is doing smth to him! Who is that guy?

[Haggard756]

sooo uh why does cloud have that hand in KH???

[Dante WolfWood]

dang it, never saw that sequence....musta missed it....I wonder what that freak did to him....vincent was awesome, but I couldnt use vincent against septhy bc I didnt understand his ultimate weapon, it was only doing 1500 dmg....anyone know what it is based on? this isnt really about his arm but hey, it would help. (I beat it last night tho)

[Starcrest]

number of ppl HE'S KILLED, not injured, but actually killed. and as for why cloud has that arm in KH, that's his bracer, or w/e u wanna call it. he's always had it, but i guess, i'm not sure, they made it look way outta wack in KH (me never playing the game myself)

[Dante WolfWood]

OHHH...gonna go kill alot of people with him NOW....well later..>.> Thks!

[Lord Xehanort]

That's what I thought. That is, until I remember the exact order of events.

1) Vincent goes in. Harasses Hojo
2) Hojo fusses with his hair. Gets obviously stressed before pulling out a gun and shooting Vincent.
3) Vincent falls over and screen fades to black implying that Vincent went unconscious or fainted or...was shot in the eyes?
4) Vincent wakes up. Hojo is gone and he screams. Comes out as a funny Bio noise.

If one was to subscribe to your theory. Vincent was knocked out cold because he got shot in the hand...

It also suggests that Hojo is a really really bad shot.

Ansem: Also remember, not all guns in this game are just guns. (e.g. Palmer's) There could've been any number of poisons in that bullet. The game just doesn't explain.

Kounetsu: That seems to happen a lot in FFVII.

[Jolts]

[q=Haggard756]sooo uh why does cloud have that hand in KH???[/q]
You can't compare Kingdom Hearts to Final Fantasy games, as they aren't actually connected in any way.
I almost started to say the same thing once, but I restrained myself, because I remembered that they're not really connected to each other.

[one_winged_angel]

sooo uh why does cloud have that hand in KH???

You can tell that that is some sort of gauntlet as it has a soft, mesh-like underside... I think.... Haven't played it loads...

I always assumed that it was where Hojo shot him.... My back up theory would be that it got messed up during the experiment, you know sliced up with a scalpel or went grossly veiny when he injected something... You know, the usual stuff...

[Blue Typhoon]

Maybe it hasn't occured to you that not everything in a game has a purpose related to the story.
IMO, its just there to look cool.

[Starcrest]

hmm, that could b. never thought of it that way to b honest

[Cloud3]

I think it let's he transform in his beats(limits) and where he was shot or they did something to his arm that he need the gauntlet to keep his arm in place

[novarta]

i have understand it that way that the left arm is the punisment, and i think he can transform to some creatures because gast sprayd jenova cells in him or something like that, tell me if i am wrong.

[Antendo]

There's clearly some kind of metallic claw or gauntlet over his left hand. I think Hojo's experiments might've damaged or altered that limb, maybe weakened it to the point where he needs a glove to protect it.
He definitely had a human hand back before Hojo's experiments, so it's some kind of by-product of that procedure.

I put this in spoiler for not to ruin anyones playing exitement.

(SPOILER)He really has some kind of "armor" on his hand. And he had a human hand. At laest at that FMW sequence (or whatever you want to call it) wich you see when Vincent tells about his past. When that sciencist (is it Hojo or that Gast guy or mayby someone unnamed) shoots him, and after that when he wakes up on that table. When you hear that wierd growling when he transforms, he doesnt have that glove thing on his hand.

i think that's the thing that allows him to transform for his limits. i'm not exactly sure, but that's what i think it is

But if is so, how he could transform on that "movie" kind of thing. Just look on that spoiler.

[one_winged_angel]

You can't really tell in normal graphics though... So he could well have had it when he transformed