Actually, there is a Masamune in VIII, but in order for it to show up you've gotta complete the Odin's Tower Quest before you fight Siefer for the last time. When Siefer kills Odin, Gilgamesh appears, and takes Odin's sword. Therefater, there's a random chance Gilgamesh will show up during a fight, and He'll use one of his for swords:Originally Posted by RedCydranth
The Zantetsuken (odin's sword) instanly kills non-boss monsters
The Excaliber deals massive damge to all enemies
The Masamune deals even more massive damage to all enemies (and it just happens to look just like Sephiroth's Masamune, so it could be that Gilgamesh got it after Cloud killed Sephiroth in the lifestream...).
The Excalipoor did 1 point of damage to all enemies.
I think they added the Excalipoor just to tick the players off.
