Dazharionincomprehensible rule
Goodeye8Are there even left-handed main characters left? The most famous one that most people know, Link, is slowly becoming right-handed and I’m having a hard time remembering any other main characters who are actually left handed.
Oxysis/OxyI couldn’t name you a left handed main character, best I can do is name two games which give you the ability to swap between what hand you use. Those being Minecraft and CS2 (counterstrike 2), with CS2 having a dedicated keybind for swapping what hand you use.
HazelCS used to be left-handed by default, and since some people got used to that they kept the option to use either.
In CS2 it actually has gameplay changes attached to it. Since it changes where the gun sticks out and where the bullet comes from it has actually gameplay uses too now, hence why the key bind exists.
Earlier games you could change where it appears on your screen with a console command. However only you saw it and it still functioned like a right handed gun would.
Some of the weapon types in Monster Hunter (Sword & Shield, Lance) have the hunter be left-handed
You know, I played a lot of lance and never realised that. I guess it’s because it’s right trigger to block?
I guess canonically that probably means hunters are ambidextrous.
RakqoiThis is actually for lore reasons! Canonically hunters that we play as are right handed; the Hunter’s Guild believes that defense should be a hunter’s priority, and so they mandate that the dominant hand should be used for shields (where applicable). Presumably a left handed hunter would use their shield in their left hand.
There’s similarly lore reasons for why we have parties of only up to four hunters. One of the earliest hunter’s fiancée insisted on coming along for a hunt, resulting in a party with 5 hunters. During the hunt she was killed, and the Guild took this as a sign that a fifth hunter is sure to bring misfortune to the party, and so that tradition has stuck around out of a combination of Guild regulation, superstition, and to honor the fiancée who was killed.