So awesome! He's one of my favorites heroes/protagonists. I played the nes ones and the new 1 and 2 on xbox and 360. Loved them. Specially 2nd one. I was so into it I wanted to get all the trophies you earned when playing with just one weapon through the entire game. I made dragon sword, twin swords, lunar staff and was on my way to do the tonfas when I met Dark Souls and it consumed me to the verybone for years hahah. Also his design for the 3D games is super かっこういい! You captured it neatly.
Hehehe he is indeed kakkoii, which makes it nicer when I can play him well. I only played the 360 version because at that time I had a lot of free time and I don't mind getting some tough loves from my games lol. I really like that all the weapons behave differently, though I'm not hardcore enough to play the game with just one weapon. You're really dedicated! :D