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A real swordsman would go for functionality, not looking cool. And besides, it's more ominous, like when Link jumps down to a lower level, faces the camera, and pulls it from his right side. Ominous, in my opinion, is good.
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...Drawing from the shoulder is illogical and to be honest, quite awkward.
Have you ever imagined yourself trying to draw a sword like that? I have, and I for one know it's a; fucking uncomfortable and b; quite stupid, because you have to pull it so far up to get it out of the sheath, which is just impractical. Also, awkward if you have average-length arms.
Basically; Stop defending it with shitty reasoning. "It looks cool" is not a good reason. I happen to think a hip-sheath looks much better. Only ninja wear their swords on their backs.
Thanks for the input everyone. I'll be going with the hip-sword. (: