UPDATE: I just got a call from my cousin today saying that he just read an xbox official magazine. In it he saw an article about halo 3. It has a confirmation that bungie will put dual swords in halo 3. Although I personally have not seen the article, he has told me that he will email me a pic of the page and then i'll submitt it here if it is true.

Halo 3 will have dual swords??? Or is it just another thing that your teammates can do that you cant (dive,wallcover,hit without droping weapon when dualweilding, etc.). I recently watched the new brute documentary video on halo 3.

( http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/734/734817/vids_1.html )

About half way throught the documentary ( right after the part where the brute rams the marine in the wall ) you see an elite DUALWIELDING swords dodge an attack then kills the brute. Will we be able to do this, or like I said at the top??? Is it something only our teammates can do??? OR is it just something that was put on the video???

Here is a link to a direct picture of the elite dual weilding swords.
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/734/734817/img_4135401.html

Also there are more rumors going around the net. Now I have read that not only will you be able to dualwield swords, but dualwield a gun (ex. plasma rifle) and the sword at the same time. This would be an excellent combination. If this rumor is true. It would give a certain advantage over a brute. You could easily shoot them until they go beserk (assuming they still do) then when they charge you could finish them off with your sword.

I am also hearing rumors that anyone without a shield will be killed in one hit by the sword depending on where you hit them. As you can see from the pic above, a cut to the leg or arms will only cut them off and leave the foe imobilized. But a direct cut to the chest??? One hit kill. But because of these new feats the sword will most likely be harder to find in the game and have less energy/ammo to use (accept for multiplayer).

People have been asking what is the use of dualwielding swords, and saying that it would only be useful if you can lunge in two directions.I dont know the true reason why it would be much more useful but here is what I think:

What if you can only lunge with one sword. Have you ever noticed when you lunge at an opponent your hand stays in the air and it takes a while before you can attack again? Well, maybe when you dualwield swords you can lunge and while your doing the uppercut you can defend yourself at the same time with the other sword rather than just being a sitting duck after you do an uppercut. So there is something that might be useful when you dualwield swords.