For awhile I was able to perform an 11 hit fatality which included pulling out a sword. For some reason now, I can no longer pull out the sword. I don't know if it's me or maybe something wrong with the game etc.. Maybe there is some special trick to it. If I do a couple of hits beginning the fatality, then pull the sword, it works, but if I do six hits, then try, it will not pull the sword most the time, and the meter at the top of the screen has time left. I don't know what's going on, but all my friends say the sword-pull is erratic at best, too. What gives?? Thanks. Levi

The combo I was doing (successfully for a long time) was:
dd-x, toward back square, tw tw square, back back square, up up square, down down square, up down up square (sword pull move) toward toward triangle, toward toward square, back back square, toward toward O.