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177-440: Devil May Cry is a series of video games set in the present, created by Hideki Kamiya , a video-game designer and developed by his employer Capcom and Clover Studio . The series' success has led to comic books , novelizations , two anime series, guides, collectibles and a variety of action figures . The first game focuses on devil hunter Dante 's mission to avenge the death of his mother, Eva, by exterminating demons. In

354-601: A PlayStation 2 installment of the Resident Evil series began by Team Little Devil under the direction of Hideki Kamiya . Early research and development included a trip to Spain to examine castles as a basis for the game's environments. Its prototype, however, was a radical departure from the Resident Evil formula and the survival horror genre. Kamiya rewrote the story and changed its premise, drawing from Italian poet Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy for Devil May Cry . Strider , another Capcom franchise,

531-485: A "harpy", a birdlike demon of light). Character designer Daigo Ikeno stated that the team aimed for a contrast between Lucia and Trish, making them look as though they were from different races. Lucia is a member of Protectorate, a clan of guardians in the Vie de Marli with the blood of devils. She invites Dante to her island so her adoptive mother, Matier, can ask him to help them defeat Arius (a man who has turned their land into

708-530: A "veteran" with that of a "rookie". The series' storyline also required Dante to demonstrate his power after the first game and its prequel, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening . Kobayashi said, "When creating a sequel, you don't want to make a character weak again from the start for no good reason. Everyone wanted to see Dante be just as powerful as they remembered him," emphasizing that playing as Dante without his previous abilities would otherwise feel "very strange". Both main characters' capabilities were part of

885-479: A big impact on Nero despite not being a fighter. Her role was to motivate Nero and the player as the story progresses. The writings of late manga artist Ramo Nakajima in the series Amagasaki City inspired Morihashi to write Nero's story; "I love you, so I protect the city you love." Love is the focus of the Devil May Cry series; Devil May Cry 4 focuses on Nero's love for Kyrie. While Devil May Cry 4

1062-492: A big issue found within the level design. Some criticized the theme songs. The use of boss fights and the approach to the action's style was well received by GameSpot . They felt it would attract and appeal to gamers despite the backtracking issues. As to the presentation, GameTrailers praised the voice acting, fight scenes, but criticized the corny dialogue. GameSpy said the game succeeds thanks to its gameplay and visuals. The introduction of Nero as new protagonist

1239-531: A child should never kill their parent. Morihashi wanted this scene in the final product, along with Dante defeating Vergil, as themes of the game. To balance this, Morihashi wrote a scene leading up to Arkham's death, where Lady said that Arkham was her responsibility. Sanctus is the primary antagonist in Devil May Cry ;4 . The proclaimed Vicar of Sparda and general of the Holy Knights, he

1416-859: A deal between Capcom and Atlus , Megami Tensei character designer Kazuma Kaneko created Dante and Vergil's demonic forms in Devil May Cry 3 . In return, Atlus included Dante in his Devil May Cry 2 costume as a character in an enhanced release of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne ( Maniax in Japan). The English localization of Nocturne was based on the game's Maniax edition. Dante and Trish are playable characters in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds , and Vergil, Dante, and Trish are playable characters in its Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 update. Dante and Vergil retain their Kazuma Kaneko-designed Devil Trigger forms since they are based on

1593-476: A demon. A failed attempt by sacrificing his wife Kalina Ann resulted in the left side of his face being scarred but gave him some power. Arkham tricks Vergil into helping him while assuming the guise of the lunatic Jester ( ジェスター , Jesutā ) to lead Dante through Temen-ni-gru. He plays the brothers against each other along with exploiting Lady's attempts to avenge her mother, to bring all the factors of unsealing Temen-ni-gru into place. Arkham then travels through

1770-635: A demonic version of himself). As he begins to lose, he mutates into a giant creature. Argosax the Chaos was a cruel demonic deity who once rivaled Mundus and was the final antagonist of Devil May Cry 2 . Like his sovereign, Argosax was imprisoned in the void of the Underworld by Sparda when the rebellious knight came to the aide of the clan of Dumary Island. Using the Arcanas—sacred relics used to exorcise Argosax centuries prior—Arius intended to absorb

1947-565: A devil and are sent back in time to Japan's Warring States period ; there, they meet Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, and other characters from the Sengoku Basara franchise. The play ran at the AiiA 2.5 Theater in Tokyo for 18 performances. Masanari Ujigawa wrote and directed the play, and Hideaki Itsuno and Izaki Matsuno collaborated on the scenery. Kazushi Miyakoda and Tetsuya Yamaura were

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2124-488: A devil, Nero's Devil Trigger generates a creature situated behind his back. One that did not appear in the game turned Nero into a demon like Dante. Nero's hood covers one eye as a symbol whose interpretation is left up to the fans. Yoshikawa wanted to incorporate this into the game and hoped to make it into a figurine, but this was not possible. Both main voice actors motion capture actors, Reuben Langdon and Bosch, expressed pleasure working as Dante and Nero, respectively with

2301-431: A devils' paradise). Dante accepts, and he and Lucia begin their quests. The player later learns that Lucia is actually Chi, a devil bred by Arius but abandoned as defective. When she reaches Arius, Dante has already defeated him and rides his motorcycle to the demon world to stop an ancient demon. After Dante leaves, Arius (now a monster) rises from the ruins and attacks Lucia; she defeats him, and awaits Dante's return. Lucia

2478-415: A failed attempt to develop a Resident Evil game with the first game originally being conceived as Resident Evil 4 . Kamiya wanted to create a game with more action features, which Capcom felt the series did not need. The games were directed by Hideaki Itsuno and writer Bingo Morihashi . Capcom announced a new game, DmC: Devil May Cry (developed by Ninja Theory and supervised by Capcom), during

2655-485: A fifth installment. It was originally thought that Itsuno intended for the series to go on hiatus or end if Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition was not a commercial success, but he said in a GameSpot interview that the series' future did not depend on Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition 's sales. He alleviated fears that DmC: Devil May Cry 's sales would kill the series, confirming that Capcom was satisfied with them. In mid-January 2016, Itsuno tweeted that he had begun work on

2832-604: A film in which three robots combined into a giant robot to overcome their foe, and wanted to create similar moments. He wanted to convey the style of a Hollywood movie such as Marvel 's Avengers series. In November 2017, Kamiya expressed interest in making a remake of the first installment and a crossover game with Dante and Bayonetta . The series has several print adaptations. Two Devil May Cry light novels , written by Shinya Goikeda and illustrated by Shirow Miwa , were published in Japan in 2002 and translated and published in

3009-576: A full Demon. Urizen proceeds to plant a Qliphoth Tree in Red Grave City so he can acquire its fruit to become the undisputed ruler of the Underworld, only to be defeated by Dante and absorbed by his other half V. Urizen is voiced by Daniel Southworth in the English version and Shunsuke Sakuya in the Japanese version. Urizen was meant to remind players of Mundus, the original Demon King from

3186-402: A gamecritics.com reviewer, the story was overly short and the characters underdeveloped. Dante's cockiness was noted as largely absent from Devil May Cry 2 . Devil May Cry 3 and its relationships among the cast in the narrative were found to be superior to Kamiya's original version. Dante's dynamic with Nero in the following game was praised, with critics saying that neither overshadowed

3363-419: A line of action figures produced by Toycom; Kaiyodo produced a similar line for Devil May Cry 2 and a Devil May Cry  Dante action figure. Kotobukiya produced statues (including Vergil and Dante) based on the characters after the release of The Animated Series and Devil May Cry 4 , and other merchandise includes posters and framed stamps for the series' 10th anniversary. When Devil May Cry

3540-420: A living teenager for Devil May Cry 3 . As a result, the game was designed as a prequel to the series, set several years before the events of the first game. Development of Devil May Cry 4 began shortly after its predecessor's success. The development team had 80 members. A new protagonist was discussed many times at Capcom, but was not approved until producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi said that Dante had to be in

3717-677: A mental construct of Sanctus, Nero. He completely destroys him by using the Devil Bringer on the Savior. The character is voiced by Liam O'Brien in English with O'Brien also doing the motion capture for Sanctus, and Ikuya Sawaki in the Japanese version of Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition . Yoshikawa designed him to become intimidating across the storyline. Agnus is the Order of Sparda's chief technology researcher and alchemist in Devil May Cry 4 , developing demon-killing weapons for

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3894-452: A mobile branch of Dante's Devil May Cry business. He befriends Nico, a weapons artist and descendant of the gunsmith who crafted Dante's Ebony and Ivory handguns. Nero's Devil Bringer arm from Devil May Cry 4 is stolen; armed with a prosthetic Devil Breaker created by Nico, he leaves with Dante and the demon hunter V to face their "strongest foe yet". Although the series' timeline had placed Devil May Cry 4 before Devil May Cry 2 , it

4071-448: A more rugged and older Dante in a city-like setting. Both teasers show very little detail of the game itself. At the 2006 Tokyo Game Show, a more complete trailer debuted, along with a playable demo, featuring the character Nero. A fourth trailer, released on December 17, 2007, revealed more gameplay and story detail, as well as information on new songs for the game. These included a new version of "Lock and Load", Dante's theme music from

4248-469: A new project. Reuben Langdon and Johnny Yong Bosch, who had done voice acting and motion capture for Dante and Nero in Devil May Cry 4 , took pictures of themselves in motion-capture gear in March 2016; this led to speculation that a new Devil May Cry game was in development. According to Capcom Vancouver, "It's not a game that [they] announced that [they are] working on at [their] studio". On May 17, 2018,

4425-520: A press release that the game shipped two million copies in its first month, making it the fastest selling title in the series. By the end of the title's launch year, it had sold 2.32 million copies and would eventually reach the milestone of three million units sold by December 31, 2014. Capcom's Christian Svensson noted the PC retail version's sales in the US did not meet his expectations. A digital download version

4602-578: A ritual requiring his blood and the aid of a human priestess. Sparda meets Eva, who gives birth to his twin sons Dante and Vergil. The plot begins with Devil May Cry 3 , a year after Dante has a falling-out with Vergil. A large tower erupts from the ground near the shop, and Dante interprets it as a challenge from Vergil. Dante is defeated in Temen-Ni-Gru by Vergil, who takes his locket and leaves with Arkham. Dante's dormant devil power revives him, and he resumes pursuing his brother. Vergil wants to use

4779-521: A ritual to obtain demonic power, an act which drove Mary to psychosis and obsessive vengeance. Lady first appears in Devil May Cry 3 , when she refuses to identify herself to Dante; he replies, "Whatever, lady!" Lady formalizes her name in the game's denouement when she shoots Arkham, telling him that "Mary" is dead. Although she is not a villain, her role in Devil May Cry 3 is that of an antagonist, as she seeks to deter Dante and even fights him twice before finally coming to terms with him. Sparda

4956-516: A satisfying feel of being in the air. The actions of Nero's Devil Bringer could not be done on second generation consoles, but they could be done on the new generation of consoles such as the PlayStation 3. Kobayashi said the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions would be identical, although he did not comment on the PC version. Kobayashi confirmed the PC version "would be great, because the same team

5133-468: A similar style and which borrowed elements from the Devil May Cry series. In 2010, the game was included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die . In the fighting game Street Fighter V , Dante and Nero's original appearance serve as alternate costumes. A sequel, Devil May Cry 5 , was announced by Capcom in June 2018. It released on 8 March 2019 and featured

5310-584: A snowy peak shown at E3 2005, while the Tokyo Game Show 2005 trailer showed Dante doing multiple moves in front of a camera, both containing elements that were not included in the finished product. Capcom only made the E3 2005 video to confirm their staff had begun work on the game. Since they had just finished Devil May Cry 3 and Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition , the developers initially were confused in regards to what they had to do in order to innovate

5487-522: A steelbook case. An iOS version called Devil May Cry 4: Refrain was announced January 11, 2011. It was released on February 3, 2011. Devil May Cry 4 received favorable reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic . Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu gave the game a "Platinum" rank as part of its review. It praised the difficulty balance and gameplay options. Devil May Cry 4 received praise for its hack and slash mechanics. Xbox World Australia called it "the most solid of all of

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5664-573: A subgenre of "extreme combat" action games, which focus on powerful heroes fighting hordes of foes with stylized action. It has been described as the first game that "successfully captured the twitch-based, relentlessly free-flowing gameplay style of so many classic 2D action games". The series is the standard against which other 3D hack and slash action games are measured, with comparisons in reviews of games such as God of War , Chaos Legion , and Blood Will Tell . Devil May Cry 5 has three protagonists with distinctive abilities, increasing

5841-659: A troublesome camera. The game sold over three million units worldwide, becoming the series' best-selling title before the release of its sequel. Bingo Morihashi adapted it into a two-volume light novel . It was released on iOS as Devil May Cry 4: Refrain in February 2011. A remastered version of the game was released in June 2015 as Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition which adds both English and Japanese voice tracks, improved visual effects and textures, in-game re-balancing, additional costumes, and three bonus playable characters: Vergil, Lady and Trish. A sequel, Devil May Cry 5 ,

6018-435: A video game". 1UP.com noted that the enemies shared visual elements with the military personnel of actual religions: "Considering the visual nature of the heavily-armored, winged, angelic warriors scattered around the various missions, it'd be easy to confuse these characters with crusaders of Christian origin." Dante's dynamic with Nero in the following game garnered positive responses as critics found none of them overshadowed

6195-441: A woman named Lucia in freeing a town from the demons. In Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening , a younger Dante awakens his demonic powers when confronting his brother and matures upon seeing Lady , a woman struggling to redeem her family. Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry 5 focus on a young demon hunter named Nero who is related to Dante, as well as V , a young man from 5 who wishes somebody would defeat

6372-623: Is Dante's closest friend and broker. He finds Dante jobs, acts as a handyman to keep Devil May Cry functioning, and offers him advice on how to be a better person. Morrison returns in Devil May Cry 5 , having been heavily redesigned from his previous appearance. Following the game's events, Morrison becomes the new owner of the Devil May Cry office. In English, Morrison is voiced by Rob Mungle in The Animated Series and Joey Camen in Devil May Cry 5 . In Japanese, he

6549-560: Is a 2008 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom . It was released for the PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , and Microsoft Windows platforms. It is the fourth installment in the Devil May Cry series and is written by Bingo Morihashi and directed by Hideaki Itsuno . The story follows Nero , a young man possessing demonic powers who is on a mission to stop the series' main character, Dante , after he assassinates

6726-548: Is a rival character. On June 28, 2021, it was announced that a Mii costume based on Dante would appear in the crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , as a set for the Mii Sword fighter character with clothing inspired by his design from the original Devil May Cry game. The set was released the following day alongside the game's new DLC fighter, Kazuya Mishima from the Tekken series. By September 30, 2022,

6903-438: Is a simple story similar to Hollywood movies involving a damsel in distress , the staff were satisfied with it because it also carried Morihashi's ideas well. The Capcom staff created Nero as a new protagonist who would develop across the Devil May Cry series because Dante had become stronger with each game. Nero was created as a weaker character who develops new powers as the story progresses until he reaches Dante's level. This

7080-420: Is a super state that enables the player to become more powerful adding a slow but steady health regeneration, with increased damage done. Devil Trigger can be activated by pressing the button to trigger it when the gauge is filled. Some changes introduced in Devil May Cry 4 are the presence of two playable characters, Dante and Nero , and a slight modification to the shop system. A new currency, Proud Souls,

7257-453: Is able to make peace with the power it has given him to protect those he cares about. Before Dante leaves, he decides to entrust Nero with the Yamato, and Kyrie and Nero share their first kiss in the ruins of Fortuna. Development of Devil May Cry 4 began shortly after its predecessor was a success. A total of eighty people formed the development team. The first teaser was that of Dante on

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7434-427: Is able to use energy and projectile attacks with its wings as well as teleport and shapeshift its arms into swords in its male form, and whips in its female form, as its main weapons. After another long confrontation, the demon's wings shatter from exhaustion and Dante finally destroys the disgraced lord with a lighting-infused gunshot from Ivory. However, with the portal having sealed behind him during their battle, Dante

7611-443: Is absorbed into the Savior. Dying, Credo asks Dante to save Nero and Kyrie as his body dissipates into light. He is voiced by TJ Rotolo in English, and Rikiya Koyama in the Japanese version of Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition . His devil form was meant to contrast Nero's and Dante's due to how he looks like a heroic person when he still looks like a demon. Kyrie is a supporting character introduced in Devil May Cry 4 . She

7788-437: Is cited as a vital influence on the Devil May Cry games and their action, particularly in their inclusion of the "boss rush". Despite the success of the original game, its sequel was not created by Kamiya or Team Little Devils. Although an unidentified director was placed in charge of the project, Capcom was dissatisfied with their work and assigned Hideaki Itsuno "with only 4 to 5 months remaining in development" to steer

7965-461: Is cornered by multiple enemies in a single battle. However, they felt that Capcom could have made a more comfortable controller as it had similar issues as the one from Resident Evil 4 . They expected the developers to have put in more features. While also appreciating Dark Knight and the Turbo mode that increased the game's speed, IGN said this port was only for hardcore fans of the series since it

8142-428: Is credited as the primary composer, with tracks composed by Shusaku Uchiyama, Kota Suzuki, Akihiko Narita, Rei Kondoh, Chamy Ishikawa and Shinichiro Satoh. The soundtrack was released in the US on November 25, 2008, with new artwork. The first teaser trailer was shown at E3 2005 , depicting Dante traveling through a snow-covered environment. A more substantial trailer was released at that year's Tokyo Game Show , with

8319-477: Is destroyed, after which she is reunited with her birth mother. Patty makes a voice-only cameo appearance in Devil May Cry 5 , repeatedly attempting to invite Dante to her 18th birthday party. In English, Patty is voiced by Hilary Haag in The Animated Series and Haviland Stillwell in Devil May Cry 5 . In Japanese, she is voiced by Misato Fukuen in the anime and Yū Shimamura in Devil May Cry 5 . First appearing in The Animated Series , Morrison

8496-552: Is first claimed that Matier is Lucia's mother, it is later revealed that Lucia was created by Arius (who planned to dispose of her when Matier found and raised her). The character is voiced by Flo DiRe. Credo, captain of hundreds of Holy Knights, is a strict, just man who is admired for his prowess on the battlefield. Kyrie's older brother, he sees Nero as family, but finds him unreliable. He was designed with key motifs representing his job, which Yoshikawa found fun to create. He orders Nero to capture Dante for Sanctus' "assassination", but

8673-537: Is invited by Lucia in Devil May Cry 2 to meet her mother, Matier . Dante learns that Arius is collecting artifacts (Arcana) to summon the demon lord Argosax . Dante flips a coin, and decides to help. Lucia confronts Arius, who reveals that he created her. Lucia gives Dante the last of the Arcana before facing Arius alone. Dante encounters Matier, who asks him to take the Arcana to save Lucia from Arius. Lucia attacks Arius, but he captures her. Dante arrives, trades

8850-408: Is labeled Games for Windows and runs on Windows XP , Vista , and Windows 7 . It assumes a Gamepad is present and only uses the mouse in the menus, providing the same interface as the Xbox 360 version. Hiroyuki Kobayashi noted the production team began working with the game using a PC-based engine. He said that this was the first PlayStation 3 game developed by Capcom, and making this transition

9027-511: Is more used to fighting. In addition to the games, anime and manga, Devil May Cry characters have appeared in merchandise including novels, comic books, a skin variety on the PlayStation Portable, a special edition of the PlayStation 3 console and several soundtracks. Capcom has made other merchandise available including concept art for The Animated Series , T-shirts, rings, collars and handbags. The series' popularity led to

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9204-563: Is obsessed with gaining power. He is the primary antagonist in Devil May Cry 3 and a playable character in the game's special edition, ending up as Mundus's servant Nelo Angelo in the first Devil May Cry game. While appearing in Devil May Cry 4 and playable in its special edition to hint at his relation to Nero, fragments of Nelo Angelo's form were used as the basis for the Angelo-type demons developed by Agnus for Sanctus's use. Vergil returns in Devil May Cry 5 where he

9381-456: Is part of Sanctus' plan to bring about the Order's "Savior". Credo tries to arrest Nero after he learns about the latter's demonic power, and transforms into a winged creature he believes is angelic. When Kyrie is kidnapped to be used by the Order for Sanctus's grand plan, Credo loses his faith in the Order for using his sister as a tool and tries to help Nero save her. He is mortally wounded by Sanctus while trying to save Nero from capture, and Nero

9558-553: Is regarded as one of the greatest spiritual leaders of the Order of the Sword. Sanctus was apparently killed by Dante at the beginning of the game, but in reality, Sanctus survived as he had himself infused with demonic essence in an ascension ceremony. Sanctus originally planned to use Dante to give life to the Savior, a colossus in Sparda's image housing collected demon essence. But he decides to use Nero after his righthand, Angus, revealed

9735-410: Is revealed to be Nero's father while stealing the Yamato back for his use. Later, Dante's and Vergil's rivalry is a friendly one. Vergil also appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 . In English, Vergil is voiced by Daniel Southworth ; Nelo Angelo is voiced by David Kelley in Devil May Cry . In Japanese, he is voiced by Hiroaki Hirata . Mundus

9912-478: Is skilled in acrobatics and armed close quarters combat . Lady has black hair, eyes of different colors and a signature weapon, the Kalina-Ann (a customized missile launcher, similar to MANPADS ). When fighting, she uses a CZ75 pistol with a compensator and a VZ61 submachine gun with a bayonet attached to it. She was named Mary by her father, Arkham, but she renounced the name when he murdered her mother in

10089-491: Is the Emperor of the Underworld and the overarching antagonist of the series, starting with his role as the main antagonist of the original Devil May Cry . He is portrayed as a semi-amorphous creature with three orb-like eyes who takes the form of a white-skinned seraph with a third eye on his forehead and a scar on his chest. Millennia ago, Mundus led the demons under his command in a long and brutal war with humanity, until he

10266-516: Is the demonic knight who rebelled for humanity's sake 2,000 years before the events of Vergil's Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition . He defeated many demons and their emperor, Mundus, before sealing the gateway between the demonic and human worlds. Sparda's heroism made him legendary in the human world, and he is known as "the Legendary Dark Knight". In Devil May Cry and its successors, Sparda left his power in his sword (known as

10443-490: Is used to buy new abilities while Red Orbs are used to buy items. Proud Souls are rewarded at the end of missions; the amount varies depending on how well the player performed. The cost of abilities increases with the purchase of other abilities, though all abilities can be sold back for their original price. The player plays as Nero throughout most of the game. He is equipped with the Red Queen sword, Blue Rose revolver, and

10620-583: Is usually given the Order's "special assignments". He is the son of Vergil, which also makes him the nephew of Dante and the grandson of Sparda. The character is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch in English, and by Kaito Ishikawa in Japanese. Nero returns as one of the primary protagonists in Devil May Cry ;5 . Lucia, along with Dante, is one of the two protagonists in Devil May Cry 2 . An agile fighter, she uses two ornately carved curved daggers. Like Dante, she can Devil Trigger (transform into

10797-414: Is voiced and motion-captured by Adam D Clark. Arkham's name was intended to be Hyne (pronounced "Hai-neh"), but Reuben Langdon (who voices Dante) thought it would be inappropriate in English and convinced Capcom to change it. Jester's name was intended to be "Joker". One of the key themes of Devil May Cry 3 is familial conflict. Itsuno said he did not like the idea of Lady killing Arkham, as he believed

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10974-544: Is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka . Matier, a supporting character in Devil May Cry 2 , is an old woman and (like Lucia) part of the Protectorate clan. When she was younger, she and her clan fought the demons with Sparda. Matier is cheerful and optimistic, certain of Dante's eventual victory. She guides Lucia to reunite the Arcanas (mystical relics) and lure Dante (whom she calls "Son of Sparda") to their island. Although it

11151-425: Is voiced by Françoise Gralewski. V is one of the protagonists of Devil May Cry 5 , a mysterious figure who hires Dante to come with him to Red Grave City to subdue Urizen. He is ultimately revealed to be the discarded humanity of Vergil seeking to merge back with Urizen to their original form. In battle, V uses three demon familiars created from trace memories of Nelo Angelo to weaken his opponents so he can land

11328-418: Is working on both". The PlayStation 3 version requires the user to install 5GB of game data which takes 20 minutes and shortens the length of the loading screens throughout the game. During production, new gameplay options were implemented to "keep up with fresh action games"; among these is the Devil Bringer's ability to bring enemies towards the characters. Unlike Dante's progress in Devil May Cry 3 , Nero

11505-542: The Devil May Cry series has sold 27 million units worldwide; each installment is a Capcom Platinum Title, selling over a million units. As of June 30, 2023, Devil May Cry 5 is the best-selling game in the series having sold 7.20 million units worldwide. The series has received generally positive reviews. In 2010, IGN ranked Devil May Cry number 42 and Devil May Cry 3 number 18 on its "Top 100 PlayStation 2 Games" list. The series' gameplay has been praised as innovative. Devil May Cry has been cited as beginning

11682-603: The Devil May Cry series, due to worries that the products would sell poorly. As a means of testing the market, Capcom decided to ask for pre-release sales. Devil May Cry characters appear in the PlayStation versions of the Viewtiful Joe games, another Capcom series created by Hideki Kamiya; Dante is a playable character in the PlayStation 2 port of the first Viewtiful Joe . The PSP version of Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble also includes Dante and costumes based on Vergil, Trish, Sparda, Marionette, and Plasma. In

11859-495: The Devil May Cry series. Kyle Ward was hired to write the screenplay for the film (based on DmC: Devil May Cry ), which would be Dante's origin story. No news has emerged about the project's status. Capcom produced Sengoku Basara vs. Devil May Cry a staged amalgam of the Devil May Cry and Sengoku Basara series, in August 2015. In the play, Dante, Lady, Trish, and Vergil encounter mysterious historical ruins while chasing

12036-505: The demon hunter Dante and his efforts to thwart various demon invasions of Earth. Its gameplay consists of combat scenarios in which the player must attempt to extend long chains of attacks, avoiding damage and exhibiting stylized combat by varying their attacks; this combat, along with time and the number of items collected and used, are considered in grading the player's performance. The series alludes to Italian poet Dante 's Divine Comedy . Hideki Kamiya created Devil May Cry after

12213-495: The 2001 Devil May Cry game. Itsuno said, "Urizen is definitely the strongest enemy of the entire Devil May Cry saga ... the most powerful. You've seen it: every time he appears, he sits on his throne and, maybe sometimes, he moves a little, but that's it. We want to make people understand how a fight against him can be completely crazy." Trish is a demon created by Mundus who strangely resembles Dante's mother, Eva. She has enhanced strength and agility, accelerated healing and

12390-429: The 2010 Tokyo Game Show . A high-definition remastering of the three PlayStation 2 titles was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012, and in 2018 for the PlayStation 4 , Windows , and Xbox One . The latest game is Devil May Cry 5 , released on March 8, 2019. The series has been successful; the main entries has sold 32 million copies worldwide and received Capcom's Platinum Title award. The success of

12567-521: The Arcana for Lucia, and attacks Arius (who escapes). A stream of energy strikes the Ouroboros tower, and a portal to the demon world opens. Dante and Lucia argue about who will enter, and Dante determines that he will go. After Dante leaves, Arius returns to the human world and Lucia defeats him. In Devil May Cry 4 , Dante and Trish discover foul play within the Order of the Sword and investigate while learning its religious leader's scheme to conquer

12744-521: The Capcom team did research in Vatican City and Istanbul . On September 6, 2006, Japanese video game magazine Famitsu reported that the previous games' main character, Dante, would not be the protagonist in Devil May Cry 4 . Instead, a new character named Nero, voiced and motion captured by Johnny Yong Bosch , took the lead. The use of a new protagonist was discussed many times at Capcom but

12921-526: The Demon World before the portal closes. Vergil is tested and encounters Mundus, his mother's killer. When Lady returns to the human world, she coins the phrase "devil may cry"; Dante uses it for the shop. Dante is confronted in Devil May Cry by Trish , who reveals that Mundus is planning to return and only a descendant of Sparda can defeat him. He explores Mallet Island (where Mundus is set to return), encountering demons which include Mundus' general:

13098-621: The Devil Bringer, he gets animation and property changes on some of his normal attacks instead. Nero is a young demon hunter who lives on the isolated island of Fortuna and is also a member of the Order of the Sword: a religious sect of knights who worship the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda as a God. Dante arrives, and murders The Order's leader, the High Priest Sanctus, in front of the entire congregation. At

13275-416: The Devil May Cry games" citing its responsive controls despite being the first game in the series to be released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. PSM3 rated the game's degree of difficulty positively based on how the system ranks the player and the challenges the game offers. 1UP.com praised the gameplay and "predictably slick" looks. However, sites often criticized the game's backtracking elements,

13452-571: The Devil Never Cry shop. In the Devil May Cry: The Animated Series anime, Trish is a demon hunter; Dante is the bodyguard of Patty, a young heiress who becomes obsessed with him. Patty's mother is descended from a sorcerer who sealed the power of Abigail, an ancient devil lord. Patty is targeted by Sid, a demon seeking Abigail's power. Lady and Trish fight demons summoned by Sid, and Dante kills him. Dante

13629-518: The European and Australian versions include a signed artbook instead, titled Art of the Devil A very small number of Collector's Edition packages were signed by the game's producer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, on the back of the metal tin on Dante's left shoulder. This number was reported to be as low as only 100 signed copies for each console, for a total of 200 signed copies. Both versions were packaged in

13806-646: The Force Edge or the Sparda) in the demonic realm. To seal the gateway between the worlds Sparda sacrificed his blood and that of a mortal priestess, using two complementary amulets as a key which he brought into the human world. To work, the amulets must be joined. Near the end of his life Sparda took a human wife (Eva) and fathered twin sons (Dante and Vergil). He gave the amulets to Eva, who passed them on to their sons. Sparda also gave his sons enchanted swords with opposing powers: Dante's broadsword Rebellion that allows

13983-412: The Japanese manga-hosting site Line Manga (LINE マンガ). The manga's prologue was published before the serialization began. Illustrated by Tomio Ogata, the manga (only available in Japan) would update every other Sunday beginning on April 27. An anime series, Devil May Cry: The Animated Series , premiered on Japan's Wowow TV network on June 12, 2007. The 12-episode series, produced by Madhouse ,

14160-513: The Knights. An introverted workaholic with a habit of stuttering when stressed, Agnus rarely appears outside his office and very few in the cult know about him. It is later learned that he has been experimenting with the broken Yamato and created demon-based weapons like the Angelos, even turning himself into the insect-like Agnus Angelo before being killed by Dante when he attempts to keep him from

14337-528: The MT Framework to create two Xbox 360 games- Dead Rising and Lost Planet , the team found difficulties with this engine. The developers first showed a demo of the game at Tokyo Game Show 2006 where Dante fought the boss character Berial. The visuals satisfied the Capcom staff to the point where they called them a "miracle". Itsuno said in the Famitsu article that the visuals attempt to deliver

14514-415: The Savior, Nero can free Kyrie as she begins her new life with him. She makes two off-screen cameos in Devil May Cry 5 , the first when Nero lost the Devil Bringer and the second in renewing his resolve to end the animosity between Dante and Vergil. The character is voiced by Stephanie Sheh in the English versions and Saori Hayami in the Japanese versions, and motion-captured by Laura Napoli . Itsuno

14691-463: The United States in 2006. The first, Devil May Cry Volume 1 , was published in Japan in conjunction with the release of the first game and explored Dante in an adventure set before the game's events. The second, entitled Devil May Cry Volume 2 in the US, was published in Japan to coincide with the second game's release and is set after the first game's events. Tokyopop published the books in

14868-459: The United States in June and November 2006, respectively. Bingo Morihashi wrote a Devil May Cry 4 novel entitled Devil May Cry 4 Deadly Fortune . The two-volume novel, published in Japan in 2009, has a number of scenes which were not included in the original game due to time constraints. A prequel novel by Morihashi titled Before the Nightmare , set before Devil May Cry 5 and leading to

15045-416: The Yamato. He is indirectly mentioned with contempt by his surviving daughter Nico in Devil May Cry 5 . The character is voiced by T. J. Storm in English, and Yūya Uchida in Japanese version of Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition . Urizen, the primary antagonist in Devil May Cry 5 , is the demonic half of Vergil that came into being when Vergil used the Yamato to purge his humanity to become

15222-412: The ability to use lightning . In English, Trish is voiced by Sarah Lafleur in Devil May Cry , and Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble , Danielle Burgio in Devil May Cry 4 and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 / Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 , Wendee Lee in Devil May Cry 5 , and Luci Christian in The Animated Series . In Japanese, she is voiced by Atsuko Tanaka . Lady is a freelance demon hunter. A human, she

15399-403: The artists. Dante and Vergi's Devil Trigger forms were designed by Kazuma Kaneko of Atlus . The Capcom staff was impressed with Kaneko's work, and Daigo Ikeno felt that it was not difficult to model. Devil May Cry 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi said before the game's release that he wanted to make Dante appear more powerful than the other protagonist, Nero, to contrast the strength of

15576-513: The beginning of the game, was published on March 1, 2019. Three issues of a comic adaptation of the first game were published by the Canadian Dreamwave Productions in 2004, but the series was left unfinished when the company went bankrupt the following year. On July 25, 2008, WildStorm (a DC Comics imprint ) and Capcom announced that they would collaborate on a Devil May Cry comic-book series. Details about

15753-474: The cast's designs, the RE Engine was used for Devil May Cry 5 to give them a more realistic look. Dante's characterization and role in the games was well received by game journalists with the recurring cast being praised since Devil May Cry 3 because of the handling of the narrative. Series creator Hideki Kamiya said that the title character from the manga series Cobra , by Buichi Terasawa ,

15930-441: The character later reveals he does not want Nero to face Vergil because of their connection. Several critics focused on the increased number of moves available to the three protagonists. The Daily Telegraph praised the characters' mechanics, most notably V's for how differently he plays in contrast to Nero and Dante while still remaining entertaining. While IGN felt Dante was similar to his presentation in previous games, they noted

16107-407: The character would have to be accepted by the public and fit in the series' universe. With regard to Devil May Cry 5 , because the game's narrative was focused on Dante, Nero and V, Lady and Trish could not appear as playable characters again. In addition, Capcom's Matt Walker claimed Vergil would not be a playable character in the game, leaving "a bitter taste" in fans mouths. Itsuno explained

16284-464: The completed gate to retrieves the Force Edge, combining its power with the restored halves of Eva's amulet to absorb Sparda's power. Though he becomes a demon resembling Sparda, Arkham's body is unable to compensate for the power as he mutates into an amorphous abomination that Dante and Vergil defeat together. Arkham is reverted to his original state as he ends up back in the human world where Lady kills him. The character, in his normal and Jester forms,

16461-512: The conspiracy, until he ends up being deceived as well when they witness Kyrie being kidnapped by Sanctus. He intends to use a creature known as Savior to defeat the demon army he's created, as a means of strengthening the people's worship of Sparda. With the Sparda Sword already in his possession and needing the blood of a descendant of Sparda along with the Yamato, Sanctus captures Nero to power The Savior's core. Dante arrives with Trish, who

16638-469: The controller. He also gains the Dark Slayer style near the end of his appearance, which only has one style level. Styles do not level up through experience as in the previous game, but instead must be upgraded like other skills in the shop screen in between missions or at statues. Dante can also enter Devil Trigger where he gains most of the benefits that Nero's Devil Trigger has. Since he does not have

16815-436: The deathblow. Following Vergil's restoration, now fully independent beings, the hawk-like Griffon leads the panther-like Shadow and the golem Nightmare to attack Dante of their own free will, and all three die fighting him. V is motion captured by Owen Hamze and voiced by Brian Hanford in English, and is voiced by Kōki Uchiyama in the Japanese version. Dante's older identical twin brother, Vergil embraces his demonic side and

16992-492: The demon deity like his father before him. When he first appears, his native form—the Despair Embodied, a fiery horned hermaphrodite with angelic wings—is gestating inside of a chrysalis composed of the reanimated corpses of assorted bosses from games 1 and 2 . He's capable of channeling their power while in this form. Emerging from the destroyed mass after a lengthy battle, the Despair Embodied challenges Dante. It

17169-444: The demon king Urizen . Ninja Theory also created a reboot titled DmC: Devil May Cry that follows an alternate version of Dante as he learns of his heritage while confronting demons controlling Limbo. Nero and several characters in Devil May Cry 2 and the later games were conceived by several staff members, most notably Bingo Morihashi with designers Daigo Ikeno and Tatsuya Yoshikawa, taking over. While each game changes

17346-460: The demon's power to achieve apotheosis. Instead, as Dante had switched the Medaglia coin with his own, the ritual was incomplete and caused Arius to become possessed upon dying. Despite its faulty execution, the ritual was enough to create a portal to the devil's prison—enough to enable Argosax to escape if given time. Seeking to put an end to this scheme, Dante elects to enter the gateway and face

17523-405: The developers. Shortly after the release of Devil May Cry 2 , Hideaki Itsuno decided Capcom's staff should develop a new video game, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening . Morihashi was once again employed, but this time took on a bigger role during the game's development. As he had no experience planning, he was given the role of writing the scenario. The game's main character, Dante,

17700-483: The development team aimed for a " photo-realistic " graphics style. The returning characters' designs involved slight alterations to their Devil May Cry 4 iterations to fit their personalities. However, while few of the ideas for Dante and Nero were scrapped, V underwent nearly twenty redesigns. The new designs were also inspired by Carol Christian Poell as well as Daniel Craig and Benedict Cumberbatch . Capcom used an older incarnation of Nero, so he would be "at

17877-531: The domain name "DevilMayCry5.com" was registered under Capcom's Onamae domain register. Devil May Cry 5 , featuring the return of Dante and Nero, was confirmed at E3 2018 for release the following year. Most of the team had worked on the recently released Resident Evil 7 , and were experienced with the game engine ; Itsuno was influenced by his work in Monster Hunter: World to provide content appealing to new gamers but also felt that making

18054-442: The enemy. Nero's Devil Bringer also gains new abilities during the game, including being able to detect secret missions or caches of Red Orbs. Nero eventually gains the ability to use Devil Trigger after getting the katana known as Yamato. This increases his Devil Bringer's power changing its attacks into more powerful versions with different animations. The player plays as Dante through seven missions, taking over halfway through

18231-498: The first Devil May Cry , with new lyrics written and performed by Shawn "Shootie HG" McPherson, the lyricist and lead vocalist on the soundtrack of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening . Released with the Japanese version of the game is Japanese rock band, L'Arc-en-Ciel , and their new single, " Drink It Down ", which is used as the Japanese opening for the game. The company presented the game's first demo at an event titled "Capcom's Gamer's Day", where Kobayashi highlighted several of

18408-445: The former noting he made Dante like his younger Devil May Cry 3 persona but more mature. Langdon's inspiration for the character was Roy Focker of the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross . The soundtrack for Devil May Cry 4 was composed by Tetsuya Shibata , Shusaku Uchiyama, Kento Hasegawa, Akihiko Narita, Kota Suzuki, Rei Kondoh, Masayoshi "Chamy" Ishi, Masami Ueda and Shinichiro Sato . Shibata said that since

18585-412: The franchise" and being "as diverse as DMC3 SE's Vergil". When it came to the console version, IGN said fans would enjoy the video game, but might be disappointed that Dante had fewer weapons and missions than he did in Devil May Cry 3 . GameSpy also said that "it cheapens things a little to see that the team has opted to recycle assets in lieu of showing us more of this rich world". They did not find

18762-452: The game challenging would appeal to long-time fans. Other members of the staff had worked on the reboot game DmC: Devil May Cry , but the Osaka team was more willing to make a sequel to the fourth installment of the main series. The team listened to fan opinions about previous games to ensure that the new game appealed to them; an "auto" mode facilitated combos. Itsuno was moved to tears by

18939-420: The game's PC exclusive features are Turbo Mode (previously used only in Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition ) giving the game a twenty percent speed boost, and a new difficulty mode called Legendary Dark Knight Mode which can display over 100 enemies in some missions at once. Both features returned in the Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition release. The PC version also has both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 mode. It

19116-434: The game's features. With the team focused on completing the game, a new demo was not produced in time for the 2007 E3 Media and Business Summit. A collector's edition of the game was released at the same time as the regular version. The North American version features a bonus disc containing the making of Devil May Cry 4 , and an additional disc of the first four episodes of Devil May Cry: The Animated Series , while

19293-422: The game. Kobashi said before the game's release that they wanted to make Dante seem significantly more powerful than Nero, to create an obvious difference between the strength of a "veteran" compared to a "rookie". Writer Morihashi collaborated with film director Yuji Shimomura, who worked on the earlier games. Morihashi left Capcom at one point, but returned at Itsuno's request. It took him a year to finish writing

19470-463: The game. His gameplay is like that in Devil May Cry 3 . He has access to multiple melee and ranged weapons which he gains after boss battles. He is able to cycle through them freely in combat and is no longer limited to equipping two weapons of each type as he was in the previous game. Dante also begins with his four styles, each of which grants him different abilities. But, unlike in Devil May Cry 3 , he may now switch them at will with buttons or pads on

19647-476: The game; he had difficulty with the characterization of Nero, the new protagonist. Dante returned as a supporting character. Although the fourth game was a commercial and critical success, the staff considered rebooting the series because other game series had better sales. They chose Ninja Theory, impressed with their work on Heavenly Sword (which the staff thought would work with a Devil May Cry game). However, in 2013 Itsuno expressed interest in developing

19824-420: The gameplay mechanics they developed previously. The team wanted to introduce new gameplay elements and a new character allowed them to do this. This was the first Devil May Cry not to be released for PlayStation 2, because it was designed for the next generation of hardware. This allowed the team to try new play mechanics and expand the series' plot. While not intending to send a religious message, members from

20001-464: The games, although this was initially subtle. Ninja Theory made a more direct reference to the way religion is portrayed in gaming while showing the parallels between the identical twins. On the other hand, the cast from the first Devil May Cry were felt to be underdeveloped. In its review of Devil May Cry 2 , GameSpot said that the characters lacked personality (based on the removal of Dante's distinctive traits). It also felt that Lucia's role

20178-416: The granddaughter of Nell Goldstein, the gunsmith proprietor of ".45 Caliber Works" who made Dante's signature handguns, "Ebony & Ivory". She considers her weapons works of art, having developed Nero's Devil Breaker prosthetic arms. Nico is motion-captured and voiced by Faye Kingslee in English, and is voiced by Lynn in Japanese. Nico was created to be a contrasting heroine to Nero's girlfriend, Kyrie; Nico

20355-632: The island, watching as he defeated his servants one by one and even stepping in to personally murder his servant Griffon when he begs Mundus for more power. Finally, when even Trish proved unable to stop Dante, Mundus tried to strike him down with his magic, but Trish took the attack instead, leaving her close to death. Dante's anger transformed him into the form of his father Sparda, and he defeated Mundus in personal combat. Despite this, Mundus crossed over, and tried to crush Dante with his decomposing body. Trish then combined her own magic with Dante's weapons, allowing him to seal Mundus' powers once again. Before he

20532-486: The leader of the Order of the Sword. The player assumes the role of both Nero and Dante as they fight enemies using their demonic powers and a variety of weapons. Devil May Cry 4 is the first entry in the series to be released simultaneously for multiple consoles. During its development, Capcom focused on each version achieving the same visual quality using the MT Framework game engine . Around eighty people formed

20709-418: The legacy of his father, Sparda. Dante, the series' primary protagonist , is a mercenary specializing in the paranormal and the main playable character in the first three Devil May Cry games. He is one of the twin sons of Sparda, a demon knight who sided with humanity and drove back an invasion of the human world by demons about 2,000 years before the series' events. The character was voiced by Drew Coombs in

20886-488: The legendary Arcana, artifacts which would allow him to raise Argosax from the demonic realm and use his power to control the world. Human at the beginning of the game, Arius has access to powerful magic (which enables him to fight demon hunters like Dante) and can create his own demons. Near the end of the game, in Lucia's scenario, Arius survives his battle with Dante. Infused with the power of Argosax, he attacks Lucia (first as

21063-403: The making of the game to the point he quit Capcom. However, after Itsuno's asked him to return, he did so. He finished writing the game's events, which took a year. Morihashi had difficulties with the characterization of Nero, the new protagonist. Dante returned as a supporting character. Itsuno was responsible for most of Kyrie's elements. She was envisioned as an "ordinary, cute heroine" who had

21240-449: The move on the official Capcom message board, the company's senior director of strategic planning and research, Christian Svensson, responded by saying that they were moved by people's strong feelings about the decision, but that it was the best decision for the company and consumers. He also claimed that the contents would be identical, except that "the feel of the controller" may cause a slight difference. Despite Capcom having already used

21417-408: The new weapons he presents were much more enjoyable. VideoGamer.com was more critical of the plot, believing the narrative, and villain were "dull" despite some interesting interactions in the storyline. Devil May Cry Devil May Cry is an urban fantasy action-adventure game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya . It is primarily developed and published by Capcom . The series centers on

21594-413: The next game like the more critically successful Devil May Cry . Gameplay elements, such as environment size and battle engine, were reconsidered. In the original game, Vergil was killed by demons early and his soul was controlled by Mundus; Bingo Morihashi wanted to create an alternate universe in which Vergil was alive. However, Kamiya gave Morihashi the freedom to rework Vergil's backstory and make him

21771-455: The novel's scenes were intended to be included in the game but were removed due to production issues. Director Hideaki Itsuno noted the action system implemented in the game was expanded further in his next title Dragon's Dogma . Kobayashi said fans of Devil May Cry 4 might enjoy this new RPG game. The series' original creator, Hideki Kamiya , said he used this game for research while developing Bayonetta , an action game that would use

21948-431: The number of moves available. According to Hiroyuki Kobayashi, the team's work on Devil May Cry 4 influenced Capcom's Dragon's Dogma . Response to the series' narrative has been mixed, despite Dante's increased popularity. The series' popularity led to a line of Devil May Cry action figures produced by Toycom, and Kaiyodo produced a Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3 Dante action figure. According to

22125-548: The original Devil May Cry and Matthew Kaminsky in Devil May Cry 2 . Reuben Langdon voiced Dante in all subsequent appearances. Dante's Japanese voice is provided by Toshiyuki Morikawa . Nero is the secondary protagonist of the franchise, introduced in Devil May Cry 4 . An orphan adopted by the Sparda-worshipping Order of the Sword, Nero grew up to become a Holy Knight of the Order. He does not get along well with others and prefers to work alone, so he

22302-437: The other even if Dante's fans had to wait for the game's second half to control him while enjoying the older characterization. Devil May Cry 5 ' s narrative was well received due to the handling of the characters and their connections. Despite liking Dante's relationship with Nero to the point of comparing them like father and son, USGamer found Dante's treatment of the younger demon hunter mean-spirited even though

22479-451: The other. Devil May Cry 5 ' s handling of its characters and their connections was well received. Although well received by most critics, DmC: Devil May Cry was highly controversial with many long time fans due to the dramatic change in Dante's appearance and the move away from the series' iconic gothic style to a modern urban setting. Devil May Cry 4 Devil May Cry 4

22656-470: The pendants their mother gave them in a ritual to create a portal to the Demon World. The battle is joined by Lady , who wants to avenge her mother's death by Arkham; Arkham manipulated the three into completing the ritual, which would allow him to acquire Sparda's sword: the Force Edge. Dante and Vergil defeat him, and resume battling each other. The portal begins to close, and Vergil approaches it. Dante pleads with his brother not to go, but Vergil leaps into

22833-507: The player controls Vergil in Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition added "an all-new and unique play style". Being able to play his story arc was "such a blast that Capcom could probably have released his modes separately for $ 19.99 and gotten away with it" according to one reviewer. The characters in Devil May Cry 4 were said to resemble a "legion of seraphim the likes of which gamers have never seen before, and it puts an interesting spin on what all of our preconceptions of 'good' are in

23010-449: The powers of his Devil Bringer. The Red Queen features an Exceed Gauge that can be charged up to the 3 stages, allowing for subsequent attacks that are more powerful than regular slashes, until the gauge empties. Nero also has the powers of his Devil Bringer and can use it to pull himself towards enemies or vice versa. The Devil Bringer may also be used for context-sensitive throw attacks, leading to high damage and various effects depending on

23187-401: The process he encounters his long-lost twin brother, Vergil , with whom he has a dysfunctional relationship. As the story progresses, Dante encounter his father's nemesis, a demon emperor, Mundus , who is found to be responsible for the murder of Dante's mother. Years after the first game, Capcom developed new Devil May Cry games with new characters. In Devil May Cry 2 , an older Dante aids

23364-468: The producers, supervised by Hiroyuki Kobayashi and Makoto Yamamoto. Devil May Cry: The Live Hacker , a musical, ran for 13 performances in March 2019 at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo. Jun Yoriko wrote and directed the musical and its video, and a DVD was released in late August of that year. The Devil May Cry series has seen the release of seven separate soundtracks. Initially, Capcom was very reluctant to release an officially sanctioned soundtrack for

23541-436: The project back on course. Despite Itsuno's limited time on the project, he is the only person credited as director in the final version of the game. According to producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka, the design aim was to make Devil May Cry 2 bigger than its predecessor; Tanaka estimated that the game's environments were about nine times larger than the first. After Devil May Cry 2 's mixed reception, Capcom decided to develop

23718-488: The release of Devil May Cry 3 he had wanted to emphasized lyrics in the fourth title. The game is noted for its use of heavy metal songs. Devil May Cry 4 Original Soundtrack is a three-disc, 104 track soundtrack. It was released in Japan on February 27, 2008. Female vocals are handled by Aubrey Ashburn (1-02) while male vocals are handled by Shawn "Shootie HG" McPherson of Hostile Groove (1-20 and 3-03) and Jason "ShyBoy" Arnold of Hypnogaja (1-13 and 3-38). Tetsuya Shibata

23895-472: The same time, an army of demons invade the city, putting everyone, including Nero's love interest Kyrie, in danger. Tasked with stopping Dante by Kyrie's brother Credo, the Captain of the Holy Knights, Nero's journey leads him to discover that he is in fact a descendant of Sparda himself, and Dante is not his enemy. Under orders from Sanctus, Agnus has been siphoning the power of the long lost Devil Arm Yamato,

24072-444: The second Devil May Cry novel in a parallel universe, where he is confronted by Dante and Nelo Angelo's forces. An alternate version of Mundus appears as the main antagonist of DmC: Devil May Cry , this time portrayed as a powerful demon in human form who secretly rules over humanity. Arius, the primary antagonist in Devil May Cry 2 , is an insane, wealthy businessman who owns an international company, Uroboros. He wants to find

24249-434: The series to familiarize himself with previous elements. The characters were designed to emphasize their motion, and some demonic antagonists in Devil May Cry 4 resemble angels. These characters were designed to be attractive, while providing a contrast to other demons in the game. Yoshikawa noted that several main characters were somewhat difficult to design, but Nero was one of the greatest challenges of his career since

24426-473: The series were planned to be announced at a later date, but no new information has been provided. Two volumes of a planned three-part Devil May Cry 3 manga series have been published in Japan and the United States. Set a year before the events of Devil May Cry 3 , the manga describes how the characters come to be at the beginning of the game. On March 7, 2019, Capcom announced that a tie-in manga entitled Devil May Cry 5 Visions of V would be serialized on

24603-433: The series' early development. Several weapons in the series are character-specific. Character designer Tatsuya Yoshikawa said, "When working on this sort of game, the design doesn't come from just one person, it is necessary to take the history of the series and the feelings of the fans into consideration." Before designing the characters in Devil May Cry 4 , Yoshikawa consulted staff members who had previously worked on

24780-479: The show's first season will have 8 episodes. He also have plans for a connected "multi-season arc", like what he did with Castlevania , and that fan-favorite characters will make their debut throughout the series. In September 2024, Netflix announced that the series will premiere in April 2025. On February 28, 2011, Screen Gems (which made Resident Evil into a film series ) had purchased feature-film rights to

24957-499: The side of the screen and begins at "Deadly" (D); progresses through "Carnage" (C), "Brutal" (B), and "Atomic" (A); then, advances through one last bar of grades containing the phrases "Smokin'" (S), "Smokin' Style" (SS), and lastly "Smokin' Sick Style" (SSS). Stylish combat is the focus of the game, conveyed through unbroken combos of varied attacks while avoiding damage. The player must avoid enemy attacks to continue performing combos, often by memorizing attack patterns. The Devil Trigger

25134-399: The soundtrack appealing. Hyper ' s Dirk Watch commended the game for "looking great, combos galore and being more fun than Devil May Cry 3 ". However, he criticized it for "still playing like Devil May Cry 2 " and for its "choppy pacing and level design". The PC version received mixed reviews. 1UP.com appreciated the port's exclusive Legendary Dark Knight mode where the character

25311-401: The staff controlling their motions vital to the design. Some of the antagonist's demonic forms in Devil May Cry 4 resemble angels. These characters were designed to be attractive to the game's audience while providing a contrast when compared to other demons in the game. Yoshikawa noted that several of the boss characters presented some difficulty when creating them. He said that Nero's design

25488-505: The sub-bosses "incredibly tough" and the bosses (particularly Vergil) "very tough", providing many of the game's challenges. Eurogamer called the demons "some of the most bizarre-looking creatures you will find this side of American McGee's Alice " and the bosses "vast", with their battles requiring a variety of strategies (although the fight with Nightmare was considered repetitive). Because Dante and Vergil are half demon and half human, they were noted as bringing in religious overtones to

25665-451: The sword of Dante's brother Vergil, to create a demonic army and imbue high-ranking members of the Order with demonic power. To Agnus' shock, the shattered Yamato restores itself in Nero's presence and flies to Nero's aid. With The Order's plans revealed, Agnus flees to inform the newly resurrected Sanctus. As Nero sets his sights on The Order, he discovers to his dismay that Credo is part of

25842-444: The team that created the game. Nero was introduced to attract the new gamers. Dante's popularity with gamers proved challenging because the developers needed to use him as a supporting character in the story. Critical reception to Devil May Cry 4 was positive. It was praised for its challenging difficulty, its visuals and Nero's characterization as a new protagonist. However, it was criticized for its backtracking in Dante's stages and

26019-697: The third game of the Devil May Cry series. Dante is also a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite . The DmC: Devil May Cry version of Dante is a playable character in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale , and he is a playable character in Project X Zone for the Nintendo 3DS as half of a pair with Darkstalkers ' Demitri Maximoff ; Lady is a separate character. Dante returns in its sequel, Project X Zone 2 , with Vergil; Vergil's future self, Nelo Angelo,

26196-458: The top of his game in body and mind". Because the game's graphics are meant to be as realistic as possible, each character is modeled after an actor. The staff wanted to generate a major emotional scene when Vergil reappears in the climax confronting his brother. As a result, Nero stops the brothers' feud and awakens his demonic powers to face his father. Itsuno said that Dante has a more mature personality and still wishes to protect humanity and honor

26373-467: The truth of the Order's actions. Sanctus takes matters into his own hands by having Agnus kidnap Kyrie to have the Savior absorb her so it can assimilate Nero. Sanctus than uses the Yamato to open the artificial Hellgates before merging into Savior to commence his plan to wipe out all demons and rule the world while projecting himself through an animated suit of armor. Dante manages to sabotage Sanctus's scheme before freeing Nero to rescue Kyrie while defeating

26550-401: The undead Vergil, Nelo Angelo. As Dante approaches Mundus, he falls into a trap which reveals that Trish is the demon's agent; he saves her, however, because she resembles his mother. Trish saves Dante from Mundus, and Dante realizes his father's power. Dante defeats Mundus when Trish helps him return Mundus to the Demon World. Dante and Trish escape as the island collapses and work together in

26727-476: The user to absorb anything, and Vergil's katana Yamato that can split one's being or open a link to the Demon World. It is unknown how Sparda died, and Dante believed that there was a lot of confusion surrounding his father and his legacy. Eva is Sparda's human wife and the mother of Dante and Vergil, giving her sons each half of Sparda's amulet as a birthday gift. Eva was murdered in her home in Red Grave City by demons sent by Mundus. She safely hid Dante away, but

26904-469: The video-game series has led to comic books, novelizations , two animated series, guides, collectibles, publications, and a variety of action figures. The series begins two millennia before the first game with the demon Sparda, the Black Knight, defeating Demon World ruler Mundus . Sparda stops Mundus from conquering the human world by sealing several Hellgates and Temen-Ni-Gru (the last portal) with

27081-601: The world using demonic power. Dante seemingly assassinates the Sanctus, only to face a young holy knight named Nero, who awakened his demonic forces as a descendant of Sparda. Nero quests to capture Dante while gaining Yamato, only to learn the Order's dark secrets before being captured by Sanctus through his girlfriend. Dante manages to cripple Sanctus's plans before freeing Nero to finish the job. The two part ways on good terms with Nero allowed keeping Yamato. In Devil May Cry 5 , set several years after Devil May Cry 4 , Nero runs

27258-528: The young man into the first of the Angelo demons. As the primary antagonist in Devil May Cry , Mundus is shown to have spent centuries posing as a statue on the forbidding Mallet Island, steadily corrupting the inhabitants and using his powers to remake the island in his own image. He then crafts a demon named Trish, making her look identical to Eva, and sending her to hire Dante to kill him so he can be destroyed. Mundus carefully monitored Dante's progress throughout

27435-462: Was retconned with the release of Devil May Cry 5 . DmC: Devil May Cry , developed by Ninja Theory , is not part of the timeline and takes place in an alternate universe from the main series. Along with a very different looking Dante, it moves away from the gothic look of the previous games to a more contemporary setting with some social commentary on mass media and culture. After the completion of Resident Evil 2 in 1998, preliminary work on

27612-472: Was a "hard step", particularly because no member of the production team was familiar with the console's capabilities. Capcom justified the game's multi-platform crossover by emphasizing the Xbox 360's success in the North American and European markets, labeling the move as "natural". The final version of Devil May Cry 4 uses Capcom's internally developed MT Framework engine. In a thread questioning

27789-646: Was banished back to his realm, Mundus vowed to one day take his revenge on Dante and conquer all of the human world. A statue of Mundus can be seen briefly in Devil May Cry 2 . He is also referenced in Devil May Cry 5 as having eaten the fruit of the Qliphoth to become ruler of the Underworld. In Dante's storyline in the PlayStation ;2 version of Viewtiful Joe , he possesses Captain Blue to take revenge on Dante and Trish. Mundus also appears in

27966-402: Was betrayed and defeated by the strongest of his knights, Sparda, who sealed his powers and imprisoned him in his own realm. After Sparda's death due to the loss of his immortality, Mundus took revenge by sending his minions to murder Dante's mother, Eva, and seemingly killing his brother Vergil as well. In the aftermath of Devil May Cry 3 , Mundus captured Vergil when he challenged him and turned

28143-540: Was born and raised in Fortuna and works as a singer for the Order of the Sword. She is Credo's sister, and Nero's childhood friend and love interest. After being misled into thinking that Nero is evil, Kyrie was held hostage by Agnus under orders of Sanctus to lure Nero to the Savior. He arrives too late however, as she had already fused with the Savior. Her fusion causes Credo to defect from the Order after recognizing Santus' evil scheme. When Dante frees Nero from captivity in

28320-464: Was designed to become stronger by upgrading his Devil Bringer ability instead of receiving new weapons after defeating boss characters. During development the production team decided that Nero would be one of two main characters and that Dante was not going to be the only character from previous entries to appear in the series. Producer Hiroyuki Kobashi noted before the game's release they wanted to make Dante seem significantly more powerful than Nero. This

28497-523: Was directed by Shin Itagaki. Bingo Morihashi, a writer of the third and fourth games, was one of its writers. In November 2018, Adi Shankar announced that he had acquired the rights to produce a Devil May Cry animated series for Netflix . Shankar, who has been completing a similar animated series for Konami's Castlevania franchise, said that he considered both series part of a shared "Bootleg Multiverse". In November 2021, Shankar revealed that

28674-462: Was done mostly through his "Devil Bringer" ability, which makes him stand out. Another reason for Nero's introduction was to attract new gamers to the franchise. Before commencing the designs for the characters in Devil May Cry 4 , character designer Tatsuya Yoshikawa consulted with several members of the staff who had worked on the series before to become familiar with previous elements. The characters were designed to emphasize their moves, which made

28851-511: Was done to create an obvious difference between the strength of a "veteran" when compared to a "rookie". Unlike Devil May Cry 3 , the game's difficulty would be the same in both the Japanese and European versions as the version released in North America. For the first time in the series Bingo Morihashi was the game's writer. He collaborated with film director Yuji Shimomura who worked on the earlier games. Morihashi had many issues with

29028-460: Was given a different characterization than in the first Devil May Cry because his original creator, Hideki Kamiya , was not going to be involved with the project. While feeling his own take on the character did not equal the popularity of the original one, Bingo Morihashi enjoyed Dante's role in the game. Morihashi felt challenged creating the character of Vergil since he had no prior design experience yet he had to come up with an entire new one for

29205-489: Was killed while she was looking for Vergil. Mundus later created Trish with Eva's appearance in a failed attempt to lure Dante to his death. In Devil May Cry 5 , like Trish, Eva is voiced by Wendee Lee in English and Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese. First appearing in The Animated Series , Patty is a young girl, descended from a powerful sorcerer who imprisoned the demon known as Abigail. After Dante protects her from some demons, she lives with him at Devil May Cry until Abigail

29382-434: Was not approved until producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi said that the Dante character had to be in the game. Fearing negative feedback, as happened when Konami 's stealth game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty introduced a new character, replacing protagonist Solid Snake with newcomer Raiden , producer Kobayashi said Capcom aimed to make Nero fun to play like Dante and intended to make him stronger at some point. Two of

29559-493: Was not too different from the original console versions. Nevertheless, GameZone said that Capcom did not rush the port and praised it for being as enjoyable as the original game in contrast to other PC ports. Capcom expected Devil May Cry 4 to ship 1.8 Million Units by the end of its fiscal year. Upon its release week in Japan, the PlayStation 3 version outsold the Xbox 360 version—140,000 units to 28,000. On February 20, 2008, Capcom's president Haruhiro Tsujimoto announced in

29736-427: Was now trapped in the demonic realm. Arkham ( アーカム , Ākamu ) is the secondary antagonist in Devil May Cry 3 , which takes place before the events of the first Devil May Cry game, and the estranged father of Lady. In the game, he is a scholar in the demonology and the supernatural who sought to break the seal Sparda made to prevent Temen-ni-gru tower from serving as a Hell Gate. Arkham also desired to become

29913-472: Was one of the biggest challenges he had experienced in his career, because the character had to be accepted by the public and fit in the series' universe. Yoshikawa liked the interactions between Nero and Dante because of the balance the two playable characters make. Yoshikawa also created another devil transformation, the Devil Trigger, for Nero. Unlike Dante's transformation that makes him look like

30090-418: Was only available in pirated form as Capcom Japan did not allow the game to be sold online. A PC digital distribution release was made available over a year later. A two-volume graphic novel adaptation of the game titled Devil May Cry 4: Deadly Fortune was released in 2009 by Capcom . It is written by Bingo Morihashi and his assistant writer Yasui Kentarou. In the afterword, Morihashi wrote that some of

30267-423: Was released Dante's personality was praised, with IGN describing the character as a "maverick head-hunter", "believable" and "awesome". His confident, fearless attitude has made him popular; the character ranked seventh on GameCrush 's Top 10: Most Badass Video Game Characters list and third on ScrewAttack ' s Top Ten Coolest Video Game Characters list. The original game's demonic enemies were "ferocious",

30444-503: Was released on March 8, 2019. Gameplay in Devil May Cry 4 is like previous games in the series. The player must fight through levels called "missions", occasionally solving puzzles or gathering items. Performance in a mission is graded from "D", the lowest grade, to "A" then "S", "SS", and "SSS", the highest grade. Grades are based on items used, Red Orbs gathered, time taken, and the number of Style Points accumulated. Each Style Point grade has its own tag-word. The stylish grade shows up on

30621-427: Was responsible for most of Kyrie's elements. She was envisioned as an "ordinary, cute heroine" who had a big impact on Nero despite not being a fighter. Her role was to motivate Nero and the player as the story progresses. Nicoletta Goldstein, nicknamed Nico, is a weapons designer introduced in Devil May Cry 5 who acts as Nero's tech support. She is the daughter of Agnus, whom she speaks of with great disdain, and

30798-609: Was revealed to be a spy within The Order, and makes a promise to the dying Credo to save Nero and Kyrie. Splitting up, Trish evacuates Fortuna's human residents, while Dante destroys all the Hell Gates scattered over Fortuna and defeats Agnus, reclaiming the Yamato sword for the last time. Confronting the Savior in a sky battle above Fortuna, Dante drives the Yamato through The Savior's chest, where Nero recovers it inside, freeing himself and Kyrie as well as defeating Sanctus. Nero

30975-621: Was the basis for Dante. Dante wears a red cloak to make the character's actions more eye-catching; red is the traditional Japanese color for a hero. The game is very loosely based on the Italian poem the Divine Comedy by its use of allusions, including the game's protagonist Dante (named after Dante Alighieri ) and other characters like Vergil ( Virgil ) and Trish ( Beatrice Portinari ). Dante and Lucia dressed in Diesel fashions appealed to

31152-422: Was too small, not allowing the character time to develop. The website called the game's enemies "mindless", noting that most characters (including the bosses) could be defeated with the default attacks. Dante's younger persona in Devil May Cry 3 and the relationships he goes through in the narrative were also given a major focus by reviewers and found to be superior to Kamiya's original take. The missions where

31329-493: Was well received. Bosch's voice acting in the English-language version was also praised by GameZone and GameSpot . Despite the similarities between Nero and Dante, IGN still found the new protagonist appealing based on how different his gameplay is from the returning hero's. IGN agreed, finding Nero's story appealing. The GameSpy review also praised the Nero character for "[bringing] something fresh to

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