DMC 5 + Dante's new look

[b.easy]

http://apexnewsnetwork.com/27071/capcom-release-new-trailer-for-devil-may-cry-reboot-dmc-with-new-look-dante/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK30-2pf4Lc&feature=player_embedded#



Yikes. Why would Capcom do such a thing?? Why does Dante look like that goth kid that everyone picked on the tenth grade now?

It was mentioned in KAI's news for September that DMC5 would appear "more to a western audience".

[TomBewley]

While I do admit that the new "Dante" looks terrible, it is still far too early in development to mourn the death of DMC. One thing to keep in mind is that aside from DMC3, there hasn't been a single DMC game that wasn't radically changed during development.

DMC - Was originally meant to be RE4, Dante was originally Leon
DMC2 - Was originally a different game but was changed to be a sequel to DMC halfway through development
DMC4 - Didn't include Dante as a playable character originally and was a PS3 exclusive

So yeah, no need to hit the panic button just yet. There is already plenty of backlash about DMC5 so just let it ride its course and we'll all get the DMC game we want.

I think Capcom also said that this was a teenage Dante. Hopefully it'll show him grow into his DMC3 self

[b.easy]

But Dante in DMC3 was supposed to be 19. 

Also, this game is being developed by Ninja Theory, the team behind Heavenly Sword.

[Sabaki]

Reboot?!? But why? Prequel, ok. But change the story completely? Well, let's hope they reconsider.

[Dead Phoenix]

wtf.........This looks.......um......interesting..........Well I guess the emo/goth is a different tast to the DMC universe. Guess DMC4 didn't meet their expectations if their ganna change the whole feel of the game. Well I can't complain since it's just a reboot. But still.....wtf...........

[ATiC3]

The original design of Dante appealed to most of us.. so that's why I'm kinda like.. huh? And yea.. why does he look goth/emo..... That's just retarded... We want him to look cool... not emo...

[Z]

More Prequels? Sheeesh..

Early Development, Or Not... That New Character Look Is Unacceptable.

[ATiC3]

Yea.. you should see what I just put on that site.. omg.. he looks retarded!

[Black Ops20]

Not sure why they would reboot the series,especially now that they introduced a new character:Nero.Not saying I prefer him over Dante its just that they spent a whole game introducing him,  so why not develop the character further.Plus he's linked to Vergil (I think that's his father) so I'm pretty sure they could of made a storyline around that. I'll just see how this turns out, but I'm pretty sure everyone else isn't gonna like it either.

[b.easy]

GUYS GUYS

here is a picture of the director of the game, who announced it at TGS.

(click to show/hide)

looks familiar, huh?

Where is that icon of a smiley face turning into the Hulk? 

[Dead Phoenix]

Their seems to be of confusion on whether this is THE Dante or a reboot, even though it says reboot. According to "Snow" of Capcom-unity, This is in fact Dante, just younger. he also said "this is part of the story that only part of his hair is white." So if my guess is correct and assuming "Snow" is right then Dmc is just a prequel of a prequel. So with that in mind the story should take place a few years after Eva's death. (his and vergil's mom. just in case you didn't know)

Also people are so mad with this trailer they already started a petition
www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Dmc/
But seriosly the game is in it's infant stages cant they wait?

[Demon King EX]

wow wtf man is up with this guy what was he thinking dude
just wow if he's gonna look like that man make him more HARDCORE LOOKING! 

[Rage]

this must be a prequel of a prequel. We no capcom got love for dante. Y else would they put him in MVC3.

[Rabbitxpp]

this look mad wak

[DEMONKAI]

omg why they screw up my boy Dantes face?  :'(


The game in general might hella cool but godamn for him to dawn the name of Dante and IS supposed to be
the legendary gunslinger from hell is totally epic fail man. He should be someone else. A different story. Just another
character like Nero who Dante Runs into

smh...eh gotta love capcom right?

While I do admit that the new "Dante" looks terrible, it is still far too early in development to mourn the death of DMC. One thing to keep in mind is that aside from DMC3, there hasn't been a single DMC game that wasn't radically changed during development.

DMC - Was originally meant to be RE4, Dante was originally Leon
DMC2 - Was originally a different game but was changed to be a sequel to DMC halfway through development
DMC4 - Didn't include Dante as a playable character originally and was a PS3 exclusive

So yeah, no need to hit the panic button just yet. There is already plenty of backlash about DMC5 so just let it ride its course and we'll all get the DMC game we want.

I think Capcom also said that this was a teenage Dante. Hopefully it'll show him grow into his DMC3 self

i hope that is true about him been a teen and i GUESS before he bleached his hair? and yeh for a long time i always wanted to see how Dante and RE was was supposed to pan out in the begining. Crazy gun slinging against zombies....hmm woulda been amusing





EDIT

GUYS GUYS

here is a picture of the director of the game, who announced it at TGS.

(click to show/hide)

looks familiar, huh?

Where is that icon of a smiley face turning into the Hulk?  

omg freakin god..i just noticed this. This arrogant clown i see only made that character in his lame image...

this is totally unacceptable. maybe if i didnt see this id digest the game in its own way and its own lil corner but now
im like cmon man. I love my U.S. but i hate when they arrogantly f*ck up cool original sh*t. they did that same crap with one of my silent hill games
"Home coming" on xbox 360 which was trash....smh

[Vitamin]

It was mentioned in KAI's news for September that DMC5 would appear "more to a western audience".

How does this appeal to a more "western audience"? Sounds more like an insult than a compliment.
The trailer was cool, but I don't like the character design.

[ADSplay101]

So I guess the western audience can relate to Emos and psychos more than the rest of the world.......smh, not to meantion that this Dante design looks weird as off :S. I hope Dante had a son or somethin cuz.....idk if this is gonna work out, storyline wise

[Yung Kratos]

While design wise I do not agree at ALL with this change of direction for the series. Ninja theory However did make Heavenly sword one of the greatest action games of all time. I'd like to see how this pans out but if it is a completely differrent design I CANNOT support the game as I am a huge supporter of the previous design and direction of the franchise.

[xPreatorianx]

@Everyone, this is in fact a reboot of the series. Look at official gaming sources like Gametrailers and I'm guessing kotaku. If you actually watch the trailer this abomination of a character actually says his name is "Dante". I put that in quotes because he's as much dante as I am Kratos from god of war. If he was dante he'd at least have silver hair no matter how young he is. Most half demon/half human types of characters out of japan have silver hair. It's something Japan strongly believes in. I can name numerous different games and anime series that follow the same guidelines.

[DEMONKAI]

How does this appeal to a more "western audience"? Sounds more like an insult than a compliment.
The trailer was cool, but I don't like the character design.

*sigh* as sadly as i did post in the Gaming news they did state that painfully. but now that i see what they have done in "Visuals" i see they totally jumped out the freakin window on the western...er uh "Goth" thing. i guess they think (or the producer) that all americans are into Goth er somethin. I mean nothin wrong with the whole goth look but it just doesnt suit everything. DMC is one of em. Again that character shoulda been some crook on his own venture that happened to have powers in that world just like Nero and Dante happens to cross paths with em. He was bad and then becomes an anti hero so to speak i guess. THATS what they shoulda done "for all that". Cuz this whole look at em now is lookin stupid. Horrible reboot for a classic gaming Icon like Dante. Thats like taking Mario and making him look like some muscle dude with a Back pack on lookin like shank with some special plumber Gun saying This is the new "Western" reboot of Super mario I mean c'mon i exaggerated a bit but you get my point.

This desgin is good for somethin else totally and nOt for The Iconic character we all know as Dante....

[Tha Lando ( Le CROM )]

Well...hmmmmm, errrrrr well hmmmmm ok . this is what i think having played all the dmc games. Dante is a staple for of fans and i mean ALOT. when introducing change its gonna have a yeah /no reflection. why say it will appeal to western gamers, idk, but i can guess its because there is a huge boom in goth and EMO over here in this part of the western world . Now i really really do LOVE this trailer, to me , he may not look like the dante i have grown to know but he is a spin off of another version of dante even if he is officially dante. The younger dante... i can buy that, dante might been in a different type of mindset as a teen  ( younger than the original anyway) so i can swallow this one, might be a lil rough at first but who knows, might taste good once seen in motion.
dante has ( for the most part) always been sorta Gothy/anime so i am not surprised to see him in the emo style a lil before becoming so much the latter. its like he developed into the dante we come to know after this. I wont knock it till i see what concrete they gonna offer. Cool trailer doesnt mean cool gameplay or bad trailer mean bad gameplay. Maybe this dante might draw in the folks that are into deeply the EMO culture opening up a game they can even moreso identify with.  I mean its kinda wrong not to let them cater to a different broad base for a change cause look at of us now, were already wanting capcom ( an other game companies and franchises)to cater to us that liked the originals and want things our way all the time and mad if we dont get it,  so i say , give em a shot but with a one eye open at least. I wanna see what they offering first before i totally dismiss. The more i see the more i will know what to truly judge. , but hey itts my opinion.

[DEMONKAI]

I can agree with u on that. but as a fan boy of Dante ( i must admit) im gonna take shots at it first glance . but yeh this style will have to grow on me. BUt like i already said the gameply in general might be dope. The video looks hot..

i just wanna see more on this story cuz they got dante as a Punk who ended up in jail a few times. thats different

[ClubSyN-X-TReME]

I would still get this game regardless.
I am a DMC fan and yes I like DMC2 as well since 80 percent of the game had nothing to do with the first or 3rd one.

Again, its way to early to judge and if you read the comics and such, young Dante didn't always had silver hair.

[ADSplay101]

Unless this is tied to the Dante from the past DMC tiles, storyline wise its gonna throw of ppl off. If this is Dante in his younger years then maybe we can get some deeper history on him or if this is his son and he came out to be emo and got caught but some Area 51 people somehow.

[ClubSyN-X-TReME]

and if you read the comics rather than just going by whats seen in the previous games, many of you would have a slightly different view on this.