Big Change In The Devil May Cry Timeline As Devil May Cry 2 Now Takes Place BEFORE Devil May Cry 4
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No, I think you misunderstood. 5 was meant to be the last in the timeline the whole time. Before 2 was placed between 4 and 5, now it's just shifted to 1 and 4. Whatever happens in 5 was never affected by this.
They could have made the story in 5 reference to 2 - that e.g. Dante did something while he was in hell, that somehow leads to the events in 5, but that possibility is gone now.
Maybe we've been reading DMC2 wrong this whole time and he's not super serious and stoic, just confused and stoned. He doesn't respond when monologued to because he's too busy trying to figure out what was even being said.
There we go, inconsistency handwaved.
There we go, inconsistency handwaved.
...I don't understand the shift especially since their official stuff says DMC2 is after DMC4. Like, what the heck is the reasoning behind this change?
Excuse me?
nah
If anything DMC5 Dante looks more like a post DMC2 Dante.
Saddly, DMC 2 have best Dande design
Sure hope they didn't mocap any scenes of Dante flipping a coin in 5...
I guess Dante just forgot about having wings and Majin Devil Trigger after he came back from hell.
and I suppose we should just ignore that his DT in 5 looks more like the one in 2...
Feels like this change was made due to a conversation involving where the words "Fuck it" were uttered.
Dante was fucking around so much in 4 I don't think he even needed to use his majin DT. But then again, that was half of a game so who knows.
His devil trigger in 5 looks amazing. Best one yet.
His DT in 5 looks like more like 4 DT especially when you are actually in the game. His ULTIMATE devil trigger however looks more like DMC2.
This is the same DT as in 4 just updated to RE engine.
This is his ultimate form DT (majin DT or DDT or True/Shun DT):
This is like a cross between majin DT in DMC2 and DMC4 DT but its really based on the ultimate DT that was seen in the concept art book of DMC4.
This is the same DT as in 4 just updated to RE engine.
This is his ultimate form DT (majin DT or DDT or True/Shun DT):
This is like a cross between majin DT in DMC2 and DMC4 DT but its really based on the ultimate DT that was seen in the concept art book of DMC4.
I'm pretty sure everything that they've said about DMC2 in the lead-up to DMC5 has mostly amounted to "no its plot doesn't matter."
That's... surprising. I doubt it really makes any difference, but it's strange to go this route when everything just lined up fine enough already.
Now the biggest gap from 4 to 5 is why Nero has the neon sign and why he 'inherited' the business of Devil May Cry... hope to see why, before it was obviously chalked up to Dante doing the events of 2.
It's no big deal. The sign is a gift from Dante, that's written in the DMC4 novel. Some sort of support for his buddy to start a branch of the DMC franchise while Dante just continues with his office.
In a way it was always :P
Because 5 continues 4 plot like nero's story and the dmc sign that Dante gave him, also while Vergil was not hinted to return in 4 he was directly involved with the characters.
The 2 stuff was just really Dante coming out of hell but in the very first trailer we already know he escapes early in the game and in others he runs the business like any other day.the new threat has nothing to do with Dante apparently
I didn't know Dante explicitly gave Nero the sign, I thought Nero did a soft take-over of the business. Then in the novel, how far after DMC4 does that exchange happen? And when 5 starts, how long has Nero had the van and his own DMC business branch?
Excuse me?
nah
If anything DMC5 Dante looks more like a post DMC2 Dante.
You could say DMC 5 Dante is older uncle Dante with realistic face ,longer hair and more facial hair its not like in that last image they look identical
Haha, even UDON's Devil May Cry art book is titled "Devil May Cry 3-1-4-2 Graphic Arts" - this is a pretty wide-ranging retcon! Probably for the best though, honestly, and it actually makes Dante's appearance in DMC 2 relative to DMC 4 make more sense.
DMC2 took place before 3 and Hell fucked up Dante so much that he was actually reborn as his younger self
The experience also created a twin brother and rewrote the flow of time in the process. Only Dante knows the orignal timeline, in his repressed memories of his past life.
What I want to know is when they'll address Nero's age and how old Vergil was when he conceived him. IT had to take place before DMC3.
I wonder what happened with DDT in DMC4. Did Dante just forget that he had it? lol
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It matters enough to people that some felt the reboot was entirely justified.
Sorry, now you are expecting too much. They don't go into detail like that. ^^ He gets that sign sometime after 4; 5 takes place "several years" after 4.
Maybe 5 gives more info on that, but I wouldn't expect it.
The novel makes Nero 17/18 in DMC4.
Have you seen this?
This quote is pretty funny, if said co-worker was 26 when development began. Since I'd imagine that most people who were in their mid-20s 3-4 years ago grew up with 1-3.
Nero was conceived a year before DMC3. So since Dante was supposedly in his mid-30s in 4, it adds up.
Yeah I figured details like that aren't known... or if Capcom even has settled on them. Thanks for the clarifications though.
This is weird but barely anything happened in DMC2 so I can get behind it if they commit. Oh Capcom dont turn this into Street Fighter lore pls.
LMAO, OK. Fine, whatever.
DMC2 is garbage and will always be garbage. The writing, gameplay, and art style belong in the dumpster, right next to whoever declined to hire Kamiya to direct the sequel to his masterpiece. If they won't do the right thing and excise it from canon, they might as well tie the lore into a pretzel as long as it somehow serves the conclusion they'll present in DMC5.
Just remake the whole game with a good team on their A-game if it's so important to keep DMC2 as part of the official timeline. Honestly. If you won't wipe up your mess, at least put a nice rug on top.
DMC2 is garbage and will always be garbage. The writing, gameplay, and art style belong in the dumpster, right next to whoever declined to hire Kamiya to direct the sequel to his masterpiece. If they won't do the right thing and excise it from canon, they might as well tie the lore into a pretzel as long as it somehow serves the conclusion they'll present in DMC5.
Just remake the whole game with a good team on their A-game if it's so important to keep DMC2 as part of the official timeline. Honestly. If you won't wipe up your mess, at least put a nice rug on top.
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Oh wow, they interviewed them both together? Can I have a link?Have you seen this?
It's from the artbook and it's just from a photo someone took of it and trasnlated at an event
https://twitter.com/DMC5Info/status/1092528003488366592
Never cared about the story or the characters. Such a weird franchise. I played all four games recently, but for the most part, I couldn't understand the appeal. It peaked with the third one but every title emmited an undeniable stench of outdated-ness. Maybe it's just not for me or I should have checked out DmC instead.