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Dante (Devil May Cry)

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Dante

Dante in his first appearance.
Game series Devil May Cry series
Creator(s) Hideki Kamiya
Designed by Makoto Tsuchibayashi
Voice actor(s) Drew Coombs (Devil May Cry)

Matthew Kaminsky (Devil May Cry 2)

Reuben Langdon (Devil May Cry 3 and Devil May Cry 4)
Motion capture actor Reuben Langdon (Devil May Cry 3)
In-Universe Information
Occupation Mercenary
Relatives Vergil(brother)
Sparda (father)
Eva (Mother)

Dante is the main protagonist of the Devil May Cry video game series. The series consists of three released games and one upcoming game. Dante has been featured as the main protagonist in the first three games of the series, and he will have a supporting role in the fourth game. He has also been featured in several novels and manga volumes bearing the same title, and Dante will also be featured in an upcoming anime being released in early 2007.

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[edit] Conception and creation

Dante debuted in Devil May Cry in 2001, a game which grew out of Capcom's Resident Evil franchise[1]. Dante's character was designed as the polar opposite of the vulnerable and cautious human characters of the survival horror genre -- Dante is fearlessly confident in his encounters with evil, and frequently mocks boss characters before battling them[2]. In terms of gameplay, while survival horror players (and characters) must ration supplies like ammunition, solve challenging puzzles, and evade large groups of enemies to advance through the game, Dante has few of these restrictions. Dante's ammunition is unlimited, puzzles are simpler, and battling groups of enemies is the game's main focus.

Series' creator Hideki Kamiya has stated that the titular character from the manga series Cobra by Buichi Terasawa served as the basis for Dante.[3][4] Indeed, both characters are red clad bounty hunters known for their cocky and sarcastic attitudes and both characters are often paired with numerous attractive female sidekicks in their respective series. The main difference being that Cobra fights aliens, in comparison to Dante who fights demons.

[edit] Characteristics

In the series Dante's role is that of demon slayer who works as a mercenary, specializing in paranormal cases. He is muscular, has silver colored hair and is usually seen wearing red clothes. Dante's arsenal usually consists of firearms and melee weapons, including the twin handguns "Ebony and Ivory". He also uses a variety of swords. As a result of his half-demon heritage, he also has supernatural powers.

Dante's Devil Trigger forms from the third game
Dante's Devil Trigger forms from the third game

Dante is one of the twin sons of Sparda, a demonic knight who chose to side with humanity and drive back a invasion of the human world by demons. After Sparda's death, Dante and Vergil were raised by their human mother, Eva. When Dante and Vergil were still children, they were attacked by demons, resulting in Eva's death. This event lead to Dante's commitment to hunting demons in hopes of avenging his mother.

In each of his appearances in the game, novel, and manga series, Dante is shown to possess superhuman strength, the ability to heal almost instantly from what would normally be fatal injuries, and a great deal of skill with many types of weaponry, both ranged and martial.

Dante also has the ability to enter a temporary transformation called "devil trigger", though this or any name for the transformation is never spoken in-game. In this state, Dante possesses even more superhuman speed, steady health regeneration, and gains further abilities with his equipped melee weapon.

Ebony & Ivory
Ebony & Ivory

Ebony and Ivory are Dante's set of matched pistols which he has used in each of his game, novel, and manga appearances, and is seen wielding in early artwork for the 2007 anime series. They are the only weapons to do so, as he has been depicted with three different swords as his default in different games (Force Edge in "Devil May Cry", Rebellion in "Devil May Cry 2", 3 and 4 and "Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne", and Alastor in the PS2 and PSP releases of the Viewtiful Joe games).

Ebony and Ivory resemble oversized and heavily customized Colt M1911s[5], with images of women inlaid on their handgrips. As befits their names, Ebony is primarily black, while Ivory is primarily white. Ebony and ivory are the nicknames for black keys (sharps) and white keys (naturals) of musical keyboard instruments, such as the piano.

Dante is never shown needing to reload these or other firearms, though the reason for this ability is not explained in-game. However, in Devil May Cry 3, the human character Lady, who uses guns extensively, is shown needing to reload. If the player selects the "Legendary Dark Knight" costume in the first game, the guns are renamed Luce (Light) and Ombra (Shadow), and are simpler in design. All their gameplay attributes remain the same.

Dante and his brother Vergil share their names with Dante Alighieri and Publius Vergilius Maro (called Virgil in English), poets of epic works. In Dante Alighieri's work The Divine Comedy, Dante (the author) is guided through Hell and Purgatory by Virgil, who's work deeply inspired Dante, and Heaven by Beatrice Portinari, Dante's ideal of perfect love. The Devil May Cry characters have roughly similar roles to their namesakes in the poem; in the first game, Dante ventures into the domain of Mundus, king of the demon world. Vergil continuously confronts Dante as he delves further into Mundus' castle, egging him on and drawing him closer to Mundus himself. Trish's role roughly parallels that of Beatrice, being Dante's inspiration, savior and redeemer. Other characters in the series share names with figures in the poem, as noted on the Characters in Devil May Cry page.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Devil May Cry video games

Dante's appearance in the first game
Dante's appearance in the first game

In the original Devil May Cry, Dante is hired by Trish, a mysterious woman who looks similar to his deceased mother, to stop the return of the demon king Mundus. However, she is actually setting up events for Mundus's agents to kill Dante as he makes his way to Mundus himself. During the course of the game Dante is also reunited with his brother Vergil who, under the control of Mundus, attempts to kill him. Trish eventually betrays Mundus to save Dante, and the pair work together to lock Mundus in the demon world. Afterwards, they become partners in Dante's demon slaying business, now re-named "Devil Never Cry."

After the success of the first game, Capcom immediately began development of it's sequel, Devil May Cry 2. Hideki Kamiya, who directed the first game, was not involved in the sequel's development and the creative team behind the sequel took a drastically different direction. Dante's character changed greatly in the second game -- he speaks little, and his cocky attitude is largely absent[6]. He also had a habit of flipping a coin to make his decisions.

Set sometime after the first game, Devil May Cry 2 focuses on aiding the character Lucia in defeating Arius, an international businessman who uses demonic power and seeks to conquer the world. At the end of the game, Dante must go into the demon world to stop a major demon from escaping, but the gate closes behind him and he is trapped. With no way back to the human world, Dante heads even deeper into the demon world on his motorcycle. There is an extra scene after the credits, in which Lucia is sitting in Dante's office when she hears a motorcycle outside and rushes out to see who it is.

The third game, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, serves as a prequel to the first game and features a younger and cockier Dante. While developed by the same team that did the second game, Devil May Cry 3 was much better received by the previous installment for staying true to the original.[7] He has considerably more dialog during cutscenes, and players can verbally taunt monsters during gameplay. In the story, Dante is drawn out by his brother Vergil, who is attempting to reopen the portal to the demon world in order to obtain the full power of Sparda, which remains on the other side contained within the sword Force Edge. Along the way, Dante encounters Lady who is in pursuit of her father Arkham, who is working with Vergil but has plans of his own. In the end, Dante claims ownership of the Force Edge, while Vergil chooses to remain in the demon world. Dante matures considerably during the game and, inspired by Lady's courage and commitment to her own family, continues his demon hunting business with a greater sense of purpose. They become partners, and he decides to call his shop "Devil May Cry" after something Lady had said to comfort him.

The upcoming Devil May Cry 4 (set between the first and second game in the series), produced by Resident Evil 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi, will be the first game not to feature Dante as the primary playable character. Dante is seen as an antagonist, at least at first, by the game's lead character Nero. In one of the trailers released, Dante literally crashes into a meeting of the Kyōdan Kishi (Order of the Sword) and kills their leader. This leads to a confrontation between Dante and Nero.


[edit] Outside the Devil May Cry series

Dante was in PlayStation ports of two games in the Viewtiful Joe series, another game series that was also created by Hideki Kamiya. Dante is a playable character in the PS2 version of the first Viewtiful Joe and also appears in the PSP version of Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble. He was set to appear in Soul Calibur III, but did not make the roster. He is rumored to appear in Soul Calibur IV, however.[citation needed]

In a deal between Capcom and Atlus, Megami Tensei character designer Kazuma Kaneko did the designs for Dante's and Vergil's demonic forms in Devil May Cry 3. In turn, Atlus included Dante (as he appeared Devil May Cry 2) as a character in an enhanced release of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne titled Maniax in Japan. The later English localization of Nocturne was based on this Maniax edition of the game.

Dante was also included as a character card in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter DS and makes an appearances in Capcom Fighting Evolution at the end of Jedah Dohma's storyline.

[edit] Other media

Two "Devil May Cry" novels, both written by Shin-Ya Goikeda, have been published, first in Japan in 2002 and later translated and released in the U.S. in 2006. The first, entitled "Devil May Cry" on its cover and "Devil May Cry Volume 1" inside, was published in Japan in conjunction with the release of the first game, and depicts Dante in an adventure set before the events of the first game. The second novel (entitled "Devil May Cry 2" in the U.S.) was published in Japan to coincide with the release of the second game, and takes place after the events of Devil May Cry (Video Game). Publisher TokyoPop released the books in the U.S. in June and November of 2006, respectively.

Two volumes of a planned 3-part "Devil May Cry 3" manga series have been published in Japan and the U.S. Taking place about a year before the events of Devil May Cry 3, the manga tells the story of how the characters came to where they were at the start of the game. In the case of Dante, he first learns that his brother Vergil is alive since the time their mother was killed by demons. It also shows Dante witnessing the fatal demon attack in a flashback, and portrays this event as the catalyst for Dante and Vergil parting ways. Whether the events of the manga are considered canon by the game developers is unknown.

An anime series entitled "Devil May Cry" starring Dante is scheduled to debut on the WOWOW TV network in Japan in spring of 2007. The series is scheduled for 12 episodes.[8][9] The show is being produced by the anime studio Madhouse and is being directed by Shin Itagaki. Bingo Morihashi, one of the writers for the third and fourth games, is on the writing staff. Early artwork features Dante in his garb from the first game, but wielding the Rebellion sword (which wasn't seen in that game, and first appeared in the second), as well as Ebony and Ivory.

[edit] See also

Devil May Cry (series)

[edit] References

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