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{{General CVG character
|name=Dante
|image=250px
|caption=Dante's original appearance.
|series=Devil May Cry series
|creator=Hideki Kamiya
|artist=Makoto Tsuchibayashi
|voiceactor=Drew Coombs (Devil May Cry)
Matthew Kaminsky (Devil May Cry 2)
Reuben Langdon (Devil May Cry 3, Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry: The Animated Series)
|japanactor=Toshiyuki Morikawa (anime)
|motionactor=Reuben Langdon (Devil May Cry 3 and 4)
|inuniverse=
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Dante is the fictional protagonist of the Devil May Cry video game series published by Capcom. The character and Devil May Cry are one of Capcom's flagship game franchises, which has sold over nine million copies worldwide as of 2008 and currently spans four video games.{{cite web| url=http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/news/html/e080220.html| title=Smokin'! Capcom's "Devil May Cry 4" Ships over 2 Million Stylish Units - Making it the fastest game in the DMC series to reach that milestone | author=Haruhiro Tsujimoto| publisher=Capcom| date=2008-02-20| accessdate=2008-02-21}}{{cite web | url=http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/million.html | title=Platinum Titles | publisher=Capcom | accessdate=2007-04-04 | date=2007-01-17}} Dante has been featured as the main protagonist in the first three games of the series and is a playable character in the fourth game. The character also appears in several Devil May Cry novels and manga volumes, and is featured in a 2007 anime.
Dante is a mercenary dedicated to exterminating demons, a mission he follows in pursuit of those that killed his mother and corrupted his brother. He is the son of Sparda, a demon of great power that rebelled against the demon emperor and defeated his army. As a result of his demonic heritage he possesses numerous superhuman abilities which he uses in combination with a variety of weapons to accomplish his goals.
Conception and creation
The character Dante is based on a prophecy of a real man who is the son of a mystical assassin. Sent to America as but a child, he grows as a normal person, until his 21st year of life, when his powers awaken. Being only 4 months into marriage, it is hard for him to balance his family life and the training he has to complete. His existence, along with the help of his wife, will forever alter the course of the future, and the world itself.
Characteristics
Dante is a mercenary who specializes in paranormal cases, preferring those that call for demon slaying.Trish:"So, you must be the handyman who'll take any dirty job, am I correct?" Dante: Almost. .. I only take special jobs, if. .. you know what I mean (Devil May Cry) Capcom, 2001 He is muscular, has silver hair and is usually seen wearing red clothes. Dante's arsenal usually consists of firearms and melee weapons, including "Ebony and Ivory", twin handguns that never have to be reloaded, as well as a variety of swords.{{cite web|author= Perry, Doug|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/165/165620p2.html|title=IGN review of Devil May Cry
|publisher=IGN|accessdate=2007-04-24}} The guns are hand-made with "For Tony Redgrave, By.45 Art Warks" written on them.Shinya Goikeda, Devil May Cry Volume 1, TokyoPop, 2006 He has supernatural powers, as a result of his half-demon heritage.Dante: Even as a child I had powers, there is demonic blood in me. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry |developer = Capcom|date= 2001|platform=}} This gives him the ability to enter a temporary transformation called "devil trigger". In this state, Dante possesses more speed, steady health regeneration, and further abilities with his equipped melee weapon.{{cite book|title = Devil May Cry Instruction Booklet|publisher = Capcom| date = 2001}}
Dante is one of the twin sons of Sparda, a demonic knight who chose to side with humanity and drive back an invasion of the human world by demons 2000 years ago.Narrator:Two millenniums ago there was a war, between the human world and the other, the under world, but somebody from the underworld woke up to justice, and stood up against this legion, alone. His name was Sparda. later he quietly reigned the human world, and continued to preserve harmony until his death. He became a legend the legendary dark knight, Sparda. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry = |developer = Capcom |date= 2001|platform=}} After Sparda's death, Dante and his brother Vergil were raised by their human mother, Eva. When Dante and Vergil were still children, the family was attacked by demons, resulting in Eva's death. This event lead to Dante's commitment to hunting demons in pursuit of those that killed his mother.Trish: You're the man who lost a mother and a brother to evil twenty years ago, the son of the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda, Mr. Dante. / Dante: Well the way I figure it, in this business a lot of your kind come along, and if I kill each one that comes, eventually I should hit the jackpot sooner or later. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry |developer = Capcom|date= 2001|platform=}}
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Appearances
=''Devil May Cry'' video games=
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.Trish:It seems that way, but I'm not your enemy. My name is Trish. I came here to seek your help. To put an end to the Underworld. / Dante:What? — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry |developer= Capcom|date= 2001|platform=}} However, she is actually setting up events for Mundus' 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.Mundus: Trish, Vergil has been defeated. You know what you must do. Now go. / Trish: Yes, master. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry |developer = Capcom |date= 2001|platform=}} 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".Trish: (on the telephone) Devil Never Cry? Yes. OK, great! Where's the place? We'll be right there! This one has the password. Sounds heavy. / Dante: Okay! Let's get over there within 10 minutes and don't let one of those suckers live. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry |developer = Capcom |date= 2001|platform=}}
After the success of the first game, Capcom immediately began development of its sequel, Devil May Cry 2. Hideki Kamiya, who directed the first game, was not involved in the sequel's development and the new creative team took a different direction.{{cite web|last = Mielke|first = James|title = The Kamiya Touch|date = 2006-08-18|url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=4&cId=3152880|accessdate = 2007-03-19}} Dante's character was changed so that he spoke little, and his cocky attitude was largely absent.{{cite web|url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/february03/dmc2ps2/|title=Devil May Cry 2 review|publisher=Gamespy|accessdate=2007-04-15}} He also had a habit of flipping a coin to make his decisions.
Set some time 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.Matier:Oh yes. .. We are the guardians of. .. this land, Vie de Marii. .. Out clan once fought against the demons with Sparda. Son of Sparda, we must ask this favor of you. You see, there's a man who's transformed out land into a demon's paradise. .. His name is Arius. And Although he is the president of an international public corporation. He uses his the demon power, please deal with Arius and his master for us? /Dante:Looks like it's your lucky day. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry 2|developer= Capcom |date= 2003|platform=}} 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.Dante:Yeah, let's go all the way to hell! — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry 2|developer= Capcom|date= 2003|platform=}} 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 than the previous installment for staying true to the original.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/920607.asp |title=Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Reviews |accessdate=2007-03-03 |format= }} 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.Arkham: No use! Regardless of how strong you are, you are nothing but a half breed. You cannot defeat a pure demon, the real Sparda! Who's this? Damn you! / Vergil: I've come to retrieve my power. You can't handle it. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry 3|developer= Capcom |date= 2005|platform=}} Along the way, Dante encounters Lady, who is in pursuit of her father Arkham,Dante: Responsible? Does it bother you that much? / Lady: He's my father. Besides, who else can undo what he's done? A demon like you, wouldn't understand. / Dante: Father and family huh? Well I'll go too. But you better worry if you don't want me to take all the credit. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry 3|developer= Capcom |date= 2005|platform=}} 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.Vergil: It would be fun to fight with the Prince of Darkness. If my father did it, I should be able to do it too! — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry 3|developer= Capcom |date= 2005|platform=}} 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.Lady: Are you crying? / Dante: It's only the rain. / Lady: The rain already stopped. / Dante: Devils never cry. / Lady: I see. Maybe somewhere out there even devil may cry when he loses a loved one. Don't you think? / Dante: Maybe. (— {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry 3|developer= Capcom |publisher = Capcom |date= 2005|platform=}}Lady: Oh, speaking of a kind devil, he finally decided on a name for his shop. It took him quite awhile to pick one. Want to know the name? Devil May Cry. — {{cite video game|title=Devil May Cry 3|developer= Capcom |date= 2005|platform=}}
Released in 2008, Devil May Cry 4 is the first game in the series 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. Shortly after the halfway point in the game, player control switches to Dante, until he rescues Nero, who the player then uses for the game's final showdown. By the end of the game, Dante and Nero seem to have a mutual respect towards one another.
=Other appearances=
Dante has playable appearances in several games outside of the Devil May Cry series of games. In the Viewtiful Joe series, also created by Hideki Kamiya, he appears in the PlayStation 2 version Viewtiful Joe and the PSP version of Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble.{{cite web | author=Dunham, Jeremy | date=June 20, 2004 | title=A New Hope for Viewtiful Joe? | url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/531/531910p1.html | work=IGN.com | accessdate=2009-02-25}}{{cite web | author=Mueller, Greg | date=March 27, 2006 | title=Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble Review | url=http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/viewtifuljoe/review.html | work=GameSpot.com | accessdate=2009-02-25}} Dante is also seen in the last panel of Jedah's ending in Capcom Fighting Jam. He appears as an enemy and optional ally in the North American/Maniax (director's cut) release of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. There is a Dante character card in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter DS. He was also set to appear in Soulcalibur III, but did not make the roster. {{cite web| author=James Ransom-Wiley|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2005/02/09/dante-joins-the-soul-calibur-3-lineup| title=Joystiq's report on Dante's inclusion on the Soul Calibur III roster|date=2005-02-09| accessdate=2007-04-04}} Dante also appears in many other pieces of media based on the video games. These include two light novels,{{cite book| title = Amazon.com Listing for Devil May Cry Volume 1| isbn= 1598164503 }}{{cite book| title = Amazon.com Listing for Devil May Cry Volume 2| isbn=1598164511 }} the Devil May Cry 3 manga, a comic of the first game published by Dreamwave Productions{{cite web| url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=4625 | title=Dreamwave Productions closes up shop | accessdate=2007-04-23}} and a anime called Devil May Cry: The Animated Series{{cite web| url=http://activeanime.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3851 | title=ActiveAnime:Devil May Cry Anime and Pre Site Opening | accessdate=2007-01-23}}{{cite web| url=http://dmc-tv.com | title=Devil May Cry anime official site (in Japanese) | accessdate=2007-01-23}}.
Cultural impact
Devil May Cry has been cited as the beginning of a sub-genre of action games called "Extreme Combat", which focus on powerful heroes fighting hordes of foes with a focus on stylish action.{{cite book | last= Bateman | first= Chris | coauthors = Richard Boon | title = 21st Century Game Design | publisher = Charles River Media | pages = 246–247 | date = 2005-08-29 | isbn = 978-1-58-450429-0 }} The game has also been described as being the first game that "successfully captured the twitch-based, relentlessly free-flowing gameplay style of so many classic 2D action games".{{cite web|last= Ahmed|first= Shahed |date= 2001-10-17|title = Gamespot Devil May Cry review| url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/devilmaycry/review.html|accessdate = 2007-03-29 | publisher=GameSpot}} The series has become the game against which other 3D action games are measured, with comparisons in reviews of games including God Of War,{{cite web|title= God of War|publisher= IGN|url= http://ps2.ign.com/objects/661/661321.html#previews| accessdate= 2007-04-03}}{{cite web| date= 2005-06-16| publisher= Playstation World| title= God of War Review |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=120641&site=psw&skip=yes| accessdate= 2003-04-03}} Chaos Legion,{{cite web|last= Varanini|first= Giancarlo| publisher= Gamespot| date= 2003-08-04| title= Chaos Legion review| url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/chaoslegion/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review| accessdate= 2007-04-03}} and Blood Will Tell.{{cite web|last= Bedigian|first= Louis| publisher= Gamezone| date= 2004-09-29| title= Blood Will Tell review| url= http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r22035.htm| accessdate= 2007-04-03}}
Dante's confident and fearless attitude have gained him widespread popularity. He was ranked third among the "Top Ten Coolest Video Game Characters" list of Screwattack.{{cite web|url=http://www.thelastboss.com/post.phtml?pk=2160|title=Top ten coolest games|accessdate=2007-04-20}} His design and personality received praise from numerous reviews, including this quote from IGN: "a dark anti-hero kind of guy even a down-in-the-dumps, disgruntled teenager would love".{{cite web|last= Perry|first= Doug |date= 2001-16-10|title = Devil May Cry review| url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/165/165620p1.html|accessdate = 2007-03-29 | publisher=IGN}} The popularity of the Devil May Cry series lead to a line of Devil May Cry action figures produced by Toycom.{{cite web|author=Borst, Brian|url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/reviews.php?id=2243|title=Devil May Cry Action Figures review|date=2003-06-01|accessdate=2007-04-20}} Japanese company Kaiyodo produced a similar line for Devil May Cry 2 and a Devil May Cry 3 Dante action figure.{{cite web| title = Amazon.com Listing for Devil May Cry 2 Action Figures| website=Amazon| url=http://www.amazon.com/Devil-May-Cry-Action-Figure/dp/B000HX7YTK| accessdate = 2007-04-23}}{{cite web| title = Amazon.com Listing for Devil May Cry 3 Dante Revoltech action figures| website=Amazon| url=http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Revoltech-Joints-Action-Figure/dp/B000GBN2Y4| accessdate = 2007-04-23}}
References
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External links
- [http://www3.capcom.co.jp/devil/index2.html The original Devil May Cry Japanese Website]
- [http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil2/ Official Devil May Cry 2 Japanese Website]
- [http://www3.capcom.co.jp/devil3/ Official Devil May Cry 3 Japanese Website]
- [http://www3.capcom.co.jp/devil3_se/ Official DMC3 Special Edition Website]
- [http://www.capcom.co.jp/devil4/ Official Devil May Cry 4 Japanese Website]
- [http://www.devilmaycry.com/ Capcom USA's Official "Devil May Cry" Portal]
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