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* DevelopmentHell: It was announced in 2011 that Screen Gens had acquired the movie rights to the series and planned to make one with [[https://screenrant.com/devil-may-cry-movie-screen-gems/ Kyle Ward]] attached as screenwriter. Nothing was heard from it since the announcement.

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* DevelopmentHell: It was announced in 2011 that Screen Gens Creator/ScreenGems had acquired the movie rights to the series and planned to make one with [[https://screenrant.com/devil-may-cry-movie-screen-gems/ Kyle Ward]] attached as screenwriter. Nothing was heard from it since the announcement.



** "Weeb" - Vergil's spiky hair and stylish coat are noted to be usual stuff from anime. Most importantly, his Yamato is a katana, and his primary fighting style is [[IaijutsuPractitioner Iaijutsu]]; both originating from Japan. Generally, Vergil's Japanese influences stand out from the rest of the cast.

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** "Weeb" - Vergil's spiky hair and stylish coat are noted to be usual stuff from anime. Most importantly, anime, while his Yamato is a katana, and his primary fighting style is [[IaijutsuPractitioner Iaijutsu]]; both originating from Japan. Generally, Vergil's Japanese influences stand out from the rest of the cast.cast, and fans noticed it.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a plan for a ''Devil May Cry'' game to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. The original announcement came via Sony during [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2004, but [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/12/devil-may-cry-and-viewtiful-joe-to-psp IGN noted that it wasn't mentioned in Capcom's pre-E3 press briefing]]. When IGN later asked Capcom producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka (who worked on [=DMC2=]) and Yuji Shimomura (action scene director on [=DMC3=]) about it, the only response was a "[[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/15/e3-2004-what-about-devil-may-cry-psp no comment]]." Eventually, [[https://kotaku.com/devil-may-cry-psp-cancelled-5213742 Kotaku reported]] via an April 2009 issue of the Japanese gaming magazine ''Famitsu'' that showed the tentatively titled "Devil May Cry series" being "suspended for retail," which meant it was cancelled.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a plan for a ''Devil May Cry'' game to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. The original announcement came via Sony during [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2004, but [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/12/devil-may-cry-and-viewtiful-joe-to-psp IGN noted that it wasn't mentioned in Capcom's pre-E3 press briefing]]. When IGN later asked Capcom producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka (who worked on [=DMC2=]) ''[=DMC2=]'') and Yuji Shimomura (action scene director on [=DMC3=]) ''[=DMC3=]'') about it, the only response was a "[[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/15/e3-2004-what-about-devil-may-cry-psp no comment]]." Eventually, [[https://kotaku.com/devil-may-cry-psp-cancelled-5213742 Kotaku reported]] via an April 2009 issue of the Japanese gaming magazine ''Famitsu'' that showed the tentatively titled "Devil May Cry series" being "suspended for retail," which meant it was cancelled.
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** The "Visions of V" [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-09/devil-may-cry-5-game-gets-manga-spinoff-about-v/.144360 spin-off manga]] tells V's point of view prior to the events of ''5'', but the online manga service it's being released on is region-locked behind Japanese [=ISPs=] unless one uses a VPN.

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** The "Visions ''Visions of V" V'' [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-09/devil-may-cry-5-game-gets-manga-spinoff-about-v/.144360 spin-off manga]] tells V's point of view prior to the events of ''5'', but the online manga service it's being released on is region-locked behind Japanese [=ISPs=] unless one uses a VPN.

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This What Could Have Been entry is already in the Trivia page of DMC3. It's more game-specific anyway, and this page is for franchise-wide (or covers multiple games) examples now.


* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Arkham was originally going to go by the name of Hyne (pronounced "Hai-neh"), but Creator/ReubenLangdon (Dante's voice actor) didn't think it would work in English and convinced Capcom to change it. [[spoiler:His alter-ego Jester was also named Joker early on in production. A small amount of audio was even recorded with the original name, as Jester refers to himself as "Joker" in one of his otherwise recycled lines during his optional boss battle]].
** There was a plan for a ''Devil May Cry'' game to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. The original announcement came via Sony during [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2004, but [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/12/devil-may-cry-and-viewtiful-joe-to-psp IGN noted that it wasn't mentioned in Capcom's pre-E3 press briefing]]. When IGN later asked Capcom producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka (who worked on [=DMC2=]) and Yuji Shimomura (action scene director on [=DMC3=]) about it, the only response was a "[[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/15/e3-2004-what-about-devil-may-cry-psp no comment]]." Eventually, [[https://kotaku.com/devil-may-cry-psp-cancelled-5213742 Kotaku reported]] via an April 2009 issue of the Japanese gaming magazine ''Famitsu'' that showed the tentatively titled "Devil May Cry series" being "suspended for retail," which meant it was cancelled.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Arkham was originally going to go by the name of Hyne (pronounced "Hai-neh"), but Creator/ReubenLangdon (Dante's voice actor) didn't think it would work in English and convinced Capcom to change it. [[spoiler:His alter-ego Jester was also named Joker early on in production. A small amount of audio was even recorded with the original name, as Jester refers to himself as "Joker" in one of his otherwise recycled lines during his optional boss battle]].
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WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a plan for a ''Devil May Cry'' game to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. The original announcement came via Sony during [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2004, but [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/12/devil-may-cry-and-viewtiful-joe-to-psp IGN noted that it wasn't mentioned in Capcom's pre-E3 press briefing]]. When IGN later asked Capcom producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka (who worked on [=DMC2=]) and Yuji Shimomura (action scene director on [=DMC3=]) about it, the only response was a "[[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/15/e3-2004-what-about-devil-may-cry-psp no comment]]." Eventually, [[https://kotaku.com/devil-may-cry-psp-cancelled-5213742 Kotaku reported]] via an April 2009 issue of the Japanese gaming magazine ''Famitsu'' that showed the tentatively titled "Devil May Cry series" being "suspended for retail," which meant it was cancelled.
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Forgot to include "Before the Nightmare" under No Export for You.


** There's a bunch of ''DMC'' materials that were never released outside of Japan, including: a good amount of [[AllThereInTheManual artbooks]] that go into further details on things that got left out, two [[AudioAdaptation drama CDs]] for ''[[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries The Animated Series]]'' that serve the same role (and fill in some of the blanks between ''[=DMC1=]'' and ''TAS''), and the two-volume novelization of ''4'', ''Deadly Fortune''.

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** There's a bunch of ''DMC'' materials that were never released outside of Japan, including: a good amount of [[AllThereInTheManual artbooks]] that go into further details on things that got left out, two [[AudioAdaptation drama CDs]] for ''[[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries The Animated Series]]'' that serve the same role (and fill in some of the blanks between ''[=DMC1=]'' and ''TAS''), and the two-volume novelization of ''4'', ''4'' subtitled ''Deadly Fortune''.Fortune'', and the tie-in[=/=]prequel novel for 5 titled ''Before the Nightmare''.

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Neither the "box art" entry or the "Dance of Sparda" entry cited actual reporting. Utter Spartan pointed out the lack of proper citation in his video. https://youtu.be/g6oqRqciiBU?t=3324


** There were plans for two ''Devil May Cry'' games to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable:
*** A [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of the first ''Devil May Cry''. It even reached a far enough stage of development for screenshots and an official box art to be shown. However, the game was silently killed as Capcom simply stopped talking about it. Oddly enough, the media didn't pursue answers either; it was swiftly swept under the rug.
*** A game focusing on the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda. This one never went anywhere compared to the attempted portable remake, though; it merely received the [[WorkingTitle tentative title]] ''Devil May Cry: Dance of Sparda'' and nothing more.

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** There were plans was a plan for two a ''Devil May Cry'' games game to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable:
*** A [[VideoGameRemake remake]]
UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. The original announcement came via Sony during [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2004, but [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/12/devil-may-cry-and-viewtiful-joe-to-psp IGN noted that it wasn't mentioned in Capcom's pre-E3 press briefing]]. When IGN later asked Capcom producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka (who worked on [=DMC2=]) and Yuji Shimomura (action scene director on [=DMC3=]) about it, the only response was a "[[https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/15/e3-2004-what-about-devil-may-cry-psp no comment]]." Eventually, [[https://kotaku.com/devil-may-cry-psp-cancelled-5213742 Kotaku reported]] via an April 2009 issue of the first ''Devil Japanese gaming magazine ''Famitsu'' that showed the tentatively titled "Devil May Cry''. It even reached a far enough stage of development Cry series" being "suspended for screenshots and an official box art to be shown. However, the game was silently killed as Capcom simply stopped talking about it. Oddly enough, the media didn't pursue answers either; retail," which meant it was swiftly swept under the rug.
*** A game focusing on the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda. This one never went anywhere compared to the attempted portable remake, though; it merely received the [[WorkingTitle tentative title]] ''Devil May Cry: Dance of Sparda'' and nothing more.
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** "Wacky Woohoo Pizza Man" - Dante for his carefree, devil-may-care personality, stylish fighting style, and [[TrademarkFavoriteFood love for pizza]].

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** "Wacky Woohoo Pizza Man" - Dante for his carefree, devil-may-care personality, stylish fighting style, and [[TrademarkFavoriteFood love for pizza]]. Later updated to "Wacky Woohoo Pizza Hobo" for the fifth game due to his older and slightly more unkempt appearance.
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** [[Characters/DevilMayCryV V]]
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* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/DevilMayCryDante Dante]]
** [[Characters/DevilMayCryNero Nero]]
** [[Characters/DevilMayCryVergil Vergil]]
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** [[Manga/VampireKnight Zero Kiryuu]]'s characterization is patterned around Dante. Both despised the other species that they become hunters in hunting them down, skilled with both a gun and sword, white-haired, have an evil twin brother (Vergil and Ichiru), and [[EtTuBrute getting betrayed by the female lead]] (Trish and [[spoiler:Yuuki]]) [[WomanScorned that they vowed to kill them the next time they crossed paths with the respective female]].
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** [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Wonder Blue]], Dante in Franchise/SuperSentai form.

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** [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Wonder Blue]], Dante in Franchise/SuperSentai form. A HotBlooded, cocky swordsman with silver locks and a BadassLongcoat. Not surprising considering [[Creator/HidekiKamiya his creator]] also made Dante.
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** [[VideoGame/TalesOfCrestoria Vicious]] is another Dante expy; dual wielding guns, wearing a longcoat with no shirt and surviving being stabbed through the heart. Complete with a cocky and trollish attitude, as well as not even hiding the fact that he's thought of as a bad guy.
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-->'''Samira''': Jackpot.

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-->'''Samira''': --->'''Samira''': Jackpot.
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** [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Samira's]] creators have listed [[https://twitter.com/Lanky_Tree/status/1300124059225616384 many inspirations]] [[https://twitter.com/Kindlejack/status/1300174488894537728 for her character]], but the one she most obviously resembles is Dante, from the StylishAction-inspired fighting style (complete with a {{combo|s}}-based [[GameplayGrading grading system]], itself called ''Style'' to parallel ''DMC'''s "Stylish Rank"), to wielding a sword and a pair of handguns (one black and one white), to having an ability called ''Inferno Trigger'' (not to be confused with Dante's "Devil Trigger"), to even [[ShoutOut directly quoting several of his catchphrases.]]
-->'''Samira''': Jackpot.
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** [[VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd Siegfried Kaslana]] is a dead ringer for Dante - the hair, the BadassLongcoat, the use of two guns and a {{BFS}}, the lecherousness, the laid-back attitude, the fondness for pizza, and [[BreadMilkEggsSquick the ability to turn into a half-demonic form.]] Like Dante, he gets his half-demonic form through getting [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled by his own sword.]]
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** "Weeb" - Vergil's spiky hair and stylish coat are noted to be usual stuff from anime. Most importantly, his Yamato is a katana, and his primary fighting style is [[IaijutsuPractitioner Iaijutsu]]; both originating from Japan. Generally, Vergil's Japanese influences stand out from the rest of the cast.
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* BigNameFan:
** WebVideo/JonTron likes playing the games and said that ''3'' is his favorite of the games.
** Max Christiansen, AKA Maximilian Dood (of ''LetsPlay/TheOnlineWarrior'', ''WebVideo/AssistMe'', and ''LetsPlay/YoVideogames'' fame) is a Big Name Fan for the ''DMC'' franchise. He's held in high regard by quite a few big names in the industry including Creator/ReubenLangdon (who plays two of his all-time favorite characters, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken Masters]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]).
** There are several "Combo MAD" content creators (those who demonstrate flashy, flawless and stylish combos usually attributed to high-level plays), but for the long-time players of the series, one of the most popular among them is Donguri (a.k.a. [=Donguri990=]).
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** "Vitale" - The most popular guess about V's name before his true identity was revealed.
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** "Vitale" - The most popular guess about V's name before his true identity was revealed.
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* DevelopmentHell: It was announced in 2011 that Screen Gens had acquired the movie rights to the series and planned to make one with [[https://screenrant.com/devil-may-cry-movie-screen-gems/ Kyle Ward]] attached as screenwriter. Nothing was heard from it since the announcement.
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** There are several "Combo MAD" content creators (those who demonstrate flashy, flawless and stylish combos usually attributed to high-level plays), but for the long-time players of the series, one of the most popular among them is Donguri (a.k.a. [=Donguri990=])

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** There are several "Combo MAD" content creators (those who demonstrate flashy, flawless and stylish combos usually attributed to high-level plays), but for the long-time players of the series, one of the most popular among them is Donguri (a.k.a. [=Donguri990=])[=Donguri990=]).
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** There are several "Combo MAD" content creators (those who demonstrate flashy, flawless and stylish combos usually attributed to high-level plays), but for the long-time players of the series, one of the most popular among them is Donguri (a.k.a. [=Donguri990=])
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Turns out Unreboot isn't a Trivia trope. Besides, this was already covered in VideoGame.Devil May Cry 5.


* {{Unreboot}}: After ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' came out in 2008, the next entry announced in 2010 was a reboot called ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' and released in 2013, going with an entirely new take on the ''Devil May Cry'' mythos. It ended up failing both commercially and rejected by many of the fandom in both its initial release in 2013 and its Definitive Edition in 2015 (''[=DMC4=]: Special Edition'', [[DuelingGames also released in 2015]], outsold it as well). Come E3 2018, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' was announced to be going back with the original characters of the franchise before its release in 2019.
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* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: A very well-known inversion. Vergil is famously the [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]] of the Sons of Sparda when compared to his more [[LargeHam flamboyant]] and [[TechnicianVsPerformer showy]] [[CainAndAbel twin]] Dante: stoic, icy and a master of control and precision. His VA [[Creator/DanSouthworth Daniel Southworth]], on the other hand, is an irrepressible joker who can more than keep up with Creator/ReubenLangdon and invariably brings the house down at fan conventions with his anecdotes.
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This Trivia seems to apply only to DMC4, moving it there instead.


* ApprovalOfGod: Kinda sorta. While Creator/HidekiKamiya primarily identifies with [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the first game]] (the only one he actually worked on), it's worth noting that he, apparently, used ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 4]]'' as [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/445037922958323713 research material]] for ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''.
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* {{Unreboot}}: After ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' came out in 2008, the next entry announced in 2010 was a reboot called ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' and released in 2013, going with an entirely new take on the ''Devil May Cry'' mythos. It ended up failing both commercially and rejected by many of the fandom in both its initial release in 2013 and its Definitive Edition in 2015 (''[=DMC4=]: Special Edition'', also released in 2015, outsold it as well). Come E3 2018, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' was announced to be going back with the original characters of the franchise before its release in 2019.

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* {{Unreboot}}: After ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' came out in 2008, the next entry announced in 2010 was a reboot called ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' and released in 2013, going with an entirely new take on the ''Devil May Cry'' mythos. It ended up failing both commercially and rejected by many of the fandom in both its initial release in 2013 and its Definitive Edition in 2015 (''[=DMC4=]: Special Edition'', [[DuelingGames also released in 2015, 2015]], outsold it as well). Come E3 2018, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' was announced to be going back with the original characters of the franchise before its release in 2019.
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** Capcom originally announced Creator/NinjaTheory's ''[=DmC=]'' was a ContinuityReboot, then said it was a {{Prequel}}, and then an AlternateContinuity.

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** Capcom originally announced that Creator/NinjaTheory's ''[=DmC=]'' was a ContinuityReboot, then said it was a {{Prequel}}, and then an AlternateContinuity.

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* BigNameFan: WebVideo/JonTron likes playing the games and said that ''3'' is his favorite of the games.

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** Max Christiansen, AKA Maximilian Dood (of ''LetsPlay/TheOnlineWarrior'', ''WebVideo/AssistMe'', and ''LetsPlay/YoVideogames'' fame) is a Big Name Fan for the ''DMC'' franchise. He's held in high regard by quite a few big names in the industry including Creator/ReubenLangdon (who plays two of his all-time favorite characters, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken Masters]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]).

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* FanNickname: "Wacky Woohoo Pizza Man" - Dante for his carefree, devil-may-care personality, stylish fighting style, and [[TrademarkFavoriteFood love for pizza]].

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"Wacky Woohoo Pizza Man" - Dante for his carefree, devil-may-care personality, stylish fighting style, and [[TrademarkFavoriteFood love for pizza]].pizza]].
** "Cutscene Dante" - Because the series just loves to take advantage of the CutscenePowerToTheMax trope, Dante's gameplay mechanics are often compared to the more awesome stuff that he can do in cutscenes, with fans even joking that Cutscene Dante is a different entity compared to his in-game counterpart.
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* ''Trivia/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries''
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!!Games with their own pages:

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