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* IKnewIt: After ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' was announced to come to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch separately from the first ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 Devil May Cry]]'', many people correctly assumed that ''Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening'' would also be on the way.
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*** Jester and Arkham were originally not the same person; the former was meant to be just a "subordinate" of the latter, but that created complications, gameplay-wise. Someone suggested combining the two characters into one, hence the alter-ego/other persona [[TheReveal plot twist]].
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*** Jester and Arkham were originally not the same person; the former was meant to be just a "subordinate" of the latter, but that created complications, gameplay-wise. Someone suggested combining the [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter two characters into one, one]], hence the alter-ego/other persona [[TheReveal plot twist]].
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* HeyItsThatSound: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68SSsn8xMt8 Hell Vanguards]] from ''Devil May Cry 3'' have the same creepy laughter (alongside other recycled sound effects) as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEwqRjIwM3Y Sin Scissor]] demons from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', though this also overlaps into being a ContinuityNod due to both demon types sharing a lot of visual and gameplay-related similarities apart from the audio.
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** According to the ''Note of Naught'' material archive, Nevan was called "Morrigan" in early development and her resemblance to the [[WolverinePublicity infamous succubus]] Morrigan Aensland from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' in earlier sketches is even more obvious. She still has similar traits and concepts that make her an {{Expy}} of her fellow Creator/{{Capcom}} character, however.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Vergil's [[MemeticMutation memetic]] battle quote from ''[=DMC3=]'' is sometimes remembered as "Now I'm motivated!", but the actual line here is [[https://youtu.be/zT5ZULhp8Po?t=4 "Now I'm a little motivated!"]]. Either the word "little" is forgotten, or the source is incorrectly attributed to ''[=DMC3=]'', especially since Vergil does say [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVZDPtO8WA "Now I'm motivated!"]] in ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3''.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Vergil's [[MemeticMutation memetic]] battle quote from ''[=DMC3=]'' is sometimes remembered as "Now I'm motivated!", but the actual line here is [[https://youtu.be/zT5ZULhp8Po?t=4 "Now I'm a little motivated!"]]. Either the word "little" is forgotten, forgotten (likely because it's hard to hear in-game), or the source is incorrectly attributed to ''[=DMC3=]'', especially since Vergil does say [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVZDPtO8WA "Now I'm motivated!"]] in ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3''.
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* PrequelInAnotherMedium: The ''[=DMC3=]'' manga details events that happened before the game, notably about Dante's job involving Alice, and his "reunion" with his brother Vergil before Temen-ni-gru even resurfaced. However, only two volumes were released; the third would've focused on Lady, but was never published due to [[OrphanedSeries the artist quitting before it was finished]].
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Dante calling himself Vergil's "little brother" in Mission 7 isn't just a simple part of their affectionate banter because it's actually a reference to their canon backstory. In page 209 of the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook interviews, scenario writer Bingo Morihashi mentioned or re-iterated that Vergil is indeed the older twin brother; he's older by several hours.
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* InspirationForTheWork:
** According to character designer Daigo Ikeno, Lady's appearance was inspired by [[http://adaru32.tumblr.com/post/131470725562/devil-may-cry-3-1-4-2-graphic-arts-interviews "the black-haired Julia Volkova of the Russian girl group"]] Music/{{Tatu}}
** Likewise, Ikeno said Dante exposing more skin with [[NoShirtLongJacket "nothing but a jacket"]] in this game was partly inspired by the live performances of Johnnys, originally a Japanese boy band that was active in the 1960s.
** Daigo Ikeno also mentioned in the ''Devil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook that Beowulf's design was based on the depictions of the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Sumerian demon Pazuzu]].
** According to character designer Daigo Ikeno, Lady's appearance was inspired by [[http://adaru32.tumblr.com/post/131470725562/devil-may-cry-3-1-4-2-graphic-arts-interviews "the black-haired Julia Volkova of the Russian girl group"]] Music/{{Tatu}}
** Likewise, Ikeno said Dante exposing more skin with [[NoShirtLongJacket "nothing but a jacket"]] in this game was partly inspired by the live performances of Johnnys, originally a Japanese boy band that was active in the 1960s.
** Daigo Ikeno also mentioned in the ''Devil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook that Beowulf's design was based on the depictions of the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Sumerian demon Pazuzu]].
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* InspirationForTheWork:
** According toInspirationForTheWork: As detailed in the excerpts of the ''Devil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook, character designer Daigo Ikeno, Ikeno cites the external sources of inspirations for some concepts present in this game:
** Lady's appearance was inspired by [[http://adaru32.tumblr.com/post/131470725562/devil-may-cry-3-1-4-2-graphic-arts-interviews "the black-haired Julia Volkova of the Russian girl group"]] Music/{{Tatu}}
**Likewise, Ikeno said Dante exposing more skin with [[NoShirtLongJacket "nothing but a jacket"]] in this game was partly inspired by the live performances of Johnnys, originally a Japanese boy band that was active in the 1960s.
**Daigo Ikeno He also mentioned in the ''Devil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook that Beowulf's design was based on the depictions of the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Sumerian demon Pazuzu]].Pazuzu]].
** Taken from page 207, Ikeno portrayed the Temen-ni-gru tower's moving parts based on the floating rocks in the movie ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', "with gears and such".
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** Lady's appearance was inspired by [[http://adaru32.tumblr.com/post/131470725562/devil-may-cry-3-1-4-2-graphic-arts-interviews "the black-haired Julia Volkova of the Russian girl group"]] Music/{{Tatu}}
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** Taken from page 207, Ikeno portrayed the Temen-ni-gru tower's moving parts based on the floating rocks in the movie ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', "with gears and such".
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A rumor claimed Creator/DanSouthworth had a cold while recording Vergil's voice lines in ''[=DMC3=]'', and it was passed around as "trivia". It became widespread and persistent enough in the fandom for a long time, to the point where Dan himself talked about, and finally [[https://youtu.be/sa1rylO-gUE?t=1047 debunked the rumor]] during an AMA livestream on 2019.
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* DuelingGames: ''Devil May Cry'' and ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' are two ActionGame series that came from Japan, and are seen as some of the best, oldest and most popular in the history of the genre. The comparisons became more common when ''Ninja Gaiden'' became a FlagshipFranchise of Team Ninja because of its 2004 revival, while ''Devil May Cry 3'' was released on 2005. Luckily, [[FriendlyFandoms there isn't much of a hatedom between the two games' fandoms]].
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* DuelingGames: ''Devil May Cry'' and ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' are two ActionGame series that came from Japan, and are seen as some of the best, oldest and most popular in the history of the genre. The comparisons became more common when ''Ninja Gaiden'' became a FlagshipFranchise major franchise of Team Ninja because of its 2004 revival, while ''Devil May Cry 3'' was released on 2005. Luckily, [[FriendlyFandoms there isn't much of a hatedom between the two games' fandoms]].
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** As mentioned in page 223 of the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook, Director Hideaki Itsuno wanted to include ordinary human [=NPCs=] in ''[=DMC3=]'', but wasn't able to do so due to hardware constraints; the [=PS2=] lacked the necessary processing power to render many of them at once.
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*** Bingo would've wanted a scene showing Arkham's real-time transformation into Jester, but the "technical limitations" at that time made it impossible. The final product then settled for the OffscreenRealityWarp camera trick.
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*** Bingo would've wanted a scene in the second half of the game showing Arkham's Jester's real-time transformation into Jester, Arkham, but the "technical limitations" at that time made it impossible. The [[WhamEpisode Mission 13]] of the final product then settled for does show Arkham constantly swapping between his regular form and Jester persona, but his transformation completely relied on the OffscreenRealityWarp camera trick.
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** In page 209 of the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' interviews, Scenario Writer Bingo Morihashi revealed additional character-specific concepts that were scrapped:
*** Jester and Arkham were originally not the same person; the former was meant to be just a "subordinate" of the latter, but that created complications, gameplay-wise. Someone suggested combining the two characters into one, hence the alter-ego/other persona [[TheReveal plot twist]].
*** Bingo would've wanted a scene showing Arkham's real-time transformation into Jester, but the "technical limitations" at that time made it impossible. The final product then settled for the OffscreenRealityWarp camera trick.
*** Lady was originally meant to be a cigarette-smoking older mentor of Dante, but Director Hideaki Itsuno objected to that idea because he wanted her to appeal to the Japanese audience. Thus, Lady's ''[=DMC3=]'' version looks like a high-school girl.
*** Jester and Arkham were originally not the same person; the former was meant to be just a "subordinate" of the latter, but that created complications, gameplay-wise. Someone suggested combining the two characters into one, hence the alter-ego/other persona [[TheReveal plot twist]].
*** Bingo would've wanted a scene showing Arkham's real-time transformation into Jester, but the "technical limitations" at that time made it impossible. The final product then settled for the OffscreenRealityWarp camera trick.
*** Lady was originally meant to be a cigarette-smoking older mentor of Dante, but Director Hideaki Itsuno objected to that idea because he wanted her to appeal to the Japanese audience. Thus, Lady's ''[=DMC3=]'' version looks like a high-school girl.
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** Beowulf originally had a different concept and name. However, Daigo Ikeno didn't specifically mention what they were when he revealed this tidbit in page 207 of the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' interviews.
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** Likewise, Ikeno said Dante exposing more skin with [[NoShirtLongJacket "nothing but a jacket"]] in this game was partly inspired by the live performances of Johnnys, originally a Japanese boy band that was active in the 1960s.
* ProductionNickname: Model designer Jun Ikawa created the unlockable wallpaper obtained from getting SS ranks on all Normal mode missions. Because it was [[ShoutOut deliberately made as an homage]] to the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, he personally called it "Devil Trigger Sentai".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Arkham was supposed to be named Hyne (pronounced "Hai-neh"), but Creator/ReubenLangdon (Dante's voice actor) didn't think it would work in English and convinced Creator/{{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: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Arkham was supposed to be named Hyne (pronounced "Hai-neh"), but Creator/ReubenLangdon (Dante's voice actor) didn't think it would work in English and convinced Creator/{{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 bossbattle]].battle]].
** According to Daigo Ikeno's statement from the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' interviews, there was an early design that had Dante's jacket closed in front, but it was scrapped because it "would be a waste of [[MrFanservice Dante's incredible, chiseled abs]]". This led to Dante's ''[=DMC3=]'' appearance being [[NoShirtLongJacket shirtless under that coat]].
** Vergil was initially supposed to have shorter hair than Dante, but Daigo Ikeno and his team were told to make Vergil's hair the same length as Dante's. This was specifically done so that the [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins twins would have identical appearances]] during their BattleInTheRain, save for their identifying [[ColorCodedCharacters red and blue coats]].
** Arkham was supposed to be named Hyne (pronounced "Hai-neh"), but Creator/ReubenLangdon (Dante's voice actor) didn't think it would work in English and convinced Creator/{{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
** According to Daigo Ikeno's statement from the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' interviews, there was an early design that had Dante's jacket closed in front, but it was scrapped because it "would be a waste of [[MrFanservice Dante's incredible, chiseled abs]]". This led to Dante's ''[=DMC3=]'' appearance being [[NoShirtLongJacket shirtless under that coat]].
** Vergil was initially supposed to have shorter hair than Dante, but Daigo Ikeno and his team were told to make Vergil's hair the same length as Dante's. This was specifically done so that the [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins twins would have identical appearances]] during their BattleInTheRain, save for their identifying [[ColorCodedCharacters red and blue coats]].
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* InspirationForTheWork:
** According to character designer Daigo Ikeno, Lady's appearance was inspired by [[http://adaru32.tumblr.com/post/131470725562/devil-may-cry-3-1-4-2-graphic-arts-interviews "the black-haired Julia Volkova of the Russian girl group"]] Music/{{Tatu}}
** Daigo Ikeno also mentioned in the ''Devil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook that Beowulf's design was based on the depictions of the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Sumerian demon Pazuzu]].
** According to character designer Daigo Ikeno, Lady's appearance was inspired by [[http://adaru32.tumblr.com/post/131470725562/devil-may-cry-3-1-4-2-graphic-arts-interviews "the black-haired Julia Volkova of the Russian girl group"]] Music/{{Tatu}}
** Daigo Ikeno also mentioned in the ''Devil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook that Beowulf's design was based on the depictions of the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Sumerian demon Pazuzu]].
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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/ReubenLangdon, Dante's InkSuitActor, had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuq2F66QeP4 his hair dyed for the Japanese commercial of the third game.]] And he looks ALMOST exactly like Dante does in ''3''.
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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/ReubenLangdon, Dante's InkSuitActor, had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuq2F66QeP4 his hair dyed for the Japanese commercial of the third game.]] And game]] and he looks ALMOST '''almost''' exactly like Dante does in ''3''.
