History WMG / DevilMayCry5

* Dante and Vergil go on a new quest together through the Demon World. Along the way they catch up on their time apart, and find the truth about Sparda's mysterious disappearance. Maybe they even find a way back to the Human World at the end.

[[WMG: If Crew Cut does become playable in the future, his fighting style would be an evolving one based on player progression.]]

''[=DMC5=]'' has finally confirmed in-game that Nero is Vergil's son. In the finale of the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 first game]], Dante mocks Mundus's vow to return to the human world someday, saying "Goodbye! And when you do come back, give my regards to my son, will ya?". Not only is Dante's statement HilariousInHindsight several years later (as it's Vergil who had a son first than Dante), it brings the funny idea that Mundus still remembers it out of grudge. So if he does come back as he promised, any younger [[MysticalWhiteHair white-haired, demon-slaying]] descendant of Sparda would be registered to Mundus as "Dante's son" on their first meeting. It might even double as a BrickJoke or ContinuityNod!

** A prequel where you play as Sparda: Everyone talks about how he's a legendary demon warrior who rebelled against Hell for the sake of mankind, yet we know so little about the man behind the legend. How did he become the badass the stories make him out to be? Why did he choose to rebel against Mundus? How did he fall in love with a human? And what happened to him?
** A remake of the very first game: With the benefit of hindsight, gameplay elements would be changed, and the story would be updated to better mesh with the third game's story. For example, Dante didn't realize Trish resembled his mother until after she told him his name. In a remake, Dante would pick up on this right away and wouldn't be so quick to trust her. Also in the original, Dante didn't figure out Nelo Angelo was Vergil until after he killed him, since he believed Vergil died when they were kids. But with this being retconned due to the events of ''3'', Dante would realize it's Vergil right away and would likely be more conflicted about fighting him.
** A multiplayer game ala ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': After Red Grave City, mankind will become more aware of the existence of demons, and to keep up with threats all over the world, Nero will turn Devil May Cry into an international franchise, with you playing a custom character and fighting demons unique to different countries and mythologies. Playable races would include human, demon, and half-demon (Sparda likely wasn't the ''only'' demon to side with mankind, he was just the strongest and most well known) and each would have different pros and cons; humans do more damage with firearms but take more damage, demons and half-demons get Devil Triggers, with full-blooded demons' [=DTs=] lasting longer, etc.

** Jossed. Visions of V shows him mugging a regular person to obtain his clothes.

* Confirmed.\\\

[[WMG: Devil May Cry 5 could be a spiritual successor to Scalebound, similar to how Resident Evil 7 was somewhat a successor to Silent Hills/P.T]]

* Hideaki Itsuno’s next project, highly anticipated to be DMC5 (or maybe just another Dragon’s Dogma) has been in development for over 2 years by now, making it the longest development time for a DMC game.

** It’s possible that after Scalebound got cancelled, he decided to start work on adding a dragon partner, possibly for a new character.
* On the topic of a “new character,” since it’s been currently ten years since DMC4’s release, they have to introduce a character suitable for newcomers of the franchise, and perhaps modernize several aspects, such as the setting of the game, and try out a new concept, like RE7 in some way, like it doesn’t have to be always about demons and such. Why not add dragons into the world of DMC? Perhaps they were once guardians of the human world, with Sparda lending them a hand in some way? Or dragons were once created as slaves to the demons, but Sparda freed them and led them into a rebellion?
** It would be interesting to see a new character that starts off with little to no combat experience, similar to Ethan in RE7, slowly develop into an expert devil hunter as the game progresses. (Unlike Nero at the start of DMC4, where he’s already established as an expert fighter.) Plus, If this “new character” comes across some of the much more “bigger” demons, he might need some “equally big” help to take them on.
* According to leaks, “DMC5” (using quotation marks cause it’s not yet official if Hideaki Itsuno’s next project will be DMC5) will have much bigger areas, almost, but not completely, open world, similar to Itsuno’s other work, Dragon’s Dogma. Perhaps with areas with that sort of size, a dragon would be able to fit?
* They should do it out of respect for Hideki Kamiya, the original creator of Devil May Cry, and director of Scalebound. Kamiya had an extremely rough time trying to develop Scalebound, his “dream game” as mentioned in an interview, ultimately suffering health issues, forcing him to take some time off, only to result in the game’s cancellation afterwards. Itsuno could be taking aspects from Scalebound into his next project out of respect for Kamiya.

** Jossed. But who needs a new Devil Arm when you can just JUDGEMENT CUT END all day?

* Jossed: He's [[spoiler: Sparda's son, of the human half of one, Vergil]].

* [[spoiler: Half confirmed. He is Vergil's human side that he discarded for more power.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed, although you've got it backwards; V is the drastically weakened one while Urizen is the improved Nelo Angelo.]]

* Ultimately [[spoiler:jossed. The only ally who acts in anything even remotely resembling a treasonous manner is V, and he survives after recombining with Urizen to become Vergil.]]\\

* Confirmed, [[spoiler:it's where he and Vergil lived together with Eva before they were attacked by Mundus' demons. You even visit the ruins of their home.]]\\

* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]\\\

* [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed, he gets a ''human'' arm back. He does get the Devil Bringer's powers back, though.]]\\

* Ultimately [[spoiler:jossed. Mundus never shows up directly.]]

* First half jossed; [[spoiler:Vergil never died]].

* [[spoiler:Jossed; Hirata is back as Vergil.]]

* [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

* Jossed; [[spoiler:the BigBad is the one and only Vergil]].

* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed. He's still breathing in the game's final scene.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

* [[spoiler: Semi-jossed. Urizen is Vergil's demon side that craves power.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed, although the motive was wrong; he wanted more power and thought expelling his humanity would get him some. In addition, he actually didn't know that Nero was his son until Dante told the newly-reformed Vergil.]]

Sparda is touted as a Powerful Demon, being TheDragon to Mundus before he defected, and said to be at least close in power to Mundus, also being able to single-handedly overpower and seal the Demons away, but Mundus is mentioned to be the Demon King because he managed to eat the Qliphoth fruit, and the fruit gives a ''massive'' gain in power, meaning Sparda maybe close in power to Mundas before, but Mundas became outright Godlike after eating the fruit. My theory is that Sparda came to the human world initially on Mundas' orders, to plant ''another'' Qliphoth Tree, wanting to gain even more power, Sparda saw first hand how Mundas' actions were causing human suffering, so, he stole and ate the Qliphoth Fruit himself, which is what gave him the power to take on Mundas and the Demon hordes and seal them away. It also explains why both Dante and Vergil are so strong, my other theory is [[spoiler: Urizen is weak because Vergil splitting himself into a demon and human half, burned out the portion of power from the Qliphoth Fruit Vergil got from his father, and he needed this games fruit to regain it, Which is why Vergil can use Sin DT upon recombining, it reestablished the power he already had, when he finally fully accepted his human side (something Vergil has rejected for decades)]].

A counterpoint to the above theory. At the end of ''2'', Dante was seen driving through hell on a motorcycle. In the reveal trailer he makes his entrance riding on a motorcycle, sporting a BadassBeard. What we know of the plot is that it concerns a demonic invasion, and we all know where demons come from, and it's the same place Dante was last seen in chronologically. It's ''preeetty'' doubtful there's much in the way of shaving products in hell, which would explain Dante's new beard on top of having similar facial features from ''2''.

[[WMG: The Faust Hat contains the soul of Music/MichaelJackson.]]

Considering that the Devil Sword Sparda is taken and absorbed by Dante to create his own Devil Sword. It's clear that now Trish is bare handed and while she can take care of herself without her weapons. She'll still probably feel a bit weird not having a blade of her own to fight with. So why not take the blade that she had during their first adventure together, that also just happens to have lightning based powers similar to hers? It's somewhat of a no-brainer.
Alongside that it would be an interesting MythologyGag to the [=DMC=] 2 Novel, which ad an AlternateUniverse Trish carrying around Alastor.

[[WMG: Vergil's resurrection brings the portal to allow iconic Capcom villains to be revived in canon]]
There's also a chance for Capcom villains like [[VideoGame/MegaManX Sigma]] and [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]] to be revived in their own canon.

* Confirmed, sort of. Morrison from the anime appears, and Nell Goldstein is directly referenced by Nico in the TGS trailer.\\

* They should do it out of respect for Hideki Kamiya, the original creator of Devil May Cry, and director of Scalebound. Kamiya had an extremely rough time trying to develop Scalebound, his “dream game” as mentioned in an interview, ultimately suffering health issues, forcing him to take some time off, only to result in the game’s cancellation afterwards. Itsuno could be taking aspects from Scalebound into his next project out of respect for
Kamiya.