History VideoGame / DevilMayCry5

* MythologyGag: Nero's hair has been cut much shorter, resembling Dante's hairstyle in the Ninja Theory game.

->''"What? [[NoNonsenseNemesis No chit-chat or monologue? Just gettin' right to the point, huh?]]"''

* WrenchWench: Much like his uncle Dante, Nero has a femme fatale backing him up. Nico is quite proud of her work on Nero's mechanical arm.

->''"What? No chit-chat or monologue? Just gettin' right to the point, huh?"''

** The 2 volume ''[=DMC4=]: Deadly Fortune''' novel ends with an epilogue about Nero starting a branch of Dante’s Devil May Cry’s demon hunting business after all is said and done. In ''[=DMC5=]'', Nero is working under the Devil May Cry banner as well, albeit through different developments.

** One of Nico's [[https://twitter.com/devilmaycry_jp/status/1006002001648291842 character details]] has her being the granddaughter of Nell Goldstein, the gunsmith who created Ebony and Ivory for Dante.

* TheWorfEffect: Whoever the hooded person is, they where able to leave Nero broken on the floor and take his Devil Bringer by force.

* ArtShift: The game moves away from the previous four titles’ Gothic, anime-like artstyle, to a more realistic art style, although plenty of Gothic aspects remain in the city's architecture.

** The 2 volume ''[=DMC4=]: Deadly Fortune''' novel ends with an epilogue about Nero starting a branch of Dante’s Devil May Cry’s demon hunting business after all is said and done; in ''[=DMC5=]'', Nero is working under the Devil May Cry banner as well, albeit through different developments.
** Dante's last known whereabouts chronologically where driving into hell on a bike in 2. The first trailer ends with him entering the battlefield on a bike.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: Nero already showed signs of being similar to Dante’s trickster ways in [=DMC4=] with his own battle taunts before, but in story proper Nero was more of a serious guy who was dead worried about rescuing Kirye; come [=DMC5=]’s story and Nero is showing all the sass his taunts in [=DMC4=] showed he had on him.
* ItsPersonal: Nero justifiably wants to take out the mysterious figure that cut off his devil arm.

* ArtificialLimbs: Nero now has a robotic arm in place of his demonic arm from ''4''.
* ArtShift: The game moves away from the previous four titles’ gothic, anime-like artstyle, to a more realistic art style, though plenty of gothic aspects remain in the city's architecture.
* AnArmAndALeg: Nero is involuntarily relieved of his devil bringer by a mysterious figure.
* BadassBiker: Dante is seen at the end of the announcement trailer riding a bike.

** The game is set in "Red Grave City", which bears the name of Dante's pseudonym "Tony Redgrave" (etched on Ebony & Ivory by the gunsmith who created them).
* SceneryGorn: Red Grave City is degrading and the demons are invading. Instead of the pristine gothic architecture of past ''Devil May Cry'' games, battles are fought across burning wreckage of a modern city.

* TheWorfEffect: Whoever the hooded person is, they where able to leave Nero broken on the floor and take his devil bringer by force.

* ContinuityNod: The 2 volume ''[=DMC4=]: Deadly Fortune''' novel ends with an epilogue about Nero starting a branch of Dante’s Devil May Cry’s demon hunting business after all is said and done; in ''[=DMC5=]'', Nero is working under the Devil May Cry banner as well, albeit through different developments.

* TimeSkip: ''Devil May Cry 5'' is set long after ''4''. Nero has undergone considerable change (trimming back his hair substantially and having his Devil Bringer arm replaced with a mechanical limb) and Dante bears a more grizzled beard. Dante's face is also considerably aged, making him look closer to the visage he bore in ''Devil May Cry 2''.

The game stars Nero, the protagonist of ''4,'' as he quells a demonic invasion in Redgrave City. He has a score to settle with a mysterious individual who took his demonic arm off, requiring it to be replaced with a cybernetic. Dante and an unknown character referred to simply as V will also be playable.

* ArtShift: The game moves away from the previous four titles’ gothic, anime-like artstyle, to a more realistic art style.

* SceneryGorn: Redgrave City is degrading and the demons are invading. Instead of the pristine gothic architecture of past ''Devil May Cry'' games, battles are fought across burning wreckage of a modern city.

* SceneryGorn: Redgrave City is degrading and the demons are invading. Instead of the pristine gothic architecture of past ''Devil May Cry'' games, battles are fought across burning wreckage of a modern city.

* Art Shift: The game moves away from the previous four titles’ gothic, anime-like artstyle, to a more realistic art style.

* RoleReprisal: Creator/JohnnyYongBosch returns as Nero from ''Devil May Cry 4''.

-->'''Nero'''

The game stars Nero, the protagonist of ''4,'' who now operates as a demon hunter, as he quells a demonic invasion in Redgrave City. He also has a score to settle with a mysterious man who took his demonic arm off, requiring it to be replaced with a cybernetic.

Dante and an unknown character referred to simply as V will also be playable.

* RoleReprisal: Creator/JohnnyYongBosch returns as Nero from ''Devil May Cry 4''.

''Devil May Cry 5'' is the fifth game in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series developed by Capcom, the first in a while in the main series since ''4'' in 2008, and the first overall since ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' in 2013. It was revealed at the Microsoft UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo press conference, and is set for release in Spring of 2019.