Hey, who's this guy...? Oh, it's fucking DANTE. What do you reckon about the re-design?

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

It looks like a zombie...
DO NOT WANT!!!

 

[omega247]

First impression: Oh very dear. WTF is that?!?

I was quite looking forward to this as well...

Second impression: Nope still looks shit, that just isn't Dante!!

 

[HT_Black]

Huh. I think it seems fake, actually. It's either done by someone on the internet looking for a good troll, or else it's a (bad) joke from the devs. Until it's confirmed, I'm just going to say it's Dante's new sidekick, Billy Joe Armstrong.

...And here I was thinking that a 'western' influence would be a good thing.

 

[Sebenko]

Oh, I see. That's actually the design for Virgil from DMC3.

But they accidentally used the Dante design, so now they're re-using the Virgil design here.

 

[Tony2077]

lets start a petition or something

There already is:

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Dmc

On topic, I think it's a TERRIBLE idea. This is NOT Dante; there is NO trace of the lovable, John Mcclane-esque rogue that everyone in gaming loves. This is just like what happened with PoP and Bionic Commando. And also, WHY the hell did CAPCOM reboot the thing despite the fact that the series was still high-selling and critically well-received?

i signed it but i doubt it'll do anything

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Eugh, jesus. It's a remake,

ReBOOT let's get it right. A remake is remaking game. A reboot is where you change the game dramatically in order to get it's fanbase up as it hasn't been great. You know, what Sonic's been doing for the past 10 years. But a more serious example would be Prince of Persia (2008) and Medal of Honour (2010).

OT:

Give him some damn muscle! Also, if his younger years had him with white hair still in DMC3 then what's the point of changing his hair?

Calumon: Maybe he's like Snake?

 

[Badazzninja]

Have any of you even noticed that, when he's fighting the enemy and starts going all crazy/angry/demonic, his hair starts to shift to a grayish white at the top? And that maybe, JUST MAYBE, that this is a sign that we're looking at a younger Dante before his full powers have awakened?

 

[Cynical skeptic]

... Yea... androgyny is a purely eastern luxury.

It doesn't quite work in the west.

 

[Woodsey]

That still looks like a very Japenese-y design, just not the same one as before. Not really sure what the western influence is supposed to be.

All the brown.

Well the trailer was pretty colourful.

And considering he's like 18-ish in this (I'm guessing), he looks very similar to the old character model.

 

[Brazilianpeanutwar]

He looks cool,just DONT fuck up the suit....pleeease!

Different face is fine by me,but if they don't have him looking like...well a devil hunter...then something's not gonna look right.

 

[TRR]

wait a sec, didn't Ninja Theory just finish killing metroid? This must be one twisted developer, ruin the story of a great game series then systematically move on to the next one. again i hope there is more to this, like he becomes his normal self halfway through the game or some crap.

 

[llew]

not dante in any way besides the red jacket (you see the collar a lil) not impressed, where is his white hair? where is his cocky grin? why does he have a black eye and cuts? he is a freaking immortal that doesn't get injured... WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?!?!?

 

[Ildecia]

Devil May Cry: Tokyo Hotel Edition.

yep. couldn't have said it any better.

 

[HT_Black]

Huh. I think it seems fake, actually. It's either done by someone on the internet looking for a good troll, or else it's a (bad) joke from the devs. Until it's confirmed, I'm just going to say it's Dante's new sidekick, Billy Joe Armstrong.

...And here I was thinking that a 'western' influence would be a good thing.

Look at the video above. LOOK AT IT!

The horror... the horror...

Make a note of that fact that near the forty-second mark, the video briefly flashes to an image of the traditional white-haired Dante. Now, given that the subject was being psychologically tortured, forced to tell the camera his name, and was carrying a sword that definitely isn't Rebellion, there stands a chance that he's the usual Western-style brainwashed supersoldier made to think he's Dante; and assuming Ninja Theory is holding on to their usual writing style, this totally makes sense, even more so when you remember that Dante wasn't the 'proper' main character in DMC4. Smart money says it's those corporate guys from #2.

And if it isn't, do you really want to know otherwise?