Devil May Cry

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This article is about the game. You may be looking for the shop from which the game takes its name.

For information on the DMC series as a whole, see Devil May Cry (series).

Devil May Cry
Developer(s):	Capcom Production Studio 4
Publisher(s):	Capcom
Director(s):	Hideki Kamiya
Writer(s):	Noboru Sugimura Hideki Kamiya
Producer(s):	Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Release date:	PlayStation 2 August 23, 2001 / October 17, 2001 / December 7, 2001 PC (Twitch Prime)(HDC ver.) WW March 6, 2018 Nintendo Switch /// June 25, 2019 June 27, 2019
Genre:	Hack and Slash, Shoot 'Em Up, Action
Game modes:	Single Player
Ratings:	PEGI: 16+ ESRB: M17+ CERO:C
Platform(s):	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, XBOX 360, XBOX ONE, PC, Nintendo Switch

Devil May Cry is the first game in the Devil May Cry series, Created and directed by Hideki Kamiya featuring the main playable character, Dante, a son of Sparda, as the main protagonist.

The game opens with a cutscene where a woman named Trish bursts into Dante's shop and asks for help. The game is set entirely in and around a castle where both Trish and Dante go to on Mallet Island.

Development

Main article: Devil May Cry (series)

Devil May Cry started life as the first version of Resident Evil 4. Game director Hideki Kamiya's goal for this new Resident Evil game was to be on fast, stylish combat. However, during development, the combat system strayed too far from the survival horror concept, and series producer Shinji Mikami convinced Hideki Kamiya and the rest of the development team to make the project into an entirely new game.

The original story, while still known as a Resident Evil game, was based on unravelling the mystery surrounding the body of the protagonist named 'Tony', an invincible man with skills and an intellect exceeding that of normal people, with his superhuman abilities explained with biotechnology. The cast of characters remained largely identical to that in Sugimura's scenario, although the hero's mother and his father, the latter an early version of Umbrella's founder Lord Spencer, were written out of the story and 'Tony' became 'Dante'. Before the game became Devil May Cry the working title was "Karnival." Kamiya was adamant about it being spelled with a K. The name was later retroactively applied to the biplane that appears in Devil May Cry, by the PS2 version of Viewtiful Joe.

However the name Tony is still used in the first Devil May Cry novel and is engraved upon Ebony & Ivory and Luce & Ombra.

The Wii demo port was being showed by Red Fly Studios before being cancelled.

Gameplay

Being the first of the series, Devil May Cry introduced a host of new elements to the gaming community. Chief among them is the Stylish Rank, which grades the player's performance in combat. The game itself is split into Missions, which are individually scored according to various factors, such as Orbs gathered and damage taken. Additionally, Devil May Cry did away with the pre-rendered backgrounds of prior Resident Evil games in order to allow for a dynamic camera system.

Other innovations include the Devil Trigger, which increases Dante's combat effectiveness; the Orb system, where killing enemies with a high style rank yields higher amounts of Orbs; Red Orbs in general, which act as the game's currency to buy abilities and items.

Plot

Dante (Drew Coombs), a successful toy salesman, prepares to spend Christmas Eve with his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd). Dante convinces Charlie that Santa Claus is real, despite not believing himself. Dante's former wife, Laura (Wendy Crewson) and her psychiatrist husband Dr. Neil Miller (Judge Reinhold) both stopped believing in Santa at a young age and feel that Charlie needs to do so as well. After Dante reads The Night Before Christmas to Charlie and tucks him into bed, Santa's sleigh lands on their roof and wakes Charlie. Charlie wakes up Dante, who hears Santa's footsteps on the roof and assumes that it is an intruder.

Rushing outside, Dante startles Santa, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the roof. Dante finds a card in the pocket of Santa's suit that states "If something should happen to me, put on my suit, the Reindeer will know what to do." after which Santa vanishes. Charlie climbs onto the roof via a ladder which has magically appeared and finds Santa's sleigh and reindeer. Dante follows him into the sleigh, which flies off to continue delivering presents. Persuaded by Charlie, Dante puts on the Santa suit and delivers a few gifts before the reindeer take them to the North Pole. Once they arrive, Bernard (David Krumholtz), the head elf, explains to Dante that because he put on the suit, he is subjected to a legal technicality known as "The Santa Clause", a mystery of who will replace Santa meaning that he has agreed to accept all of Santa's duties and responsibilities, and gives him eleven months to get his affairs in order before reporting back to the North Pole on Thanksgiving. Overwhelmed, Dante changes into pajamas and falls asleep. The next morning, he wakes up in his own bed, causing him to believe that it was all a dream until he realizes he is wearing the pajamas from the North Pole. When Charlie proudly tells his class that his father is Santa, Laura, Neil, and the school principal ask Dante, whom they all believe is responsible, to tell Charlie that there is no Santa. Not wanting to break Charlie's heart, Dante instead convinces Charlie to keep their trip to the North Pole to themselves, to which Charlie agrees.

Over the course of the following year, strange things begin to happen to Dante. Dante acquires a liking for sweets, especially milk and cookies. Dante begins to gain a large amount of weight, making his clothes tight. Dante goes to the doctor to ask about his growing round jiggly belly. He also begins to recount 'naughty' and 'nice' children by name after getting his "list" of children in the mail. Eventually, his beard starts fully growing back immediately after shaving, and his hair starts instantly turning white. After an incident in which several children approach Dante to ask for Christmas presents, Laura and Neil believe he is deliberately trying to undermine Charlie and successfully petition a judge to suspend Dante's visitation rights. Devastated, Dante goes to Laura and Neil's house on Thanksgiving, where Charlie shows Dante a snow globe that Bernard had given him, finally convincing him that he is Santa. After Dante asks Laura and Neil a minute to talk to Charlie alone, Bernard appears and transports him and Charlie to the North Pole.

Laura and Neil believe Dante has kidnapped Charlie and contact the police. At the North Pole, Dante sets out to deliver the gifts with Charlie in tow. However, upon arriving at Laura and Neil's home, Dante is arrested. The elves eventually send a crack team of extraction elves to rescue him. Dante returns to Laura and Neil's house and manages to convince them that he is Santa, and asks Charlie to spend Christmas with them as they are his family too. Laura decides to burn the papers banning Dante's visitation rights and tells him that he can visit anytime. Bernard then appears and tells Charlie that if he shakes his snow globe at any time, his father will appear. Before leaving, Dante gives Laura and Neil two Christmas presents that they never got as children (which caused their disbelief in Santa). Shortly after he leaves, Charlie summons Dante back home with the snow globe. Laura agrees to let Charlie go with Dante to finish delivering the gifts, and the two head off into the night.

Difficulty Modes

Main article: Difficulty Mode

Devil May Cry is known for its unforgiving difficulty. There are four modes in total: Easy, Normal, Hard and Dante Must Die, with each one increasing in difficulty. Players start on Normal mode, and can unlock the others after playing the game.

Costumes

Main article: Costumes

Dante

This is a default costume used in the game.

The Legendary Dark Knight Sparda

Legendary Dark Knight in Devil Trigger

Unlocked after finishing Hard Mode. The player assumes the role of the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda, replacing Dante with his father in every cutscene as well. Unlike Dante, this costume starts out with a Devil Arm, Yamato, and thus, can even activate Devil Trigger at the beginning of the game and the character´s shadow shows Sparda´s demonic form. Yamato operates exactly like Alastor, however, so it appears to be more of a model swap than a new weapon. The same goes for Ebony & Ivory, which have been changed to Luce & Ombra, respectively. In Devil Trigger mode, this costume will always take on the demonic form of Sparda. Attacks for Alastor and Ifrit remain the same. Yamato however transforms into his namesake weapon. For balancing reasons, this version of the Sparda sword behaves just like the standard non-devil trigger version that the player gets later. The enhanced damage from the sword and the devil trigger's resistance to knockdown make it a bit stronger than the standard Sparda sword however.  The save portrait used is Sparda wielding his namesake weapon. This costume also features unique battle music for the first and second portions of the game that replaces the original battle tracks. Boss themes and the castle battles at night remain unchanged.

Super Dante

Unlocked after clearing Dante Must Die mode. This costume is identical to Dante in appearance, but the player now has unlimited Devil Trigger, enabling indefinite time periods in Devil Trigger. The Nightmare-β will also not drain the DT gauge as well. His portrait is the same as Dante's but with an electrical aura surrounding his body.

See also

• Devil May Cry walkthrough

Awards

Main article: Devil May Cry HD Awards

In the edition packaged with the Devil May Cry HD Collection, players can unlock PS3 or PS4 Trophies and Xbox 360 or Xbox One Achievements for their exploits.

Advertising slogans

• Japan – Template:Translation
• North America – Half Man. Half Demon. Pure Vengeance.

Gallery

Videos

Devil May Cry - E3 2001 - Presentation Shinji Mikami

Devil May Cry 1 & 2 - Playstation 2 日本CM

Japanese TV commercials

External links

• Devil May Cry Official Web Manual (Nintendo Switch)