Dante Character History - Capcom Vs. Legacy

[@liquidsaberz02]

I remember how much my 9 year-old self was in awe watching Dante fighting against Deadpool the first time I played MVC3. Like, they were literally blasting each other in a bar.

[@drjcup3228]

I was in my 30s when MVC3 came out, and those one-on-one cinematics blew my mind.

[@striderreborn1467]

I was in tears the first time I saw those two together. It felt right in a plethora of ways at least until they had him against Ghost Rider in UMVC3.

[@NeoZiggy92]

I was a teen (19) when I saw that trailer. Blown away is an understatement.

[@collaterale1]

Fun fact: Langdon is also a stunt actor in most of the japanese tokusatsu shows, including Kamen Rider, where he played Mac Windy in B-Fighter Kabuto, as well as a regular stuntman in Dragon Knight.

[@onihaiena6152]

the tokusatsu to DMC pipeline

[@collaterale1]

@@onihaiena6152 Yup

[@skull123godofskeletons]

This video's gettin crazy, LETS ROCK

[@TheTruestZero]

Looks at character Looks at video lenght Yeah, pretty standard Dante analises video.

[@TheSeventhForce]

The original draft of this video was closer to an hour and a half, actually! Trimmed a lot of fat and reworked a good chunk of the script in the last two days in the interest of decent pacing.

[@TheTruestZero]

Also, if Phoenix Wright was the peak of translating a non fighter into a fighting game, Dante is the case of translating a character that was made for a fighting game back into one.

[@Lozzu]

Love that you made the Dante logo based on 3, given how he’s portrayed

[@TheSeventhForce]

Yeah, wanted to make sure each DMC character had a logo based off a different DMC game. DMC5 for Vergil, DMC1 for Trish, then this. I'm happy other people appreciate those details!

[@adithyasajitkumar4204]

A one hour showcase of dante....... Featuring dante.....i'll see myself out.

[@memeelfman324]

I guess you can say Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series

[@mandalorianhunter1]

Honestly seeing the vast diversity between MVC2 and MVC3 is astounding. You see the franchises that were created after MVC2 and how it impacted the roster Funny how Dante is the closest we are to having Leon in MvC because if you look at Dante and RE4 Leon, they are so similar. Honestly Dante will never not be awesome. I hope they use his DMC5 design for the next MvC because even though we all lovr the design of DMC3 Dante, his appearance in 5 was awesome.

[@TheSeventhForce]

Yeah, my favorite thing about the Capcom roster in MvC3 & TvC is seeing characters that only came to be after the Vs games went on hiatus get represented.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

​@@TheSeventhForceHonestly the vs series fumbled the ball when it came to representation from game to game as we didn't ghost n goblins until MvC3

[@memesandhoi2924]

@@mandalorianhunter1 Breath of Fire, Dino Crisis, and Sengoku Basara have yet to made it in. Which kind of sucks.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@memesandhoi2924 yeah the fumbles

[@meganinten0078]

I would prefer seeing Dante using his DMC2 design. That design is so good, it doesn't deserve to be forgotten 😢

[@memesandhoi2924]

Expect the next Vs game (whenever that is) to probably have DMC5 Dante. It just makes sense but people are going to have to learn him all over again lol. Great video as always.

[@hapi4714]

A cool detail noticed about DT for Dante and Vergil in MVC, is how they both lose the ability to speak when doing it. In the DMC games, they usually get a voice filter for their normal lines, but similarly, they never say a word when in Devil Trigger for cutscenes. It wasn't until DMC5 where we see Dante speak while in DT canonically, but he and Vergil never do so in SDT.

[@Dhampire1976]

Well not entirely true as Dante and Vergil got the distortion in 4,and Nero could speak as well during DT for obvious reasons

[@Certified_Dante]

Actually Dante & Vergil not speaking in DT was probably out of laziness, no idea why they didn't just add a filter over the voices though

[@TheSeventhForce]

@@hapi4714 Didn't point this out in the video, but Dante does indeed speak in DT in MvCI, both in gameplay and in cutscenes, complete with filter. DMC5 was the first time canonically, though yeah.

[@Drakecurry_0]

I used to body ltg using Dante and he always rage quit

[@neonthunder3261]

Lol

[@coolmanrandom]

Nice

[@PaulApollo]

Good

[@erhanjpg1467]

Based

[@wills2894]

Average fighting game player when they see ltg

[@thericordochannel6640]

4:01 You're the first person to point that out to me, and I've probably seen this cutscene like 6 times. Cool XD

[@MrPyro90s]

Dante: I'm sorry I'm late for the party. Here's your pizza. Trish: but we ordered hamburgers. Nero and Lady:😣😡 Dante: That's okay, The box is empty.

[@Ssbb7777brawler]

I like no matter how long ago it was made that tag/label “featuring Dante from the devil may cry series” will always be a highlight and this video is no exception.

[@scottnotpilgrim]

The amount of work and research that had to go into this must be insane. So thank you for this. And I love me some Devil May Cry

[@JuiceboxJoints]

Love how you brought up Alastor from Viewtiful Joe being the spirit of the sword from DMC1. In VJ2 he even repeats the exact same lines from that game, and tries to impale Joe the same way he did Dante lmao. Also I love how his Devil Trigger design from DMC3 is instantly recognizable as being one of Kaneko’s works. Cool video as always!

[@alyasVictorio]

THERE IT IS! The Dante moveset history we've been waiting for! I 1st recognized him in UMvC3 and I liked him more as an action character with his dual gun, sword, and red outfit at 1st glance before I know his series Devil May Cry. And oh boy, his series' action is so great.

[@BrothaKyo]

My boy Dante.

[@Dhampire1976]

I'm late,but I think 15:20 is more so a reference to high level players doing a normal,jump cancelling it into air guns,which was a trademark thing for combos in 3,which would lead to gun enemy step combos

[@augustohernandez6570]

Devil may cry

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Devils Never Cry

[@Dhampire1976]

Angel will laugh

[@TheLegendRome]

having played DMC1-3 for the first time this year, it felt good calling out the moves as you was narrating them. great content as always and after this one you deserve a rest lol!

[@M08Xrd]

Hell yeah! This is the one I've been waiting for. DMC is one of my favorite game series ever, and Dante is one of my fav characters in media. So glad you gave him the long and exhaustive analysis he deserves.

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

INSTANT LIKE ... Thanks for the great content 👍🏻

[@Tjxal]

Jackpot!

[@striderreborn1467]

Oh I've waited for this one!

[@TheConstantOne]

Quicksilver Glitch clip took me way back, damn. Been subscribed and watching you for a minute, just want to say I love your videos and the effort you put into them. Your knowledge and love shows on both Capcom and Marvel characters, and I especially appreciate the comic reccomendations on the Marvel characters as an a comic reader from back in the day. Keep doing what you're doing. 🤘

[@kylee2002]

Dante is one of my favorite characters ever (like gameplay and character wise) and this vid is really good :D also happy you mentioned his Tony Redgrave days. Not a lot of people know about the novels.

[@burstmortem6638]

Oh yeah Now this party's getting crazy

[@Shockbrawler]

As someone who mained dante on mvc3 and infinite, mastering and using his moves on combos is a game mode itself xD. 28:22 I love that bnb combo there. That one itself is the combo all dantes learn to do on day one dante mastery

[@EdgeofNotion]

I didn't know Dante was partiality based on Space Cobra. Two other callbacks to that series would be his love interest being a beautiful blonde woman who resembles another character (Jane and Dominique Royal) and an arc involving a race of sentient talking swords.

[@themotherfer9903]

Yes not only is Dante my favorite video game character he's my favorite fictional character of all time what a absolute banger of a video for the G.O.A.T himself

[@johksdvc]

Every time a new vid comes out, I'm ready for the next one. Awesome vid again. I'll stick up for DMC, besides personal gripes with story elements and some design choices, the game itself (gameplay and direction with the gameplay) was great to me. I just took it as it was instead of comparing and I enjoyed my time with it. Plus, it gave us the "F you" scene...lol

[@artry93]

Wait... there's the upcoming Neflix anime of Devil May Care in 2025.

[@wariothelegend9645]

I thought white Dante was reminiscent of Lady (and black coat with dirty blonde hair was Trish) but i really love the idea that it looks like Ryu Breath of Fire. wasn't expecting BOF3 love in a Dante video but I greatly appreciate it.

[@mackdebruin999]

Love your videos!

[@cosmicblob8799]

The man with the most moves is here. We've hit the jackpot! Let's Rock!

[@gamemax1049]

Dante: *Exists* (also broke and in debt) Me: *Happy Noises

[@stampede808]

With all his insane abilities and combos, Dante almost feels like he was made for the Vs series. Stylish yet somehow he has rotten luck with women.

[@ungenesis9]

"complete" ... Just like your series of vids! Always look forward to your uploads.

[@troubledAlan]

Always nice to see dante in anything

[@meganinten0078]

49:08 Timmy Turner: Fairy World? 😃 Ghost Rider: Scary World Timmy: You are not that scary 😒 Ghost Rider: Yeah well here's a photo of MVCI Dante's face! Timmy: Ahhh! It burns! 😱 Even Nemesis looks better than Dante in MVCI 😆 Edit: Dante sacrificed his face to become top tier 😁

[@YoshiONE2ONE]

I always knew of DMC in passing when i was younger. It took me trying Dante in vanilla Marvel 3 to finally get DMC4. The rest is history lol

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

38:43 THANK YOU! I have been saying that for years; it’s based on Ryu from BOF. BOF fans will have their day in the sun, you better believe it. Dante is still one of my favorite video game characters ever since I was a kid I first played DMC1 on the PS2. Dude's too stylish. My GOAT

[@FGJamz]

another great video!

[@ArteFurlong]

I'm just going to nerd out about the devil trigger design and how it's design is connected to another series from SMT cause of the artist you pointed out but I love how much it looks like the atma avatars from Digitial devil saga like you put them side by side you can really tell. Sometimes I just love games where people turn into demons.

[@zergvsgenin]

12:53 And hey, wouldn't you know it, when Krauser mutates in RE4R's Mercenaries mode, he gains his own Stinger. How 'bout that.

[@peterbutterjelly114]

an hour long? this gon be the best use of my lunch break lol

[@nolife__]

This is amazing

[@TheSeventhForce]

@@nolife__ Thanks!

[@HybridAngelZero]

The epic is here! But would we expect anything less from the legendary demon hunter? It's actually insane how well his moveset is done in both his Vs series appearances, he is an absolute joy to play and he just *feels* like he's Dante. Also, idk why, but I really enjoy when characters use an older design but are still definitely their later timeline selves, much like Phoenix and Maya definitely being from the original trilogy, but referencing things from post-Apollo Justice titles. I will say, Dante is one of the few characters who's MVC3 endings actually feel in-character. Not sure how to describe it, but most of the endings from the game just feel...off? He's also the only one I recall getting brand new illustrations in UMvC3, also! I never put together the idea of the blue hair outfit being a Breath of Fire III reference, which made me both happy (yay Breath of Fire!) and sad (Still no BoF character in the Vs games:(... )

[@TheSeventhForce]

@@HybridAngelZero Ryu also gets new ending illustrations in UMvC3; it's more or less a follow up to his vanilla MvC3 ending with Iron Fist.

[@HybridAngelZero]

@TheSeventhForce I don't actually own the Ultimate version, so I haven't seen all the endings. I kinda fell out of fighting games temporarily between vanilla and UMvC3, and by the time I got back in a few years later, I just... never got around to buying it xD I just need to pick it up on PS4 or something when it goes on sale again.

[@Aczie042]

YOU DID IT!!! YOU FINALLY DID IT!!!!!

[@holloworacle3140]

JACKPOT, YEAH BABY

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

My Friend Is a Devil May Cry Fan Like Myself being a huge fan of The Mask still don't think we're getting Revenge Of The Mask Supercut which Is a shame I would've loved to watch that since Warner Bros. Reboot might cast someone like Danny Pudi and ruin the whole thing but Devil May Cry Iconic Capcom IP more of a Red Earth Guy myself NGL

[@oreo311]

Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but on a rewatch I want to point out million stabs actually originates from mvc2, it's one of his devil trigger exclusive tilt combos. But functionally speaking the mashing aspect does come from dmc3 unless that was the intention of the reference

[@EdgeGxd667]

42:13 Yeah...fair...absolutely fair

[@PikangsFutaba]

Yup... never forget that SMT Nocturne/Lucifer's Call box meme with the "Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series" emblem, funny enough, that was the 1st JPN re-release, which later became a DLC for the HD Remastered version as said version is based on the 2nd JPN re-release, didn't know about his Ps2 cameo of Viewtiful Joe, PS All Stars was a shame (also based on his rebot), funny how you referenced the initial infinite model that was used on the story demo, he pretty much fits way too well in the MVC fighting game style. Edit: I agree Dante's best moment in MVCI was his rivalry with Jedah for the Soul Stone.

[@amosdeguzman9980]

Love the video! Though I also want to say that technically, Vergil doesn't use Force Edge in Project X Zone 2, just the Summoned Swords.

[@TheSeventhForce]

@@amosdeguzman9980 I hadn't remembered PxZ2 when I made that statement though yeah, he uses Yamato for everything in that

[@oreo311]

A whole hour is actually less than i expected but still really cool Following the nocturne thing i do have a crack theory the final arena in persona 3 is a call-out to the teminigru as i assume p3 and dmc3 were being made around the same time

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

48:17 my favorite franchise dante

[@meganinten0078]

Ah yes, the iconic franchise Dante 1, The Resident Evil Dante 2, Eternal Silence Dante 3, Dante's Revenge

[@NightWarriorX4]

This sounds like biblical greed considering Dante's Everything Else, but I do wish that Nevan had its scythe form in an attack, and that he used Spiral (his sniper rifle), always bugged me he had every other weapon from DMC3 but that one. Great vid as always.

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

My favorite character of Capcom history for sure from my favorite video game series ever. I was through the roof when he was confirmed for Marvel 3. Like that to me made that game an easy sell when he was revealed. If they make Marvel 4. I really hope they go for DMC 5 Dante since he has more cooler moves from that game that has potential for a fighter. There is no shred of doubt Dante will return if another cross over title happens. He is too iconic. So much so he won the popular character vote in the latest Capcom Polls. The Iconic Wahoo Pizza Man ain't going nowhere.

[@thedevilsleutice]

I remember I mained DMC and Trish was always my assist, with Dante and Vergil swapping on point. I remember after I started getting proper combos specifically with Dante, and mix ups. I’ll remember my dad watching me TOD two team members, and my friend finally killed Dante. “At least you can kill one of the brothers.” I was always the worst of the fighting game players in the group, but marvel 3 and dbfz I put myself on something crazy.

[@manuelvasconcelos8982]

Dante sure got a lot of weapons in the marvel vs Capcom games, maybe even more than cable, deadpool and iron man combined

[@redchariot4006]

Those 40 moves tho Taking Lady's weapon from his moveset in Infinite just sounds like she was probably planned to appear as a DLC later... That we never saw

[@OrientalBales]

dante's so fun in mvci. My favorite thing to do is Launch to enemy in the air, do sky dance and then tag in zero while dante's mid air and activate rekkouha

[@BRAVENEW_WORLD]

Okay, I didn't expect this video to be an hour long, but hey! An hour featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series! :3 Also, if I'm going to be honest, Dante's number of appearances in crossovers is almost on par of that with Morrigan, believe it or not P.S. I noticed a small error at 1:02:50, where the "(except Trish)" part is still there even though Trish isn't in MVCI ;___;

[@windandfireproductions5358]

42:53 it seems fighting deadpool taught him how to break the 4th wall

[@fusionspace175]

I rented DMC back in the olden days but didn't buy it, I was more a fan of God of War combat styles in that era. Decided to replay the original the other day and it's more fun than I gave it credit for. Compared with modern games it's refreshing in it's speed and difficulty. There isn't even a tutorial in the main game, I had to look up moves in the menus just to beat the first area.

[@simonmejia6896]

1:27 What a pizza boy he is. Dante should really go well along the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Like cmon, make them cross paths each other already! xD

[@swaggod1]

the marvel 3 section being almost 40 minutes long sounds about right

[@luismachado1934]

If you think pre pacth Dante in Infinite looked bad, wait until you see Chun Li in that one e3 trailer

[@SilverChariotx]

I noticed you went into more detail with Dante's Jam Session assist. Will you go more in-depth with other character's assists going forward?

[@TheSeventhForce]

@@SilverChariotx The ones that necessitate it, yes. Most assists are pretty cut and dry, but I usually get a little more detailed for notable ones in the meta (i.e. Psylocke's anti air assist in MvC2, Hidden Missiles for Doom in MvC3, etc.(

[@drjcup3228]

Whoa. I’ve played DMC4 to death and never noticed that 04:00

[@dyrroth2127]

we can probably DMC 5 Dante version to be playable in the upcoming "vs Capcom" game. for the normal version we are given Dante gameplay with DMC 3 + DMC 6 mechanics (with Devil Never Cry theme), The Sin Devil Trigger version will use more brutal gameplay than normal version (Theme that fits this form is clearly "Sub Human, because this music feels like Unlimited Ragna) 🤔

[@winterice2022]

dante is such an awesome character

[@marcushamner5994]

Dante needs to be playable again in MvC 4 whenever they announce it! He’d such a cool character and he is my main too! 🤓👊🏾🎮⚡️🤍

[@meganinten0078]

I remember seeing Dante's design in DMC2, I didn't know about DMC back then, but even I said "Wow! That looks amazing! 😮" And ended up drawing DMC2 Dante in my notebook, and I didn't like to draw back then! And that is why it always makes me so upset is that they always chose Dante's DMC3 design for the Marvel vs Capcom games (the ugliest of Dante's designs 😒) over his much cooler DMC2 design! 😤

[@SwavvyKinetic]

fun fact most of Beowulf's moves are references to street fighter characters

[@NeoZiggy92]

He'd definitely get along with the Ninja Turtles because of their sheer love of pizza. 🍕😂

[@SirIsaacFortesque]

So Dante, well I do like playing as him, and I think he's good, but I wouldn't say he's one of my favorites. And that's pretty much all I got, since I still haven't played any DMC game; It's just one of those, "I'll get to it when I get to it" kinda series for me. Although like I mentioned in the community post, the fact that he doesn't wear a shirt in his DMC3 outfit, yet still has the weird belt thing bothers me, and I have no idea why, it just does. And I kinda hope we get a different design if we get a new VS game. And on Dante in PlayStation All-Stars since I'm the guy here who does actually like the game; I would say he was well done. see a combo video for him in that game and you'll probably get why; it does look like the team at Super Bot did know what they were doing when designing a DMC character, it just so happened to be Reboot Dante they had to design for, since Capcom flat out refused to let them use the classic design for even an alt costume judging by things the devs have said over the years. If any of y'all want to know more about Dante in that game, Bobthepetferret has a video similar to this style about him, and the rest of the cast.

[@garou119]

38:43 you and me both, my man

[@NukeA6]

My favorite anime of all time inspired Dante? No wonder I liked the former so fast. Somehow I never caught the similarities.

[@ShadowNite1105]

49:11 did you say asset creation or acid creation, cause dear lord I'm pretty sure he jumped head first into some looking like that

[@brandonwilliams6119]

🍕PIZZA TIME!🍕

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

Me and a friend will be Dante and Virgil for Sakuracon again. (Hopefully he’ll wear the wig this year.)

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

49:40 very BLOMBY

[@skyuru]

And after Dante the producer created Date Masamune in Sengoku BASARA UwU

[@kai_s.hazaki289]

46:54 Is it me or does Stylish Alastor look like Virgil?

[@windandfireproductions5358]

1:05:30 surprised street fighter didn't make that list

[@ThomatoSauce]

Never in my life have I heard someone say “Stylish Action” when talking about DMC or games similar to it. I’ve always heard people say “Character Action.”

[@TheSeventhForce]

@@ThomatoSauce It was a term Capcom actually used themselves during DMC1's marketing, IIRC. That said, there's been a push in recent years I've observed in regards to genre discussions with people describing DMC/Bayonetta as Stylish Action as it's marginally more descriptive than the otherwise vague Character Action term.

[@michaelsalas2504]

Seen which will have the last word in dissing

[@Mextlatec]

I wish they could bring back Lucia from Devil May Cry 2 she was a badass

[@thepurplemudkip9998]

does he say hawk tuah at 53:00

[@neonthunder3261]

22:32 there seems to be a weird audio bug here

[@TheSeventhForce]

...? Seems fine on my end here.

[@neonthunder3261]

@ Odd. For me it came off as weird. Like the audio was double layered. Rest of the video was fine for me

[@neonthunder3261]

@@TheSeventhForce double-checked it on my computer. Still has a weird reverb(?) effect.

[@Departureandblues]

Dante is busted in PSASBR but shockingly he's not top 1 as that honor belongs to Kat from Gravity Rush

[@JuriSins]

14:20 erm actually it first appeared in DMC2

[@TheSeventhForce]

@@JuriSinsNever said it didn't! I said 3 is when they first started locking it to Gunslinger.

[@JuriSins]

@@TheSeventhForce touché

[@WinspearUltima]

48:22 that mini costume was a mistake

[@maxtubb]

I will never understand why Capcom pick the reboot design for Dante as his alternate costume because from my knowledge that reboot was crazy controversial and for some reason they picked his reboot design as an alternate costume. It’s sort of the same thing what happened to Spencer who would have been a great addition if they didn’t used that awful edgy reboot design and for someone his alternate costume was his old design from the NES games which baffles me as to why they couldn’t just use his old design as his default costume and the reboot design could have just been a DLC costume. Thought to give credit at least Capcom used his classic design first with then used his reboot design as an alternate costume but even then I don’t know why Capcom wanted to remind people of that reboot.

[@espurrseyes42]

Actually, I think I get why. The reboot Devil Trigger is literally just a palette swap, so it'd be easier to implement than making a whole new model for any of the other DTs from 1, 2, and 4.

[@maxtubb]

It’s kind of sad how PlayStation All Stars turned out because the idea of a PlayStation crossover is such a clever idea but they ruined it with the roster being hit or miss and the gameplay not being quite as good as SSB. I kind of wish Sony would make more crossover games because Sony has a lot of great IPs for a potential crossover game but I guess the closest thing we got was Astro Bot on PS5.

[@wickedtwister186]

BRO WHEN I SAW DANTE AS A MII COSTUME I WAS DISAPPOINTED

[@maxtubb]

I’m ashamed to admit this but I’ve actually never played a single DMC game except for briefly playing DMC 1 on a HD Collection. All I know about the series is that DMC 1, 3, 4 and 5 are often called the best games in the series but I also heard that DMC 2 is pretty bad and I also know of that dumb edgy 2013 reboot which looks terrible. They look like fun games because over the top the gameplay and cutscenes are and the characters look really cool and furthermore their inclusion in MVC did spark my interest in trying out the series.