DMC, Asura's Wrath [Devil May Cry]

TGS 2010: Capcom unveils Ninja Theory's "reimagining" of classic action franchise and madcap brawler from CyberConnect2; 360-exclusive epilogue for Dead Rising 2 also coming.

TOKYO--Earlier this month, Capcom managing director Keiji Inafune talked in theoretical terms about a possible Devil May Cry 5. He said that when development on the game starts, it will probably be designed to appeal more to Western audiences. While the series has done well in Japan and comprises much of the game's 2 million-plus-unit haul, Inafune said that Devil May Cry franchise sales in North America and Europe haven't been especially high.


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Now, Inafune no longer needs to address the game as a hypothetical. Today at Capcom's pre-Tokyo Game Show press event, the Japanese publisher announced that a new Devil May Cry is indeed in the works. Development duties are being handled by UK-based Ninja Theory, the team behind the about-to-be-shipped action game Enslaved and the well-regarded PlayStation 3-exclusive Heavenly Sword.

While details on the game were scarce, Capcom described the new game--simply called DMC--as a "reimagining" of the franchise, one that will feature a young Dante and his adventures from before the first game. The trailer at Capcom's press event showed the younger (and skinnier) Dante shackled by his arms in an interrogation room, with intercut scenes of the now black-haired protagonist taking on demonlike opponents in typical flourishing Devil May Cry style, using dual pistols and a whiplike sword.

As with the previous game in the series--Devil May Cry 4--DMC will be coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Also unveiled at Capcom's TGS event was a brand new property titled Asura's Wrath. The publisher is billing the game--which is being made by Japanese developer CyberConnect2--as a new take on the action genre, and the trailer released for the title certainly seems to indicate that characterization.

The game looks to be a fast-paced brawler, with its protagonist shown to be able to survive being impaled by numerous spears, taking on foes using a large pillar of stone, and even stopping the enormous finger of a planet-sized enemy from crushing him. No release date was confirmed, but Asura's Wrath will be coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Maybe I'm just a fan boy but this is something I'm looking forward to, it looks interesting and I always wanted to see a different kind of dante even though this isn't a big difference.

Oh forgot to link video -

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZciN6naDu4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZciN6naDu4</a>

I love these beat-em-up games, except for two things: They're usually way too hard, and the stories are negligible. Not that story really matters in this genre, but I hate Capcom's story sense. All of their games are just ridiculous. They do excellent PC ports, though.

I think is just what the series needs! DMC, in my opion, was lacking in DMC4. Sure Nero was cool and all. But he was like Dante to much. Now this newer version, younger if I read right, of Dante might bring in some new fans. I hoping Ninja Theory will do awesome with DMC5. They better or, all DMC Fans will "Storm the Castle".


Also, sure the stories aren't always good but then again they were more focused on game play. Capcom, or so I think, normally does that. And those kind of games being hard is what I love about the. Makes if fun to let lose Nerd Rage after losing to a pain in the ass boss which turns out NOT to be the final battle.

I have to say even if the story on all the DMC games is awful, they're just goddamn fun.

Can't help but beating the shit out of something, I think like once they had a nice story but then nothing too great. In DMC4 they were too scared to move away from the Dante character, because fans might not like a new character they are kind of doing it now but trying to steadily move away without causing such a big problem it seems.

They had planned for dante to show up mid game on DMC4 from the beginning. The whole point was to move away from him to show from the outside how much he had grown up since his days of opening Devil May Cry and ABSOLUTELY CRAAAAZAAAYYY