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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

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Devil May Cry 3

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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening is a 2005 action game. Its telling of Sparda's final defiance against the underworld departs from the version presented in the first Devil May Cry.

12 Interesting Facts About Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

Interesting Facts (10)

  1. #001

    The bullets that drop to reveal the hidden message #9 in the first cutscene of mission 9 are also marked "9mm".

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  2. #002

    Rebellion was the key that unlocked Dante's "Devil Trigger." Sparda enchanted the blade to respond to Dante's own blood and draw out his power. (Before the fight with Vergil, the skull on Rebellion had closed eyes and the base of the hilt ended in a plain point; afterward the eyes were open and the base had opened up.)

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  3. #003

    In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Dante and Vergil come across Cerberus on the third circle of hell. In the game, Dante meets Cerberus at the end of Mission 3.

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  4. #004

    Force Edge and both of Sparda's amulets appear in the game, yet the 3 are never combined into the sword "Sparda" (which would grant its wielder Sparda's dormant powers).

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  5. #005

    A press error led many to believe Ryūhei Kitamura was directing the game's cutscenes. The actual cutscene director is Yuji Shimomura, who was action director on Kitamura's Versus (2000).

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  6. #006

    Most cutscenes are rendered in real time, but nearly every one that shows different locations or large-scale events is pre-recorded. The Leviathan's collapse onto the Temen-Ni-Gru is pre-recorded, as is the opening of mission one, which covers both the interior and exterior of Dante's office and an elaborate fight.

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  7. #007

    Stephanie Cheeva did not voice Lady because of an Eastern European accent she could not lose, but she still did Lady's motion capture, with Kari Wahlgren providing the voice.

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  8. #008

    Dante's Bruce Lee-style taunt before the Cerberus fight was originally planned as one of the standard in-game taunts.

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  9. #009

    The developers had to remodel and reskin Dante specifically for the opening cutscene of mission 9, since he is drenched in blood there.

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  10. #010

    The mission 13 scene following Vergil's second defeat was meant to be longer, with Lady fighting both Dante and Vergil, but it had to be cut.

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

  1. #011

    "Esmeralda" appears on both sides of Lady's motorcycle, most likely a reference to Cobra's partner in Space Adventure, who was originally named Esmeralda and was likewise renamed Lady.

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Deeper Meaning (1)

  1. #012

    Each mission's opening cutscene hides a number that stands for the mission itself: a '1' on the pizza box in mission one, a '2' on the billboard in mission two, and so on.

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