I disagree. That's actually one of the main reasons they disliked new Dante. Sure, that kind of criticism wasn't done by fairly mature DMC fans but those kind of 10 year old little sh-ts. They're still part of the fanbase, so technically they're fans. Actually, when the old Dante hair was introduced as an alternative, I've heard people write in different forums "It's okay guys! Dante has white hair now, it's all cool" or other fans who mistook a photoshopped picture of new Dante with white hair as the real deal and ejaculated joy all over the interwebs.
Again, those were done by the immature part of the fanbase but nevertheless a part of it.
Well, I sort of agree on this. I too have seen people refer to DMC4 Dante as gay, but I guess they were mainly targeting his attitude, not his cowboy boots. Let's be fair; DMC4 was simply an overly-exaggerated version of DMC3. Not exactly Itsuno's best work.
That is the point. They were not trying to get you through a nostalgia trip, they were trying to have you deal with a whole new experience - a more realistic one.
I'm talking about the constant generalization of all traditional DMC fans as 'people who dislike change' or people who dislike DmC purely because of Dante's hair. Sure, I don't deny that there were people who could not look past minor changes. But I've seen many of the more traditional DMC fans get flayed just because DmC supporters didn't want to hear their arguments. As soon as they said something sensible, some DmC supporter would come around yelling ''you're just a hater!'' saying that their real reason for hating DmC as a whole was Dante's hair. It was a cheap way of debasing the fans that didn't want DmC.
I actually don't think I've seen people whine about his hair since the first trailer. The only time I heard his hair being mentioned after that was by DmC supporters.
A very small part, I think. Not enough to warrant calling down/calling out all conservative fans for it.
They have a very odd view of what it means for something to be gay, then. I guess they meant 'lame', not gay. I don't know, I thought DMC4 Dante was a lot like DMC3 Dante. The only difference is that 'Dante3' had somebody to be more sensitive towards (Lady). He also
needed somebody to be a bit sensitive towards. In DMC4, there's nobody to really draw out his serious, caring side, and nobody needs to, because the plot doesn't require it. The emotional person in the story is Nero, and Dante serves as his antithesis, to give the story a lighter touch.
In the end, I found that you could still see that Dante was the same, when he talked to Nero (mainly at the game's conclusion). He's almost exactly like DMC3 Dante to me, only a bit less focused on doing stunts and being over-the-top, and more on making witty remarks. I guess he's mellowed a bit in his old age. :tongue:
Yes, but that is my point: few people wanted that. The ones who fell in love with the DMC games did so for many reasons, not the least of which were the anime/gothic feel, the over-the-top characters, the cheesiness, and the overall Japaneseness of it all. Oh, and some good mythological references, the witty remarks between the characters, etc etc. When they decided to westernize it and make it more realistic, they threw away those elements, gaining one fanbase and
losing another. They should have anticipated that. Instead, they were disappointed by DmC's sales, and now it's not certain if Devil May Cry games will ever be developed again. Seems like a pretty stupid mistake to me. I wonder what would've happened if they simply restarted the story but made it VERY different, but kept the same kind of atmosphere and anime characters. Might've sold better then. Or if they simply ended the DMC series first, THEN tried their hand at rebooting it.