If you want to pick up a version of the
Special Edition that has English subtitles and dual voice support, pick up the
Asian Region version, not the Japanese version. One thing to mention is that in addition to new characters and costumes, the
Special Edition also apparently received some tuning up of its hit detection, mechanical nuance, and style points requirements to make it more balanced than its original released. It's not the complete overhaul like
DmC: Definitive Edition got, but it's a nice touch if you found some of the original enemy types/combat mechanics a little off in certain places.
As for the original discussion regarding Nero and the rebooted Dante...it really depends on what you like about rDante that will determine you warming up to Nero. Dante in
DmC has some emotional versatility that enables him a lot more scenes depicting anger, frustration, confidence or determination than his Classic counterpart. But Nero's an angry faucet of hot-blooded impulses, which I believe a part of that has to deal with being Vergil's offspring, and essentially representing a lot of the angry impulses Vergil tended to wall up behind a cold, calculating exterior, that you only got glimpses of in combat or when someone pressed the right button. Nero's essentially a younger, less composed version of Vergil, with no cold-blooded facade and all his impulse and audacity laid out for the world to see.
That's probably why Dante begins to suspect the source of his lineage from their first fight (aside from some of the obvious give-aways, like the white hair and the demonic, glowing arm).