Can Dante slow down time?

[Alittleacorn]

In Mission 15: The Trade, there’s an event where time slows down and you have to pull obstacles out of the way to prevent Vergil and Kat’s dying while escaping a part of the city that’s collapsing. No real explanation is given to this and it’s left as sort of a mystery... at least, it was to my little acorn eyes at the time when I made that caption in my review o_o

If you’re a diehard Devil May Cry 3 fan, know every second of that game off by heart [or just snooped around on youtube because you sucked so badly on your first attempt at a boss, and couldn’t figure out what yellow and gold meant, like me >_<] then you must be familiar with a scene that comes up in Mission 12.

After an encounter with a flaming radioactive neutered unicorn and absorbing an energy from it, Dante seemingly freeze time, preventing falling debris landing on him, and again unfreezes it once he is clear.

So here’s the question: can Dante in DmC slow down time, making him responsible for the abnormality that transpired in Mission 15?

During every event that time froze, a yellow ray travelled across the screen. These rays only ever came from Dante’s direction, never from the sky or from all around as you might think might happen when in Limbo. Though it's highly possible they came from the hellgate itself or was some aftershock from the real world mingling with Limbo [or just a fun game segment] it is strange, that these events were only ever triggered whenever there was a danger of the car crashing or it getting sliced and diced by a ship's propeller, as if an emotional response was behind them triggering in the first place.

If so, could the threat of seeing Vergil and Kat seconds from death have made Dante unintentionally trigger them, just as Dante triggered it in DMC3 before some nice heavy rocks could fall on his head? Or was Mundus pressing the start/pause buttons on his remote control up in his tower while he watched the show? :lol:

What do you guys think? What's your theories?

 

[Sunaka Marién]

No. He can't. That was just due to the shockwave Mundus sent out, which caused Dante to get sucked into Limbo everytime it hit him, and get pulled out again after it passed. The time slowing down is just a normal effect of Limbo. For example, during the Hunter boss fight, when Hunter stabs the ground, small pieces of wood crack out an hover in the air for a little. It's the same here.
As for it only happening when the care was in danger, well, lucky coincidence

 

[IncarnatedDemon]

mundus pressing a button

seriously; i think it was just a gameplay sequence

 

[Loopy]

Maybe it's like futurama when Fry drank a lot of coffe

 

[Alittleacorn]

Maybe it's like futurama when Fry drank a lot of coffe

OMG YES! The answer! Dante drank lots of coffee before the trade! :lol: Loopy you are a genius.

 

[TerrorA]

I always assumed the massive energy pulse Mundus fired off to distort the city to murder our three protags had the unforeseen side effect of supercharging Dante's already powerful demonic powers, allowing him to use his Time Stop ability you see in his DT state without Devil Triggering.

 

[Loopy]

OMG YES! The answer! Dante drank lots of coffee before the trade! :lol: Loopy you are a genius.

Thanks
Now for a more serious answer. I figured it was just the hellgate and Mundus' power. But it would be nice to think Dante triggered that power to save Kat and Vergil seeing as it does only happen when they are in danger.
Or maybe it is just a gameplay gimmick?

 

[Chancey289]

Maybe it's like futurama when Fry drank a lot of coffe

It's in the Slurm, I mean Virility. It's super addictive.

 

[Loopy]

It's in the Slurm, I mean Virility. It's super addictive.

Of course it is:lol:

 

[Stylish Nero]

Yup this has been one unanswered question for some time and not even the story ever gave a clear understanding or reasoning why it happened. You can only assume.

Someone said

"No. He can't. That was just due to the shockwave Mundus sent out, which caused Dante to get sucked into Limbo everytime it hit him, and get pulled out again after it passed. The time slowing down is just a normal effect of Limbo. For example, during the Hunter boss fight, when Hunter stabs the ground, small pieces of wood crack out an hover in the air for a little. It's the same here.
As for it only happening when the care was in danger, well, lucky coincidence"

Errrrmmm...nope...based on what I've seen Limbo doesn't slow down time....granted the debris and objects may float and look like time is slowing down but that happens all the time when a piece of ground or the environment shape shifts and sh*t its just the dynamic nature of Limbo not a time slowing mechanic of Limbo. If that was the case why didn't it happen before or after again. Plus how come when it does happen that everything slows down but Dante and happens at the most convenient of times for Dante...the hero...the guy demons are after as well as his allies he is trying to save. I mean I thought demons controlled Limbo or had full control of Limbo so any time slowing mechanic of it wouldn't they have control of it and if they did why would it work in their enemies (Dante, Kat, and Vergil) favor?

Which explains another thing, how come the slow down effect didn't affect Dante but it affected Vergil who too is a Nephilim and I were in Limbo as well with Kat? It sure as hell didn't affect the demons....although it is backed up by the demons control Limbo and Limbo doesn't affect them theory or idea.

This bullet time effects just happens straight out of nowhere at the most convenient of times for the heroes in a realm that the baddies absolutely rule, is never explained or even questioned or even brought it up, and never happens again and is brushed under the rug like it never happened with zero hints behind too. That was how it was represented in the story and we as viewers must accept it as such unless if NT or even Capcom makes a concrete statement or give a reason/explanation behind it (even if it is BS) or you can keep making up random theories or ideas to explain it all you want. Your better off explaining why Dante didn't use Quicksilver to stop Vergil from falling into hell.

 

[nightrunner_ks]

In The Trade, Mundus' energy caused the rifts between Limbo and the real world to get bigger and generally get worse, causing the two worlds to collide with each other more. Since everything is crazy in Limbo, and things in Limbo affect the real world (and vice versa), one of the side effects of Mundus' tantrum was causing time to slow down from the perspective of someone in Limbo ie Dante, but Vergil and Kat were still moving at their own speed.

TL;DR Dante did the thing in Futurama where Fry drinks 100 cups of coffee.

But in mission 19, time slows down because when Dante devil triggers, he gains control over Limbo. But since, by then, Limbo and the real world are the same thing, his power slows down time for Mundus.

 

[Sunaka Marién]

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You know, you could, no, should have quoted me directly instead of just refering to me as "someone". Das rude, man :ermm:

Also, I don't see why you can't call that hovering effect of Limbo "time slowing down" because, well time is slowing down for certain objects or parts of objects in Limbo. From what it seems, that slowmotion effect only happens when things in Limbo are either being moved around or destroyed with great force, and then these things would usually just hover around.
Why it doesn't slow down Dante, well he's not being moved with great force. Demons aren't being slowed down either, unless they are being thrown into the air by Dante's DT, but as soon as they touch the ground, that effect ceases to exist on them.
As for Vergil, that's more tricky. If we assume that only objects that are moved with great force are being affected, it would still kinda explain why it did affect him, as that car was driving pretty fast = great force.

The 'bullet time effect', as you call it, does not come out of nowhere, as I already explainded, it's part of the aftereffect of the shockwave Mundus had sent out. As for why it only hit dante in the most convinient of times? Guess what, that's just a pretty common part of story telling. Stuff like that happens all the time in movies and other media. You know, that one character who you thought had already died suddenly reappears and saves the main character from his or her certain death at the end (*coughTrishinDMC1cough*)? These kinda things.

Why Dante didn't use Quicksilver to save Vergil? Using Quicksilver drains your Devil Trigger, and after the fight with Vergil Dante had most likely used up all of this demon magic. Either that, or he didn't think of using it in that blink second of Vergil falling.

 

[SpawnShooter]

The time slowing down is just a normal effect of Limbo.

I didn't notice that anywhere else in the game though, every time Dino and Kat interacted from real world to Limbo she wasn't in slow mo.

 

[TerrorA]

Either my previous statement is right, or Dante's a TimeLord

 

[Sunaka Marién]

I didn't notice that anywhere else in the game though, every time Dino and Kat interacted from real world to Limbo she wasn't in slow mo.

Mundus sent out a shockwave of demonic energy or something like that, which caused the bounderies of Limbo and the real world to get disrupted, he basically created Rifts where there normally wouldn't be any, causing Dante to get sucked into Limbo, which is the only place the slow motinon can actually be seen. It didn't happen in the real world, only in Limbo. Time continued to flow naturally for Kat, which means that the only thing she saw was that the obstacles in her way suddenly disappeared.
She wasn't in slow mo when she interacted with Dante before, because, as stated in the post above, the slowing down only seems to happen to things that are being moved by great force.

 

[Alittleacorn]

Your better off explaining why Dante didn't use Quicksilver to stop Vergil from falling into hell.

So that's what it's called, quicksilver. o_o actually that is a question. Why didn't Dante use that ability to save his brother? Why didn't Dante ever use that ability in a cutscene after that? In fact, why didn't he use ANY of the weapons he gained during his process through the tower in DMC3? It's like RE5 where Chris and Sheva still held onto their pistols despite having a shotgun and rifle on hand, they're never brought into the plot @_@

But the reason I bring it up is because during DT, Dante in effect controls time during the point when he is fighting against Mundus. He slows down Mundus as he's about to attack Vergil. That's why I figured Dante could've had something to do with it resulting in why he wasn't effected by the slow down of time or the even the demons, if it was because Vergil and Kat being in danger triggered them.

Mundus wants them dead, so why would he create these time bubbles that would allow Dante to save Vergil and Kat's lives when if he'd left time to go on as it should have, it would've killed probably all 3 of them. Regardless it would've been good if there'd been a scene afterwards showing Dante's 'wtf just happened' to imply it was hinting something more if that's what they were doing [another reason why I wished there's been a recovery scene after The Trade, besides reasons of regrouping with Kat and establishing the third and final act more.]

Although I'm not sure if time slows when entering or exiting Limbo, it's never really been shown.

 

[Sunaka Marién]

So that's what it's called, quicksilver. o_o actually that is a question. Why didn't Dante use that ability to save his brother? Why didn't Dante ever use that ability in a cutscene after that? In fact, why didn't he use ANY of the weapons he gained during his process through the tower in DMC3? It's like RE5 where Chris and Sheva still held onto their pistols despite having a shotgun and rifle on hand, they're never brought into the plot @_@
Probably because it is (or isn't) story relevant in those cutscenes, plus you can select the weapons by choice. If they always wanted to show the weapon currently selected, they would have to motion capture every single cutscene more than once, with the characters holding every specific weapon that could be chosen.
Why Dante didn't use Quicksilver: He either had no demonic energy left (Quicksilver drains your Devil Trigger) or he didn't think of using it in that very moment (it's probably quite shocking to see your brother jump down a cliff, and brains don't always function logically in situations of shock or surprise).
And Dante did use Cerberus in the cutscene when he pulled Lady's mororcycle towards him.

But the reason I bring it up is because during D,T Dante in effect controls time during the point when he is fighting against Mundus. He slows down Mundus as he's about to attack Vergil. That's why I figured Dante could've had something to do with it resulting in why he wasn't effected by the slow down of time or the even the demons, if it was because Vergil and Kat being in danger triggered them.
If he had triggered, even if unconsciously, wouldn't it have left a visual effect (going black and white and stuff) aswell? Also, read my first post: Aftereffect of Mundus' shockwave disrupts the bounderies of Limbo and the real world, pulling Dante into Limbo.
Mundus wants them dead, so why would he create these time bubbles that would allow Dante to save Vergil and Kat's lives when if he'd left time to go on as it should have, it would've killed probably all 3 of them.
Because that kind of storytelling is just very common, just like how Trish, who was thought to be dead before, conviniently reapears in DMC1 just to save Dante form being killed by Mundus. Yes, it's that simple.
Although I'm not sure if time slows when entering or exiting Limbo, it's never really been shown.
It seems only things that are being moved with great force are being affected by the slow motion effect.

 

[TWOxACROSS]

I always figured it was the wave from the Hell Gate. The destruction caused to the real city was a result of those "echoes" from Limbo, but since it was so powerful (coming directly from the Hell Gate) the echoes from Limbo were so spot-on that they had a directly correlated effect on the human dimension.

The time dilation could really be Dante slipping in and out of Limbo, or some other crazy effects caused by the Hell Gate and a Nephilim interacting in the same place.

 

[OppressedWriter]

I always figured it was the wave from the Hell Gate. The destruction caused to the real city was a result of those "echoes" from Limbo, but since it was so powerful (coming directly from the Hell Gate) the echoes from Limbo were so spot-on that they had a directly correlated effect on the human dimension.

The time dilation could really be Dante slipping in and out of Limbo, or some other crazy effects caused by the Hell Gate and a Nephilim interacting in the same place.

Plus, whatever the logic may have been, it allowed for one kick ass action sequence (at least the first few times, I really loved the use of music in that mission).

 

[GF9000000Returns]

I guess he can do that....and he can also fly.:troll: