Subject 64432B
Bitch
What about this westenization?
I don't see how DmC was westernized when compared to DMC.
DMC's Flaws; Capcom's Reasons For The Reboot?
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I don't see how DmC was westernized when compared to DMC.
The original Dante is alot more typical animé hero-esque. White hair, red coat, flashy attitude and stuff like that which are considered cool in an animé character. The new Dante is more typical western (not as in the wild west, but as the western part of the world) with his dark hair and more toned down style of clothes.
Subject 64432B
Bitch
I'm not so familiar with the anime culture so pardon me and thanks for answering.
Vezild
Taking Back Lordran One Boss At a Time
I believe it mostly has to do with money and the fact that the story is more holed than the Leviathan's heart in DMC 3 fought by a player who survived on firearms. If they kept with DMC 1 and 2, we probably wouldn't be getting a DmC. We'd probably be at DMC 4, except without Nero or Sanctus, but with Dante and Trish fighting some other demon.
Some people would also shun the games for it's, well frankly, cheesiness. I like the quirkiness of it (most of the time) but other people would play it and regurgitate it because it's so corny.
Also, can you imagine the amount of people who got frustrated trying to get used to the gameplay system? xD
I agree with that, too an extent. There are some gamers who are just too faint of heart to take on games with such high difficulty levels as DMC. Look at my brother for instance, the kid's almost as hardcore as me when it comes to gaming, but he doesn't even want to touch DMC 4 after completing just the second mission (and he can click buttons faster than me without a doubt).
Some people would also shun the games for it's, well frankly, cheesiness. I like the quirkiness of it (most of the time) but other people would play it and regurgitate it because it's so corny.
Also, can you imagine the amount of people who got frustrated trying to get used to the gameplay system? xD
V's patron
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This is a little open-ended but do you think westernization was needed for DMC?
I think it was. When looking at Capcom's current situation, then I think it was a smart move to westernize Devil May Cry in order to gain a larger fanbase and possibly gain bigger sales numbers in order for the series to survive. We have yet to see if they succeeded in doing so though.
Vezild
Taking Back Lordran One Boss At a Time
I think it was. Capcom is, afterall, a company that needs money. Westerners (like a lot of us here...as in we live west of Asia) aren't as opened to different culture as the Easterners (Japanese for example), in my eyes. They already have the East, time to take the West, right? Sure, some of us dislike DmC, but there are more ways to westernize things--different directions to take than DmC's direction.
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I don't know if dmc was failing with western gamers because of it's japanese roots. There are lot of properties that do well over here even if they are from japan and anime-ish. For example Persona 4, kingdom hearts and most fighting games do well despite being anime-ish.
I do think it needed a change so I would bought some talent from marvel or dc to come work on the story as they are use to sorting out messy continuities. Or call in UDON, which is a comic book company famous for adapting the story of Street fighter and other properties into comics. They seem to know what they are doing.
I do think Vezlid was right tho in saying there are other ways to have westernized other than what they have chosen for DmC.
I do think it needed a change so I would bought some talent from marvel or dc to come work on the story as they are use to sorting out messy continuities. Or call in UDON, which is a comic book company famous for adapting the story of Street fighter and other properties into comics. They seem to know what they are doing.
I do think Vezlid was right tho in saying there are other ways to have westernized other than what they have chosen for DmC.
Vezild
Taking Back Lordran One Boss At a Time
Ahh, yes that is true about Kingdom Hearts and the fighting games. But Devil May Cry is lesser known because, as I see it, Kingdom Hearts has Disney AND Final Fantasy (HUGE franchises) and the fighting games have been around since the nineties and in arcades. Devil May Cry is obscure compared to them and the fact that it's "Japanesey" may just be the reason why it's not as famous as Capcom wants it to be, among some other reasons. I am not saying that westernization HAS to be done. I know I'm a western gamer for sure, but I LOVE Devil May Cry. The western-style of DmC (which, by the way, what is so western? The grittiness, right?) is just icing on the cake for me.
But for other people, if it ain't western, it ain't crap.
So what it really comes down to, in my opinion, is if this direction was the right way to go. Because what if they made DMC medieval Lord of the Rings styled? What if they made it sandbox like GTA?
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I do like the direction even though I feel the changes in look and the fact that he is half angel were not needed.
I wouldn't mind it to be sandbox-ish since I do want to get to know limbo city and it's denizens.
Lord of the rings style fantasy might be out of place since dmc exists in a Quasi-modern world but it could work as a alternate dimension to our own. Maybe The demon dimension has a similar society. Or maybe Sparda chilled with some Vikings.
I wouldn't mind it to be sandbox-ish since I do want to get to know limbo city and it's denizens.
Lord of the rings style fantasy might be out of place since dmc exists in a Quasi-modern world but it could work as a alternate dimension to our own. Maybe The demon dimension has a similar society. Or maybe Sparda chilled with some Vikings.
Vezild
Taking Back Lordran One Boss At a Time
Obviously, Sparda was a dwarf
and the amulet can be the ring? I want to hear Beowulf say "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
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Sparda does look like a nargul, one of those nine riders or a razac from eragon.
That would be cool tho seeing sparda chilling with dwarves.
That would be cool tho seeing sparda chilling with dwarves.
Vergil'sBitch
I am Nero's Mom & Obsessed fan girl
i've just read a comment saying that after DMC4, they're not surprised that the reboot has happened. If it happened because of DMC4, then the only people to blame are Capcom for releasing dmc4 in the first place.
Dantino
That crazy dude on the internet...
I think it was needed for popularity & more sales. Look at 3rd person action japanese games that make huge sales like MGS & Resident Evil for instance. Those games are made by japanese people but the characters & setting are very western. Look at snake(MGS),Chris Redfield(RE) and then take a look at dante(dmc3). You'll notice dante is the most japanesey out of the bunch. Dmc setting is very western but the characters ain't, it's difficult to blend the two together and get high popularity & sales because most of the time what is cool in the East is lame in the West and vice versa.
MGS:Western characters in western setting.
RE:Western characters in western setting.
DMC:Japanesey characters in western setting.
when the developers ideology is western they should make it western & when it's japanese make it japanese.
I'm a western gamer not that i have much of a problem with it before. but now everything just blends in perfectly in DmC(Western characters in a western setting)it's perfect IMO.
mrrandomlulz
Monsuuuta moonssuta mo mo mo mo monsuuta
Well if you guys want confusing chronological releases look up "the legend of zelda timeline"
so far it has been deciphered that the first 2 to come out were the last 2 to canonically happen
so far it has been deciphered that the first 2 to come out were the last 2 to canonically happen
I saw the official timeline for that. I amazed that they were able to draw an actual chronology for that mess.
ReRave
smug jerk
I am amazed that anyone deemed it necessary to begin with. Zelda is like Mario: there's one game after another, but as far as I am concerned as a player, the games are independent from eacht other, with Mario taking place in the same universe and time. Zelda on the other hand is just linked (get it?) by the name of the characters, nothing more.