I remember I made a thread like this once upon a time on what if new Dante was the Dante we'd have for DMC1-4 with his DmC style of character and all.
One interesting thing Berto said was that he'd gotten into the series because of Dante's white hair and long coat look, as it was for a whole lot of people back in the day. Back then, new DAnte's look would've been passed over like that because he looks much too generic. Maybe when people played the game itself they'd change their mind but as it stood back then, new Dante's clothes and look would've been ignored along with the game. Meanwhile the white hair and long red coat was an eye opener for some and drew in some attention because of how out of place it was. Back then anime was JUST starting to be big in the North, so a character with white hair and a blood red coat and a giant sword would get tons of attention back in the day then a dude with black short hair, a leather hooded jacket and long sword.
But say classic Dante was the reboot Dante and the TGS trailer of 2010 was of classic Dante with his cheesy style. Not only would fans be shocked of this sudden change of style, but they'd also be a bit annoyed as well. Because by the time this Dante would appear in 2010, people would say it copied Inuyasha, Ragna, Archer, and others. This Dante's character would quickly be called cliche because of how anime like it was and drastically different from the realistic character of the black haired one. And then keep in mind that the gameplay of DmC would be in this reboot called "DMC1" while the classic series of "DmC" would have not only DMC1's old gameplay, but also the gameplay of DMC2-4, the mangas, action figures, anime, novels, comics, and all that.
TO me either way someone's gonna bitch.
