Why the Nero hate?

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Sparda reborn isn't needed, Dante handled Mundus. And I wonder why didn't Nero then transform into "Sparda" once he touched Force Edge or something, eh?
With your theory, DMC4 is even more ridiculous.
Let's just keep it at this, Nero is no one, and doesn't matter anymore, end of story.
 
Valcorn said:
Sparda reborn isn't needed, Dante handled Mundus. And I wonder why didn't Nero then transform into "Sparda" once he touched Force Edge or something, eh?
With your theory, DMC4 is even more ridiculous.
Let's just keep it at this, Nero is no one, and doesn't matter anymore, end of story.
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''Sparda reborn isn't needed, Dante handled Mundus.''' That's not much of an argument. Sparda doesn't by definition need to battle Mundus, right? Besides, we haven't ever played as Sparda, so why not?

I don't think Nero is Sparda reborn, if that was what this was all about.
 
What if Nero winded up being a long lost younger brother of the twins?! :|
*I just get these strange scenarios in my head since not much is explained yet! :P
 
Age of Nero said:
What if Nero winded up being a long lost younger brother of the twins?! :|
*I just get these strange scenarios in my head since not much is explained yet! :P
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I always had it in my head that he was either their half-brother (IE Sparda had a mistress before Eva) or he was a full demon who had unknowingly possessed a human child, fusing their souls and thus causing the birth of an entirely new being, who would one day become completely demonic, but keep his human heart, much like Sparda was a demon with a human heart.
 
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Darigion said:
I always had it in my head that he was either their half-brother (IE Sparda had a mistress before Eva) or he was a full demon who had unknowingly possessed a human child, fusing their souls and thus causing the birth of an entirely new being, who would one day become completely demonic, but keep his human heart, much like Sparda was a demon with a human heart.
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Demon heart.
 
Not possible, he is directly referenced to be of Sparda's blood. Also Sparda was always a legend, him coming back as an emo teenager is super over the top.
 
Valcorn said:
Not possible, he is directly referenced to be of Sparda's blood. Also Sparda was always a legend, him coming back as an emo teenager is super over the top.
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Which also means Nero could be Sparda's Great-great-great-great-grandson from some other child that the demon probably had over two millennia. Being a descendent doesn't mean within only one or two generations, and it wouldn't be an unheard of ideaof for him to incarnate again as one of his own descendents. Besides...DMC is know for "super over the top"...and Nero is NOT Emo. He's got angst, but that ain't Emo. YOu seem keen on telling people "this is this" and acting like you have direct access to Capcom's archives, to call out that what a developer and director said is in fact not canon...do you work for Capom or working directly on the story staff for ant of the DMCs?


And what is it with people and throwing "Emo" around to apply to anything that shows any kind of emotion at all? Or is it just now a general catch insult these days that really doesn't apply to what it's tagged to, but used anyway?
 
Age of Nero said:
What if Nero winded up being a long lost younger brother of the twins?! :|
*I just get these strange scenarios in my head since not much is explained yet! :P
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That would render everything that happened in the previous DMC games nonsense. Didn't they need the two halves of the amulet? Everything was geared toward Vergil and Dante fighting to resolve things. Would be kind of lame to say ''oh btw, there's a third son''. Besides, Sparda died before Dante and Vergil were born, right? That makes it impossible for Nero to be Sparda's son.

That said, I don't think he's Vergil's son either. The timeline doesn't fit.
Somehow, I even think it may be likely that he's an experiment of some sort. Maybe somebody took Dante and Vergil's blood and created Nero by combining that blood. I know it doesn't work like that in real life, but it's a game, so who knows?
 
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WN: So I wanted to get some more particular information about Nero such as his zodiac sign, blood type, favorite food, and if you know where he’s from…or is he mysterious?
HK: We haven’t announced any of that information yet. We just haven’t decided on the particulars yet, so I can’t tell you any of that.

Notice the bolded part dude, this interview is from before the game's release, things change all the time. Unless there's a post-DMC4 release official statement in regards to this, you are just repeating yourself for no apparent reason.
 
Lionheart1991 said:
That would render everything that happened in the previous DMC games nonsense. Didn't they need the two halves of the amulet? Everything was geared toward Vergil and Dante fighting to resolve things. Would be kind of lame to say ''oh btw, there's a third son''. Besides, Sparda died before Dante and Vergil were born, right? That makes it impossible for Nero to be Sparda's son.

That said, I don't think he's Vergil's son either. The timeline doesn't fit.
Somehow, I even think it may be likely that he's an experiment of some sort. Maybe somebody took Dante and Vergil's blood and created Nero by combining that blood. I know it doesn't work like that in real life, but it's a game, so who knows?
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I always wondered how Sanctus 'seemed' to know so much about Nero during the short conversations they had.

It's highly plausible that Nero is somewhat a creation of sorts. Capcom had already gone with the idea of 'creations' in Devil May Cry, LOTS of times.

Examples: Trish is a demonic clone of Dante and Vergil's mother, Eva. She was created by Mundus. Lucia, she was created essentially also. And technically Nelo Angelo was some sort of 'controlled' and different version of Vergil, a creation almost if you like. So there are three examples of characters that were created because of different means.

With that in mind, Nero being another one of those statistics is not as far fetched as it may originally seem. Logically with what we all seem to know regarding the timelines, Nero being the son of this or that seems more cliche and far fetched. So I'm leaning more on the idea that he was created in some way shape or form.
 
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Well there are more unanswered questions about Nero as answered ones... His KYRIEEEEE was annoying and overall I haven't liked the setting of DMC4.

Just a personal opinion.
 
KiShiDo said:
Well there are more unanswered questions about Nero as answered ones... His KYRIEEEEE was annoying and overall I haven't liked the setting of DMC4.

Just a personal opinion.
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I found Nero to be a very well fleshed out character. Probably as good as Dante and Vergil. The fact that he was a bit more emotional doesn't make him a worse character.

Yeah, DMC4's setting did indeed seem a bit too shiny and happy at times. There should be a balance between dark, moody environments and somewhat brighter ones, otherwise it can get really monotonous really fast.
 
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LordOfDarkness said:
I always wondered how Sanctus 'seemed' to know so much about Nero during the short conversations they had.

With that in mind, Nero being another one of those statistics is not as far fetched as it may originally seem. Logically with what we all seem to know regarding the timelines, Nero being the son of this or that seems more cliche and far fetched. So I'm leaning more on the idea that he was created in some way shape or form.
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Yeah, I'm still not sure how he can know that much about him. Though, in all honesty, all he said was that he had ''indeed inherited Sparda's power'' and that he was a ''descendant of Sparda's blood'', which could mean anything. It could mean he's a descendant of relatives of Sparda, it could mean he's literally a descendant of his blood, and it could mean he's Vergil or Dante's son. Him being Sparda's grandson seems very unlikely, though, due to the time discrepancy.

Sanctus knowing he's related to Sparda in some way isn't incredible to imagine. I mean, Nero clearly has great powers even without using his DB arm. Aside from that, he has white hair and the trademark Sparda attitude. Who the heck has all of that anyway?

In any case, you can explain Nero's origins quite easily if you need to, so I don't see why Capcom decided to drop Nero. Another odd decision on their part, if you ask me.
 
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They are rather similar in their look and abilities; Ophion screams adapted version of the Devil Bringer for Rebellion, and teh black/blue tone of New!Dante's coat with the red lining is very Nero in look
 
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They are rather similar in their look and abilities; Ophion screams adapted version of the Devil Bringer for Rebellion, and teh black/blue tone of New!Dante's coat with the red lining is very Nero in look
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I'm not sure I understand what you said. New Dante does not have a coat with a black/blue tone; that's Vergil.
 
Well, Nero's coat isn't blue either, it's purple, yet people keep referring to it as "blue". But new!Dante does have a faint blue tone to his black coat, true black has a blue undertone.
 
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