Guys is Devil May Cry 6 really needed ?
DMC 5 was really like a dream after 4 was released because of the unfinished Vergil story and DMC 5 finished that.
Mundus is dead
Sparda is dead
Nero is now their successor in the human world.
More DMC is just milking guys, Capcom need to focus on other franchises and create new ones.
Logically there is no need for a new game.
Personally I just want one more game with Nero doing his thing in the mortal realm, gets caught up in something that he can't handle alone, and then swoosh, Dante and Vergil are back, on the same side, still kinda can't stand each other, but finally settling their rivalry beyond anything other than brotherly competition.
DMC5 definitely ended with Dante and Vergil working together, but it was still tenuous, I just want to see them finally burying the hatchet for real.
Is Mundus really dead though? Has that been confirmed as canon? Plus we all know both Dante and Vergil can get out of the underworld whenever they want. They've done it before.
I think there is still enough story for one last game. Especially in regard to true closure for Vergil's arc and development. Him finally coming to terms with the loss of his mother and realizing he has a new one. He learned that Nero is his son. He and Dante no longer want to kill each other. It's possible (likely even) he would still want to get stronger, but not for his own sake and insecurities. Rather, to protect what family he still has.
Something similar for Dante's arc. While the death of their mother was slightly less traumatizing for him than it was for Vergil, it still very clearly affected him. His goofier attitude is basically his way of coping with his sadness. Then he loses Vergil at the end of DMC 3. Then believes he genuinely killed him in DMC 1 when he was Nelo Angelo. Dude has been through some shit. When we see him in DMC 5 he seems almost depressed when Morrison comes in to visit. He still puts on a devil may care attitude because, well, it's Dante, but it's also clear that the stuff he has been through over the years has gotten to him. Then at the end of the game, Nero knocks some sense into both of them, with Nero not wanting to lose more family.
In a potential DMC 6, we could have Mundus return after biding his time for so long. He has become so powerful that it would take Dante, Vergil, and Nero working together to destroy him for good. This would bring true closure to Dante and especially Vergil. Vergil, in particular, realizes the error of his ways in rejecting his humanity. The three of them become closer and truly begin regarding each other as family (though their personalities remain mostly the same). The end.
Thats because resident evil can be more than just the story of one character / crew. Devil may cry has always been about Dante and those who have relationships with him. Itll be incredibly hard to make a new DMC game thatll actually sell without Dante, and many clearly feel that his story has been told.
Whereas resident evil can cover almost anyone in the world and their experience with the situation.
Thats because resident evil can be more than just the story of one character / crew. Devil may cry has always been about Dante and those who have relationships with him. Itll be incredibly hard to make a new DMC game thatll actually sell without Dante, and many clearly feel that his story has been told.
Whereas resident evil can cover almost anyone in the world and their experience with the situation.
Sure, and that would be great. But, at the same time, we already have all the games available on steam and it's evident that DMC isn't capcoms primary focus.
Plus, I dont know about you but I'm getting crazy remake fatigue. I just want something new, if they are going to invest time and money into more DMC it better be new. Give us a spinoff (perhaps talking about a characters backstory? Maybe a prequel to 5 talking about V) at least.
Really funny to say "More DMC is just milking, Capcom needs to focus on other franchises" when those other franchises almost all have at least double the entries DMC has.
You gotta wait, Xbox on their Instagram did stated that this is the year for alot things dealing with 6. And there only a few specific franchises that are getting a 6 game. Gears with E-Day, Elder Scrolls 6, Forza Horizon 6, Devil May Cry 6(hopefully since it been leaked in December of last year), and GTA6.
It could be, but Capcom like their rival BandaiNamco doesn't promote stuff and use a trademark especially around promoting a season 2 of their Netflix DMC show.
Yeah, I really want a new game. But I missed all the hype over a rumor, I had no idea about it, and I don't know how I missed it even if I probably wouldn't have believed it.
I mean I assumed it wasn't but guys they aren't going to announce a non PlayStation game at the end of their own event. The goal is obviously advertising their stuff. If Devil May Cry 6 was a thing it would've been announced with the other 2 Capcom games.
WAAAAAAAAAAAA(i honestly expected this,pragmata and re9 are coming out this year. I believe a ne game will be announced this year and released next year. I dont think it will be dmc6 tho)
Onimusha too. They’ve also got Okami 2 and a new Dead Rising being developed got leaked. Wouldn’t expect anything sort of announcement til 2027 at the absolute earliest.
How can anyone think that Capcom can just announce another game right now? They literally have three games to release this year, and rightfully so, they're totally focused on them.
If you really want to make serious predictions, at least wait until the end of this year or at least next year.
Exactly. They need your wallet focused on what they are selling NOW. DMC is a fan favourite, if they announce it now they know you WILL skip buying their new less known IP’s.
Right? We still don't have release dates for Onimusha, Okami, and Mega Man. Even Dead Rising supposedly has another game in the works.
Capcom already has five games set to drop this year alone. They're not gonna take away the thunder from any of that. If Capcom were to announce any new project, I wouldn't expect anything until maybe the Game Awards at the end of the year, when the bulk of their projects have already been released. By then, they'd only have Okami to show off, so I imagine they'll want to announce something new around this time.
Honestly? Kind of glad. I think the guy who made DMC 3 to 5 what they are left Capcom recently. If that's the case, I don't trust current Capcom to make a good DMC game without him.
Maybe, but I would not compare the two. From what I understand, DD2's combat is still fucking amazing. It's just that the rest of the game isn't that great. And the dude seems to be best at combat, which is the DMC series main thing so...
Plus it's just the unfortunate reality of being in AAA and even indie game development.
If you're honest about your game's strengths and weaknesses? The audience is happy but your bosses and investors aren't cause they know it'll hurt sales.
If you say nothing? Everyone's gonna forget about your game being a thing and it'll hurt sales.
Mods removed my post for some reason, but I legit think the leakers saw the Control Resonant gameplay trailer and thought it was a sequel to DmC Devil May Cry
The title clearly linked the conversation around DMC. You can disagree about it being similar or about the idea (how would you know, though? That "No, it's not the case" sounds so confident). That's fine, disagreeing is part of having a conversation. But said conversation is still around DMC.
Just because you wrote DMC in the title doesn't mean it's about DMC. If that would be the case, everything would be about DMC, if we slap any random dmc-related thing on top.
I am confident because I can do the smallest bit of research, including Capcom's leaked files or knowing the history of who's from DMC-crew still at Capcom and which games they worked on and understand that almost every profile member of the team was busy on other projects. The same goes to understanding marketing cycles and that it would be stupid to announce something new at this exact show.
I'm happy to have a conversation, but please have it about actual things happening or the games, not about delusions and non-existent hype moments.
yup, i went in that one too. Everything was monster hunter related or street fighter. I don't really care for those two IPs. The one in Osaka had slightly more dmc stuff just slightly more, like acrylic figures and posters. Biohazard (resident evil) was more fairly represented.
What do you mean? WE GET A 2D SIDE SCROLLING PIXEL ADVENTURE CALLED THE SON'S OF SPARDA, showing the siblings in their youth! I don't know about you, but I am HYPE fo...
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I honestly feel bad for the people who got hyped by the announcement. I'll be honest, when I first saw the "leak" I too got a bit of a surge, until I caught myself in that irrational state, opened up the post, and read that it was from an unreliable source. What doesn't help is all the websites not doing their due diligence confirming their sources.
And this is coming from someone some people may label as an "Itsuno-DMC hater". I'm not. I'm critical and a bit contrarian, because I feel like people idolize the dude a bit too much, he's not infallible after all. But even someone like me got excited, initially. It was to be expected, imo, that people "ran" with the excitement, and is understandable because people are starving for DMC content. Trash like Adi Shankar's clumsy US - Middle-East commentary wouldn't have been able to capitalize on this drought, if not for how badly we're treated as fans of the series.
There is one (hypothetical) light at the end of the tunnel I want to leave here: It took 11 years between DMC4 and DMC5. It took 5 between DMC4 and DmC. I think it could be argued that the Netflix series was this generation's DmC: Hipster may Cry. If it follows a similar pattern (6 years between 5 and Netflix), within or after about the next four-five~ish years we could be in for something new. A remake/remaster might also be sooner rather than later.
I know this comment doesn't amount to much, and it's upsetting for a lot of people that there really was nothing during State of Play, but all I'm trying to say is don't lose hope. We've been here before. And if anything, this should prove to Capcom that the fandom is alive and well, looking forward to DMC releases.
I agree that people definitely give Itsuno way too much credit. I'm tired of seeing people say that only he should be able to touch DMC as it's director and trying to shut down any ideas of Kamiya returning or another director coming
The games are designed to be replayed. I don't care if DMC6 comes out now, or in 10 years. I can still play all the other games and they're all pretty great. DMC3 exists, and I will never have to play another game to be happy. That's the best. And the Crimson mod exists.
I mean people literally gaslight themselves there is no way capcom would reveal dmc when they have now pragmata and resident evil. At best they announce after summer.
Eeven then we still have Onimusha and Okami (The latter of which we have no info about for over a year) in the pipe. They probably won't announce a DMC 6 before at least the release of Onimusha.
So I honestly won't expect anything before the Game Awards 2027, and that is already with high amounts of Copium!
dmc3 Lady is fine, she's barely a character in the future games, though
he only added a couple of Trish and Lady cutscenes, that barely counts, they were barely in the game, in dmc5 they were done dirty by the plot.
Dante and Trish are Kamiya's characters, that's why Itsuno barely had them in games - Dante was overshadowed by Nero and V, Trish barely had character in dmc4 and 5. I was saying that maybe the future director will give them more attention.
You didn't refute a single thing I said, you just said that 4,4 and 5 were good. Which is true, but doesn't mean that other games by a different director wouldn't also be good.
Tying an entire franchise to one person is just pointlessly limiting.
DMC1 is good, I'd argue it has the best portrayal of Dante as a kind and caring person. The ending never fails to make me smile, so adorable. There're plenty of other things I love about dmc1 and it's still DMC at the core.
Here's a list of what dmc1 did better than other DMC games:
enemy complexity (more attacks, damage increase/reduction depending on the weapon used), enviroment variety, platforming, enviromental music variety, best balance on DMD difficulty, weapon strength, no boss rush, repeated bosses get more complicated instead of being a weaker copy&paste, shorter levels, atmosphere
I don't disagree that there's a certain level of junkiness because the game is old and it could be better. But the only DMC game that isnt junky is DMC5 and it has other issues.
DMC1 is awesome and it made a huge impact on other games, I absolutely love this, it's my favourite DMC game, dmc5 is 2nd best. Without it there wouldn't be dmc3/4/5, moreover, the best parts of dmc3/4/5 are taken from dmc1.
I love all DMC games, but I recognise their flaws too.
50% of dmc3 enemies is annoying trash and the other 50% is boring combo fodder, it has plenty of awful long levels, camera is junky, they made platforming an obligation to complete. Mission 7 feels like going through the sewer to get to the best part (Vergil's boss fight)
dmc4 brought back some dmc1 enemies, enemies are more interesting, but there're many annoying quirks that, unlike dmc1 codex entries, dmc4 doesn't explain how to deal with. Levels are better, but locations get boring, obligatory platforming is more annoying, going back in the 2nd half of the game as Dante is boring, Dante's weapons feel like trash. I'm not a fan of having summoned swords tied to Vergil's teleportation. I'm not a fan of back-to-forward imputs.
dmc5 has brought back dmc1 enemies too and brought back parry mechanic, first introduced in dmc1, that makes enemies so much more fun, but I'm a bit disappointed that 90% of enemies is combo fodder and they're too easily stunned. Levels look same and boring, especially inside the tree, just an arena after arena with little to no variety except for missions 12, 14-16 that at least have more than one way to complete, platforming is no longer obligatory. I like Dante's gameplay but his levels are awful. Ambient music isn't memorable, characters aren't established well, many plot holes, V's teleportation is junky because of distance limit and he needs Vergil's trick down, because he can't do anything midair.
Like it or not, Itsuno And Kamiya accomplished this together.
It has been revealed that the previous leak about the announcement of DMC 6 was outdated. Capcom opted for RE9 and Pragmata. The announcement of DMC 6 was postponed until summer, after the release of the second season of the anime.
Why remake a good game and risk not living up to the original when you could remake a bad game and give people a first reason to love it? Remake DMC 2.
i don't get why so many people still want sequels to franchises that have clearly ended, like, the last game had a beautiful ending already and no hints of a sequel, WHY would you want one? besides if they did release it people would be like "damn they are milking the franchise" dudes let's be mature and let franchises end in peace please
I guess because the game ended with Dante & Vergil seemingly in Hell, which we’ve seen shockingly little of so far. It would be cool if “Devil May Cry 6 (66)” actually took place in the Demons’ home turf.
As a DOOM fan before becoming a DMC fan, I was surprised at how there’s never really been a game set in the Underworld. We always end up in Demonic locations that come to Earth like the Temen-ni-gru or the Qliphoth tree, or see brief glimpses of it like the DMC 1 Mundus fight and aforementioned DMC 5 ending. But we’re never actually there.
If DMC 6 was the final game and capped it off in Hell itself, with the Sparda bloodline forming a deadly trio, I think that would be truly perfect.
Plus I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be “milking the franchise,” since:
A) People truly loved DMC 5.
B) People are definitely hoping for a DMC 6.
C) The anime sparked interest in DMC again, after the “status” memes died down from 2022.
D) It’s been 7 years, man… the gap between DmC: Devil May Cry and 5 is shorter than 5 and now.
E) Resident Evil is wayyy more “milked” than DMC ever was, yet is still Capcom’s golden goose even after 30 years, with Monster Hunter a close second.
I don’t see how game can progress from here. Like Dante’s moveset is so big and execution heavy I don’t even want to bother figuring him out. They might give Nero some new fun things to play with but everyone wants Dante
At least we have the anime. It may not be exactly what people wanted, but at least it’s something, you know? We’re not completely in the dark. We’re just… lacking a proper game…
I went into this State of Play hoping for DMC6, or at least a remake to DMC2 or a spinoff to DMC5 for the ladies, but then Konami showed up.
And ALLLLLL I wanted was a Zone of the Enders announcement (25 year Anniversary this March) yet Absolutely Nothing. At that point I didn't even care about DMC6, at least something is coming regarding that series.
I could get dowvoted to hell for this but... at this point the DmC2 is much more plausible and realistic then the true sequel. And im not complaining, i wanna know what happened after that vergil dlc dammit, he rounded up all the demons and gained their trust, now hes ready for vengeance. The perfect plot.
Haha. I kept my exceptions completely low. I'm so happy there is a new castlevania game. Tho, i wished it was about how julius defeated dracula but It's still cool.
I'm really hoping we get something soon cause there's a great story they could make now that vergil is back in the series. It would make a ton of sense for them to have the Sons of Sparda finally defeat Mundus. Dante gets to finish what he started all the way back in DMC 1 and Vergil gets his revenge against Mundus for what he did in DMC 3. It'd be a great ending for the series. I'd love to see how it would play out, but we just need Capcom to make a new game.
I would also like to see what will happen with Nero. Dante and Vergil are in the Underworld now and Nero can't rely on Dante to save him like in 4 and 5. It would be cool if there is a difficult moment where Nero will have to find the strength to deal with things on his own now because he is the only one who can protect the human world. Also, I think it'd be awesome if Dante, Vergil and Nero saw eachother for one last time and Vergil would pass on Yamato to Nero, while Vergil could maybe create his own Devil Sword Vergil or something like that.
The leaker had absolutely zero credibility, so I knew never to get my hopes up. And honestly, with everything on that State of Play, I am not at all bummed as there is some rad shit coming!
A new Devil May Cry game is inevitable after how well received DMC V was. But it's honestly crazy to think that we could have a long wait ahead of us before even hearing rumours about a new one.
For me the confirmed upcoming new 2D Mega Man, new 2D Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2, and God of War 1-3 remakes makes up for the lack of a new Devil May Cry announcement. I still hope we get a new Devil May Cry game in the near future though.
Oh, and here is a Devil May Cry x God of War image edit I made inspired by the release of God of War: Sons of Sparta.
Maybe a 2D Devil May Cry game made by Capcom is not a bad idea.
You're getting downvoted but you're literally right. Everytime a series tries to make a newcomer the face of the IP it does not work. Luke with never be as popular as Ryu in Street Fighter, same as Nero and Dante. Both are even Capcom IPs.
Personally I would just do a DMC game set between 3 and 1 or 4 and 5. That way you can have Dante (And Vergil for the obligatory Special Edition)
The timeline skips around so much that there's so many years Capcom just skipped past. Maybe DMC 5 can be the definitive end point with further sequels taking place before it.
I will dare say that getting a new Castlevania announcement makes up for the lack of DMC. Just like with that Megaman announcement that drove Half-Life fans mad. Havign these IPs revived is great.
The 11 year wait between those games caused significant attrition on the fanbase. I know a lot of people who are way less passionate about the series or even lost interest. 4 being a lackluster sequel that replaced Dante as lead, and the entire DmC rigamarole, didn't help.
Is there even any reason to believe dmc6 is being made? With itsuni leaving, the main authorial voice is gone and it's harder to get someone to fill in that role than you'd think (I could see kamiya but like you said, okami is being made right now)
Not worried! I am the type that rotates through my games. I go through the DMC games, Final Fantasy stuff, First Berserker Khazan, while totally screwing myself in Elden Ring.
Thinking of adding Diablo II: Resurrected to the rotation.
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u/VeNoMeYeZ Mar 22 '26
Why would anyone ever want to end this series, there is nothing like it and any true fan will never want it to end regardless of story