#demonmightweep

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I remember when I was little, I wondered what videogame company I should choose as my favorite. And I narrowed it down to between Capcom and Konami. I chose Konami, because they published the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle game, and I was little and obsessed with Ninja Turtles. lol But then seemingly immediately afterwards, I found myself more preoccupied with playing mostly Capcom games, for the next several years:

Rival Schools, Project Justice

Street Fighter II

Dalkstalkers 3

Mega Man 2, 3

Devil May Cry 3+

Capcom vs SNK 2001

Marvel vs Capcom 2

And then my favorite anime ended up becoming Sengoku Basara (2009-2011). ^u^

It's just so strange that Capcom became one of my favorite videogame companies, but there are so many big Capcom titles that I never got into or played myself:

Resident Evil (Code Veronica doesn't count because I only stood there for a few seconds before I chickened out and turned it off. LOL)

Monster Hunter

Okami

Dino Crisis

Onimusha

To tell the truth, I'm getting interested in Pragmata. But I'm not going to be buying any newer games or the newest console generation. So unfortunately, it looks like I won't get to play Pragmata myself.

(I've actually gotten out of regular gaming, so much so, that I've moved all my videogames to a less accessible shelf. Which is why the above photo has adapted media based on videogames, instead of my actual videogame collection. lol)

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Where's Date Masamune, goddammit?! He's usually part of these crossover promo pics!

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I forget who said, but someone once observed that at the end of a story, the protagonist usually has to integrate some part of the antagonist or rival. To show their growth, like how to psychologically grow, a person must integrate their Jungian Shadow's lessons.

When TBSkyen said something like that about Riku's character design, it reminded me of how my go-to example used to be Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry 3.

Throughout the DMC3, Dante's and Vergil's character designs contrast in every way. Dante's hair is down, around his face. Vergil's hair is pushed back. Dante's coat is red; Vergil's coat is blue. Like the "red oni vs blue oni" trope. But also the 2 most contrasting of the 3 primary colors. Dante is shirtless. Vergil is very covered up, with a vest and even an ascot. Dante's sleeves are asymmetrical. Vergil's sleeves are symmetrical. Dante wears ankle lengthed boots with loose tops. Vergil wears longer, tight boots, up to his knees. Even Dante's pants are loose, whereas Vergil's, are tight. Despite being identical twins, they contrast in every way.

But during the DMC3 epilogue, Dante is suddenly wearing a vest, knee-length boots, symmetrical sleeves, and his hair is slightly pushed out of his face. He has integrated elements from Vergil's design. It reflects his character growth, having learned to value his family roots and connections. He has kept Vergil's glove. And in the final boss battle beforehand, Dante reached for Vergil as he fell, and Dante finally acknowledges being Sparda's son. This is versus the start of the game where Dante says "I don't have a father" and immediately wants to kill Vergil. But though Dante now has some of Vergil's aspects, Dante does not take it to the same dangerous extremes as Vergil. Dante does not fixate on his fraternal demon roots as much as Vergil did, to the detriment of his human allegiances. Dante has integrated just the right amount of Vergil's aspects, therefore his epilogue character design is temperanced between their 2 designs.

But what's actually impressive is that they had to design their rivalry, reflected by their costumes, backwards. DMC3 is a prequel. DMC1 already had a design for Dante, and it's the same design in DMC3's epilogue. It's likely more accurate to say that Vergil's design is based on Dante's, but emphasizing the more reserved elements. Then DMC3's Dante design was taken to an extreme of the opposite of being reserved, to contrast Vergil's reserved tone.

But notice how when Vergil finally returns to DMC games to stand in the same scenes as Dante, DMC5 has Dante now dressing more casual again, to ensure a contrast with Vergil. Rivals' character designs contrast, but much more so when they spend more screentime together.

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I was wondering why everyone has been complaining in the comments of the Resident Evil Veronica remake trailer, that Devil May Cry doesn't get enough love, like RE does. Like, didn't we just get DMC5 not too long ago? …Then I remembered that DMC5 was in 2019. …Damn…wtf…Where did those 8 years come from?????????????? I mean, I'm not impatient for DMC, even though I love DMC more than RE. But I seriously feel like DMC5 was less than 3 or 4 years ago. WHERE DID THESE 8 YEARS COME FROM??????????????

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Pro tip: when Yuji Shimomura choreographs something, you don't deviate from it, or it becomes less stylish.

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The more the RE fandom talks about Leon making corny jokes or doing goofy stuff while simultaneously being super cool, the more I'm reminded of Devil May Cry. 😆

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I feel like how I play videogames is being called-out🤣

From sticking to only Swordmaster Style in DMC games, to only really playing 1 character per fighting game, to not even changing my Keyblade until near the end of Kingdom Hearts...I just find my one weapon and stick to it.😅😂

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