Devil May Cry 2

Devil May Cry 2 is set several years after the events of the original Devil May Cry, the game follows Dante and Lucia as they attempt to stop Arius from resurrecting the demon king, Argosax.

Devil May Cry 2 introduced a second playable protagonist, larger environments, and a darker tone. While being a financial success for Capcom, the game didn't live up to the original game. However, the game is praised for its soundtrack, character designs, and amazing combat.

"King? Yeah, here's your crown."

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Trial Edition Info Development Info Prototype Info

Unused Graphics#

Early UI and Menu Graphics#

Nearly every single graphic for the main menu and UI has some sort of early variant or placeholder, possibly showing that they were replaced late into development and the development team didn't bother to remove these files once they were replaced.

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The series traditional red orb originally didn't have the weird face.

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In the final game this menu has no text prompt for pressing the Start button. Also "start" is misspelled as "strat".

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The red map marker was made more detailed. "Secret" was also added, which itself doesn't appear to be used.

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"Hunter" is misspelled as "Hanter".

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"Holy Wall" and "Impure Soul" was changed to "Smell of Fear" and "Evil Heart" in the final game. Sacrilege was also added.

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The magic symbol is less darker now.

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The purple magic used by enemies is brighter and has a lone eye in it.

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All the weapons icons were outright changed in the final game.

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The text you would get for keeping up a combo got rather...simplified.

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The graphic for selecting Dante in missions was originally very crusty before getting replaced with a much better one.

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For some reason, the text for items was simplified.

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"Trigger" was misspelled as "Trriger".

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Several enemies are moved around for the in-game enemy files. Geri the Wolf was originally supposed to get his own enemy file, but that was scrapped for the final game.

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Placeholder graphics for Dante's swords.

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Same as above, but for Lucia's "shooting" arsenal.

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Placeholder graphics for the equip menu, which has a set of color bars instead of Dante's guns.

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Same as above, but for Lucia instead.

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The graphics for the in-game log went through multiple revisions before settling on a simple red background.

Dummy#

A rather simple dummy texture. The character 染 means "color" or "paint".

Unused Options#

To do: Could any of these be restored? Hint: source code.

The texture for the options menu text includes a few options that are not available in the final game: Controls and Subtitle. Bizarrely, the game's manual even describes both of these options, but the screenshot of the options menu in the manual does not show either of them.

Controller Type B#

A placeholder graphic for type B controller settings. The controls cannot be viewed at all in the final game, let alone modified.

Despite being a Type B setup, there are no differences with the functionality of the face buttons like there are in the previous game (the shoot and action buttons being swapped). On the other hand, the gun quick select button was moved from R2 to L2 in the final game.

More interesting, though, is the reference to an on-screen map that could be toggled on and off with L3: something that is present in both the previous game and next games. Given that the map does not even show the player's location in a given area, it probably would've been equally as useless without some further fleshing-out.

TGS/Trial Version Leftovers#

Obscure Mechanic#

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If you somehow navigate to an area where there is no fixed camera (essentially impossible without using glitches or mods to get out of bounds), you gain the ability to move the camera manually, using the right stick.

Moving the right stick left and right pans the camera; moving it up and down zooms the camera in and out.

Regional Differences#

Chinese Menu#

The Chinese version has an entirely different title screen for both Dante and Lucia.

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