Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

To do: There are several test rooms that are unused. Document the trial version of the game that came with pre-order copies of RE Outbreak

Devil May Cry 3 is the third game in the Devil May Cry series. It's a prequel to the first game. The game is often considered one of the greatest games of all time, and the original version one of the hardest games of all time.

Unused Textures#

Clear Bonus Art#

There is an unused clear bonus art that is assumed to be used when you clear Easy mode as Vergil, judging by the text "Prequel doesn't mean you can be a newbie." being associated with it in the files.

Skills#

There are three placeholder Action upgrade menu screens-- id744.pac is located between Rebellion and Cerberus, id747.pac is between Cerbeus and Agni & Rudra, and id752.pac is between Agni & Rudra and Nevan.

Miscellaneous#

id7003.pac is a placeholder texture featuring a render of Nevan and text reading "for enemy capacity calculation".

A test texture found in many mission-related .pac files.

Unused Items#

A few unused items are present in the game's data. Their descriptions and usage text can be found inside msg_eng.pac and msg_jpn.pac, while the Coin's File entry text is in id880.pac.

Smell of Fear#

A leftover item from Devil May Cry 2.

Coin#

High Roller Card#

Has a render in id538.pac.

Syuriken#

Has a placeholder render in id532.pac, and was likely a scrapped gun. Its Japanese description translates to "Terror of the human bombs! Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, starring Nobuyo Oyama in a leading role".

Unused Text#

Scrapped dialogue lines can be found in the game's script, kept inside various .txt files. Note that some used lines have been included in the tables below for context, and have been labeled as such.

m05_b00_msg.txt is the pre-battle script for Agni and Rudra. Dante had two extra lines in response to their saying "That's right! We cannot let you pass!". The Italian lines match the English version's.

m11_s00_msg.txt is Mission 11's opening cutscene where an injured Arkham tries to manipulate Lady into going after Vergil. Four of Arkham's lines were cut. The Korean lines match the English version's.

m13_c00_msg.txt contains some banter between Dante and Vergil regarding Lady in Mission 13, as well as cut exposition from Jester. Many languages seem to only have translated the latter part of Jester's unused dialogue, simply designating the other unused lines as "no use". Some of these lines can be heard in a Previz test version of this scene.

m19_s00_msg.txt was meant for the cutscene leading into Mission 19, where Lady notices Vergil passing by in the library. Neither characters speak in this cutscene.

The English, Japanese, and French script files contain a placeholder line reading "Devil May Cry Episode 19 'Mysterious passerby - The moment Lady saw'". The other languages have actual dialogue, presumably intended to be spoken by Vergil.

Regional Differences#

Notoriously, the difficulty in Devil May Cry 3 was increased in America. This was done by shifting the difficulty up by one. For example, Easy in America was Normal in Japan. The American Hard Mode did not exist in the Japanese version either, and was only added as "Very Hard" in the Special Edition later on. The reason this was done was because in the 2000s, there was a 30 day return policy at video game stores, so Capcom USA was instructed to make the game harder for that reason.

Revisional Differences#

Special Edition#

In 2006, Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition was released. This added a fair amount of new features such as Vergil as an additional playable character. You unlock Vergil after beating the game once, then you can play as him in a new save file. The game's difficulty was also shifted back to the original Japanese difficulty, with the addition of the American version's Hard Mode being included as "Very Hard." Special Edition also included Devil May Cry 2's Bloody Palace, although instead of restarting over at floor 9999, it finishes. You can also unlock Super Dante by finishing Bloody Palace instead of completing Very Hard mode. A Demo Digest was also added, allowing players to view cutscenes from the game, as well as a hidden cutscene. There were also three fights with Jester added. One being mandatory, and the other two being optional.

Nintendo Switch#

In 2020, Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition was ported to the Nintendo Switch with three additional features. The game added Style Switching, which allowed you to freely switch your style with the D-Pad. The game also added an additional mode where you could equip all of Dante's weapons, instead of being limited to just two guns and two Devil Arms. A Co-Op Bloody Palace was also added, where the second player controls Vergil. In March, a patch was issued that fixed a variety of bugs, such as a destructive bug that would corrupt your save data if you tried to select a Dante save data while playing as Vergil.

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