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Devil May Cry 2

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Devil May Cry 2

Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PlayStation 2
Released in JP: January 30, 2003
Released in US: January 25, 2003
Released in EU: March 28, 2003


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Devil May Cry 2 is the sequel to the original Devil May Cry. A few years after the events of the original game, Dante goes on a mission to take down Arius, a businessman who wants to release Argosax, a former ruler of the demon world. Dante is joined by a new playable character, Lucia, who also has her own story.

Devil May Cry 2 is an infamous entry in the series. The gameplay allows constant spamming with Dante's guns (rendering his swords mostly useless) and the story has a much darker tone than the rest of the series, with Dante being more serious and mature than ever. Despite this, the game is praised for its excellent gothic environments and great soundtrack, and it has one of Dante's best outfits in the series. This has led to a cult following in the years after its release.

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

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.

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

Early Final
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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".

Early Final
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The text was originally red before being changed to white. The red orb also had a different design.

Early Final
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"Hunter" is misspelled as "Hanter".

Early Final
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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.

Early Final
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The magic symbol is less darker now.

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

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

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

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

Early Final
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For some bizarre reason, the text for items was simplified.

Early Final
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"Trigger" was misspelled as "Trriger".

Early Final
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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.

Early Final
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Placeholder graphics for Dante's swords.

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

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

Early Final
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Same as above, but for Lucia instead.

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

Dummy

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A rather simple dummy texture.

Scrapped Motorcycle Mission Leftovers

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Remnants of the scrapped motorcycle mission where you would have ridden down a long highway while shooting at demons. From how it's placed in the files, it would have been originally chapter five for Dante.

Controller Type B

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A placeholder graphic for type B controller settings.

TGS Leftovers

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Screens related to a Tokyo Game Show demo.

Unused Music

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There's a high possibility that this track belongs to a different Capcom title released before 2003. Perhaps from Power Stone or Mega Man Legends?

In "Z_DATA_BIN", there's an unused happy short track named "Jiro.adx". Given how Devil May Cry 2 soundtrack is entirely dark ambient and rock, this is rather out of place.