


His new look and actions in the sequel, Devil May Cry 5, have also been praised by critics that helped to distinguish him from the other playable characters. Director Hideaki Itsuno aimed to make Nero stand out within the narrative despite being younger than most characters and thus would acquire new powers in the process.Ĭritical reception has been mainly positive game journalists found that although fans would miss playing as Dante during Nero's debut, his personality and abilities would be equally appealing. Nero is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch in English and Kaito Ishikawa in Japanese. The character was redesigned for Devil May Cry 5 to indicate his relationship to Dante's father (Sparda) and brother ( Vergil) with physical similarities.
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Nero was created by Bingo Morihashi and designed by Tatsuya Yoshikawa, who wanted to distinguish him from the veteran series protagonist Dante. He has also appeared in printed media related to these two games. Nero returns as a primary protagonist in Devil May Cry 5 to fight the demon king Urizen, a new threat. In Devil May Cry 4 he meets Dante, a demon hunter and the series' primary protagonist, to whom he learns he is related. Nero, a teenager who works for the Order of the Sword, uses demonic powers inherited from Sparda to hunt enemies. He first appeared in Devil May Cry 4 in 2008 as the primary protagonist. His father is Vergil, the twin brother of the original Devil May Cry protagonist, Dante. Nero ( Japanese: ネロ) is a fictional character in the Devil May Cry video game series which was created and published by Capcom.
