It's fine, isn't it? He's already Cool in his own way, but he doesn't realise it and keeps trying way too hard to impress people cause his uncle's even cooler and isn't even trying to be. That's kinda his thing, he's grown up a bit and became more chill in 5 but he'll always be the kid and it'll never go away.
There's literally no difference between pic related and Donte besides a mechanical arm
Ian Hill
Justin Ross
I think you need to play DMC1 again, and don't skip the cutscenes. Same with DMC3. Nelo Angelo is technically a rival fight in the sense that he's a recurring boss, but his personality and role in the story are far less developed than Vergil's, or Jeanne's. And he's not even the sole recurring boss in DMC1, he's one of four. He's not a "rival" in the same sense Vergil is, where the whole game is defined around Dante's encounters with him.
Adam Richardson
>Bayonetta's combat also has more in common with DMC3 than it does with DMC1
Bayonetta's combat has more in common with Ninja Gaiden than it does with DMC3. The combat systems are nothing alike other than being able to jump cancel which was something in DMC1 albeit restricted to the Shotgun.
Hudson Stewart
You’re right but acknowledging that depth of character isn’t the objective of Donte shitposting and Dead Weight memes.
Dominic Baker
DMC3 and DMC1's stories are trying to accomplish two different things. The way Jeanne is presented has more in common with Nelo Angelo than she does with Vergil as Bayonetta confrontation with Jeanne isn't the core of Bayonetta's story.
Jason Fisher
Which is funny since he IS Vergil and that’s a relevant plot point
Adrian Morales
Jackson Hernandez
It's clear Nelo has a personal connection to Dante from the second cutscene he appears in. Just because he doesn't talk, doesn't mean it wasn't a big deal any time he appeared. You're going through some serious mental gymnastics to avoid putting the same label on him as Vergil.
David Wright
>it's incredibly naive to assume that he wasn't looking at DMC3
I'm not denying that, but you if you are trying to argue Jeanne was a reaction to Vergil, instead of being the boss with similiar moveset every Kamiya game has, then you're retarded.
Jayden Richardson
You're using structure/presentation/story interchangeably. The structure of Nelo Angelo and Jeanne are similar in a literal gameplay sense. The presentation and story could not be more different. Jeanne exists as a character outside of her fights, she has a strong personality and is important to the plot.
Play through DMC1 and DMC3's stories again. I shouldn't have to explain the obvious differences of a mute character whose relevance is contained to his fights vs the main antagonist of the game who is the driving factor of the plot and the protagonist's central motivation. If anything you are retroactively giving Nelo Angelo more importance because of DMC3.