I think that nero is vergils son, since the mother would have to be soe kind of monster or demon and vergil is in hell i think it goes quite nicely. i also think what he supposedly had taken from dante was the amulet which he will se to bring his father from hell. my 2 cents.

Who is nero can someone show me a picture of nero?

I hope dante and vergil can transform into his 100% full power like in devil may cry 3 special edition which they can be 100% full power and without wasting devil trigger and being able to attack powerful attacks without wasing devil trigger.

I like the sounds of most of these theories, but dante wantings his devil trigger back and the brotherhood bein after sumfin like spardas power or mumduses ressurection sound best. and as much as id love to have nero as a blood relation, the line about his son in dmc 1 mite just be jokin bout how long it will take mundus to actually get back, like itl be so long i wnt be around nemore or sumfin.

From what I have found on many travels it seems that Nero just happened to come into the storyline by accident.
The arm of Nero; Devil bringer has been heard to be the arm of Vergil, whether this is true or not is another thing, but alot of evidence points to this.

One recent quote from the Dante/Nero Fight: Nero-'When I got this arm, I heard a voice in my head, whisper "Power, I need more power!"'
And also from the beginning of the fight: Nero-'Now I know this hand was made for sending guys like you back to hell' Dante-'Return it to me and I'll let you go'
And also the very end of the Nero/Dante fight: Nero-'You aren't Human are you?' Dante-'We're the same, you, I and them (Looks at the guards and the priest of the Order who appear to be dead demons)But I suspect you have something different from them, and you will learn what this means when the time comes'

Lots of bizzar twists but I think we can almost certainly confirm that the Arm of Nero has a strong link with Vergil. Obviously until the game is released and we can see the story unfold we can only hope XD

Also a point that came across in another forum thread like this was that im DMC after the Nelo Angelo battle, the only thing left of Vergil was the Amulet and his right arm, makes ya think doesn't it


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~The Friendly Dark Slayer

This message was edited by Virgil_Sparda on Dec 18 2007.

If anyone here remembers Dante in DMC 2&3 is not his original self as he is in DMC 4&1, so the amulet couldn't be taken from
him and is causing him suffering if that happened he wouldn't be alive because it would have been taken from him a long long time ago. ( Devil May Cry 2&3 are memories.)

i all ready finished the game 5 time and i understand a bit of the story... Nero is nero and dante is dante... they become friend in the end of the game....
the only thing that nero as in common whit vergil is it's katana (yamato) and thats the weapon that dante wants when he said "give it back, and i'll let youm go kid" the soul of vergil is on the weapon and not on the devil bringer... i admit when nero said "power, give me moree power" it sounded like vergil... one more thing... dante kills the priest because we has a demon... credo, agnus, and sactus (i think it's is name) they are all demons.... the only thing i don't get is how the order get yamato and how yamato get broken...

if something is wrong correct me please...

There is no factual confirmation that Vergil is indeed inside Nero's arm/ Devil Bringer currently. There was one hint from a quote:
"From that day forth...my arm changed...and a voice echoed "Power...give me more...power!".
This quote occured during prior to the beginning where Nero failed to help Kyrie and craved power. Yamato only seems to be the strongest link thus far to Nero. But this may be due to Neros bloodline related to Sparda with the reaction caused. There is nothing (as of yet) confirmed about Vergil. Nero is just Nero in DMC4. Hes not being controlled or taken over strangely.

CapcomDevil is right... I think the same... nero is nero... now talking of yamato it is the only thing that can wake the power within nero... it is said on the description of yamato in the game... it has nothing to do with vergil... vergil died in dmc1 (after dmc4)... yamato just gives to nero some kind of power similar to the power of vergil... but sactus said in the mission 9 something like "you have indeed inheritaded sparda's power"...
nero fight aganist dante because e killed the order's members at the beginning and credo send nero to capture dante... that is the motive of the fights... and then dante also let nero keep yamato...

if some words are worng correct me...

Yamato was Spardas sword in cealing the Hell Gate and Rebellion was also Spardas. He passed them down to both children, and each Devil Arm embodied their spirit and power. Rebellion is an embodiment of Dantes strength. Yamato is also the same mostly for Vergil. However, since Capcom are sneeky, they wouldn't give away saying it contained Vergil's power now would they.
However, since Nelo Angelo was destroyed Yamato, obviously didn't stay with Vergil and the Order somehow obtained it; how it broke...who knows, must have been some force though to snap it. Yamato clearly had an attraction to Nero, maybe due to his Sparda related bloodline. I'm sure Yamato was once a part of Sparda, and then went to Vergil, so maybe now its been passed to Nero. His DT is very suspicious though. But Nero seems in full control of himself and his arm.

Well whatever the case is, his Origin has something to do with Dante. Otherwise there is no real purpose to play as him for this installment at least. The way his power reacted to Dante's power in the fight scene, or how Yamatto was reforged after Nero got near it. There HAS to be some sort of blood connection between Dante and Nero. Even it was stated that Nero carried the blood of Sparda.

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Well whatever the case is, his Origin has something to do with Dante. Otherwise there is no real purpose to play as him for this installment at least. The way his power reacted to Dante's power in the fight scene, or how Yamatto was reforged after Nero got near it. There HAS to be some sort of blood connection between Dante and Nero. Even it was stated that Nero carried the blood of Sparda.

Nero seems to have more of a connection to Vergil and Dante equally. Being born of Spardas blood, he's related to both, be it uncle or whatever. Vergil being such a popular character in DMC3, could use Nero to incorportate him into the storyline and maybe keep Vergil there in a good sense. That maybe his spirit is helping Nero or something, embodied itself with power. The Darkslayer style may be adapted with DMC5. Maybe even get Vergils DT true form in DMC5. However, I don't want Neros personality being taken over or killed off.
Its a positive way to re-assure the fans though that Vergil didnt die and reinformed hiself with good will. But, like said, Nero has both Dante and Vergil traits, amoung with blue and red on his jacket symbolizing both possibly.
His desire to crave power to protect Kyrie with undying love maybe like Vergil had for his mother...yet he failed to protect. Nero may feel the same and constantly fear loosing his life which is Kyrie. He's very serious when given dire matters like Vergil.
Dantes side is playful and a cocky attitude, being tough and just a cocky teen like Dante was.

Nero being killed off would not be so bad. I wouldn't miss him. I mean personally I saw him offer nothing new to the game in terms of his character, except for the Devil Bringer, which they were going to put on Dante in the first place. The Dark Slayer on Nero would be pointless since his fighting doesn't rely on styles. Unless they do something really spectacular to pull it off. Vergil being reincarnated and doing good will would really grind my gears and that would be a horrible plot in m eyes. I hope they don't go that route.

Honestly, I'm glad they didn't put the DB on Dante. The only good move about it is Snatch, but other than that it's too God of War'ish. I mean it's just press a button -> watch Nero kick the demon's ass. Not too mention it's overpowered and I bet people spam it like hell, which kinda is the wrong direction DMC's taking. DMC was always ( well at least since DMC3 ) about pulling off your combos and being stylish. And by "your" I really mean "your", not just watch him - Dante - doing a 10 hit combo with a single press of a button. You get the idea, right?

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Honestly, I'm glad they didn't put the DB on Dante. The only good move about it is Snatch, but other than that it's too God of War'ish. I mean it's just press a button -> watch Nero kick the demon's ass. Not too mention it's overpowered and I bet people spam it like hell, which kinda is the wrong direction DMC's taking. DMC was always ( well at least since DMC3 ) about pulling off your combos and being stylish. And by "your" I really mean "your", not just watch him - Dante - doing a 10 hit combo with a single press of a button. You get the idea, right?

You got a point. But in all honesty if they were to put the DB on Dante it would make a lot more sense in terms of his power in my eyes. It could've easily been a new style or a new extention to his DT. But yeah I agree a lot of what you said about combos and weapons. I think that should've been the focus on DMC 4.