First the Play Magazine interview of Kobayashi. Thanks to fealafear from IGN for posting the interesting tidbits.
# NO extra Downloadable content is as planned for the game as of yet however the game at the very minimum will have a leaderboard that will allow you to compare Stylish points with your friends and others.
# Nero looks very similar to Dante for a reason, although it's a "secret"
# Tatsuya Yoshikawa, lead artist of most of the Breath of Fire series, designed Nero as well as most of the characters and enemies in the game.
# Nero doesn't gather weapons in the same manner that Dante does, but has the "Devil Arm" which gets upgraded abilities as you progress throughout the game.
# Difficulty has been toned down from DMC3 and is the same worldwide, but they still have a "crazy final difficulty" level for hardcore fans. Difficulty will be very easy from the start and will near the end ramp up to DMC3 level difficulty (like a staircase).
# When asked whether Kobayashi has played Ninja Gaiden 2, he said that he did and that it looks like the first game (in a positive sense). Kobayashi gives his respect to Itagaki.
# PS3 and 360 versions are completely identical. No surprise there.
# The game is closer to DMC3 than DMC in terms of game play. The level structure has been altered to reflect more like DMC3 than DMC1 because DMC1 was built like a RE game, not an action game. It was too open ended.
#Kobayashi says that Nero passes the "baton to Dante" after Kyrie gets kidnapped implying that is like the half way point in the game where Nero and Dante switch. DMC4 is one story with 2 heroes.
#When asked about why Nero has the same name as "Nelo Angelo", Kobayashi answered: "Why we went with Nero should become clear as you play through the story and find out if he has any connection to Nelo Angelo/Vergil". Please note that he insists that Vergil is "sitting this one out".
#Kobayashi states that while Yoshikawa is known very much for his very anime-like designs in Breath of Fire and Megaman series, he has very good realistic designs as well and many people will be surprised by it as they have never been shown to the public (even Kobayashi/Itsuno themselves seemed surprised by it).
#The environment designs are based around Mediterranean locations like Turkey, Italy etc.
#Kobayashi confirms DMC anime as canon and where Trish/Lady meet for the first time. Kobayashi does in fact say Lady is in her late twenties in DMC4. He states that Trish hasn't aged that much because she is a demon (and laughs).
#Kobayashi was also asked about God of War, he said that he met with David Jaffe and was flattered when he heard that Jaffe incorporated many aspects of DMC, RE, Onimusha and other Capcom games into God of War. Kobayashi says that GoW is a great game but it's more focused on puzzle solving than action than DMC is. Kobayashi also states that western-action games have a different philosophy in action games that is now geared towards contact sensitive/QTE stuff (also makes reference to Heavenly Sword) where as with DMC they are more focused on rewarding the player for their own skill.
#For his comment on Itagaki and I quote: "As far as Mr. Itagaki... he does what he does and we do what we do."
#On the final note, Kobayashi addresses that some fans didn't feel right when Dante was dropkicked in the face by Nero (lol). He said that scene was done out of love not out of disrespect. He said the fans will enjoy the switch from Nero to Dante very much.
Stuff from Famitsu:
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# Early buyers will get a special DVD (Two versions - Dante and Nero)
# Devil enemies make an appearance : Echidna and Assault
# Assault is a devil that was in the first game which was Blade. Assault is the new upgraded version of Blades from DMC1.
# Echidna is like a snake and a woman comes from its open mouth, as it spits out more it's appearance changes. This is the boss shown in the trailer.
Special DVDs
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