Devil May Cry 3 - Special Edition [NTSC-J] [SLPM-66160]
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, released in Japan as simply Devil May Cry 3 (Japanese: デビル メイ クライ 3), is an action-adventure hack and slash video game that was developed and published by Capcom, released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 (also ported to Microsoft Windows in 2006). The game is a prequel to the original Devil May Cry reflected in the younger cast.[2] The game retains elements from the two previous games and expands the combat system with multiple fighting styles. The story is told primarily through a mixture of cutscenes using the game's engine with several pre-rendered full motion videos.
At the 2005 Tokyo Game Show, Capcom announced there would be a special edition of Devil May Cry 3. It included a number of gameplay changes and additional content. Most notably, players could now choose to play as Dante's twin brother, Vergil. Other changes included an added survival mode called "Bloody Palace" with a total of 9999 levels; a new Jester fight early in the game, with optional fights later; a "Turbo Mode" for 20 percent faster gameplay; and a continue system which can revive the character instantly, or allow the player to restart the fight they just lost as many times as they like. The game also has rebalanced diFinal Fantasyiculty. Vergil was made to contrast Dante's gameplay; While Dante was weaker than Vergil, he was still easier to control with Vergil requiring more skills to handle. Due to space limitations not all of Vergil's moves were added to the game. Vergil has only one style, "Dark Slayer" (similar to Dante's "Trickster" style), which includes evasive maneuvers, and can be leveled up twice, just like Dante's initial four styles. He has three weapons: his O-katana called Yamato, the Beowulf gauntlets and greaves, and the Force Edge broadsword. He has two ranged attacks; "Summoned Swords", which creates magical swords that can be used for a variety of eFinal Fantasyects, and "Judgment Cut" which creates spheres of damaging force. The new boss is Jester, a character who is encountered several times during cutscenes in the first edition of the game but is never actually fought. In Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition, he is a semi-optional boss (insofar as the first fight with him is mandatory but the later encounters can be skipped) who can be fought three times.
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition was released on January 24, 2006 as part of the PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits Collection. It was later confirmed that the PlayStation 2 version of the game would also be released in Europe.
