Nero is Vergil's son?

[Chari]

So, I think everyone who cared about the game already saw Vergil's intro. And it does seem like it HEAVILY implies that Nero is his son. Well, I mean, it was a theory before, but never was confirmed or something. Nero seemed like a guy who got that arm at random to me. And now this. But seriously though, is it just fan service or maybe we can even expect DMC 5? I don't really have anything against DmC, the game was good, so was the style. The plot seemed a little dull to me though, like angel+demon thing, that mundus and infamous "f*ck you, f*ck you" dialogue line (seriously?). But I still barely can understand why you add Nero to DMC 4 just to finish the game and reboot it all of sudden.

But so yeah, since they added that small detail to the old game, maybe they are going to actually bring the old DMC back too?

[Calith]

There's information and proof all over the internet about this topic. The problem is that they've already stated that if SE doesn't do well then they'll probably won't be making a DMC5. So it might stay as speculation and never be fully proven. The reboot DmC doesn't count towards the original series. It was just a way for them to try a more "western" approach and it failed them. That's part of why capcom is debating not continuing the series.

[DarklordKyo]

Didn't the dudes at Capcom basically state that Nero is Vergil's son a while back though?

[Wings]

Originally posted by DarklordKyo:

Didn't the dudes at Capcom basically state that Nero is Vergil's son a while back though?

As far as i know, this has never been confirmed by anyone in capcom. I heard them completely dodging this question on streams too when they showed stuff on dmc4se.

[긴밤]

In the first page of the manual you get a little prologue. It says that Nero was defending Kyrie in a forest or something and then his arm changed and he was able to fend off the demons or something. Haven't read it in a long time, but that's what he meant in Mission 6 when he said, "On that day my arm changed...", and his devil trigger is Vergil's devil trigger looming over him.

I thought that maybe when he was desperate for power to defend Kyrie he let Vergil in, but it does make sense as to why this dude has white hair.

[Vergil]

At the ending of DMC4:SE, Vergil's shadows shows a silhuette of the image behind DTed Nero.

In conclusion: The DTed image behind Nero is a father watching over his son.

[TR]

Nero is officially confirmed to be Vergil's son. It's mentioned in Devil May Cry: 3142 Graphic Arts.

Take a look at this: http://lassisolet0020.tumblr.com/post/107390305981/devil-may-cry-confirmation-that-vergil-is-neros

[King V]

Originally posted by SkatausJP:

Nero is officially confirmed to be Vergil's son. It's mentioned in Devil May Cry: 3142 Graphic Arts.

Take a look at this: http://lassisolet0020.tumblr.com/post/107390305981/devil-may-cry-confirmation-that-vergil-is-neros

I guess we are one step from reading this artbook in english... This mostly says it all.

[Mundus]

I figured this out 8 years ago when the game was fresh. Its obvious that he is related to Dante (hell he looks identical) so there where several theories but the only ones that makes sense is that he is either Dantes or Vergils son, (some also said he was a reincarnation of Sparda). He doesn't have his own devil trigger, because he is not half demon like Dante or Vergil, but he has Sparda and demon blood, which basically means he has to be quarter demon. Which only leaves the conclusion that he is son of one of the brothers and if he was Dantes son Dante would know. Also the reason i jumped to this conclusion was because Dante let him keep the Yamamoto at the end which was Vergils blade passed down from his father, like Rebellion was Dantes blade. This new intro all but confirms it tbh.

[Vergil]

*Yamato prs

[Peggasaurus Rex]

Originally posted by RedVelvet:

There's information and proof all over the internet about this topic. The problem is that they've already stated that if SE doesn't do well then they'll probably won't be making a DMC5. So it might stay as speculation and never be fully proven. The reboot DmC doesn't count towards the original series. It was just a way for them to try a more "western" approach and it failed them. That's part of why capcom is debating not continuing the series.

Actually, Hideki Itsumo stated that DMC4SE's success wouldn't determine whether there'd be a fifth and that the belief that it would was taken out of context from something he'd said. His whole return to Capcom and other statements he gave suggest that there will likely be a 5th, especially since it seems that DMC4SE is doing and has done well, and we all know Capcom needs to release some good games to keep from falling under. DmC was also made differently because Itsumo had left Capcom after DMC4.
As for whether or not Vergil is Nero's father, the ending cutscene in particular gives some strong hints and the Devil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts book does, as someone else stated, confirm it and it is an official book released by Capcom. It says so twice in the text posted in the prior poster's post, and I can post the original Japanese text and the translation I got off of Google for anyone who doesn't want to check it themselves.

[Peggasaurus Rex]

Originally posted by Mundus:

I figured this out 8 years ago when the game was fresh. Its obvious that he is related to Dante (hell he looks identical) so there where several theories but the only ones that makes sense is that he is either Dantes or Vergils son, (some also said he was a reincarnation of Sparda). He doesn't have his own devil trigger, because he is not half demon like Dante or Vergil, but he has Sparda and demon blood, which basically means he has to be quarter demon. Which only leaves the conclusion that he is son of one of the brothers and if he was Dantes son Dante would know. Also the reason i jumped to this conclusion was because Dante let him keep the Yamamoto at the end which was Vergils blade passed down from his father, like Rebellion was Dantes blade. This new intro all but confirms it tbh.

Let's not forget how before that, Dante had said that Yamato needed to stay in the family. You also can't argue the blue eyes and WHITE hair and say it happened because Vergil's soul was embedded in his arm or something because I'd think his strange change in hair would've garnered more attention from Fortuna's residences. I believe it did say somewhere that he was always a sort of outcast among them, his hair possibly a reason.

[SLenderr]

yeei vergil screwed a monkey :)) a white one ...polar edition:P :)) or arctic one :P

[Renaissance Vulpine]

So I just read up on it, yes, Nero is Virgil's son, which feels like a cop out. I had literaly pieced the whole story together before this came out.

My working theory went like so, to thos of us who know, in DMC3 if you kill 100 demons in the end credits you get a special cutscene. In this cutscene you see Virgil going to fight Mundus. We know he failed as we fight him in DMC as he is now a slave of Mundus. My theory was that Mundus, had forced the demon out of Virgil, and enslaved that. When playing DMC4 I was certain, I was playing an amnesiac human Virgil, who had demon powers because Mundus was unable to take the whole of his power.

[dyra55]

Originally posted by Renaissance Vulpine:

My working theory went like so, to thos of us who know, in DMC3 if you kill 100 demons in the end credits you get a special cutscene. In this cutscene you see Virgil going to fight Mundus. We know he failed as we fight him in DMC as he is now a slave of Mundus. My theory was that Mundus, had forced the demon out of Virgil, and enslaved that. When playing DMC4 I was certain, I was playing an amnesiac human Virgil, who had demon powers because Mundus was unable to take the whole of his power.

That's a pretty good theory which i never heard before

[Talion]

He's vergils son and dante is the his uncle