Raise your glasses, raise your horns, raise your voices! Welcome back Axeheads, its another week of blistering commentary this week on EpicBattleAxe.com and the subject at hand is your reaction to the Tokyo Game Show. This week, the Axehead Army checks in for the win, picking the wheat and chaff of TGS 2010.

Today’s Member Battle Cry goes to a title that there are no shortage of opinions on. Causing everything from raised eyebrows, cautious optimism, to self inflicted stab-wounds (so we’re told), the debut of Ninja Theory’s Devil May Cry reboot has cast the gaming world to the hounds of calamity. Today’s MBC comes from Ichi-nii, who passionately, but fairly, makes the case that if there’s a clue at the center of the universe, Capcom is on the planet its farthest from.

Ichi-nii Says:

My Member Battle Cry goes out to Devil May Cry, that of Hideki Kamiya which pioneered the gameplay of Extreme Combat, and achieved notable success and mainstream attention corroborated by its replication in many other well known video game franchises.

My Battle Cry lacks much praise, but is instead one of serious lament at the reveal of Capcom and Ninja Theories newest entry into the franchise, an unnecessary re-boot/reimagining of a series that was positively recognized for its hyperbolic Anti-Hero Lead character and again unique form of action/adventure gameplay.

With this development Capcom have proven that they truly DO NOT understand their own franchise, why it possess a strong following despite its inconsistent quality between its quadrigeminal installments, and in just one move have potentially alienated and disenfranchised a massive chunk of the core audience and fans.

The perception of the series, as presented by Ninja Theory in DmC, is just unfamilar and quite honestly evokes feelings of Fear more than eagger anticipation and excitiment for another installment.

They have reduced Dante’s introduction and origins, the lore of the Dark Knight Sparda, told to us through the very original Devil May Cry 1, to nothing.

They have reduced Dante’s rejection then gradual acceptance of his heritage, the mourning of his sibling to the darkness, the awakening of his own sense of Justice, conveyed to us through his personal journey in Devil May Cry 3, to nothing.

They have reduced the Heroism of Nero, whose struggle to save his beloved Kyrie, which epitomized the Dark Knight Sparada’s own compassion to Humanity and ability to Love regardless of his Demonic origin, as witnessed in Devil May Cry 4, again to nothing.

Capcom have essentially to ever passionate DMC-Fan of the Hideki Kamiya vision of Devil May Cry, stabbed in the gut, and in a soft whisper only they can hear said, ‘Fuck You’ before renching the metaphorical sword from their chest and leaving them in a big pool of blood symbolizing betrayal and sorrow.

Capcom have shown that they will not listen to us, that they dont recognize our opinons and feedback (essentially our voices), but above all that they do not care about us the fans and the community who really Loved that incarnation of Devil May Cry.

I wish Ninja Theory all the best with this project, they could potentially prove me wrong and take the series to places I never imagined, I know as developers that they care for strong stories and good characters as they emphasise with their Enslaved game, but they could manifest my greatest Fear with this re-imaging of a conception that honestly already worked.

Thanks for hearing me out and sorry for posting this cry in the wrong MBC before.

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Thank you, 1-2-san (or chan as the case may be) for giving voice to what so many gamers are undoubtedly feeling in the wake of the DmC reveal trailer from TGS. Its certainly a risky move on Capcom’s part and it will be interesting to see the reaction of gamers as we move forward and learn more about the game. For now, we look forward to hearing your thoughts on Ichi-nii‘s Battle Cry, so dive into the comments section below and if you have something else entirely that you’d like to sound off on, then feel free to do that over on this week’s topics starter post where you can SUBMIT A NEW TOPIC:

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Eye gouge,

Viking Brent