Devil May Cry Vergil Voice Actor Pokes At Potential Remake For His Role From 2004

Although Capcom has already illustrated its commitment to legacy support with modern collections of its repertoire, the firm is also active in remaking its hallmark releases too. For instance, Resident Evil has done so already with three titles so far and even more is reported to be on the way. Additionally, the firm also appears to be modernizing its games too with both Resident Evil 5 & Resident Evil 6 being list on ESRB recently alongside Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny too.

Not to mention legacy sequels on the way. In December at The Game Awards, Capcom announced two anticipated titles – Okami 2 as well as Onimusha: Way of the Sword. And, this is just the start of it according to the publisher. According to a press release, Capcom is searching for new ways to “re-activate dormant IPs” from its library.

And it appears that Devil May Cry is also part of this game plan as well. Although a new installment is nowhere to be seen, there is still room for the remake treatment like its sibling Resident Evil series. When speaking at Power Morphicon 2024 last year, Vergil voice actor Dan Southworth disclosed revisiting is portrayal of the character from 2004. You can watch the segment of panel in the video below:

“Over the years I have changed the ways I use my voice and its- in fact, I just finished video game two weeks ago […] they hired me to play this character – I don’t want to say any titles or anything because I’m known for my spilling the beans. But, they asked me to do my voice the way it was back 2004 or whatever. ‘Can you do the younger Vergil version?’ So that was challenging.

“I had to kind of find where my younger voice was and I had to sort of keep playing until I got to this place where my voice sounded really sort of boyish kind of tone.” Although Power Morphicon 2024 did take place back in August, traction recently resurfaced the clip. The last portrayal of Vergil was in Devil May Cry V: Special Edition where the character was featured as an add-on for the 2018 title.

From our review, we scored the game a 9.5/10 at Rectify Gaming. “Overall Devil May Cry 5, like Resident Evil 2 and Monster Hunter World before it is a fantastic entry in a classic franchise.  Modernizing the visuals and story while maintaining the combat depth the series is known for leads to the best case scenario for veterans and newcomers alike.” You can read the full report by heading here.

Are you excited to hopefully see a return to the classic Devil May Cry games?